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ED identifies and plans to seize 14 properties of LeT chief terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Jammu and Kashmir

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ED to seize nearly 14 properties belonging to Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist outfit chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Border reservation act amended, economic reservation extended, Jamaat-e-Islami banned

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The Jamaat-e-Islami of J&K has been banned for its national and secessionist activities
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News Reports

14 IAF planes entered Pakistan, four of them bombed Masood Azhar’s camp, says Pakistan Rail Minister

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Pakistan Rail Minister said in Parliament joint session that there is a Jaish camp at Balakot which was targeted by Indian Air Force
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Editor's picks

Full coverage of Indian Armed Forces’ statements after Pakistan’s attempted attack on Indian military installations

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This is the first statement by the Indian Army, Navy and Airforce after India carried out airstrikes deep inside Pakistan territory, right up to Balakot, flattening Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps, as a response to the Pulwama terror attack.
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News Reports

IT ministry asks Youtube to remove 11 videos of IAF wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman who is in Pakistan’s captivity

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Pakistan Army, violating the norms under the Geneva Convention, released the videos of Indian fighter pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
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Editor's picks

Indian Armed Forces provide evidence that Pakistan used F16 for its aggression against Indian military assets. Here is why it’s important

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In a joint press conference today, the representative of all three wings of the Indian Armed Forces, Army, Navy and the Airforce today exposed Pakistan's lies and provided evidence that Pakistan had indeed used F16s to target Indian military installations
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News Reports

Repeated ceasefire violations from Pakistan amidst calls for peace by PM Imran Khan

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan is advicating peace while his Army is indulging in unabated ceasefire violations
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Editor's picks

With Wing Commander Abhinandan’s unconditional release, Imran Khan gave us a glimpse of ‘New India’, not ‘Naya Pakistan’

K Bhattacharjee -
Regardless of what transpires henceforth, the big picture reflects a significant dent in Pakistan's proxy war efforts. India entered their territory, helped their assets meet their god and suffered no consequences for its actions. 'New India' has started its journey on a strong foot.
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Fact-Check

Congress worker among others found peddling fake video claiming to be that of WC Abhinandan’s wife

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier today, sources have reported that the government of India has refused to allow Pakistan to use the captured pilot as a bargaining chip and asserted that he should be released immediately under the rules of Geneva convention.
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News Reports

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu absolves Pakistan’s terror crimes, says both sides responsible for tensions

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In his letter, Navjot Singh has shockingly brought references of ultra-left activists to target nationalist forces
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Editor's picks

Imran Khan to return Wing Commander Abhinandan to India tomorrow, however, this is no ‘peace gesture’

K Bhattacharjee -
It has to be remembered that Pakistan was bound by international conventions to return Wing Commander Abhinandan to India safe and sound.
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News Reports

Over 20 Pakistani fighter jets had tried to attack Indian military bases with laser guided bombs: MEA sources

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Indian Government has made new revelations about the attempt by Pakistan yesterday to attack Indian military bases. Following India’s air strike on terror camps...
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Editor's picks

In times of war, be one: It is time to reject naysayers and support the decisions being taken

Saket Suryesh -
Let us reject the naysayers and support the decisions being taken by those who have a better view of the things.
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News Reports

Clear message from India: Pakistan needs to show immediate, credible and verifiable action against terror for any talk

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MEA sources have said today, “Immediate, credible and verifiable action against terror is required (by Pakistan) before any such conversation'
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News Reports

Shooting down a much more advanced F-16 by a MiG-21 is remarkable achievement of IAF. Here’s how

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F-16 is much more modern and advanced compared to ancient MiG-21
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Editor's picks

‘Pakistan is trying to create Kandahar like pressure, India will not give in’: MEA sources on Abhinandan’s release

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The sources also confirmed that India has given specific information of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan to all members of the security council.
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News Reports

Day after Pakistan’s F-16 jet was shot down, Pakistan again attempts to enter Indian airspace: Reports

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Pakistan has made another attempt to intrude into Indian airspace on Thursday morning.
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Editor's picks

Imran Khan is right, wars are miscalculation, and that’s why Pakistan fights a ‘calculated war’

Rahul Roushan -
‘Say No To War’ doesn’t help when you are already in the middle of a well calculated war by Pakistan. Read about that war.
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News Reports

Where is Pulwama terrorist body? Goa Congress leader asks for proof, says Modi planned Pulwama terror attack

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Congress leader cast aspersions that the Pulwama attack could have been orchestrated by PM Modi
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News Reports

Pakistan appears to have mistaken its own pilot for Indian pilot, led to the lie about 2 Indian pilots being captured

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The F16 pilot, who the Pakistan Army who appears to have been mistaken for an Indian, is believed to be receiving treatment at one of the Army hospitals in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Picture circulated as wreckage of Indian jet turns out to be one of Pakistan’s F16 shot down by India: Reports

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The same picture was being circulated as a photograph of the downed Indian jet, however, analysis by IAF officers has confirmed that it is actually an F16, ANI has reported.
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Crime

In a fresh proposal, US, UK and France ask UNSC to declare JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist

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This proposal is the fourth such attempt in the last 10 years to list Azhar as a global terrorist. 
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Law

Court to hear JNU sedition case, as Arvind Kejriwal govt is yet to give sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others

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Delhi's Patiala house court to hear JNU sedition case in which Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid are charged, amid Arvind Kejriwal government's refusal to give consent to prosecute
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Sonam Kapoor plagiarises ‘Humans of Hindutva’ propaganda post, pontificates on ‘Hindu fundamentalism’

Nirwa Mehta -
Sonam Kapoor compares action by Indian Air Force to 'fundamentalism'
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Law

In a big setback for Gandhis, Delhi High Court upholds eviction of Associated Journals Limited from Herald House

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In a big blow to the Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, Delhi High Court has upheld the eviction of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) from Herald House
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Editor's picks

Congress and other opposition parties peddle lies on all-party meeting, get support from Pakistan

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The joint statement issued by the 21 opposition parties lies blatantly that there have been no all-party meetings convened by the PM.
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Pakistan violated Article 13 of the Geneva convention when it released footage of Indian pilot to humiliate him: Experts

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The Pakistan Army has violated the norms under the Geneva Convention after it released the videos of Indian fighter pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who is reportedly in Pakistan's custody.
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Editor's picks

10 remarkable details of the Indian air strike over Balakot terror camp

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It has been reported that PAF actually scrambled some F-16s after the Indian air strike, but seeing India's massive formation of airborne fighter jets and other aircraft, it hastily backed down.
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Crime

Pakistan touches new low, makes calls to civilians residing in border areas asking whereabouts of Indian Army

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The Indian armed forces had retaliated to the ghastly Pulwama carnage by executing an ariel airstrike in the wee hours on Tuesday morning
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News Reports

Delhi Metro put on Red Alert amid increased tension with Pakistan

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The government has issued red alerts on the entire network of Delhi metro amid the heightened tension between India and Pakistan. The red alert...
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News Reports

Pakistan’s lies out in open as it retracts statement, now says only one Indian pilot in its custody

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Pakistan had earlier said that two Indian Air Force pilots were arrested, out of which one was being treated in a hospital.
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News Reports

Object to Pakistan’s vulgar display of injured pilot, ensure safety, India expects immediate and safe return: MEA demarche on Pakistan

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India demands the immediate and safe return of the Indian Air Force pilot captured by Pakistan
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News Reports

One day after supporting the government, opposition parties back to theatrics by politicising the airstrikes against Pakistan

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At a time when the entire nation is backing the Indian armed forces and the world is staring at a full-fledged war between India...
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Editor's picks

Enduring peace and meaningful ‘talks’ with Pakistan in its current form is a delusional fantasy

K Bhattacharjee -
Armies of the world don't fight for war's sake. They fight so peace can prevail. The Army of India fights so peace can prevail with a bunch of mercenaries from Pakistan who wage Jihad. 
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‘Liberals’ mirror Imran Khan: Pakistan looks to survive, ‘liberals’ want terrorist to flourish so their business of ‘peace’ can prevail

Nirwa Mehta -
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for peace talks, right after Pakistan Army escalated the matter by attempting to attack Indian military installations in response to Indian sir strikes against terrorists
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News Reports

After attempting to attack Indian military installations in response to India’s strikes on terrorists, Imran Khan calls for ‘talks’

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Imran Khan's appeal to 'better sense' reek of duplicity as the Pakistanis chose to escalate matters by attempting to attack Indian military installations.
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News Reports

Nepal: Seven persons die in chopper crash, including Tourism and Civil Aviation minister and senior govt officials

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Chopper crash takes life of government officials in Nepal, including Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister
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Old videos and photos used by Pakistanis on SM to show captured pilot and Indian aircraft ‘shot down’

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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the propaganda wing of the Pakistan armed forces, had issued a statement claiming that the country had shot down two fighters of the IAF and arrested a pilot flying one of these jets.
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News Reports

MEA: IAF thwarted Pak attempt to target military assets, 1 Pak jet shot down, 1 MiG 21 lost, trying to ascertain Pak claims of...

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In a joint press conference by the MEA officials and Vice Air Marshal RK Kappo, the government has confirmed that one Indian pilot is missing and that they are trying to ascertain more details.
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Crime

AgustaWestland scam: Key accused Rajiv Saxena to move court seeking to turn approver

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Several startling revelations came to light in the VVIP chopper scam soon after the case gained momentum post middleman Christian Micheal's extradition to India.
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News Reports

India’s Air strike: Pakistan to hold National Command Authority meeting, which overlooks country’s nuclear weapons

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Pakistan to chair National Command Authority meeting, which oversees its nuclear strategy
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Government and Policy

US, France, others back India’s right to self-defence even as Pakistan cries foul over its airspace violation

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Many globals powers refrained from siding with Pakistan and have defended India's right to self-defence, while also calling for restraint.
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Arun Jaitley makes Osama reference, says if US could do it (take down Osama in Pakistan), anything can happen

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'Anything is possible,' Union Minister Jaitley on the tension prevailing at the LoC
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News Reports

America tells Pakistan that it cannot use its weapons without permission. Did Pakistan breach the ‘end use agreement’?

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United States of America has cautioned Pakistan against using American defence equipment without its permission.
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News Reports

Indo-Pak tension: Several flights flying over Pakistan return or divert route to avoid Pakistani airspace

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As per flight tracking data, several flights flying over Pakistani airspace have returned, or diverted to avoid Pakistani airspace
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Crime

West Bengal police nab two more JMB terrorists, explosives seized

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Two more Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh operatives held in West Bengal, taking the total to 6 JMB terrorists nabbed in a month.
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News Reports

IAF airstrike a way to ‘sabotage polls’: CPI(M) Kerala General Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

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He said that the IAF air strikes were part of an attempt to trigger a war and derail the upcoming general elections by the BJP.
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News Reports

Helicopter crashes in Budgam due to technical snag, Pakistan proceeds to spread fakes news and old images

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Pakistan has been spreading numerous fake images claiming that they have indeed brought down some Indian aircraft. Images from a crash in 2016 are being peddled as PoK crash today
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News Reports

Airports in Leh, Jammu, Srinagar, Pathankot on high alert, commercial flights suspended for security reasons

OpIndia Staff -
Initial reports also suggest that Pakistan Air Force's jet F-16 that violated Indian air space has been shot down in Indian retaliatory fire 3 kilometres within Pakistan territory in Lam valley, Nowshera sector.
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Crime

NIA raids on Kashmiri separatist leaders: Incriminating electronic equipments, documents and letterheads of terror organisations found

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The raids were part of a search operation linked to the agency’s investigation in the alleged terror-funding case.
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