Surgical Strikes
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Don’t want to comment on surgical strikes by Indian Army, says LK Advani
National | Oct 15, 2016, 12:30 PM ISTAt a time when BJP and Congress are engaged in war of words over Indian Army’s surgical strikes across the LoC, veteran BJP leader LK Advani choose to remain silent on the operation which took place on September 28 night.
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'Surgical strikes' may be repeated if needed, Indian Army tells parliamentary panel
India | Oct 15, 2016, 11:20 AM ISTThe Indian Army on Friday confirmed to the members of Parliament’s defence standing committee that its units crossed the LoC and carried out “surgical strikes” over a “wide arc” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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One SSB jawan martyred, eight hurt in militant attack in Srinagar
India | Oct 15, 2016, 07:21 AM ISTMilitants attacked a paramilitary force convoy on the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday evening, killing a jawan and injuring eight others.
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Army briefs Parliamentary Defence Panel on surgical strikes, but no questions allowed
India | Oct 14, 2016, 06:43 PM ISTIndian Army's second most senior officer today briefed Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on the surgical strikes that were carried out across the Line of Control last month.
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In veiled reference to surgical strikes, PM Modi says ‘Army doesn’t talk, it acts’
National | Oct 14, 2016, 08:04 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today made a veiled reference to the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army and congratulated the forces for their valour and courage.
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‘Concocted and baseless’, India trashes Pak media report calling surgical strikes a ‘bluff’
India | Oct 14, 2016, 12:08 PM ISTIndia today denied a report doing rounds of Pakistani media that Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar in a meeting with German Ambassador in New Delhi had admitted there was no surgical strikes as "concocted and baseless".
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Attempts made by Pakistan to hack Delhi Police website go in vain
India | Oct 14, 2016, 07:50 AM ISTTo avenge the surgical strikes by the Indian Army in PoK, hackers from Pakistan tried to mount attacks on the Delhi Police website. However, all their attempts went in vain. “Though the Pakistani hackers have
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In a snub to Pakistan, US says it empathises with India on cross-LoC surgical strikes
World | Oct 14, 2016, 06:38 AM ISTGiving out a clearest indication yet of its support for the Indian Army for conducting surgical strikes across terror camps in Pakistan last month, the US has said it empathised with New Delhi's position of
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Surgical strikes: Somebody must control Manohar Parrikar, says former Defence minister AK Antony
National | Oct 13, 2016, 03:54 PM ISTTaking strong exception to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s statement on “surgical strikes”, senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister AK Antony today said that somebody must control him.
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Modi responsible for putting India in war like situation with Pakistan: Digvijaya
National | Oct 13, 2016, 12:31 PM ISTDigvijaya Singh flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Uri attack a case of cross-border terrorism, says US; backs India's 'right to self-defence'
World | Oct 12, 2016, 11:40 PM ISTIn what could be dubbed as a support to India’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) after Uri attack, the US today said that every country has a right to self defence.
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Parrikar’s denial of earlier surgical strikes undermines sacrifices made by Army: Congress
National | Oct 12, 2016, 07:51 PM ISTThe Congress today said Manohar Parrikar was blinded by political vote garnering and was unabashedly lying and misleading people by denying that any surgical strike was carried out during the UPA's tenure.
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No surgical strikes during UPA, this is first ever: Manohar Parrikar counters Congress claim
National | Oct 12, 2016, 05:50 PM ISTDefence minister Manohar Parrikar today said 127 crore people of the country and the Indian armed forces deserve the credit for the operation.
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Army foils another infiltration bid in Kupwara, search operation on
India | Oct 12, 2016, 02:53 PM ISTThe Indian Army today foiled another infiltration bid by militants from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). "An infiltration bid was foiled by Army
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Army conducted surgical strikes with outdated weapons despite MoD’s approval for modernisation: Report
India | Oct 11, 2016, 01:57 PM ISTThe Indian Army’s Special Forces (SF), which carried out surgical strikes in PoK targeting at least seven terror launch pads, used weapons that should have been replaced with modern ones as per Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s directives last year
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'The guard is up on LoC': Ready for any 'eventuality' post surgical strikes, says Army
India | Oct 11, 2016, 07:46 AM ISTThe Indian Army on Monday said that its guard is up along the Line of Control to reply to any eventuality after India's surgical strikes targeting terror camps.
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Manohar Parrikar attacks Rahul Gandhi, reminds him of 'dalali' in defence deals under Congress rule
National | Oct 10, 2016, 10:36 PM ISTDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar today targeted Rahul Gandhi and said those who focused on dalali in defence deals fully understood the meaning of the word.
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Samajwadi Party splits on surgical strikes; Akhilesh backs Rahul on ‘khoon ki dalali’ remark, Amar Singh sides with Modi
National | Oct 10, 2016, 09:44 PM ISTAkhilesh Yadav backed Rahul Gandhi for his controversial 'dalali' remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on surgical strikes saying he must have said it after giving some thought.
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LeT planning revenge attacks on India; may target Parliament, say Intelligence sources
India | Oct 10, 2016, 03:26 PM ISTRiled by the surgical strikes targeting their key installations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is has now planned a counter-offensive on India to avenge the killings of their cadre.
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Surgical strikes: Salman Khurshid backs Chidambaram’s assertion on Operation Ginger
National | Oct 10, 2016, 02:29 PM ISTWith BJP and Congress locking horns over the surgical strikes carried out under UPA regime in 2011, former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said his former cabinet colleague P. Chidambaram made this disclosure