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“Neither candies nor gifts will be offered or taken on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day and August 15, when India got freedom in 1947”, a senior government officer said.

With this, BSF beat its own record from last year when it planted over 3,09,000 trees in a similar drive. “Neither are we going to offer nor will we accept any gift”, said BSG IG Punjab Frontier Anil Paliwal. has decided that it will neither offer nor accept candies...

The BSF figures in the Limca Book of Records by planting over 309,000 saplings in 30 minutes previous year.

No ceremonial exchange of candies and gifts will take place between BSF and Pak Rangers during the Independence day celebrations on both the sides, in the wake of recent ceasefire violations and cross-border terror bids from the Pakistan side.

The APHC in a statement issued after a meeting chaired by its Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Srinagar said that India and Pakistan needed to show political farsightedness to deal with the tense situation.

The militants hurled grenades and opened fire on the convoy when it reached Samroli near Udhampur on its way from Jammu to Srinagar.

“The Prime Minister will also raise the issue of RAW’s involvement in Pakistan at the UN General Assembly”, he added.

Since their independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.

Pakistan’s stout denial on Thursday of Naved’s claim that he hails from Faisalabad and his father’s name is Mohammed Yaqub is very much the set pattern.

This comes after 11 people were killed in the Gurdaspur terror attack which included 5 policemen and 3 civilians on Monday.

The BJP government is doing this to divert the attention of the people from its failure to effectively counter the threat of terrorism, to abuse and to use the parliamentary forum, to abuse and defame its opponents, particularly the Congress.

Earlier in the year of 2010 on April 25, two Pakistani terrorists who had infiltrated into the country from across the Indo-Pak border were killed in an encounter at Ratrawan village in Bamiyal sector, of Gurdaspur district.

With chances of a smooth session appearing bleak and crucial legislations getting stalled, the BJP has drummed up its political attack on the Congress leadership.

In his statement, Rajnath Singh gave details of the attack and said Punjab Police made every possible effort during the operation. Even Pakistan applauded them. “The minister of the then government complied with the conditions put forth by the hijackers and released and...

The Home Minister asserted that terrorism has no caste or religion and “We all must discuss terrorism with all the seriousness”. In Havana, ex-PM Manmohan Singh agreed that Pakistan was also a victim of terror, while at Sharm-el Sheikh, he accepted Pakistan’s...