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New Delhi, Feb 26: A Maruti Eeco minivan was used in the Pulwama terror attack and it was bought by a Jaish-e-Mohammed operative just 10 days before the February 14 strike that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said Monday. The JeM operative, identified as Sajjad Bhat, a resident of Bijbehara in south Kashmir, has since been on the run and is believed

Feb 26: Indian Air Force’s (IAF) 12 Mirage 2000 jets on the intervening night of February 25-26 bombed several terror camps across LoC and completely destroyed it, reports news agency citing IAF sources. The fighter jets dropped 1,000 kilogram bombs on terror camp at 3.30am, the report said. A News channel report, citing sources, stated the IAF strike has led to 200-300 casualties on the Pakistani

Tirunelveli, Feb 25: Rejecting the claim that his party was BJP's "B team," Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan said it was being targeted as they were growing in stature. Addressing a party rally late on Sunday night, Haasan, without directly naming any outfit, said he was being targeted as his party was growing in stature. One of the attacks was calling his party "the BJP's B team," he said

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25: The launch of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Kerala on Sunday became embroiled in controversy as it was done at two separate places: one by the state government and the other one by Union Minister K.J. Alphons. PM-KISAN, announced by Union Minister Piyush Goyal during the Interim Budget, is a scheme in which 120 million small and marginal

New Delhi, Feb 25: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Union government to constitute a commission headed by a retired top court Judge along with the army, intelligence and local administration, to conduct an enquiry in the Uri and Pulwama attacks. "We are not inclined to entertain the petition," a bench presided over by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told advocate J

New Delhi, Feb 24: As India awaits the hearing on Article 35A with bated breath, Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces continued to crack down on Kashmiri separatists in the Valley, with as many as 150 of them being detained till Saturday, media reports said. In the meantime, security forces kept on conducting nocturnal raids for the second consecutive day in Kashmir and people actively

Jammu, Feb 24: In a bid to end the simmering 'war hysteria' in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the valley, g overnor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday appealed that people should remain calm and not believe in rumours "circulating widely" to vitiate the atmosphere. He also clarified that the induction of paramilitary forces should only be seen in the context of conducting elections and should not be

Mumbai, Feb 24: The Pulwama attack on February 14 continues to have multiple repercussions across political, economic and social dimensions. The latest one being the massive outflow of foreign funds following the same. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) -- which profoundly influence investor sentiments at the bourses given its substantial sum -- pulled out over Rs 3,000 crore in just three

New Delhi, Feb 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the Rs 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers. Another one crore farmers will be covered in the next 2-3 days. In the interim Budget 2019-20, the central government had announced the PM-KISAN scheme

New Delhi, Feb 24: With the government set to transfer the first instalment of Rs 2,000 to about 2 crore farmers over the next few days, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday termed it as a “bribe for votes” and said the “greater shame” is that the Election Commission is unable to stop it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will launch the Rs 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman