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Terror attacks reduced by 70 pc in hinterland, 86 pc in J-K, says MoS for
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Terror attacks in the hinterland have reduced by 70 per cent while coming down to 86 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir during the last decade due to government's zero-tolerance policy, the Central government said on Tuesday.
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3,187 terror attacks in J-K between 2009 and 2019, Centre informs LS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The number of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced by 86 per cent, that is from 23,290 to 3,187 between April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Pak: 9 killed, 30 injured in coordinated terror attacks
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): At least nine people were killed and 30 others suffered injuries in coordinated terror attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (K-P's) Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday.
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Hafiz Saeed's arrest mere cosmetic, it's Pakistan's happy face for Trump-K
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jul 18 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday arrested the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Hafiz Saeed, whose prosecution has long been sought by New Delhi and Washington over the ghastly attacks in India's financial capital.
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470 terror attacks took place in 2017, 2018: Govt tells RS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): As many as 470 terror attacks took place in the country in 2017 and 2018, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Lanka to revive suspended visa on arrival programme for 39 countries; excl
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government plans to revive the visa on arrival and free visa programme, which was suspended after the Easter terror attacks that killed more than 250 people on April 21, for citizens of 39 countries from August 1.
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Sri Lanka: ex-Defence Secy, IGP released on bail
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): A court here on Tuesday granted bail to former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundera after not finding enough ground to charge them with murder.
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Afghanistan: University professor held for links with ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jul 8 (ANI): Three suspects, including a lecturer from Kabul University, was arrested by Afghan forces on Sunday over charges of having suspected links with the Islamic State (ISIS) and plotting terror attacks in the Afghan capital.
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Sri Lanka: CID arrests former Defence Secretary, IGP over mishandling repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday arrested former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on charges of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday terror attack killing more than 250 pe
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Sri Lanka's terror-hit Shangri-La Hotel reopens today
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 12 (ANI): The Shangri-La Hotel here is set to reopen today, seven weeks after the high-end facility was extensively damaged in deadly terror attacks that killed more than 250 people who were celebrating Easter on April 21.
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PM Modi meets Sri Lankan Oppn leader Mahinda Rajapaksa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the incumbent Sri Lankan Leader of Opposition and former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, during his official visit to the nation on Sunday.
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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter terror attacks, planted a sapling at the President's Secretariat here on Sunday.
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