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We all want peace but one nation wants to spread terrorism: PM Modi
— April 8, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Pakistan saying it breeds, inspires and encourages terrorism. “There is one thought in South Asia which breeds, inspires and encourages terrorism. The thought whose priority is not humanity, but extremism and terrorism,” Modi said, without naming Pakistan. He was speaking at the ceremony where families of martyrs of…
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Nepal-Bangladesh Connectivity Through India
— March 2, 2017BIBHU SHARMA / SAJINA RAI Nepal-Bangladesh bilateral relation saw a promising prospect, when, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered Nepal in using Saidpur Airport, Chittagong and Mongla Port amidst the flaring tension between Nepal and India, which reached its apex during November 2015. Not only the policy makers of Nepal, even the public opinion, rendered this…
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Bangladesh relocating Rohingyas to a remote island
— February 8, 2017Bangladesh authorities are to push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who arrived from Myanmar to a remote island, according to a government website. The government has set up a committee comprising state officials in the coastal districts, ordering authorities to help identify and relocate undocumented Myanmar nationals…
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Army sets up WhatsApp number to register complains
— January 27, 2017The army has set up a WhatsApp number for its soldiers to post their problems directly to Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat instead of going to the social media directly. The move came after a series of videos were posted online by personnel from the army, IAF and central police forces regarding various conditions that…
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Military exercise TROPEX kicks off
— January 27, 2017Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya backed by nuclear submarine INS Chakra besides fighting assets of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have come together in the country’s biggest inter-service Tropex exercise along the western seaboard. The navy’s annual Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) got underway on January 24. The month-long exercise will have ships and aircraft…
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Modi addressed top military commanders
— January 21, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed top military commanders in Dehradun during which he is understood to have outlined his vision on security challenges before the country. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and national security advisor Ajit Doval were also present at the Combined Commanders Conference which was held at the Indian Military Academy (IMA)…
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LeT operatives were sentenced to death
— January 21, 2017Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court on Saturday. The operatives identified as – Mohammad Yunous, Abdullah Khan and Muzaffar Ahmed were given death penalty by the Fast Track Court- 1 of Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Yunous and Khan are both Pakistani nationals and Ahmed…
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Security architecture for Indian Ocean region
— January 11, 2017The role of Indian Ocean has increased with Asia becoming a major economic hub and all the stakeholders, including global mercantile nations must prepare a security architecture for the region, former NSA Shivsankar Menon has said. “The Indian Ocean sees much less tension” compared to other seas, Menon said at a forum held in Singapore….
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