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Buzz over media clip of Pak retired general's 'prediction'
Did a Pakistani retired general predict a wave of suicide bombings in Jammu and Kashmir?
Post-Pulwama, troop movement a big challenge
The Pulwama attack has forced the forces to go back to the operation table to rework the entire security matrix as they fear that deployment of troops will be impacted in the state if the vehicle-ramming tactics by terrorists become a norm.
Protests across country against Pulwama terror attack
Massive protests and candlelight marches were held on Friday in different parts of the country against the Pulwama terror attack which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel, while curfew was imposed in Jammu city following violence during demonstrations there. Raising slogans against Pakistan and terrorists, protesters defied curfew to take out rallies and police had to resort to cane charge at Residency Road, Kachi Chawani and Dogra hall areas in Jammu. The protestors burnt tyres and placed barricades on several roads. Five vehicles were set afire in Gujjar Nagar area, while there were also reports of stonepelting. Demonstrations were held in Purani Mundi, Rehari, Shaktinagar, Pacca Danga, Janipur, Gandhinagar, Bakshinagar, Muthi, Talal Tilloo and Satwari in Jammu city where Army conducted flag marches in sensitive areas. The grief and outrage over the terror attack spilled onto the streets as families of the slain soldiers, hailing from different states, waited for their ...
Seven detained by police in connection with Pulwama attack
Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained seven persons from Pulwama district of South Kashmir in connection with the deadly terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead near Awantipora, officials said Friday. The youths were detained from Pulwama and Awantipora during the night on suspicion of links with the planning of the suicide attack, the first of its kind in which a terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammed detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near a CRPF bus. The overall planning is believed to be done by a Pakistani national, Kamran of JeM, who has been operating and moving in areas -- Pulwama, Awantipora and Tral area of South Kashmir. The 'fidayeen' (suicide attacker) was identified as Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama. He had joined the JeM in 2018. According to initial investigations, the planning for the terror strike was done at Midoora area of Tral in South Kashmir. Police are also looking for another local JeM overground worker who was instrumental in arranging the explosive ...
PM Modi pays last respects to slain CRPF men
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his last respects to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack at the Palam technical area here on Friday evening, officials said. The bodies of the slain troopers reached Delhi's Palam air force area in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane in the evening. The bodies were received by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Modi placed a wreath on a platform placed before the coffins carrying the mortal remains of the troopers. The coffins wrapped in tricolour were neatly arranged in the hanger, where senior officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) paid their last respects by placing wreaths one by one in a solemn ceremony, officials said. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the chiefs of the three services -- Army, Air Force and Navy -- senior cabinet ministers, including Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Congress president Rahul Gandhi also paid their homage to the slain CRPF ...
Muslim bodies condemn Pulwama suicide bombing
A number of Muslim organisations and leaders on Friday condemned the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir and underlined that the entire nation was standing with the security forces in this hour of grief.
PM pays tributes to slain CRPF men at Palam airport
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his last respects to the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack at the Palam technical area on Friday evening by placing a wreath. The bodies of the slain troopers reached Delhi's Palam air force area on Friday evening. Modi placed a wreath on a platform placed before the coffins carrying the mortal remains of the troopers.
Pulwama terror attack: NIA team reaches Awantipora
An NIA team with a suitable forensic component on Friday reached Awantipora. They will be assisting the Jammu and Kashmir Police in forensic evaluation of the crime scene.This comes after nearly 40 CRPF personnel were killed on Thursday when their convoy was targeted in Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.A bus, in which 42 CRPF personnel were travelling, was extensively damaged in the blast, was followed by firing on the vehicle.Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out by a suicide bomber.Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "the blood of Indians is boiling" and issued a clear warning to Pakistan, declaring that the "guardians" of the perpetrators of the Pulwama terror attack will be "definitely punished".Asserting that a "befitting reply" will be given, he said, "Our ...
Enough is enough: Celebrities express anger over Pulwama attack
Celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and Rajinikanth have condemned the terror attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Pakistan gets ready to woo Saudi crown prince
Pakistan was rescheduling flights, blocking-off luxury hotels, and -- according to one report Friday -- collecting 3,500 pigeons and colourful balloons to release during a welcome ceremony for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Islamabad is hoping to sign a raft of investment deals and other agreements during the two-day visit, which begins Saturday and will include talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and the powerful army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Banners heralding the crown prince were already lining the streets of the capital Friday, while the Express Tribune newspaper reported that authorities were trying to catch so many pigeons for a welcome ceremony that they were forced to collect birds from other cities. Police, the armed forces, and the Saudi Royal Guards will provide security, a senior Islamabad police official told AFP. The capital's "red zone", which houses Parliament House and the Presidency, was to be sealed off, while civil aviation ...
I can still drive a truck to help our soldiers: Hazare
Social activist Anna Hazare, who is currently hospitalised following his fast, said Friday that he still had enough strength to drive a military truck. Hazare, who was once an Army driver, was reacting to the terrorist attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which at least 40 jawans were killed. "I can not pick up the gun because of my old age, but if the need be, I can surely hold the steering wheel to ferry supplies to our armymen fighting for the country," a close aide of Hazare quoted him as saying from the hospital bed. Hazare, an octogenarian, ended his six-day fast over the demand of appointment of anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal on February 5. Suffering from certain health issues, he is now admitted to a hospital in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Before he attained national fame as anti-corruption crusader, Kisan Baburao Hazare, fondly known as Anna, joined the Army in 1960 as a truck driver. He served in the Khem Karan sector during
Jamia condemns Pulwama terror attack
Teachers and students from Jamia Millia Islamia condemned Thursday's deadly attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Maharashtra mourns two troopers killed in Pulwama attack
Two CRPF troopers from Maharashtra were among the 49 killed in Thursday's terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Friday.
Grief, anger unites families across nation
From Harpur in Uttar Pradesh to Gudigere in Karnataka, many villages across the country that send out young men to the armed forces were joined in grief Friday, a day after the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir. At many places, grief combined with anger over Thursday's terror strike that killed 40 jawans. "No doubt we are proud that my son gave his life for the motherland but the government should take tough steps against the attackers, Pankaj Tripathi's father Om Prakash Tripathi said in Harpur in UP's Maharajganj district. The time for talking is up, it's time to take revenge, he said. On the streets, villagers shouted slogans, calling for revenge. Badla lo, badla lo, Pakistan se badla lo, they chanted. Tempers also ran high in Deoria's Jaidev Chapia, the native village of 30-year-old Vijay Kumar Maurya. He left for Jammu only on February 9, after spending time in the UP village with his family which includes a one and half year old child. "I am proud that my son gave his ..
Bar on civilian traffic during security convoys in Kashmir
No more civilian traffic will be allowed in Jammu and Kashmir when convoys of security forces move on roads, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced on Friday.
Pulwama attack : Families, villagers proud of the martyrs
Manoj Kumar Behera, who was among the 40 CRPF personnel martyred in Pulwama Thursday, had called up his home at Ratnpur village in Odisha's Cuttack district just hours before the dastardly terrorist attack took his life. Sitting at their home at Ratanpur village in Cuttack district, Behera's wife Itilata said he had told her that he would be leaving for Srinagar later in the day. He had also promised to call her after reaching Srinagar. The call of course never came as the convoy in which he was travelling suffered the worst terrorist attack in the militancy plagued J&K and 40 CRPF personnel met gruesome death. The couple had been married two years ago and have a year-old daughter. Behera, who had joined CRPF in 2006, had also called up his mother Sabitri, who recalls that he had come home December 24 and left only on February 6 and the family had celebrated the birthday on January 16. His friends recall the cricket matches he played with them during his recent ...
Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi cancel Pakistan visit
In the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and his wife actress Shabana Azmi have decided not to attend an event in Pakistan.
Pulwama terror attack: Maharashtra announces Rs 50 lakh ex gratia to families of slain CRPF jawans
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced compensation of Rs 50 lakh to the families of deceased CRPF jawans from the state in the Pulwama terror attack.He also announced that the state will provide the "complete support to the education of the slain soldiers' children"."We have announced Rs 50 lakh for the kins of deceased jawans from Maharashtra and the government will take responsibility of their rehabilitation," tweeted Fadnavis.Among the 40 deceased, two jawans - Sanjay Rajput and Virendra Singh - were from Maharashtra.Various other states including Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, have also announced ex gratia to the families of the deceased jawans. Around 40 CRPF personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a bus carrying them on Thursday. The bus was extensively damaged in the blast, which was followed by firing on the vehicle.The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling ...
Pulwama terror attack: Ramdev urges PM Modi to take action, teach lesson to Pakistan
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take speedy action against Pakistan and terrorism after around 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a terrorist attack in Pulwama on Thursday.Ramdev said, "PM Modi has to take big action. Everyone should stand with the Prime Minister. There should not be cheap politics on this matter because it is about India's unity, integrity and sovereignty."Terming the attack as an attempt to break the country's unity, Ramdev said: "India should not leave any terrorist alive, especially Hafiz Saeed and Azhar Masood. They should be captured and brought to India, be it dead or alive." Ramdev also called Pakistan "dumb and fool" country and said India should teach them a lesson."We have to move beyond surgical strike, it is time to merge PoK with India. All the militants and terrorist in PoK should be neutralised. Destroy all the operational terrorist camps in PoK and if possible merge it with India. Without this, Pakistan will not learn a ...
Blood of Indians is boiling, 'guardians' of Pulwama attackers will be definitely punished: PM
Asserting that a "befitting reply" will be given, he said, "our neighbouring country forgets that this (India) is a country with new intent and new policy."He said the terror organisations and their "guardians" have committed a "grave mistake" by carrying out the attack and that the Indian armed forces have been given a go-ahead to hit back at the "time", "place" and "form" of their choosing."Haivaniyat ka poora hisab liya jayega... Muh todd jawab diya jayega (the inhuman act will be fully avenged. A befitting reply will be given)," Modi said."The country has already seen the valour of our armed forces," the Prime Minister said, apparently referring to the surgical strike carried out in September 2016 on terror camps across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir."The blood of Indians is boiling," he said at an event in New Delhi after chairing a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) which took a number of decisions to deal with Pakistan in the wake of ...