Category: Politics

Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s statement: “We stand with the govt in its actions to protect country’s security. Party hopes Pakistan will recognise that it bears a great responsibility in continuing cross-border terrorist attacks against India. Congress expects that Pakistan will take effective action to dismantle infra of terrorism that it has supported.” Apart from AK Antony, Sonia Gandhi is the only opposition leader to laud the government. Most other opposition leaders have congratulated and thanked the Army, but stopped short of the extending the felicitations to the government.

The all-party meeting called by the government begins. Home Minsiter Rajnath Singh called the meeting to brief the parties in the the wake of the surgical strikes across the India-Pakistan border late on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, leaves of Army officers and jawans serving in the Western Front have been cancelled. Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal has convened an emergency meeting in view of escalating situation on India-Pakistan border. The Indian Army has started evacuating people living near the border areas of Punjab in anticipation of a possible retaliation by Pakistani…

Here is what we know about the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army along the Line of Control as per what army sources have revealed 1. Seven terror launch pads destroyed by the army across LoC 2 Indian Army Special Forces were para-dropped 3.The surgical strikes were carried out between 12:30 am to 4:30 am 4.Location was 500 metres to two kilometres across the LoC 5.The surgical strikes were conducted on Pakistani terror camps belonging to multiple terror groups 6.There were no Indian casualties 7.According to government sources, 38 terrorists…

It has been a matter of serious concern that there has been continuing and increasing infiltration by terrorists across Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. This is reflected, amongst others, in the terrorist attacks on 11 and 18 September 16 in Punch and Uri respectively. Almost 20 infiltration attempts have also been foiled by the Army at or close to the Line of Control during this year. During these terrorist attacks and infiltration attempts, we have recovered various stores including GPS and items that clearly indicate their origins in…

Rahul Gandhi in Guwahati: “I am against the ideology of the RSS and other organisations that try to divide this nation. I’m fighting against the RSS ideology that divides the country; my work is to fight poverty. Such cases are tactics to put me away from poor and helpless people; my fight is for farmers, laborers and the unemployed youth.” Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived at a court in Guwahati this morning for a defamation case filed by a RSS volunteer. Speaking to reporters outside the court room, Rahul said,…