Pulwama Terror Attack

Country salutes brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday paid homage to the CRPF personnel killed in the 2019 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama and said the entire nation stands firmly with their families. In a tweet in Hindi, Singh said the country salutes their courage and supreme sacrifice. "I pay my tribute to the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the terrorist attack at Pulwama in the year 2019. This country salutes the courage and sacrifice made by these soldiers who got martyred. The entire nation stands firmly with their families," Singh tweeted. Over 40 soldiers had made the supreme sacrifice after a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into the CRPF convoy. In a retaliatory attack, the Indian Air Force targeted terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also took to Twitter to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. "Homage to our courageous jawans who laid down their lives this day in Pulwama in 2019. We pay tribute by maintaining our v

Pulwama attack anniversary: PM Modi pays tributes to martyrs who lost lives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in a terror attack on their convoy in Pulwama on this day in 2019. He tweeted, "Remembering our valorous heroes who we lost on this day in Pulwama. We will never forget their supreme sacrifice. Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India." Over 40 soldiers had made the supreme sacrifice after a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into the CRPF convoy. In a retaliatory attack, the Indian Air Force targeted terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan.

Student sentenced to 5 yrs imprisonment for 'celebrating' Pulwama attack

A special court here has sentenced a 22-year-old to five years simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 for making derogatory comments on Facebook posts after the terrorist attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama in 2019. The order was passed by Judge Gangadhara C M of the Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge (Special Judge for trial of NIA Cases). The accused, Faiz Rasheed, was 19 and a college student at the time of the crime and has been in custody for three-and-a-half years. The court found him guilty under Section 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,) and Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence). However, the trial was not conducted on Section 124A (Sedition) and it was kept in abeyance as per the Supreme Court directions keeping it in suspension. He was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three years and pay a fine of Rs 10,000 for the offence under Section 153-A of the IPC. He was sentenced to simple ...

2 local terrorists killed in J&K's Pulwama encounter, soldiers injured

The two terrorists killed were involved in several terror attacks on migrant labourers belonging outside Jammu and Kashmir in Pulwama district during March and April this year, police said

Farooq Abdullah prevented from leaving home on Pulwama attack anniversary

Sources in the National Conference, of which Abdullah is the president, said that he was scheduled to travel to Jammu by road, a stretch of nearly 300 kilometers

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy slams KCR's comments on surgical strikes

By asking proof of the surgical strikes, KCR has now joined the bandwagon of the "Tukde Tukde gang and urban naxals" to cast aspersions on the armed forces, said Reddy

Pulwama attack: Bus driver Jaimal Singh wasn't on roster, says book

Jaimal Singh wasn't even supposed to drive that day; he was merely substituting for another colleague: official

Late Major Dhoundiyal accorded Shaurya Chakra; wife, mother receive award

Army Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who was killed in the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack, was accorded the Shaurya Chakra (posthumously) by President Ram Nath Kovind

Did not forgive, will not forget: CRPF on Pulwama terror attack anniversary

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that lost 40 troopers in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack said on Sunday that the country "did not forgive" and "will not forget" the supreme sacrifice

Shah pays tribute to soldiers killed in Pulwama, says will never forget

Paying tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, Amit Shah on Sunday said India will never forget their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice

PM Imran Khan's minister admits to Pakistan role in Pulwama blast

Bajwa was trembling; Qureshi said India will attack if Abhinandan not released, recalls Pak Opposition leader

Pak boasts about its role in Pulwama attack; BJP takes dig at Rahul Gandhi

Last year, Rahul Gandhi had insinuated that the Pulwama terror attack was a stage-managed attack perpetrated by the BJP government

Hearing on Pulwama terror attack accused bail plea deferred by NIA court

The hearing on the bail plea of Waiz-ul-Islam, an accused in the Pulwama terror attack case, was not taken up today by the special NIA court in Jammu on Thursday as it was closed due to Covid

India slams Pakistan for evading responsibility for Pulwama terror attack

NIA has filed a charge sheet in the Pulwama case detailing how Pakistan-based JeM terror outfit planned and carried out the attack

79 terror incidents in J&K since abrogation of Article 370, 49 neutralised

However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, no major terror attack took place in the hinterland of the country between August 5, 2019 and March 10, 2020.

Pulwama attack: NIA arrests father, daughter for aiding involved terrorists

The NIA arrested Tariq Ahmed Shah and his daughter Insha Jan after investigation led to their house at Hakripora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir

Balakot, a year on: What has changed for India after the airstrike?

A realistic assessment will tell us that not much has changed between India and Pakistan since Balakot; the relationship remains as fraught as before with little prospect of reconciliation

Armed forces don't hesitate to cross border to protect country: Defence Min

India's approach in dealing with terrorism has undergone a major change as its armed forces now do not hesitate to cross the border to protect the country against the menace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on the first anniversary of the Balakot air strike. A fleet of Indian Air Force aircraft had bombed a terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26 last year to avenge the killing of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. "I thank the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi for bringing change in India's approach against terrorism & our ways to counter terror. "The Surgical Strikes of 2016 and Balakote Air Strikes of 2019 are testimony to this change. This is certainly a New and Confident India in making," Singh said in a series of tweets.

DSP Davinder Singh case: NIA arrests LOC trade body chief from Delhi

The arrest was made two days ago. This was the sixth arrest in the matter

Who benefitted, held accountable: Rahul asks govt on Pulwama terror attack

Gandhi asked who in the BJP government had been held accountable for the security lapses that allowed the attack