India

New Delhi, Sep 30: One more soldier, who was critically injured in the Uri attack, today died of his wounds, taking the toll to 19. The soldier was undergoing treatment at Army's Research and Referral Hospital here.He succumbed to his injuries, defence sources said. The Uri Army base was attacked by heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists on September 18 in which 18 soldiers were killed. India carried

New Delhi, Sep 30: Beyond Thursday's raid by Indian special forces into Pakistan's side of divided Kashmir, New Delhi is considering new economic and diplomatic measures to bring pressure to bear on its neighbour, Indian officials said. In a rare public acknowledgement, Indian officials said teams of elite troops crossed the de facto border dividing the nuclear-armed rivals in the Himalayan state

Bengaluru, Sep 30: In what's being described as the first major use of the Cartosat family of satellites, the last one (2c) launched in June this year, sources in Isro said that the armed forces were aided by high-resolution images for the surgical strikes conducted across the line of control (LoC) in the small hours of Thursday.A source in Isro said: "We've been providing images to the armed

Jammu/Chandigarh, Sep 29: People living within 10 kms of the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab have been asked to shift to safer places and schools ordered to be shut till further notice in the wake of surgical strike carried out by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC). The 'Beating Retreat' ceremony at Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar in Punjab has also been closed

New Delhi, Sep 29: Seven terror launch pads were targeted across the LoC by special forces of the Indian Army during the 'surgical strike' overnight in which heliborne and ground forces were used, defence sources said today. The sources said the operation began at around mid-night last night and ended at around 4:30 AM this morning. The terror launch pads targeted were in the range of 2 to 3km

New Delhi, Sep 29: India conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads last night across the Line of Control (LoC) and inflicted significant casualties and heavy damages. The announcement of the sudden action by the army to target terrorists was made by the DGMO Lt Gen Ranveer Singh at a hurriedly called news conference during which External affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup was also

New Delhi, Sep 29: The meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status granted to Pakistan has been postponed till next week. "The meeting regarding MFN and related logistics scheduled for today is postponed to next week," official sources said here. The decision to review the MFN, which was granted by India unilaterally in 1996, was taken in the wake

New Delhi, Sep 28: India today said the SAARC Summit in Islamabad has to be postponed as it and three other countries have pulled out of the meet. However, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said a formal announcement to this effect will be made by Nepal, the current Chair of the SAARC. The current rule is that if any one head of State or Government decides not to participate in

New Delhi, Sep 28; The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Madhya Pradesh government over reported deaths of 116 children due to malnutrition-related ailments in Sheopur district in the last five months. The NHRC has issued the notice to the Chief Secretary of the state and sought a detailed report on the matter within four weeks. The Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of

Pathankot, Sep 27: High alert was today sounded in Pathankot following inputs about suspicious movement of some people and a massive search operation has been launched on Pathankot-Dalhousie road. Around 400 security personnel including SWAT team were deployed for conducting the search operation by the Punjab police in the district where terrorist from across the border had struck the IAF airbase