Six houses were burnt down as a shell hit a car in Batpora last week. Affected families allege 'not even tents provided', call for rehabilitation saying ‘we can’t lose all again’.
Hailing from a humble family, Deepak Chingakham was fatally injured in Pakistani shelling in R S Pora. He leaves behind parents & a younger brother in Imphal East district.
On 10 May, war reached the door of Surankote, an area in Poonch district that, until that night, had never witnessed shelling. A hotel was hit while another got lucky.
Those left behind in border villages either don't have resources to move out, or rescue efforts are too stretched. But, even residents in Jammu & Srinagar cities are distressed.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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