Baramullah MP also seeks a tunnel in Kupwara to connect some remote villages as they remain cut off from the rest of the region due to lack of transport.
Defence minister promises expeditious investigation & says it is Army’s duty not only to safeguard national interest, but also to win the hearts of the people.
Local Gujjar residents had played a critical role in military operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba in the Pir Panjal mountains before 2003, setting up special militia to fight terrorism.
Besides civilian killings, the entry of 'hybrid' or 'part-time' terrorists being recruited and trained online call into question Modi govt's claims about normalcy in Kashmir.
Modi govt's Kashmir policy has been a success in changing status of state & redefining what remains negotiable. To expect it was going to end terror & alienation was wishful thinking.
Kashmir IG Vijay Kumar says police retaliating with full force through more encounters & swift arrests. In May alone, 27 terrorists 'killed in encounters and 22 arrested'.
Terrorists from The Resistance Front killed Ishfaq and Umar Dar on 26 March. Their mother's tears haven't dried, father keeps looking for them to return, brother wonders why they were shot.
Vijay Kumar, 1997-batch IPS officer, says in interview that local support for terror outfits is falling, 'hybrid terrorists' are a challenge J&K Police is focussing on.
PM's 1st visit to J&K since Article 370 abrogation. Since it was announced in March, 6 panchayat members killed in attacks, as well as 3 civilians & 5 security personnel.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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