CM Kejriwal has been frequently visiting Punjab ahead of 2022 assembly election. In the last 2 months, this will be his 6th visit to the poll-bound state.
The grenade was hurled by unknown persons who came on a bike when a marriage procession was passing from the area, the Defence sources said.
Border Security Force personnel opened fire when they noticed suspicious movement of three people trying to enter into the Indian territory around 10:15 pm Wednesday, a BSF official said. He said the three went back after the BSP troops posted at the Paharipur border outpost fired gunshots to stop them
Army Chief General MM Naravane today visited forward areas along the the International Border (IB) and reviewed the security situation and operational readiness of the troops deployed on ground in the Jammu-Pathankot region.
Missing posters of actor-turned-politician and BJP MP from Gurdaspur constituency Sunny Deol have been put up by locals in Punjab's Pathankot as they claim that they have not seen the MP for many days.
"These attack helicopters will enhance the operation capabilities of the IAF and the strike force," Dhanoa said.
It was earlier reported that first four helicopters would arrive on a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Transport Aircraft at Pathankot following which they will be assembled there. But, no official confirmation came from the Defence Ministry or the IAF regarding the place and time of delivery. The first AH-64E was officially handed over to the IAF during a ceremony at Boeing’s production Center in Mesa, Arizona, on May 10.
The only acquittal in the Kathua rape-and-murder case came as the trial court set aside the statement of three prosecution witnesses who had claimed that Vishal Jangotra, the son of the main culprit Sanji Ram, was in the area at the time of the crime.
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After the 2016 terror attack, Pathankot and its adjoining areas continue to be under a strict vigil.
Six persons detained for interrogation at Pathankot Railway Station on basis of suspicion
All the three men have been detained and were being questioned about their antecedents, Punjab Police's Border Range IG, S S Parmar told PTI.
All the three men have been detained and were being questioned about their antecedents, Punjab Police's Border Range IG, S S Parmar told PTI.
The agencies were already on alert after four people travelling from Jammu in a hired car snatched the vehicle from its driver at gun point on November 13 in the district's Madhopur area.
The Punjab Police and Army have initiated a search operation to locate the suspected men.
In 2016, terrorists, who had launched attacks on the Pathankot Air base, had snatched a Punjab police officer's car to get to the air base.
In November 2008, 10 terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300.
The Crime Branch has also asked the district police to provide protection to the two witnesses who made written complaints. They said they were being harassed and threatened by the friends and relatives of the accused and were under pressure to change their statements before the district and sessions court in Pathankot, Punjab, which is hearing the case.
Charges against seven of the eight accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district were imposed by the Pathankot court
Directing day-to-day "in-camera" trial, the apex court asked the district and sessions judge at Pathankot to personally undertake the trial proceedings.
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