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The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested Rakesh Goel, the owner of the hotel where 17 people were killed in a massive fire recently, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajesh Deo said Goel will be produced in the duty magistrate court later in the day. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7tMWs Asian News International

CAIT national president BC Bhartia and secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said that during the bandh, traders will keep a day-long fast and will take out tribute march and candlelight march in their respective states from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S4jvGI Asian News International

In France, police fired tear gas and brought in water cannons and a horse brigade to disperse several thousand yellow vest protesters on Saturday massed near a Paris landmark at the end of a march through the French capital, the 14th straight weekend of demonstrations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X6A88u The Associated Press

The Pulwama attack and its aftermath offer India an opportunity to amend its China policy, which periodically falls back into the reverie that appeasing Beijing may somehow limit its adversarial stance towards New Delhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S4jtyA Sreemoy Talukdar

His trip comes amid high tensions in the region: India and Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran - both bordering Pakistan - have accused Islamabad of backing militant groups which have carried out bloody suicide attacks on their soil in recent days. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XGtB Agence France-Presse

The Vande Bharat Express - India's first semi-high speed train - began its first commercial run on Sunday, a day after it broke down on its way to Delhi from Varanasi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S8cgO1 Press Trust of India

Farmer Ghulam Hassan Dar, father of the Pulwama suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar, said that his son had been radicalised after police stopped him and his friends on the way home from school in 2016. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X89UCw Reuters

In the backdrop of reports of threats issued to Kashmiris based out of Jammu and Kashmir following the Pulwama terror attack, a Srinagar-based CRPF helpline on Saturday asked them to approach it in case they face any harassment. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SbDMuc Press Trust of India

The United States has told India it supports its right to defend itself against cross-border attacks, the government in New Delhi said on Saturday as it considers retaliation against a car bombing in Jammu and Kashmir claimed by Pakistan-based militants. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XF91 Reuters

CRPF sets up helpline for Kashmir-based people and students facing threats across the country as MHA issues notice: Narendra Modi to visit Bihar and Jharkhand; and more from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S3COA1 FP Staff

A Home Ministry official said that the security alert comes as there have been some reports of students and other residents of Jammu and Kashmir experiencing threats and intimidation. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XE4X Press Trust of India

Sobbing family members on Saturday lit the funeral pyres of the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack, joined by other mourners. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S7EUyH Press Trust of India

The entire CCI premises, including its restaurant, adorn portraits of the greatest cricketers across eras and from all nations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X8s5bl Press Trust of India

The National Conference on Saturday passed a resolution strongly condemning the terror attack on the CRPF convoy in south Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S8cIvv Press Trust of India

A Kashmiri student was booked for allegedly sending WhatsApp messages supporting the Pulwama suicide attack, amid reports that students from the Valley were being harassed in the Uttarakhand capital. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2XgFVIK Press Trust of India

The Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of 78 vehicles from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S3CMIp Press Trust of India

After the BJP dropped the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the Opposition in the North East may have been deprived of the only issue it had. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XAlJ Kangkan Acharyya

The matter came into light when the district childline authorities got an anonymous telephone call about the incident. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S89RCO Press Trust of India

While the Pakistan foreign office did officially condemn the attack, their intention was to send a message to the world saying India blames Pakistan for its own flawed policies in Jammu and Kashmir from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XzhF KK Shahid

Volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and India was recorded at $2.03 billion in 2016-17. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S5b2D3 Kaswar Klasra

An investigation reveals that political WhatsApp groups, run by party sympathisers and workers, saw a flood of disinformation within hours of the Pulwama attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2X7XydB FP Staff

India's objectives are to mollify public anger, send a message to Pakistan that its depredations will no longer be tolerated), and finally, tell the world that India is a strong confident power capable of protecting its people from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S3TTKd Tara Kartha

An army major was on Saturday killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near the Line of Control in Rajouri's Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2N86T0k FP Staff

Pulwama terror attack aftermath LIVE updates: One Indian Army major has been killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera district. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T1R9BH FP Staff

Political WhatsApp groups, run by sympathisers and workers of political parties, saw a flood of disinformation within hours of the Pulwama attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2N86Ph6 Kunal Purohit

Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Limited, has expressed its readiness to assume full responsibility of the education and subsequent employment of the children of the 40 Central Reserve Police Force jawans who were killed in the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SVVZQG FP Staff

That the Jaish was able to pull off the Pulwama attack means several people other than the suicide bomber who took part in the attack are still around and want to harm us. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TTyuoO Aakar Patel

I have long argued that the answer to Pakistan's use of asymmetric means is not for the government to approve the army's formal counter-strike proposals, which to-date have proved futile in deterring ISI from waging a covert war from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BOCm3t Bharat Karnad

A Delhi court on Saturday extended interim protection from arrest, granted to Robert Vadra, till 2 March in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TQMteY FP Staff

The Rajasthan government Saturday revised the ex-gratia to the family members of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans from the state who were among the 40 killed in the Pulwama terror attack to Rs 50 lakh from Rs 25 lakh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BEsRnf Press Trust of India

The members of Gujjar community called off their agitation on Saturday after getting a written assurance from the Rajasthan government that it will stand by them if the bill giving five percent reservation to the community faces legal hurdles. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TQG03v Press Trust of India

A court in Muzaffarpur has directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and two senior bureaucrats in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BzN8tV Press Trust of India

The National Prosecution Authority of South Africa decided on Thursday to scrap the arrest warrant issued last February for Jacob Zuma loyalist Ajay Gupta, who was considered a fugitive from justice after leaving for Dubai a year ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IfQl7K Press Trust of India

A group of protesters on Saturday blocked the railway tracks at Nalasopara station in Palghar to protest against the terror attack in Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF personnel, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ed8v6e Press Trust of India

The all-party meeting called by the Narendra Modi-government on Saturday, to deliberate upon the situations arising out of the Pulwama terror attack, saw political differences being laid to rest as parties unanimously passed a resolution to stand with the security forces. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IgWbpI FP Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend News18 Rising India Summit 2019 as a keynote speaker. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ed8uzc FP Studio

Regional outfits favour expansion of the reservation pool because they view quota as a battle for hegemony between elite and non-elite social groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IeZFsE Pragya Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reiterated the Centre's tough stand against terrorism after the attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama claimed lives of at least 40 personnel and left several injured. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ed8teC FP Staff

An NIA team which reached Awantipora on Friday to assist the Jammu and Kashmir Police in conducting forensic evaluation of the Pulwama attack are also trying to determine why the 15-km stretch of the National Highway has become a repeat target of terrorists in the region. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IgkUKx FP Staff

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the kin of the two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans from the state who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ed8q2q Asian News International

In Kashmir, the idea of suicide bombing has never gained social sanction as a means of political struggle. This perhaps explains why even the new age militants, mostly homegrown, have stayed away from it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IhvmSj Sameer Yasir

In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, US national security adviser John Bolton told his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday that America supports India's right to self-defence as both sides vowed to work together to ensure that Pakistan ceases to be a safe haven for JeM and other terror groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ed8ork Press Trust of India

The MEA has responded to Pakistan's rejection of allegations of its involvement in the terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, which caused the death of at least 40 personnel and left several injured. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IuWPA7 FP Staff

It is easy for commentators to sneer at such reactions, but they don't have to seek a mandate in elections from voters who are justifiably angry at the savagery that occurred in Pulwama on Thursday: officially India's worst terrorist attack on security forces in Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IhicVp Sreemoy Talukdar

The Centre has called an all-party meeting on Saturday to deliberate upon the situations arising out of the Pulwama terror attack, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Gpt69C FP Staff

Early on Saturday, a day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the controls of the Vande Bharat Express failed, leaving India's fastest train stranded 15 kilometres from Tundla junction in Uttar Pradesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IeFZVO FP Staff

Ruchir Sharma knows that while phrases like 'global investor' are likely to go over people's heads in a discussion, a story on how a village in Uttar Pradesh came to chant the phrase UP ki chaabi, Dimple bhaabi will have exactly the opposite effect. The first is what he does for a living, and the second is an example of the experiences he seeks out in India's villages just before every election. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GucVYy Soumashree Sarkar

Top Highlights - Excerpts from News18 Rising India Summit 2018 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IieieG FP Studio

In the next few months, eyes will be riveted on Sunil Arora, India's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), as he organises and manages the Herculean effort of human history's biggest date with democracy till now-holding India's parliamentary polls. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Gty1qk Sanjib Kr Baruah

Today's top stories: Bodies of CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama attack to be handed over to their families; ED to seek custodial interrogation of Robert Vadra as his term expires; rapper R Kelly accused of sexually abusing a minor; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ie6Xgl FP Staff

The overall planning of the terror strike is believed to be done by a Pakistani national, Kamran of JeM, who has been operating and moving in the Pulwama, Awantipora and Tral areas of south Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Gsz9dB Press Trust of India

In the season of cow vigilantism, stray cattle have taken over one of the finest birding areas in the country, and the forest department of Keoladeo National Park is busy looking the other way from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IhgMu0 Ajay Suri

The ED grilled Robert Vadra in this case in Jaipur twice last week from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GtPS0b Press Trust of India

First prize for being India's dirtiest city isn't an honour Bhadreswar wants, and it's working hard to lose it when new ratings are released this year. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ie6PNT Nikita Doval

A Delhi court Friday reserved its order for 19 February on AgustaWestland accused and lawyer Gautam Khaitan's bail plea from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GtPTkL Press Trust of India

An official statement said on Friday the President of India, as advised by the prime minister, has directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ie6H0R Press Trust of India

Hours after vowing to isolate Pakistan diplomatically in the wake of the attack, the government undertook the exercise of reaching out to the international community, most of which has univocally condemned the attack by the UN-proscribed Pakistan-based JeM terror outfit. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GsOpHA Press Trust of India

The Pulwama suicide attack came more than a year after militants struck at a nearby CRPF training centre by launching a midnight assault. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ih2sSc Ishfaq Naseem

You don't have to be a military tactician to project scenarios that ensure safety and security in the defence of our troops. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Gu0FYq Bikram Vohra

The Narendra Modi government's plan to build two new caves of strategic petroleum reserves in Odisha and Karnataka will take crude oil stock to 87 days of demand by 2020. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ie6uL7 Gaurav Choudhury

In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, saner counsels at the top-most levels of political and military hierarchy need to prevail. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GtxV1W FP Staff

Pulwama terror attack LIVE Updates: Representatives of several missions, including Germany, Hungary, Italy, European Union, Canada, Britain, Russia, Israel, Australia and Japan, arrived at the Ministry of External Affairs to discuss Pulwama attack. The high-level meeting began at 6 pm. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ie6gnf FP Staff

Describing the attack as "non-Islamic", Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan said harming lives of innocent people by attacking them cowardly is against the fundamental principles of the religion. Several devotees from Pakistan visit the Ajmer Sharif Dargah every year from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GrAcL1 Press Trust of India

As imperial Britain's cantonments swelled with men raised from across the country, with artillery, with Baker and Brunsfield rifles, they swelled, too, with an army of prostitutes from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2IjpOXh Hamid Husain

While several people referred to those who died in the Pulwama attack as "martyrs", the term is not officially used by the Ministry of Defence. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2If0lyo FP Staff

Dr Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management is a counter-terrorism expert who focuses on terrorism in South Asia. He feels that only a political initiative in the Valley will help curb terrorism from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2V0mhhY Rashme Sehgal

Lyricist Javed Akhtar and actress Shabana Azmi have turned down an invitation from Karachi Art Council to commemorate Kaifi Azmi, in light of the Pulwama terror attack from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EcQiWk FP Staff

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan had attained martyrdom fighting terrorists on the third day of the Mumbai terror attacks from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UYrgjp Press Trust of India

Given Narendra Modi's ideological moorings and image as a 'tough leader', the PM faces the burden of expectations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EcQhle Sanjay Singh

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea challenging the appointment of 1982 batch IAS officer SR Mohanty as chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh, on grounds that he was allegedly involved in a corruption case pertaining to state industrial development corporation. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UYrfvR Press Trust of India

"We want revenge now. We hope the government allows us to avenge the death of our jawans," says a CRPF personnel who saw the Pulwama attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EcQfd6 Kangkan Acharyya

Tej Hazarika said in his statement that it is unfortunate that (some) people would completely misinterpret his public statement dated regarding the Bharat Ratna itself by sadly misrepresenting his view of it from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2V3KaFF FP Staff

Forty-two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel died on Thursday after terrorists targeted a convoy of 78 vehicles with a car bomb at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EcQdlu Syeda Ambia Zahan

The Supreme Court on Friday tagged to the Ayodhya case a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the 1993 law for acquisition of land, including the disputed site in Ayodhya. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UW3sMY Asian News International

William Barr served as attorney general before, under President George HW Bush, and Republicans said he's the perfect pick to take the helm again. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EcQaGk The Associated Press

If JeM attacks, it is because the Pakistanis are convinced that India will not risk a war. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GMvfLZ Tara Kartha

In the aftermath of the Pulwama IED blast that killed 42 CRPF soldiers, saner counsels at the top-most levels of political and military hierarchy need to prevail. The element of surprise in executing surgical strikes is over. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tmpDA2 Neeraj Bali

In the present scenario, both Pakistan's security establishment as well as various terrorist groups it supports are at increased strength. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GKRi5F Vinay Kaura

India on Friday summoned Pakistan's top envoy and lodged strong protest over the killing of nearly 40 CRPF soldiers in the Pulwama terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tl3zG8 Press Trust of India

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said going ahead with the inauguration of the Vande Bharat Express according to schedule was a message to the terrorists behind the Pulwama attacks that India will not bow down to terror. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GOHlEB Press Trust of India

The Pulwama attack came months after a CRPF camp was attacked in two soldiers were injured in the district when terrorists attacked a sentry post in Kakpura in October, 2018. They say the "human bomb" was used for the first time in Kashmir insurgency on 19 April, 2000 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tmpw7A FP Staff

from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GKRi5M Press Trust of India

Curfew was imposed in Jammu city on Friday as a precautionary measure following massive protests and stray incidents of violence over the terror attack in Pulwama in the Kashmir Valley in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tln954 Press Trust of India

JeM has claimed the responsibility for the Pulwama attack and it is no secret that its chief and most wanted terrorist Masood Azhar operates from Bahawalpur and Rawalpindi from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GGRtz4 Yatish Yadav

A local BJP leader's daughter has been allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence by a gang of miscreants in West Bengal's Birbhum district, a senior police officer said on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tn8s1n Press Trust of India

Thursday's Pulwama attack where a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kilograms of explosives into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, killing 42 of them, invoked reactions of condemnation in varying degrees of intensity from other nations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GKMJZ2 FP Staff

You can enrol as an overseas (NRI) voter if you are: A citizen of India, absent from the country owing to employment, education etc, has not acquired citizenship of any other country and are otherwise eligible to be registered as a voter in the address mentioned in your passport. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2tmpnky FP Staff

Militant group JeM claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama. JeM spokesperson Muhammad Hassan told local media that the attacker was a local militant, Aadil Ahmad alias Waqas Commando. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SzvcKC FP Staff

Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla refused to call off the agitation for a government quota on Thursday, saying the bill passed in the Rajasthan Assembly to meet their demand could face legal challenges. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DHmIa9 Press Trust of India

The fourth part of the section titled 'News and Media' examines the differing views of respondents across different educational qualifications from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SxFxXo YouGov India and Firstpost

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu condemned the Pulwama terror attack, but also asked: "For a handful of people, can you blame the entire nation and can you blame an individual?" from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DHmDmR Press Trust of India

China on Friday condemned the Pulwama terror attack carried out by a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber but once again declined to back India's appeal to list the Pakistan-based terror group's chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SykFzr Press Trust of India

During the visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Rajnath Singh will take part in a high-level meeting in Srinagar to be attended by Governor Satya Pal Malik and top civil, police and other security officials. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DFCjqL Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he shared the anger felt by the people of India over Thursday's terror attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans in Pulwama district of Kashmir, which left at least 42 jawans dead. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SzYdWx FP Staff

The government of Andhra Pradesh, Commissioner of School Education and Department of School Education had earlier released the notification for 7,729 teacher posts in the state from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DHlYSp FP Staff

Jaish-e-Mohammad has shaken off the shackles placed on it by prime minister Nawaz Sharif's government in Pakistan. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SzvbX4 Praveen Swami

In view of the upcoming Lok Sabha election, 'No Voter to be Left Behind' is the theme for this year's celebrations. For first-time voters, the registration process is easy and doesn't involve a visit to any government office. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DHmnnT FP Staff

The most favoured nation status that India had granted to Pakistan stands revoked in the light of the Jaish-e-Mohammad attack killing 40 CRPF jawans in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday morning. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SAvErT FP Staff

"We will do whatever it takes to avenge the Pulwama attack," Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DEAn1I Abha Khanna

Thursday's attack at Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama brought back the immediacy of the border threats posed in the north, east and west by the Kashmiri fidayeen, China and the Khalistani movement. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SEOTAZ Soumashree Sarkar

Following the Pulwama terror attack, India Friday withdrew the 'most-favoured nation' status to Pakistan, a move which would enable India to increase customs duty on goods coming from the neighbouring country from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DGK3bS Press Trust of India

Union minister Arun Jaitley, who returned from the US earlier this month, after undergoing medical treatment, is likely to resume charge of the Finance Minister on Friday, official sources said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SBw4i1 Press Trust of India

The attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday has sent ripples of shock through the country and the international community. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DHmboF FP Staff

Shah's appeal came in the wake of one of the deadliest terror attacks on security forces in Kashmir that left 37 CRPF personnel dead on Thursday. The Congress had attacked the Modi government, saying incidents of terror attacks have gone unabated under its rule. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SxFhro Press Trust of India

On being asked to share the next course of action after the Pulwama attack, Malik said there will be a review meeting with top security and intelligence officials to find out the security lapses that led to the attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DEpUTS Asian News International

Pulwama terror attack LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "The forces behind this act of terrorism and those responsible for it, will be definitely be punished. This was a huge mistake on their part. We are going to intensify every effort to crush terrorism." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DQJahd FP Staff

The message in Adil Ahmad Dar's video symbolises the lethality with which the Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit operates and how it can turn a shy village boy into a human bomb. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SAefQ9 Sameer Yasir

Pakistan on Thursday said the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district is "a matter of grave concern" even as it strongly rejected Indian media and government's allegations of the country's link to the strike "without" probe. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DFi0tx Press Trust of India

Khavle has rare skills of weaving handmade charpoys. This art form saw a downfall and eventually reached the verge of extinction in Maharashtra's Sangli district a decade ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BtYnnS Sanket Jain

China & India will account for over half the growth in energy consumption in that time: Report. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DEDeYq Agence France-Presse

The Pakistan-based JeM has claimed responsibility for the attack that left at least 37 personnel dead and many critically wounded. The experts said the terror strike shows the United States has failed to persuade Pakistan to act against Jaish-e-Mohammad and other terrorist groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SA25XB Press Trust of India

The oral proceedings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case will commence from 18 February before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DJCqBB Press Trust of India

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Pulwama to carry our ground-level assessment after the attack; Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat Express from New Delhi today, Youtube turns 13 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SG8m4g FP Staff

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, who was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January, 1984, assumed charge as Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command, on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DKlNFF Asian News International

In Jammu and Kashmir, there is a need for collective introspection to examine how the threat of civilians being unmindful of their personal safety needs to be countered. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SDrIa7 Syed Ata Hasnain

The attack on a 78-vehicle military convoy and the death of 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama was well-planned and executed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DLcqWC Bikram Vohra

It is easy to blame this incident on lapse in security and insufficient vigil on the road in Kashmir's Pulwama when the CRPF convoy was due to pass. For the past few months, the Pampore segment of the highway has been relatively incident free compared to 2017 when a series of ambushes on several convoys claimed several lives of soldiers and policemen. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SG8l0c Syed Ata Hasnain

Condemning the attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama, India said that Pakistan-supported JeM was behind the "heinous and despicable act". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DJRTS0 FP Staff