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Senior Russian General killed in car explosion near Moscow

Moscow The Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yaroslav Moskalik, died in a car explosion in Balashikha near Moscow on Friday, TASS reported, citing Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko. An improvised explosive device caused the blast, and an investigation is being conducted. The explosion occurred near building number 2 at Nesterova Boulevard in Bal...

FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for allegedly obstructing immigration agents

Washington DC The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge and charged her in federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest, CNN reported. Judge Hannah Dugan is facing two charges for hindering and concealing the person from arrest. She appeared in court initially and was released. The arrest on federal charges is an escalation in the Trump administration...

Unprovoked firing along LoC, Indian troops responded

Srinagar Multiple Pakistani Army posts opened unprovoked small arms fire across various sectors of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir during the night of April 25-26. Indian forces stationed along the LoC responded in an appropriate manner using small arms. There were no reports of casualties on the Indian side. Meanwhile, in Bandipora, a Lashkar-e-Taliba (LeT) terrorist associate was killed by the security forces durin...

Pakistan's Army Attache in UK makes throat slit gesture at Indian community protestors

London As the members of the Indian community held a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London on Friday and condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, a senior official of the Pakistan Army was caught on camera making threatening gestures toward the protestors in London. In videos that are now viral on social media, Colonel Taimur Rahat, Pakistan Army and Air Advisor in the High Commission in Lond...

Over 550 Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants detained in Gujarat operations

Ahmedabad In a massive statewide crackdown, over 550 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were detained in Ahmedabad and Surat for residing in India with forged documents, Gujarat police said on Saturday. Deportation proceedings will follow once verification and interrogation are complete, said the official. The coordinated operations were led by multiple law enforcement units, including the Special Operations Group (SOG), Crime Bran...

Delhi Govt enforces Centre's order, directs Pakistani nationals to leave after Pahalgam attack

New Delhi Stepping in line with the Centre's tough stance, the Delhi government has moved to implement the Central Government's directive instructing all Pakistani nationals to leave India immediately, following the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead. The Delhi government said that it is enforcing the Centre's order, which revokes all existing visas issued to Pakistani citizens -- except for medical, diploma...

Rahul Gandhi leads Congress' candle march to pay homage to Pahalgam victims

New Delhi Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi joined the candlelight protest organised by Congress against the Pahalgam terror attacks in Delhi. Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar on Friday in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack. He also met a person injured in the attack at a hospital in Srinagar. He sta...

Amit Shah urges CMs to identify and ensure return of Pakistani nationals

New Delhi Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Chief Ministers on Friday and asked them to identify all Pakistani nationals in their respective states, according to sources. Amit Shah is also talking to all chief ministers on the issue, asking them to identify all Pakistan nationals in their respective states and take steps to ensure their prompt return to Pakistan. A decision has been made to cancel all types of visas, effective i...

Bhopal: Muslims protest Pahalgam attack with black bands during Friday prayers

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Several people from the Muslim community offered Friday prayers (Namaz) wearing black bands in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal to mark their protest against Pahalgam terror attack. The people offered their namaz at Bhopal's biggest Taj-ul-Masjid and also raised slogans against Pakistan. "Today, we tied black bands to mark our protest against the dirty act (Pahalgam terror attack) done with our b...

Khwaja Asif says Pakistan supported terror groups for USA

New Delhi The truth about Pakistan is out of the bag, with its defence minister admitting that Pakistan has been funding and backing terrorist groups. In a video clip that has now gone viral, Pakistan's defence minister is in conversation with Sky News's Yalda Hakim, when she asks him, " But you do admit, you do admit, sir, that Pakistan has had a long history of backing and supporting and training and funding these terror...

India informs Pakistan of its decision to keep Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance

New Delhi India on Thursday informed Pakistan of its decision to keep Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance with immediate effect, saying Pakistan has breached conditions of the treaty. Sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting Jammu and Kashmir impedes India's rights under the Indus Waters Treaty, India's Secretary of Water Resources Debashree Mukherjee said in a letter addressed to her Pakistani counterpart, Syed Ali M...

Pakistanis with Long Term Indian Visas don’t have to leave India: MEA

New Delhi The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday that the Long Term Visas (LTVs) already issued to Hindu Pakistani nationals remain valid. In a press release, MEA stated, "Reference Government of India's decision (24 April 2025) to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals. It is hereby clarified that the revocation of visas specified in the above decision does not apply to the Long Term Visas (LTVs) a...

US State Department calls for bringing perpetrators of Pahalgam attack to justice

Washington The US has called for the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam to be brought to justice, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday (local time). While addressing a press briefing on Thursday (local time), Bruce said that US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have made clear that the US stands with India and strongly condemns all forms of terror...

J&K unaffected by terror, tourists will still come: Dy CM Choudhary

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) In the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary strongly condemned the incident and expressed confidence that tourism in the region would remain 'unaffected' by attempts to instil fear. Addressing media in Srinagar, Choudhary said, "Some people who think that by doing this they will be able to stop the tourists that come here from around ...

PM Modi briefs Israeli PM Netanyahu on 'barbaric' Pahalgam attack

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the Pahalgam Terror attacks. Israel strongly condemned the terrorist attack carried out on Indian soil and expressed solidarity with India. In the details shared by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs in a post on X on Thursday, it was observed that PM Modi shared the barbaric nature of the terror...

‘Terror attacks have no place in Islam’: Sufi Council chief on Pahalgam attack

Ajmer (Rajasthan) All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council Chairman Syed Naseruddin Chishty on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, saying there is no place in Islam for such attacks. Speaking to ANI, Chishty said, "Pakistan calls itself an Islamic country, but Pakistan should know what is the responsibility of a neighbour towards another neighbour...There is no place in Islam for such attacks." All India Sufi...

Pahalgam Attack: 2 Pak LeT, one local terrorist identified as perpetrators

Anantnag The Jammu and Kashmir Police have released sketches and identities of three terrorists said to be involved in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people. All three terrorists are affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Police have also announced a bounty of Rs 20 lakh for each of the three terrorists. The first sketch is that of Adil Hussain Thoker, a native of Anantnag. The second terror operative has b...

We will pursue them to end of Earth: PM Modi on perpetrators of Pahalgam attack

Madhubani Addressing Pakistan and its sponsored terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, killing 25 tourists and one local service provider, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the perpetrators would be hounded and punished; and “punished to the level beyond their imagination”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued a firm warning to those behind the Pahalgam terror attack, promising swift...

Pahalgam attack: Locals recall helping injured tourists to reach hospital

Pahalgam Two days after the heartbreaking Pahalgam terror attack, where 26 people were killed and several others were left injured, locals recalled the horror they witnessed. Sajad Ahmad Bhat, a shawl hawker from Pahalgam, was seen carrying a tourist injured during the attack in a video that went viral on social media. Recalling the incident, Bhat said that he had received a message from the head of Pahalgam Pony Association, Abdul...

Pakistan government's X handle withheld in India following Pahalgam terror attack

New Delhi Following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, tensions between India and Pakistan have further escalated and the official X account of the Government of Pakistan has been withheld in India. Users attempting to access @GovtofPakistan on 'X' in India see a message stating that the account has been withheld in response to a legal demand. Terrorists gunned down 26 people,mostly tourists in Pahalgam on April 22....

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