Kolkata : Twenty seven-year-old Sudip Biswas was looking forward to his marriage when a suicide bomber snatched away his life. The sole bread earner of his family, Biswas’s death in Thursday’s terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district has left his mother and sister devastated. Biswas, hailing from West Bengal’s Nadia district, had made […]
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JeM revives its depleted cadre strength
New Delhi : The Pulwama attack is being seen as a revival of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) whose cadre strength had shrunk drastically in recent years. Sources said the Pakistan-based terror group founded by Masood Azhar was on a recruitment drive in Jammu and Kashmir to increase its strength as it lost almost its entire leadership with […]
Jharkhand announces Rs 10 lakh compensation, job to kin of slain CRPF trooper
Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced Rs 10 lakh compensation and job to a kin of Vijay Soreng who was one of the 45 CRPF personnel killed in the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. “Chief Minister Raghubar Das has expressed grief over death of the CRPF personnel in […]
World condemns Kashmir attack; US asks Pakistan to end support to terror groups
New Delhi : The international community has strongly condemned the terror attack by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 45 CRPF personnel, with US President Donald Trump asking Pakistan to “end immediately” the support and safe haven provided to all terrorist groups operating on its soil. “The US calls on Pakistan […]
Pulwama attack: India summons Pakistan High Commissioner
New Delhi : India on Friday summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood and lodged a strong protest over the Pulwama terror attack that claimed the lives of 45 CRPF troopers in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale summoned Mahmood to the MEA at 2 […]
Sidhu talks of dialogue with Pakistan even after Pulwama attack
Chandigarh : While a suicide attack which killed 45 CRPF troopers evoked widespread condemnation and calls for action against Pakistan, Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu sounded a discordant note on Friday saying the dialogue with Islamabad should continue. Sidhu, who takes every opportunity to harp on his friendship with Pakistan Prime Minister and former […]
India resolves to fight terror after Pakistan-backed JeM attack in J&K
New Delhi | India, while condemning in the strongest terms the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday perpetrated by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) that claimed the lives of over 40 CRPF troopers, said it is determined to fight the menace of terrorism. “The government of India condemns in the strongest possible terms the […]