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Pak shelling kills two more, including 14-year old girl
13 May 2017
Escalation of tension on the LoC comes amidst rising incidence of violence inside Kashmir, pointing to a concerted effort by Pakistan and its terrorist outfits to destabilise Kashmir
US slaps sanctions on Pak terror outfits
13 May 2017
Battle of extremists: Hizbul threatens to ‘hang’ Hurriyat
13 May 2017
Hizbul Mujahideen leader Zakir Musa, who succeeded Burhan Wani has threatened the Hurriyat separatists that they would be hanged if they continued to describe Kashmir as a "political struggle" instead of an "Islamic uprising"
US intelligence report warns of worsening India-Pak ties over terror
12 May 2017
Putting the responsibility for improving relations squarely on Pakistan, the report says relations could worsen between the two countries in 2017 without a “sharp and sustained” drop in cross-border terror attacks from Pakistan
Army conducts door-to-door combing ops in Kashmir
05 May 2017
Last week, at least two video clips appeared on social networking sites with gun toting militants in battle fatigues marching in apple orchards in what appeared to be the landscape of Shopian
Germany imposes burqa ban, tightens security measures
29 Apr 2017
The new laws follow several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market last year that claimed 12 lives
Trump warns of ‘major, major’ conflict with N Korea
28 Apr 2017
While talks are still an option, Trump said North Korea “has to decide they’re ready to talk to us about the right agenda,” and that would not include pausing their nuclear programme at its current level
US starts moving THAAD defence system to S Korea amid protests
27 Apr 2017
China says the THAAD system's advanced radar can penetrate deep into Chinese territory and undermine its security, while it will do little to deter the North
China launches its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier
26 Apr 2017
China now becomes the seventh country with the capability to build its own aircraft carriers after the US, Russia, Britain, France, Italy and Spain
Amid rising tensions, N Korea detains US citizen
24 Apr 2017
L&T ties up with S Korean firm to make howitzers in India
22 Apr 2017
L&T will not only manufacture K9 VAJRA-T in India, with over 50 per cent indigenous content, but also provide through-life support from India
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