Washington: Reacting to the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, head of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, in a US air strike, Twitterati went into an overdrive, with users praising US president Donald Trump as well as posting funny comments and memes. Pentagon confirmed that an air strike following directions from Trump, killed Soleimani near […]
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Pakistan takes media to Balakot, curtails interactions
New Delhi: Forty-three days after the Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror training camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, the Pakistani government took representatives of some Islamabad-based international media houses and foreign diplomats to the area but directed them not to “speak too long” to local residents. The Hindi website of BBC reported that one of […]
‘Seekers of Air strike proof should go to Pakistan’
Patna: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday advised those demanding proof or evidence of air strike at terror camp across the border to go to Pakistan. “Those questioning and demanding proof or evidence of air strike against terror should make passport and go to Pakistan. Critics of air […]
Modi regime planning another strike in April, claims Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government of planning another strike and indicated that the long-drawn Lok Sabha election process was intended to facilitate this. “..some journalists have given me the information that they are plan(ning) for another strike in the name of so called…so called…so called […]
National security takes over jobs as key concern: Survey
New Delhi: National security has taken over issues such as unemployment as one of the major concern areas for the people after the air strike on terror camps in Pakistan, according to the CVOTER-IANS opinion tracker. Unemployment was the number one issue on the mood of the people tracker at the start of year with […]
Post-air strike, rise in Modi’s popularity: Survey
New Delhi: The popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the satisfaction level of the people with his government soared while Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s rise on rating chart crashed after the aerial strike on terror camps in Pakistan, according to the findings of CVOTER-IANS State of the Nation Opinion Poll. Fifty-one per cent of […]
Slain CRPF personnel’s families seek proof of terrorists’ killing in Pakistan’s Balakot
New Delhi: Two families of CRPF personnel killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama bombing have raised questions over government’s claim of killing terrorists in last month’s air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot. Referring to questions raised by political parties over the terrorist casualties in the February 26 aerial strike carried out by Indian Air Force (IAF), […]
BJP flays Cong for raising questions over Balakot air strike
New Delhi: The aerial strike on terror camps in Pakistans Balakot has nothing to do with politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said and appealed the Congress not to lower the forces’ morale for “extraneous political” interest. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, here on Tuesday, the air strike was conducted for the […]
NDA may gain 12 more LS seats in UP post-air strikes: India TV-CNX survey
New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA will win 41 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the grand alliance of the SP, BSP and Ajit Singh’ RLD is projected to win only 35 seats, according to an India TV-CNX survey conducted after the air strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in […]
Air strike correct step, armed forces ready to combat any retaliation: Ex-IAF Chief
Kolkata : Former Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Arup Raha on Wednesday termed the IAF strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) training camp in Balakot in Pakistan as a “correct step” against the repeated terror strikes on Indian soil and said the country’s armed forces were prepared to tackle any retaliation from across the border. Noting […]