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Hello Jammu News at 9:29:00 PM 0


Dhule (Maharashtra), Feb 16 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted Saturday that each drop of tear shed in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack would be avenged.

Continuing his tough talk in the wake of the ghastly strike that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans Thursday, Modi said this is a "new India" which will not tolerate those who provide guns and bombs to target security personnel.

Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating several development projects here in north Maharashtra, he said anger over the horrific assault in Jammu and Kashmir is palpable in the country and all eyes are moist.

Modi paid tributes to the slain soldiers and hailed their families.

"I have come here at a time when there is anger and eyes are moist. I salute the brave soldiers and the mothers who gave birth to them," he said.

"Apart from the government, as citizens of the country, it is our responsibility to stand by the families of those who sacrificed everything for the country.

"This is the time for mourning and to show restrain and sensitivity," he said.

"I want to assure each family who lost their loved one that each drop of tear will be avenged (aasu ka pura pura jawab liya jayega)," Modi declared.

Speaking further on the Pulwama carnage, the prime minister said times have changed and the world will experience this soon.

"Ours is a new India with new methods and policies, and the world will experience this now. Those who spray bullets or those who provide guns and bombs to target our soldiers, will not be spared. We will not allow them to sleep in peace," Modi asserted.

The prime minister said his government has worked tirelessly for the welfare of farmers and pointed to the recent announcement of providing Rs 6,000 annually directly into the bank accounts of agriculturalists having less than five acres of land.

He said the development projects inaugurated Saturday would allow Dhule to compete with Surat in adjoining Gujarat in the next 30 years.

The prime minister inaugurated the Lower Panazara Medium Project constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchan Yojana (PMKSY).

Modi laid the foundation stones of Sulwade Jamphal Kanoli Lift Irrigation Scheme and Dhule City Water Supply Scheme.

The prime minister also laid the foundation stone of Dhule-Nardana new rail line and Jalgaon-Manmad third railway line, besides flagging off the Bhusaval-Bandra Khandesh Express through video link.                    PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 3:37:00 PM 0


New Delhi, Feb 15 :  Following the Pulwama terror attack, India Friday withdrew the 'most-favoured nation' status to Pakistan, a move which would impact USD 488.5 million worth of goods that the neighbouring country exports to India.

After the withdrawal of most-favoured nation (MFN) status, India can raise customs duties on several goods being imported from Pakistan. 

The main items which India imports include fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products, bulk minerals and ores and finished leather. 

In a media briefing after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to Pakistan stands revoked.

India granted the MFN status to Pakistan way back in in 1996, but the neighbouring country had not yet reciprocated.

The MFN status was accorded under World Trade Organization's (WTO) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Both India and Pakistan are signatories to this; and are members of the WTO. 

Under the MFN pact, a WTO member country is obliged to treat the other trading nation in a non-discriminatory manner, especially with regard to customs duty and other levies.

Removal of this status means India can now enhance customs duties to any level on goods coming from Pakistan.

Total India-Pakistan trade has increased marginally to USD 2.41 billion in 2017-18 as against USD 2.27 billion in 2016-17. India imported goods worth USD 488.5 million in 2017-18 and exported goods worth USD 1.92 billion in that fiscal.

India mainly exports raw cotton, cotton yarn, chemicals, plastics, manmade yarn and dyes to Pakistan.

Trade experts said that this decision would not have a major implication on bilateral trade between the countries as the value of trade is below USD 3 billion annually.

Welcoming the government's decision, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President Ganesh Kumar Gupta said that the move would impact Pakistani industries that are exporting to India.

"The government should take a carefully crafted step as India's exports are more than imports. If Pakistan will take retaliatory actions, then it would impact more to India," international trade expert with Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said.

Professor Biswajit Dhar of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said that Pakistan mainly exports to India through Dubai and Singapore, "so we need to target that also". 

The CCS meet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.

At least 37 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.                    PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 2:38:00 PM 0




New Delhi, Feb 15 :  Warning Pakistan that it cannot weaken India by orchestrating attacks such as the one on CRPF jawans in Pulwama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said those responsible will pay "a very heavy price" and security forces will be given a free hand to deal with terrorists.

In a hard-hitting speech, Modi said the "blood of the people is boiling" and forces behind the act of terrorism will be definitely be punished.

"Security forces have been given complete freedom, the blood of the people is boiling...Our neighbouring country, which has been isolated internationally, thinks such terror attacks can destabilise us, but their plans will not materialise," Modi said at a function to flag off the Vande Bharat Express, India's fastest train from Delhi to Varanasi.

On Thursday, an explosives laden truck rammed into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama outside Srinagar, killing 37 soldiers in one of the biggest terror attacks in recent years.

"My condolences to families of those martyred in Pulwama attack, those behind the terror strike will pay a very heavy price," Modi said.

"I am thankful to all nations which condemned Pulwama attack and urge them to come together to crush terrorism. The forces behind this act of terrorism and those responsible for it, will be definitely be punished," he said.

Appealing to his critics to not politicise the tragedy, Modi said the attacks have left the country emotional.

"I understand the sentiments of those criticising us but I urge them that it is an emotional time, so stay away from political one-upmanship," he said.

Earlier in the morning, after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India had withdrawn Pakistan's most favoured nation status and was working on a plan to isolate the country internationally in the wake of the attacks.

"The most favoured nation status to Pakistan stands revoked," Jaitley said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Srinagar on Friday and would convene an all-party meeting most likely on Saturday to brief political parties on the incident so that the nation speaks in one voice on the issue.

The CCCS meet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.                             PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 12:19:00 PM 0

Washington, Sep 20: Almost 59 per cent of all terrorist attacks in 2017 took place in five Asian countries, including India and Pakistan, a US report said Thursday.

The other three countries include Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines.

The total number of terrorist attacks worldwide last year decreased by 23 per cent. Similarly, the total deaths due to terrorist violence decreased by 27 per cent, according to the report.

The decline in terrorist violence was largely due to dramatically fewer attacks and deaths in Iraq, Nathan Sales, State Department coordinator of counterterrorism, said during a conference call with reporters Thursday.

"Although terrorist attacks took place in 100 countries in 2017, they were concentrated geographically. Fifty-nine percent of all attacks took place in five countries. Those are Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Similarly, 70 per cent of all deaths due to terrorist attacks took place in five countries, and those are Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and Syria," he said.

The annual State Department Country Report on Terrorism, he said, notes a number of major strides that the United States and its allies made to defeat and degrade terrorist organisations in 2017.

"We worked with allies and partners around the world to expand information sharing, improve aviation security, enhance law enforcement and rule of law capacities, and to counter terrorist radicalisation with a focus on preventing recruitment and recidivism," Sales said.

However, despite these many successes, the terrorist landscape grew more complex in 2017, he said. "ISIS, al-Qaida, and their affiliates have proven to be resilient, determined, and adaptable," Sales added.

He said foreign terrorist fighters were heading home from the war zones in Iraq and Syria or travelling to third countries to join ISIS branches there.

"We also are experiencing an increase in attacks by homegrown terrorists that is, people who have been inspired by ISIS but have never set foot in Syria or Iraq. We've seen ISIS-directed or ISIS-inspired attacks outside the war zone on soft targets and in public spaces like hotels, tourist resorts, and cultural sites," Sales said.

"We've seen this trend in places as far as Bamako, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Marawi, New York City, Ouagadougou, and many others," added the top counter terrorism official from the State Department.

Iran, he alleged, remains the world's leading "state sponsor of terrorism" and is responsible for intensifying multiple conflicts and undermining US interests in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Sales said Tehran uses a number of proxies and other instruments such as Lebanese Hizbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's Quds Force.

The threats posed by Iran's support for terrorism are not confined to the Middle East; they are truly global, he asserted.

"We have seen Iran's and its proxies' terrorist-related activities across the globe. There are active fundraising networks in places as far afield as Africa, in South America. We've seen weapons caches planted around the world," he said.

Al-Qaida, he said, was a determined and patient adversary.

It has largely remained out of the headlines in recent years as it has been content to let ISIS bear the brunt of the international response, but one shouldn't confuse that period of relative quiet with al-Qaida's abandonment of its capabilities or intentions to strike the US and its allies, Sales said.

"That is why we are continuing to keep the pressure on al-Qaida, its affiliates, and its individuals. The report details a number of efforts that we've taken to designate and I mentioned in my opening remarks efforts that we have taken to designate al-Qaida affiliates in Syria, in Mali, as well as individuals who are associated with the group," he said .

"So, although ISIS has gotten the headlines, we remain focused and determined to confront al-Qaida wherever we find it," Sales added. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:33:00 PM 0

Srinagar, May 29 :  Army today paid tribute to Sepoy Vikram Singh killed in a militant attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 27.

In a solemn ceremony at Badamibagh cantonment here, Corps Commander Lt Gen A K Bhatt and all ranks paid homage to the martyr on behalf of a proud nation, a defence spokesman said.

In a show of solidarity, representatives from other security agencies also joined in paying their last respects to the martyr, he said.

Sepoy Vikram Singh (25) belonged to Ladpur village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. He had joined the forces in 2013. He is survived by his wife.

He sustained bullet injury during a "cowardly and provocative standoff attack" by the militants on Kakapore Army camp in Pulwama district, the spokesman said.

The soldier was provided immediate first aid and evacuated to 92 Base Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.

"The mortal remains of the martyr were flown for last rites to his native place, where he would be laid to rest with full military honours," the spokesman said, adding the Army stands in solidarity with the bereaved family and remains committed to their dignity and well being. PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 2:54:00 PM 0



United Nations, May 2: A human rights expert has condemned the killing of journalists in Afghanistan who were among the victims of a major terrorist attack in Kabul.
The condemnation came on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3.
'The attack on Monday, like all such attacks on journalists, is an attack on Afghanistan's free press and the public’s right to know,' the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, said on Tuesday, urging the government to bring the perpetrators to justice.
According to news reports, after an initial suicide attack, another suicide bomber targeted journalists who had arrived on the scene, to cover the event. The terrorist group ISIL, or ISIS, which is also known as Daesh, claimed responsibility for the bombings that killed more than 40 people and injured 45 others, including women, children and emergency responders, as well as news media personnel.
'These attacks serve to remind those who glibly demonize the press that journalists serve a crucial function in societies: the illumination of all matters of public interest,' Kaye said.
'The legacy of those killed is their reminder that serving the public’s right to know, can be dangerous and deserves all of our respect and support.'
On Monday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, condemned the attacks.
In a statement made yesterday, the Security Council also condemned the bombings as 'heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks.'
'The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of Afghanistan' and they wished a speedy and full recovery to the injured,' the statement added. UNI


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Hello Jammu News at 5:37:00 PM 0
‘4 injured, operation on’

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 10: The Government today informed the House that two Army personnel were killed in the ongoing Fidayeen attack on Sunjwan Military Station till the last reports came in.
Making a statement in the House regarding the incident, Minister for Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, A R Veeri said that at about 0410 hours a group of Fidayeen attacked Sunjwan Military Station (36 Brigade) resulting in death of Subedar Madan Lal Chowdhary and Subedar Mohammad Ashraf Mir besides four others, including a civilian, got injured who have been shifted to GMC Jammu for treatment.
The Minister informed the House that the whole area has been cordoned off by Army and the security forces and operation is underway as militants have taken refuge in JCO quarters in the area.
He said during the operation, Col Rohit Solanki, Havaldar Abdul Hamid and Lance Naik Bahadur Singh and Neha D/O of Subedar Madan Lal Chowdhary got injured who were initially shifted to Military Hospital Satwari and afterwards to Government Medical College, Jammu for treatment.
The Minister said the exact number of Fidayeen is still not known but as per the initial call received at Police Control Room (PCR) Jammu at around 0455 hours this morning, four to five militants are involved in the attack.
He said PCR Jammu immediately alerted all the concerned police establishments as well as Civil Administration regarding the incident.
The Minister said GMC Jammu has also been informed to be in readiness to deal with any exigency and ensure best medical care to the injured.
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Hello Jammu News at 5:53:00 PM 0

Ahmedabad, Nov 4: One of the masterminds of the deadly terror attack on Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar in September 2002, was arrested on Saturday from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here, police said.
Sixty-year-old Abdul Rashid Ajmeri was caught by the Crime Branch team of Ahmedabad police from the airport soon after he landed from a Kuwait Airways flight from Gulf countries. 
He is brother of one of the former accused of the case who was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2014. 
He used to live in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia since long, even before the crime but he was involved in the conspiracy, DCP Crime Branch Dipen Bhadran said.
'We had a definite information about his coming to Ahmedabad to meet his brother and we got 
the info soon after he booked a ticket in the Kuwait Airways from Riyadh,' he said, adding that he was one of the several conspirators and accused of the case who were absconding.
He would be produced in a court later for his formal arrest and remand for detailed interrogation, he said.
In the incident that took place in the evening of September 24, 2002 in the temple situated a few meters away from the official CM residence in Gandhinagar, a total of 32 people including two terrorists were killed and over 80 injured. The incident was said to be a criminal conspiracy to retaliate against the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.
A special (POTA) court had convicted six of the accused with capital punishment to three of them. The Gujarat High Court had also upheld the judgement but in 2014 the Supreme Court acquitted them.
Notably, the grand temple which saw completion of its construction in 1992 had celebrated its silver jubilee on November 2 last and Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained present in the function. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 1:07:00 PM 0

New Delhi, Nov 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in New York in which eight persons were run over by a truck. “Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with those injured,” Mr Modi tweeted. Eight persons were killed and 12 injured after a truck hit at the pedestrians in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, city Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The Mayor described the attack as an “act of terror”. The suspect has been arrested. According to reports, New York City Police Commissioner James O’ Neil said the suspect was a 29-year-old man and was not from the city. The attacker is said to have come Florida. UNI
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