Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, remembers victims of the Air India Kanishka Bombing on the 40th Anniversary and calls on the international community to unite against terrorism.
On the 40th anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 bombing, Canada's UN envoy Bob Rae said the attack was planned by people living in Canada and must be remembered as a domestic act of terror, not a distant event.
He emphasised that the anniversary of the attack is a "stark reminder of why the world must show zero tolerance towards terrorism and violent extremism."
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri paid tributes to the victims of the Kanishka bombing and gave a call to bring an end to terrorism and extremism. Calling Canada a valued partner and friend of India, he called upon them to deepen the bilateral collaboration in countering this.
"The way centre gave action to the reaction...people have also understood. Terrorists or Pakistan will not dare do this again. Our armed forces carried out a very precise attack on the terrorist outfits. We are always against killing innocents," Shinde told ANI.
"If Pakistan does not work towards curbing the terror activities, it would become a victim of their terrorism and will be destroyed if it does not walk on the right path now," said Kavinder Gupta.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, while addressing the ongoing concerns over terrorism and Naxalism in India, affirmed the central government's unwavering resolve in tackling such threats.
In a significant breakthrough, the Punjab Police on Saturday busted a terror module linked to the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in Amritsar, arresting a local operative and recovering a cache of sophisticated firearms.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that instability in Afghanistan poses serious security risks to CSTO nations. He urged stronger coordination among members to prevent terrorist infiltration and stressed the need for international cooperation to support an inclusive Afghan government,