Stretch between Ravi river & Shakargarh Bulge, which with broken terrain & dense cover, continues to be exploited by Pakistan-trained terrorists, say those in defence establishment.
Further details awaited. Earlier, exchange of fire between security forces & terrorists was reported from Kathua during an anti-terrorist operation by forces in Suffain area of Kathua.
The nearly two-hour public interaction saw the Union minister meeting with individual citizens and delegations, resolving many matters immediately and issuing instructions for swift action on others.
Pakistan wants to counter the Indian government’s narrative in Kashmir by stoking violence, thereby signalling to the world that Kashmir is not a finished agenda.
Multi-layered security arrangements have been put in to ensure the safety of the pilgrims as the 11th batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims passed through Udhampur Tuesday morning.
It is learnt the last time this particular area saw such terrorist activity was in 2001. The area is Hindu-dominated, and closer to Himachal Pradesh than Jammu.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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