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Navy chief disappointed over Gogoi-Dyer comparison
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Thursday expressed his disappointment for drawing similarities with Major Gogoi's 'human shield' incident in Kashmir with that of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer actions at Jallianwala Bagh and termed it
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Army Chief- General Dyer row: Centre slams Bengali scholar for 'atroc
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] June 6 (ANI): Slamming Bengali scholar Partha Chatterjee for comparing the human shield controversy with the Jallianwala Bagh barbarism of General Dyer, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asserted that drawing such parallels is simply 'atrocious'.
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Left has degenerated into 'China-Pakistan mouthpiece': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): With the Communist Party of India (Marxist) continuing to train guns on the Indian Army Chief over the human shield controversy in the Valley, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came down heavily on the former saying the Left has become a 'mouthpiece'
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CPI (M) slams Army Chief over Kashmir human shield row
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): A day after Bengali scholar Partha Chatterjee compared Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat to British General Dyer, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday slammed the Army Chief over the Kashmir human shield row.
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ISIS using minors as human shields in Mosul: UNICEF
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 6 (ANI): Around 100,000 minors remain trapped in "extremely dangerous"area of Mosul which is controlled by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) and are being used as human shields and forced to fight on behalf of Islamic State terrorists.
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Army Chief's support for Major Gogoi will boost force's morale:
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Applauding Army chief General Bipin Rawat for defending Major Leetul Gogoi over the human shield controversy, Defence experts on Monday said such felicitations give morale boost to the Indian Army.
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Centre slams Omar Abdullah, says he is exposing his true self
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Slamming former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for calling the Indian Army's inquiry into 'human shield' case a farce, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the ones protesting over the issue are actually exposing thei
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Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Major Gogoi's critics
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Backing Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi, who triggered controversy for using a Kashmiri man as 'human shield' Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that people who are castigating the army officer are adopting double standards.
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'Powerless' Omar's displeasure against Major Gogoi shows hi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): After former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister voiced his displeasure on the Major Leetul Gogoi's 'human-shield' issue, National Panthers Party (NPP) leader Bhim Singh on Wednesday said the statement is a clear indication of a 'frustrated y
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Separatist leader Geelani slams 'glorification' of Maj. Gogoi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): Kashmiri separatist leader and chief of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani has strongly criticised the Centre over the glorification of Major Leetul Gogoi, who tied a man to a jeep in Kashmir purportedly as a 'human shield'
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Maj. Gogoi defends his act, says by tying stone-pelter he saved others
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): After the Jammu and Kashmir Police refused to quash the First Information Report (FIR) against him for tying a man to the bonnet of his jeep to serve as a 'human shield', Major Leetul Gogoi on Tuesday defended his act by saying that
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Maj. Gogoi defends his act, says took step to save locals
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): After the Jammu and Kashmir Police refused to quash the First Information Report (FIR) against him for tying a man to the bonnet of his jeep to serve as a 'human shield', Major Leetul Gogoi on Tuesday defended his act by saying that he took the step
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