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War memorial will be akin to a place of pilgrimage: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the National War Memorial to be dedicated to the nation tomorrow, is a symbol of India's gratitude to the soldiers who made supreme sacrifice after Independence and will be akin to a pilgrimage to a holy place.Addressing the 53rd 'Mann Ki Baat' programme, said that the long wait for a war memorial is about to be over."India not having a national war memorial used to surprise me, pain me, a memorial that would house the valour saga series of our brave soldiers who laid down their lives, safeguarding their nation's security. And I took a resolve that the country must have such a memorial," Modi said.The Prime Minister, who will dedicate the memorial to the nation tomorrow, said that he was contented to see the the monument being completed in a short time."Tomorrow crores of we Indians will dedicate this national soldiers' memorial to our Armed Forces," he said.He said," I do believe that for our countrymen a visit to the National War Memorial .
PM Modi to dedicate National War Memorial to the nation tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the National War Memorial, located next to India Gate in the heart of the national capital, to the nation tomorrow.He will dedicate the memorial at a solemn function in accordance with military traditions, according to an official release.The National War Memorial is a state-of-art monument spread over an area of approximately 40 acres and is a tribute to Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice for the country post-independence, it said.The memorial is for the soldiers who laid down their lives defending the nation during Sino-Indian war in1962, Indo-Pak wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, Indian Peace Keeping Force Operations in Sri Lanka and in the Kargil Conflict in 1999.The memorial also commemorates the soldiers who participated and made supreme sacrifice in UN Peace Keeping Missions, during HADR Operations, Counter Insurgency Operations and Low Intensity Capital Operation (LICO).The monument has four concentric circles, namely, the ...
Pulwama attack will keep inspiring us to uproot the base of terrorism : PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that the Pulwama terror attack will keep inspiring India to uproot the very base of terrorism. "I respectfully bow to all the brave sons of the country, who laid down their lives, protecting the honour of their motherland, India. This martyrdom will keep inspiring us relentlessly to uproot the very base of terrorism; it will fortify our resolve" he said.Addressing the nation in the 53rd episode of his monthly radio broadcast "Mann Ki Baat", he said the Army has resolved to "wipe out" terrorists and their harbourers."The Army has resolved to wipe out terrorists and their harbourers. The martyrdom of these brave soldiers brought to the fore, through the media, touching, inspiring stories of their kin, which give hope and strength to the entire country." said PM Modi."We shall have to take up this challenge facing our country, forgetting all barriers of casteism, communalism, regionalism and other difference, so that, our steps against ...
Tripura man arrested on sedition charge for social media post
A 23-year-old man hailing from Tripura's Khowai district has been arrested on sedition charge from Karnataka for allegedly uploading an anti-national video on social media on the Pulwama terror attack, police said Sunday. A case under sedition charge was lodged against Krishnendu Debbarma of Sonacharanpara village in Khowai district by police suo motu for allegedly uploading the video on Facebook on the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, they said. Superintendent of Police, Khowai, Krishnendu Chakraborty said, "After the video clip of Pramesh Debbarma went viral on Facebook, police went to his house and came to know that he was working in a hotel at Mysuru. A police team went to Mysuru and arrested him with the help of local police on Saturday. He will be brought here Sunday." This is the second sedition case lodged in Tripura this month. Earlier the Police had charged three indigenous leaders with sedition in West Tripura district. The three leaders - ...
Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record in 2018: UN
More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released Sunday. Civilian deaths jumped by 11 percent from 2017 with 3,804 people killed and another 7,189 wounded, according to the UN figures, as suicide attacks and bombings wreaked havoc across the war-torn country. The report's release comes a day before the US and the Taliban hold their next round of talks aimed at ending the conflict, raising tentative hopes for peace along with fears that an American withdrawal could spark an even bloodier civil war. The talks in Doha follow years of escalating violence in Afghanistan. According to the UN, at least 32,000 civilians have been killed and another 60,000 wounded in the last decade when the organisation began compiling the data. The uptick in violence in 2018 coincides with a significant increase in the number of deaths caused by the "deliberate targeting of civilians", according ..
Afghan civilian deaths increased 11% in 2018
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2018 increased by 11 per cent compared to 2017, reaching the highest level since 2009, a UN agency said in a study released on Sunday.
3 Maoists killed Jharkhand gunfight
Three Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jharkhand's Gumla district on Sunday, a CRPF official said.
3 PLFI ultras killed in encounter with security forces
Three ultras of the banned Peoples Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Gumla district on Sunday, a senior police officer said. Additional Director General of Police (Operation) M L Meena told PTI that the three were killed during the encounter with the personnel of CRPFs CoBRA unit and Gumla district police at Kamdara in Gumla district, about 94 km from here. Two AK-47 rifles and a .315 rifle were recovered from the spot, the ADGP said.
Jharkhand: 3 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces
Three Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Gumla district on Sunday.The security personnel have seized two AK-47 pistols, two .315mm rifle and a pistol from the encounter site.According to the police, in a special joint operation carried out by 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police, an encounter ensued between police and Maoists at 6.20 in the morning near Gumla.The encounter is underway with intermittent firing continuing from both the sides.Further details are awaited.
2 killed as Venezuela aid showdown turns violent
A high-risk operation to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela descended into deadly chaos Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired on demonstrators and aid trucks were set ablaze. Two people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in clashes with security forces that left more than 300 people wounded at various border crossings. Despite a blockade by Maduro, opposition leader Juan Guaido had set a Saturday deadline for the delivery of food and medical aid stockpiled in Colombia and Brazil. Aid is also being held on the Caribbean island of Curacao. Humanitarian aid, much of it from the United States, has become the centerpiece of the standoff between Maduro and Guaido, the 35-year-old leader of Venezuela's National Assembly who declared himself interim president exactly one month ago. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States "will take action" as he condemned violence perpetrated by Maduro's "thugs." Guaido, meanwhile, announced he would ...
Jharkhand encounter: Two Maoists killed, 2 AK-47 recovered
Two Maoists were killed in an encounter that ensued between them and the security forces here on Sunday morning. Police have also seized two AK-47 rifles from the encounter site.According to the police, in a special joint operation carried out by 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police, an encounter ensued between police and Maoists at 6.20 in the morning near Gumla.The encounter is underway with intermittent firing continuing from both the sides.Further details are awaited.
Fear and hoping: expectations surge ahead of new US-Taliban talks
The US and the Taliban are to meet in Qatar for fresh talks Monday seeking an end to 17 years of grinding conflict in Afghanistan, with the stakes ratcheting higher as the spring fighting season approaches. Marathon talks held in Doha last month have stoked hopes of a breakthrough after the two sides walked away with a "draft framework" that included a Taliban commitment to prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for international terror groups. It was the most substantial engagement by Washington with the militants since US forces ousted them from power in 2001. But there is still no accord on a timetable for a US withdrawal or a ceasefire -- both major issues on which previous efforts have foundered. This time Washington's special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who has spearheaded the months-long effort, is expected to face an expanded Taliban negotiating team headed by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's former deputy minister of foreign affairs. Neither side ...
Singapore's Indian community pays homage to CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama terror attack
More than 200 members of the Indian community here have paid homage to the CRPF personnel killed in the recent Pulwama terror attack. The Indian diaspora held a candle light vigil on Friday in memory of the killed soldiers. Representatives from Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present at the vigil, which was held at the Indian High Commission's Grange Road Complex near the business district here. India's High Commissioner to Singapore, Jawed Ashraf, said this spontaneous outpouring of grief and support for the killed paramilitary personnel reflected a deep sense of anguish in the Indian diaspora globally. The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which left 40 securitymen dead and many injured. The Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan has sent a letter to External Affairs Minister of India expressing condolences for the victims and condemning "this senseless act of terror". Singapore maintains a strict stand against
Venezuela border tensions turn violent amid aid distribution bid
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed Saturday a first shipment of humanitarian aid has reached Venezuela, defying a border blockade by President Nicolas Maduro as a standoff over the entry of food and medical aid turned violent. Venezuelan National Guard forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at several crossing points on the Colombia border, pinning down demonstrators seeking to reach humanitarian aid stockpiled on the other side. Guaido formally launched the distribution operation at a warehouse at the Tienditas border bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia. "The humanitarian aid is definitely going to Venezuela in a peaceful and calm manner to save lives at this time," said Guaido, joined for the launch by the presidents of Colombia, Chile and Paraguay. He later announced that an aid truck had crossed into Venezuela on its southern border with Brazil. However, AFP reporters there witnessed a truck halted at the border which had yet to cross. People from a local indigenous ...
Maduro stands firm despite further military defections, violence
Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has reaffirmed that he is still "governing" the nation and will continue doing so, despite self-proclaimed President Juan Guaido claiming that international aid had entered Venezuelan territory on Saturday amid violence at Urena and Gran Sabana."I am steady as never before, firm like this tree, governing this country now and within many (upcoming) years," Sputnik quoted Maduro as saying to his followers on Saturday.The statement comes in the wake of raging violence in the border city of Urena, where a group of Venezuelans is ushering international aid into the Latin American nations despite Maduro's blockade of humanitarian aid.The military had earlier resorted to using tear gas and firing rubber bullets to disperse the crowd of protesters at Urena, a few amongst whom demanded to go to Colombia for work."The usurping regime uses the vilest acts and tries to burn the truck with humanitarian aid that is in Ureña. Our brave volunteers are ...
UN pledges assistance to Libya's Murzuk
UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame has pledged to provide support for the southern Libyan city of Murzuk, some 900 km east of the capital Tripoli.
Two alleged JeM terrorists sent to 10-day police custody
Two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, who were arrested from Deoband in Saharanpur district, were sent to 10-day police custody by a local court on Saturday. Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli from Kulgam and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir were arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from the seminary town on Thursday night and .32 bore pistols along with cartridges recovered from them, police had said. The two were produced before Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Himanshu Dayal Srivastava, who on the plea of ATS granted them police custody. They will be questioned about their connection with JeM and Pakistan, besides who they were targeting to recruit, the spokesman said. They will also be quizzed as to how many people they had recruited till now, the source of money they were getting, and their contacts on the basis of the data recovered from their mobile phones, the spokesman added. Teli and Malik, aged between 20-25 years, were living in Deoband and posing as ..
Pak sets up Crisis Management Cell' amid simmering Indo-Pak tension over Pulwama terror attack
Pakistan has set up a "Crisis Management Cell" in the wake of the simmering Indo-Pak tension following the February 14 Pulwama terror attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed that killed 40 CRPF personnel, according to a media report on Saturday. The cell will keep all stakeholders updated over border situation and diplomatic contacts, Foreign Office spokesperson Muhammad Faisal was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune. The cell was set up in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will remain operational throughout the week without any break, it said. The move comes a day after India moved 100 additional companies (nearly 10,000 personnel) of paramilitary troops to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.
BJP Yuva Morcha protest outside Eden Garden to remove photographs of Imran Khan
Members of the Bharatiya Janta Party Yuva Morcha staged a protest outside iconic Eden Gardens stadium here on Saturday demanding removal of photographs of Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricketer Imran Khan from the walls of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).Around 20-25 BJP members have also been arrested in this connection. In the wake of Pulwama terrorist attack, some people gathered outside the cricket stadium here and raised anti-Pakistan slogans. Some protestors also held placards with 'Down Down Imran Khan' and 'Shame on Pakistan' written on them.Former Indian cricketer and Bengal cricket president Sourav Ganguly, when asked about the removal of the photos, said: "We will take a call, very soon."Earlier, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Brabourne stadium in Mumbai and other stadiums in Mohali, Jaipur and Dharamsala have removed posters and photographs of Pakistan cricketers including Imran Khan from the stadiums. This followed the deadly terrorist attack in ...
Explosives haul in Dumka raids
A total 17 powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), 200 electronic detonators and a hand grenade were recovered during a search operation in Dumka district Saturday, a police officer said. Acting on a tip-off that the explosives were hidden at Mahuagarhi Pahar under Gopikandar police station, the forces of Sasastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Dumka district police launched raids and recovered the explosives, Superintendent of Police Y S Ramesh told reporters.