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PM meets President to brief him on Uri developments

After the spate of high-level visits on Sunday, including by the Defence Minister and the Army Chief, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was flying to Srinagar on Monday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the top police and civil officials in the state government, an official source said here.

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Sources said India could raise the Uri attack at the United Nations General Assembly, which is in session in NY.

Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan since 1947, is at the heart the neighbours’ seven decades of mutual distrust. Since Wani’s killing on July 8, Indian PM has repeatedly blamed Pakistan for “export of terror” in the region during his addresses to worldwide summits including G20 and ASEAN.

Surjewala wondered that while Modi has said that the attack won’t go unpunished, “will he traverse the distance from rhetoric to reality by firm & appropriate response?”

Pakistan has accused India of misleading the world to cover up its “reign of terror” in Kashmir by a spate of “vitriolic” and “unsubstantiated” statements. “The Indian Army of course has its strategy in place and will do its job”, the sources said. Militants killed 30 soldiers and their families in a suicide attack in Kaluchak in the Himalayan region in 2002.

Led by Islamist hardliner Maulana Masood Azhar from Pakistan’s Punjab province, Jaish-e-Mohammed was blamed for the January air base raid as well as a 2001 attack on India’s parliament that almost led to war.

Army displays arms and ammunition recovered from the four fidayeen militants who attacked Army brigade Camp at Uri.

Seventeen jawans were killed in the terror attack, the Northern Command of the Army said while 19 other personnel were injured in the strike.

“India’s borders & National Security has been under siege for last 2 years”. According to sources, India is to present all actionable evidence against Pakistan if required at global bodies.

Indian army Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said Sunday’s assault bore the hallmarks of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed.

In his Firspost piece, Sreemoy Talukdar too suggested isolating Pakistan globally as a response to the Uri attack. Carrying guns and grenades they stormed a base in Uri, close to the Line of Control with Pakistan-administered territory in a pre-dawn ambush.

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France also called for peaceful settlement of disputes in Kashmir. The attack comes on the eve of India’s planned intervention at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meet where New Delhi is to highlight Pakistan’s terror atrocities not just across the border, but in areas such as Balochistan as well.

Prime Minister meets President Pranab Mukherjee to brief him on Uri developments