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India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha today that the gunmen who stormed a police station and killed seven people in India’s Punjab had come from Pakistan, according to a preliminary report. Pakistan regrets the unsubstantiated and unwarranted...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory against carrying live media coverage of anti-terrorist operations by security forces at Gurdaspur in Punjab.

He urged the government of India to refrain from casting baseless allegations and work with Pakistan to eliminate terrorism from the region and create an environment of peace and amity in South Asia.

The driver of Punjab Roadways bus, which was targeted by the terrorists in a pre-dawn attack in Dinanagar town in this district, showed tremendous presence of mind and helped save lives. “As per my routine I was on my way to buy milk”. I saw something wired to the bridge.

He, however, lauded the efforts of Punjab police and SWAT team for their bravery in killing the three terrorists.

Rebels have been fighting for an independent Kashmir or its merger with Pakistan since 1989.

Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal, who runs the state government coalition with ruling national party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), blamed the federal government, saying terrorism and militancy are “national” problems. Senior police officers had also visited...