Pakistani agencies issued the notification around 9:30 PM IST Wednesday, at a time when Indian govt was holding key cabinet committee meeting on Pakistan's involvement in the attack.
Meanwhile, the Youth Congress in Telangana took to the streets, protesting against the attack and demanding accountability and action against such cross-border terrorism.
India has declared the defence/military, naval and air advisers at Pakistan High Commission in Delhi persona non grata, and ordered them to leave within a week.
India has also decided to pull out its defence attaches in Pakistan, and reduce staff size at its mission in Islamabad to 30 from 55, in response to the Pahalgam attack.
India has reviewed the security situation & directed all forces to maintain high vigil, while resolving to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice & their sponsors held to account.
Though India has constructed dams and hydro projects on the Indus basin, they are not enough to even utilise the water it is guaranteed under the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.
This is the first instance where the Indian government has publicly stated that there is a cross-border link in the Pahalgam attack that left 25 Indians and a foreign national dead.
An FIR has been filed under relevant sections of the BNS, Arms Act & UAPA. Eyewitness accounts and the condition of bodies suggest the attackers 'got long training'.
Condemning the attack, Pakistan’s media has accused the Indian government of using it to divert attention from its failures, alleging the Modi govt is turning it into a 'communal drama'.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has given ticket to a Hindu candidate for the first time and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has fielded two Hindus. Activists say they are simply paying lip service.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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