Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will visit Srinagar on Monday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the top police and civil officials under the state government, an official source said here.
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He also recalled the statement of former American Defence Secretary Chuck Hegel saying that India had been financing from Afghanistan for instability in Pakistan.
They reportedly hurled 17 grenades in just three minutes on the tents where soldiers were asleep. At least 30 army men were injured who are being treated in 92 Army Base Hospital Srinagar.
Striking a hawkish posture, Sena said Pakistan has waged an open war against India with this attack and our attempt to gather proof of its involvement will yield no result internationally. The initial investigations by Indian Army in Uri attack has recovered weapons with Pakistani markings on them.
The spokesperson said Pakistan had taken up the issue of Indian atrocities in IoK at the highest level including United Nations and OIC.
Hinting at the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s role behind the Uri attack, India’s Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh also asserted that the evil designs would get a befitting reply. Evidence gathered at the scene indicated the attackers were foreign and their equipment bore Pakistani markings, he added.
What made Sundays attack different from earlier attacks in the region was that instead of storming into the camp, the rebels quietly entered the base and later launched their attack, said a senior army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
The editorial goes on to trace what the Uri’s fallout on the upcoming UN General Assembly session, saying that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to not attend it will probably avert an worldwide war of words. I am deeply disappointed with Pakistans continued and direct support to terrorism and terrorist groups, he tweeted.
Islamabad rejected the allegations.
Since then, protests against Indian rule in Kashmir and clashes between separatists and soldiers have claimed over 70 lives.
But Washington has blithely ignored these concerns, while demanding that Pakistan do more to support the USA occupation of Afghanistan and encouraging India, behind the scenes, to make the CPEC a major issue in its relations with Beijing on the grounds that the corridor project violates Indian sovereignty. Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have died in the fighting.
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Yashwant Sinha, who held important ministerial portfolios during NDA-1 as Finance Minister (FM) and External Affairs Minister (EAM), has now come out in the open strictly condmning the cowardly terrorist attack executed by Pakistan.
