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Modi@8: Balakot operation, surgical strikes strong response to Pakistan-based terror, says Lt Gen Hooda
Amrita Nayak Dutta •In an interview with News18, the former Northern Army Commander said that military modernisation needs to keep pace with the future challenges that India faces, particularly from China
Attackers fired RPG-22 at Punjab Police's Intel HQ in Mohali, police refuse to rule out terror angle
Fp Staff •On Monday evening, a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Intelligence Department headquarters of Punjab Police in sector 77, SAS Nagar in Mohali. Windowpanes on one of the floors of the building were shattered
UN yet to agree on common definition of terrorism, craft coherent policy, says India
•India proposed a draft document on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN in 1986 but it has not been implemented yet as there is no unanimity on the definition of terrorism among the member states.
Abimael Guzmán, founder of Shining Path insurgency that terrorised Peru since 1980s, dies at 86
•A truth commission in 2003 blamed the Shining Path for more than half of nearly 70,000 estimated deaths and disappearances between 1980 and 2000
UN chief expresses worry over global terrorism, says Taliban might embolden other groups across the world
•Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asserted that dialogue with the militant group is absolutely essential
As trial against accused in Paris attacks begins, a look at how the 'night of terror' unfolded
Fp Staff •20 members of terrorist group Islamic State are being tried for launching six distinct attacks -- four suicide bombings and shootings at four locations in and around the city that left at least 130 people dead
Centre prepares to ban both factions of Hurriyat Conference under UAPA
•The secessionist organisation has been leading the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over two decades.
Maharashtra ATS initiative helps youths escape ISIS clutches through employment training programmes
•The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad is providing youths employment training programmes after helping them escape the clutches of the ISIS
London police shoot man dead after two injured in Streatham stabbing; treating it as terror-related incident, say cops
•London’s Metropolitan Police said it is investigating a terror-related incident after a number of people were stabbed and officers shot a man Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir admin says 2G mobile internet services to be restored in Valley from today till 31 Jan; social media to remain out of bounds
Fp Staff •The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered for 2G internet services to be restored in the Kashmir Valley from midnight on the intervening night between Friday and Saturday, reports said. The restoration of the 2G internet facility on mobile phones will continue till 31 January after which it will be reviewed further, the order said.