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4 soldiers killed in J&K gunfight
Four soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Monday.
Eliminating terrorism requires international commitment: Iraq President
Iraqi President Barham Salih has said the elimination of terrorism requires an international commitment to support the affected countries, and their reconstruction.
US-Taliban talks in Pakistan postponed
Negotiations between US officials and Taliban members which were supposed to be held in Islamabad on Monday has now been postponed.In a statement, Taliban said that they were ready for talks on a peace process to end the nearly two-decades-long conflict in Afghanistan, but asserted that most of its members would be not able to attend the meeting as they are blacklisted by the US and the UN, TOLOnews reported.Officials said that Afghanistan's foreign ministry had lodged a formal complaint with the UN Security Council over the planned meeting between Taliban representatives and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, terming it a clear violation of Afghanistan's sovereignty.In its complaint, the Afghan government stated that the Taliban officials invited to Pakistan have a travel ban against them and is a clear violation of international law.Interestingly, the Taliban did not elaborate on how its representatives were able to travel to the UAE and Russia for similar meetings. The group has a
Poland PM cancels Israel trip after Netanyahu's Holocaust comment
Poland Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has cancelled a trip to Israel following comments on the Holocaust by Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.
One jawan injured in encounter with Naxals in Chattisgarh
One District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan sustained injuries on Sunday after an exchange of fire between security forces and Naxals near the jungle area of Sonpur in Chhattisgarh, police said.Around 10 to 15 Naxals were also injured in the firing that took place early on Sunday morning.Troops from the Special Task Force (STF) and the DRG from Basingbahar, Sonpur and Kohkametta camps proceeded to the Irpanar, Ikmetta, Irakbhatti area after being informed about the presence of 200 Naxals."At around 10 a.m, there was a heavy exchange of fire near Ikkametta jungles, which lies 9 km south of Sonpur camp. The encounter lasted for over an hour and unable to stand the offensive, the Maoists retreated with their injured," an official said.One jawan, Dayaram Nuretti, sustained minor injuries and is condition is reported to be stable.
Pray for peace instead of spreading more hate: Sania Mirza
Terming February 14, the day of the Pulwama attack when over 40 CRPF jawans were killed, as black day for India, tennis star Sania Mirza on Sunday called for praying for peace instead of spreading more hate.
Pulwama type attacks will continue till Kashmir issue is resolved politically: Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said Sunday that the people of Kashmir are not responsible for the Pulwama attack but such type of incidents will continue till the "Kashmir issue is resolved politically". Expressing concern over the alleged attacks on Kashmiri students and businessmen outside the Valley, he said the common people have no role in the attack which left 40 CRPF personnel dead when a suicide bomber struck their convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Thursday. Abdullah was speaking to a group of Kashmiri people who are stranded in Jammu and staying at a mosque in Bathindi area near his residence following imposition of curfew in the city on Friday. Referring to the all-party meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi in the aftermath of the deadly attack, Abdullah said, "I said in the meeting that it is not our fault but your mistake as you did not address our aspirations." "You are targeting our children and compounding our ...
IMG-Reliance not to broadcast PSL due to Pulwama attack
IMG Reliance Sunday pulled out from broadcasting the Pakistan Super League in protest against the Pulwama terrorist attack. On Thursday, at least 40 CRPF paramilitary troopers were killed in a terror attack while several others are battling for their lives following what is being termed as the deadliest terrorist strike in three decades in Jammu and Kashmir. "Due to unfortunate events a couple of days back which resulted in the death of Indian soldiers, IMG Reliance is pulling out with immediate effects, from offering broadcast production services for PSL. The incident that occured is deeply regrettable," stated a mail addressed to Sohaib Sheikh and Kamil Khan of Pakistan Cricket Board, the content of which is in possession of PTI. Being the only producers of the event, the development means PSL will go off air unless the PCB brings in an alternate production services, an official said. The fourth edition of PSL got underway in Dubai on Thursday. The six-team tournament is currently ..
US military hospital to be built in UAE: official
A US military hospital funded by the United Arab Emirates will be built in Abu Dhabi to treat Emirati soldiers and regionally based American troops, a US army official said on Sunday. Lieutenant General Charles Hooper, director of the Defence Security Cooperation Agency, said the US would deploy medical military personnel in support of a facility "very similar" to the one in Landstuhl, Germany -- the biggest American hospital outside the US. "We are going to put that right here in Abu Dhabi," he told reporters on the sidelines of the International Defence Exhibition in the UAE capital. "When completed, this facility, which is funded by the UAE, will provide much-needed emergency medical support to both Emirati forces and to regionally based US forces," he said without specifying how much the project would cost. Hooper said the project was still in its "preliminary stages" and the United States was "looking forward to opening the centre as quickly as practicable". The United Arab ...
Policeassure security to Kashmiris living in Vadodara
Steps have been taken to ensure safety and security of the people from Jammu and Kashmir, including students, residing in the city, said a top police official Sunday. Kashmiri students studying at various departments in the city-based Maharaja Sayajirao University and others from the northern state staying here need not fear, said Vadodara Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot. Talking toPTI, Gehlot said, "We have taken steps in this regard and the Kashmiri students and people (in Vadodara) should not fear." They willnot be allowedto be harassed in the wake of the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which 40 CRPF men were killed, he said. The Union Home Ministry had Saturday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories to take measures to ensure the safety and security of Kashmiris. The advisory came hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured an all-party meeting of doing the needful for the protection of the Kashmiri ...
Kashmiri man beaten up, detained for raising 'anti-India' slogans
A 28-year-old Kashmiri man was beaten up by public before being detained on Sunday allegedly for raising "anti-India" slogans during a protest against the Pulwama terror attack at Jantar Mantar here, police said. The man, identified as Abid Hussain, had come from Kashmir on Saturday, they added. Hussain was at Jantar Mantar where he was beaten up by public for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, police said. He has been detained and is being interrogated, Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) said. Hussain was under the influence of alcohol, he said. Hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at India Gate and Jantar Mantar on Sunday to hold candle light marches to express solidarity with the families of the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack. As the protests continued for the third day on Sunday, police enhanced security in the national capital with special deployments in the protest areas. Students, corporate employees and members of social
Five Boko Haram, four soldiers killed in NE Nigeria: army
Five Boko Haram fighters and four soldiers were killed in fighting in northeast Nigeria, the military said on Sunday, in the latest clashes between troops and jihadists. Army spokesman Sagir Musa said five rebel fighters "met their Waterloo" as they attempted to overrun a military base in Buni Yadi, in Yobe state, at about 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Saturday. "An officer and three soldiers have lost their lives during the encounter. While five soldiers were wounded are stable and reciving treatment in the Brigade Field Ambulance," he added. Musa said the heavily armed militants were in four gun trucks and two armoured vehicles. Troops seized weapons and ammunition, he added. The military base in Buni Yadi has been targeted before in the conflict. In January, two military sources told AFP the Islamic State-allied faction of Boko Haram killed four soldiers and were repelled after air support was called in. In recent months there have been a wave of attacks in the buni Yadi area, which is ...
Decided to add new features to our convoy movement to and from Kashmir: CRPF DG
The CRPF has decided to tweak the standard operating procedures (SOPs) framed to secure its convoys, in the wake of a "new threat" where an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated by a terrorist alongside the force's bus in Pulwama killing 40 personnel, the chief of the paramilitary force said Sunday. "We have decided to add new features to our convoy movement to and from Kashmir," CRPF Director General R R Bhatnagar told PTI after undertaking a two-day tour of the Valley in the wake of the February 14 attack, the worst against security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in three decades. "Apart from traffic control, there will be changes in the timings of convoy, their halt locations and movement in coordination with other security forces like the Army and the J-K police," he told the news agency. He said two convoys have been run after the attack at Latoomode in Pulwama and these new measures are being tested and implemented as part of the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Home Minister
Family of CRPF soldier injured in Pulwama attack says want to meet him now
Satyanarayan Kumar, a resident of Gorakhpur's Gulhariya area, complained of uneasiness and had to be rushed to a hospital after he saw on TV his son was injured in a terrorist attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, the family said Sunday. On Saturday night, Kumar was watching news on television when he saw his son, Awadhesh, 30, being treated at an Army hospital in Pulwama. News channels were broadcasting footage of Home Minister Rajnath Singh visiting the hospital where CRPF jawans injured in the attack were being treated. Shortly after this, Kumar developed health complications and was admitted to a hospital, his other son, Amit, said. Amit said then he made a call to the Army, which confirmed Awadhesh had been injured in the attack and was recuperating. "We watched Rajnath Singh meeting my injured brother at the hospital on Doordarshan at around 7.30 pm on Saturday. He seemed to have suffered injuries in head and hands and the entire family was worried," Amit said. "But officials .
Man beaten up, held for raising pro-Pak slogans during march against Pulwama attack
A 26-year-old man was beaten black and blue by the locals before being arrested for allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan slogans during a march against the Pulwama terror attack in neighbouring Basti district, police said Sunday. The man, identified as Mohammad Khalid, was arrested on charges of raising slogans hailing Pakistan and denouncing India during a march against Pulwama attack in civil line area of Basti on Saturday, they said. Khalid was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), SHO, Kotwali, MP Chaturvedi said. As per reports, the incident took place last Saturday during a march, taken out by girl students and teachers of Begam Khair Inter College on Saturday, against the terror attack when Khalid insisted the marching girl to shout a slogan denouncing India and hailing Pakistan. When the girl did not pay heed to ...
Abductors of 14 Tunisians want Libyan prisoner freed
Armed men who abducted 14 Tunisians in Libya have demanded the release of a man jailed in Tunisia for drug trafficking, in a video released Sunday on social media. The video, verified by a Tunisian source close to the case, shows the abductees identifying themselves and naming their hometowns while sitting on mattresses. The last one then says that the people holding them want the release of Libyan Kamal al-Lafi al-Hijaoui, adding that he and the other abductees were "in good health". The Tunisian source said that Hijaoui was sentenced earlier this month in Tunisia to 20 months in prison for drug trafficking. The 14 Tunisians were abducted on Thursday in Zawiya, a town just west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, as they were heading to work by bus in an oil refinery. The bus driver was also kidnapped but then released, a security source in the town said. According to the Tunisian foreign minstry, the abductees were still in Zawiya and in "good health". "Negotiations continue," said its ..
KTR pays tributes to Pulwama attack martyrs
TRS Working President K T Rama Rao Sunday paid floral tributes to Pulwama attack martyrs at the CRPF southern sector headquarters here. Rama Rao also handed over two cheques of Rs 25 lakhs each to G H P Raju, Inspector General of Police, CRPF, Southern sector. While Rs 25 lakh had been donated by Rao in his personal capacity, his friends contributed Rs 25 lakh for the families of the slain jawans. In his condolence message, Rama Rao said, "I would like to extend my heartfelt sincere condolences to the families of 40 CRPF jawans who laid down their lives in securing our nation and security out citizens. I have come here in personal capacity, nor as an MLA nor as party leader. The nation and all the citizens will never forget the martyrs' sacrifices. They will continue to remain in our hearts and prayers." Rama Rao also wished the injured CRPF personnel a speedy recovery. "We live in a large democracy which feels safe today, primarily, because of the men in uniform," he ...
No Kashmiri has been harassed in Odisha so far: Police
The Odisha police on Sunday said no incident related to harassment of Kashmiris has been reported in the state. A police officer said the state police is committed to protecting them and all personnel of the force are on high alert. "In event of any trouble, people from Kashmir staying or visiting Odisha can contact the local superintendent of police (SP) or dial 100 for help," a senior police officer said. "All help will be provided forthwith. We are duty bound to protect all Kashmiris," the official said. "No incident of violence/harassment against Kashmiris reported in Odisha. However, we are alert. In case of any trouble, people from Kashmir staying/visiting Odisha can contact local police station or dial 100. All help will be provided forthwith. We are duty bound to protect all of you!" the Odisha Police said on Twitter. The police said this after receiving an advisory from the Home Ministry asking all states to take necessary measures to ensure safety of Kashmiri students and ...
Rights group: 14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya
A rights group in Libya says an armed group has kidnapped 14 Tunisian workers near the capital, Tripoli. The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya said late Saturday that the Tunisians were abducted on their way to work at an oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya. It said the armed group, which it did not name, demanded the release of a Libyan man, also unnamed, detained in Tunisia on drug-related charges. Tunisia's Foreign Ministry says the workers were kidnapped on Thursday. In 2015, an armed militia stormed the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli and took 10 staff members hostage. Libya slid into chaos after its 2011 uprising that toppled long-time ruler Moammar Gadhafi. The country is currently governed by militia-backed rival authorities in Tripoli and the east.
India blaming us without probe: Pakistan
Pakistan on Sunday told foreign envoys here that India was blaming it for a horrific suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir even without any investigation.