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New Delhi, Jan 5: Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif today called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and promised "prompt and decisive action" against the terrorists behind the Pathankot attack as the Indian leader pressed for immediate steps on "specific and actionable" information provided to them. Modi received a call this afternoon from the Prime Minister of Pakistan regarding the terrorist attack on

New Delhi, Jan 5: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today recorded his statement in a Delhi court in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, accusing them of making false statements against him and his family members. During the recording of his statement, Jaitley told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal that Kejriwal

Gurdaspur (Punjab), Jan 5: Punjab Superintendent of Police (SP) Salwinder Singh on Tuesday said his timely information ahead of the attack on the IAF base in Pathankot alerted security agencies and prevented a major terror strike. The SP had claimed he was abducted by five heavily armed men as he was returning after visiting a shrine on December 31 night. Senior police officers were allegedly wary

Pathankot, Jan 5: Guns fell silent this morning at the air base here even as the operation against terrorists entered its fourth day with security personnel engaged in search and combing operations to sanitise the installation. Defence sources said that the firing at the air force base in Punjab ceased this morning after the attack that began in the wee hours on Saturday. However, search and

Imphal/Guwahati Jan 4: At least six people were killed and over 90 injured as a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake epicentred in Manipur today hit the northeastern region, causing damage to buildings and triggering panic. Manipur bore the brunt of the temblor which struck at 4.35 AM, jolting the people out of their sleep. Many buildings collapsed or developed cracks in Tamenglong, where the

New Delhi, Jan 3: The Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi was today halted for searches at Ghaziabad and movement of several other trains disrupted after Northern Railways was alerted about a possible bomb threat to trains plying between Delhi and Kanpur. The bomb scare came a day after the Pathankot terror attack that left four infiltrators and three security personnel dead. Delhi Police had communicated to

Pathankot (Punjab), Jan 3: Smoke could be seen coming out of the Indian Air Force (IAF) air base near here on Sunday evening as the gunfight between security forces and terrorists moved to an end. Police sources said two more terrorists holed up inside one portion of the frontline air base had been killed after a prolonged gun battle. With this, the security forces have eliminated six terrorists

Islamabad, Jan 2: Pakistan today condemned the terror strike at an Air Force base in Pathankot by heavily- armed Pakistani terrorists and asserted that building on the goodwill created during the recent high level contacts, it remained committed to partner India in tackling terrorism. "Pakistan condemns the terrorist incident in Pathankot, India, today, in which many precious lives have been lost

Pathankot, Jan 2: In a pre-dawn attack, a group of heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists, suspected to belong to Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit, struck at an Air Force base here in Punjab, leading to a fierce gunbattle in which three security personnel were killed along with four attackers. The terrorists, who struck just a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unscheduled visit to Lahore, could not

New Delhi, Jan 1: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he was “overwhelmed" by the response of people towards the odd-even scheme in the national capital. The CM further said that the pilot initiative of the AAP government has turned "into a movement", two hours after the commencement of the radical scheme. The odd-even formula is aimed at mitigating spiralling air pollution levels