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PM Modi said at a key security meeting on Tuesday that the armed forces have full operational freedom to retaliate following the Pahalgam attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a key security meeting on Tuesday that the armed forces have full operational freedom to determine the mode, targets, and timing of India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. During a high-level security meeting, PM Modi reaffirmed, “It is our national resolve to deliver a crushing blow to terrorism.” On Tuesday, PM Modi chaired a meeting with India’s…

Amid escalating tensions over the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto warned that halting water flow would lead to “Indian blood flowing” instead. Union Jal Shakti minister CR Paatil on Monday challenged Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over his “blood would flow in rivers if water is stopped” comment, daring him to come to India if he truly has the courage. Paatil’s response came after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader made provocative statements following India’s suspension of the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. “Modiji says ‘jal hai to bal hai’ (water is strength).…

Some Pakistani women living in Kashmir came to India with their husbands, who quit militancy and joined the mainstream under Omar Abdullah’s policy. Pakistani wives of former Kashmiri militants, who were rehabilitated under a 2010 policy, said they would rather die than be sent back to their home country following India’s latest visa restrictions. These women are staying in the Kashmir Valley after coming to India with their husbands, who quit militancy and joined the mainstream under the then-chief minister Omar Abdullah’s policy. Some of them said the government should instead send them in body bags rather than send them…

Owaisi lambasted Afridi for his statements and called for Pakistan to be placed back on the “grey” list of the FATF following the massacre. AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi for blaming India for the terrorist attack on innocent civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, killing 26 and injuring many. Citing the alleged delay by the Indian armed forces in reaching the site of attack, Afridi blamed India for making “blunders” and alleged that “India carries out terrorism itself and then blames Pakistan.” The AIMIM leader lambasted Afridi for his statements and called for…

Mobile networks were down, and people in Madrid and Barcelona were observed on the streets holding smartphones up, trying to reconnect to a network. A massive power blackout hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France on Monday, impacting millions, with the cause not immediately known. Eduardo Prieto, head of operations at Spain’s grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE), stated in a news conference that restoring power to the Spanish electric grid could take between six and ten hours. Local reports indicated that the outage disrupted traffic lights, airports, and the Madrid underground. Spanish grid operator Red Electrica is…

Asif said Pakistan was on high alert and that it would only use its arsenal of nuclear weapons if “there is a direct threat to our existence”. Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, claimed on Monday that a military incursion by India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam last week. Tensions have been high between the two nuclear-armed nations since the attack that killed 26 people and triggered outrage in the country. There have been several calls for action against Pakistan. “We have reinforced our forces because it is…

The incident happened on Sunday evening in Canada’s Vancouver when members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day. Canadian police arrested a man on Saturday after a car plowed into a street party in the western city of Vancouver killing a nine people, an incident now ruled out to be an act of terrorism’ by the cops. While the death toll was unconfirmed initially, Vancouver police later said nine had died in the incident. The incident happened shortly after 8 pm on Sunday when members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver’s…

The Pakistani defence minister called for an international probe to prove the country’s involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif in a recent interview expressed his desire for Russia, China and other Wester countries to join the investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, to determine “whether India was telling the truth”. Khawaja Asif told the Russian government-run news agency RIA Novosti,”I think Russia or China or even Western countries can play a very, very positive role in this crisis and they can even set up an investigation team that should be assigned…

The police on Saturday issued a list of 14 local active terorists in Kashmir Valley. Out of these, nine terrorists are operating in South Kashmir. The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir continued their crackdown on terrorists on Sunday, days after 26 people were killed in the ghastly Pahalgam terrorist attack. A two-storied residence of Adnan Shafi Dar, a terrorist affiliated to The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, was razed in Melhura in Zainapora area of Shopian district. A house belonging to another terrorist Amir Nazir was demolished in Pulwama’s Daramdora area. The security forces…

Senthil Balaji has been facing probe by the ED in an alleged cash-for-jobs case; Ponmudy has been facing heat from the opposition for recent remarks. Tamil Nadu electricity minister Senthil Balaji and minister of forests Ponmudy submitted their resignations to governor RN Ravi on Sunday, shortly after which chief minister MK Stalin reshuffled his cabinet. Transport minister SS Sivasankar has been additionally assigned the Electricity portfolio and S Muthusamy Housing Minister S Muthusamy has been allotted Excise and Prohibition, which Balaji also held. RS Rajakannappan will now oversee Forests and Khadi in addition to his existing Milk and Dairy Development…