SOURCE: PTI

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that his country will continue to build itself despite internal and external conspiracies. Addressing the Pakistan Day military parade at Aiwan-e-Sadr (President’s House), Zardari congratulated the nation and said that the objective of Pakistan was to set up a welfare state where the rule of law should be supreme.

“Pakistan was achieved after many sacrifices and we would not hesitate from any sacrifice to keep it safe,” he said. He said that Pakistan, being a strong and determined nation, has the ability to face challenges and “we will continue to build Pakistan despite internal and external conspiracies.”

SOURCE: PTI

Asserting that militancy in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be finished without the support of people, chief minister Omar Abdullah on 24 March, Monday said his government is extending support to the Union Home Ministry to ensure the security situation remains peaceful in the union territory.

“Though it (security) is directly not our responsibility, I am repeatedly saying that militancy cannot be finished without the support of the people. The elected government is making attempts and is supporting (Lt Governor) to keep situation under control and maintain peace,” the chief minister told reporters outside assembly here before the start of the day’s business.

SOURCE: ANI

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the Business Today Vucanomics 2025 on the subject ‘Diplomacy in the Age of Disruptions’. Jaishankar on Saturday spoke about how India can participate in dialogue with both parties of a conflict, like Israel and Iran, and Russia and Ukraine. “A strategic approach also helps widen options.

In the current polarized era, India is among the few that can simultaneously engage Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Iran, the democratic West and the Global South, and the BRICS and QUAD. We have initiated or joined more than 40 different groupings devoted to specific agendas – from renewables and biofuels to disaster resilience and connectivity,” he said. The EAM said that even in the case of defence, India ensures a pool of wide range of partners to choose from. He added that ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ applies equally to foreign policy.

SOURCE: UNI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Jammu and Kashmir is incomplete without PoK, and people in PoK are discriminated against on the basis of religion. Addressing the ex-servicemen rally organised by the Army in the Akhnoor area on the outskirts of Jammu, the Defence Minister said that PoK’s land is being used for terrorism as training camps for terrorists are being run from there and launch pads have been built in the areas adjacent to the border.

He said the Indian government is well aware of the situation and will take action at the right time. The defence minister said Pakistan will have to put an end to its nefarious designs and terrorist infrastructure from PoK.

SOURCE: PTI

A man was booked here for allegedly posting “I Love You Pakistan” on social media, an officer said on Monday. According to Izzatnagar Station House Officer (SHO) Vijendra Singh, the accused was identified as Tabrez Alam, a resident of Shikarpur Chaudhary Gautia, who made the post on Facebook. The matter was highlighted by “Akhand Bharat Sankalp Nath Nagari 25,” a group that on X wrote that the post harmed India’s unity and integrity and demanded strict action against Tabrez, Singh said.

Following the complaint, an FIR was registered under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for actions deemed contradictory to national integrity, the SHO said. Singh said Tabrez had earlier been accused of abducting a Hindu girl.

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A joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal and Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a South Korean woman who was “illegally” entering India through Nepal by changing her name from the border in this district, officials said on Sunday.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Durga Prasad Tewari told reporters that a foreign national was stopped by a joint team of police and SSB near Seemant Inter College, Rupaidiha at around 11 pm on Saturday night when she was “illegally” entering India through Nepal.

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The search operation against a group of infiltrating terrorists in the dense jungles of Kathua district of Jammu region entered the second day on Monday, officials said. The operation led by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat was intensified with additional deployment of commandos, drones and sniffer dogs this morning as security forces carried out searches in the dense nursery where the terrorists are believed hiding after infiltrating from across the border, they said.

The operation was launched following an intelligence input regarding the presence of terrorists inside a ‘dhok’ a local term for an enclosure located within the nursery in Sanyal village, approximately five km from the International Border with Pakistan.

SOURCE: UNI

Security forces busted a militant hideout in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Police said on Monday. They said the hideout was busted by a joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) Anantnag, Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), and CRPF in the higher reaches of Sanglan forest , under the jurisdiction of Police Station Uttersoo .

“Based on specific intelligence inputs, security forces conducted a thorough search operation in the dense forest area, leading to the discovery of the hideout. Preliminary investigations suggest that it was being used as a logistical base by terrorists,” police said.

SOURCE: UNI

Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr V Narayanan, said that the organisation is working on a mission to take an Indian to the Moon and bring him back safely. He also said that India will have its own space station by 2035.

He was at Lovely Professional University near Jalandhar as one of the key speakers at the 8th Chhatra Sansad. Dr Narayanan said that Prime Minister, Sh Narendra Modi, has given the guidelines to work on the mission of taking an Indian to the Moon and bringing him back safely, and the ISRO will accomplish this task by 2040. He also spoke about the humble but inspiring journey of the Indian Space Programme, which has many firsts to its credit now, including being the only space organisation to successfully complete a Mars orbit mission in its first attempt and that too by using a single rocket.

SOURCE: PTI

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed advanced robots to man international borders which will offer AI-powered surveillance and uninterrupted, real-time monitoring across challenging terrains, according to officials.

The robots developed by Da Spatio Rhobotique Laboratory Pvt. Ltd (DSRL), a start up incubated at IIT Guwahati, have also received acknowledgement from the Defence Research and Development Organisation for their potential for integration into India’s defence infrastructure. The Indian Army is already conducting field trials for the surveillance system.

SOURCE: IANS

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Sunday that the next generation patrol vessels will play an important role in the anti-piracy missions, adding that the country’s Navy will soon get two Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs).

“These are the most advanced vessels which will be used in different operations including anti-piracy missions,” a senior official of the ministry said. Earlier, a Keel Laying ceremony of the second and third, Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels was held at Ratnagiri.

SOURCE: IANS

On 11th March 2025, Baloch insurgents executed a coordinated attack, culminating in the hijacking of the Jaffar Express train in the remote Bolan district of Balochistan, which was carrying 440 passengers, mainly off-duty Pakistan Army personnel. The incident, one of the most significant displays of insurgent violence in recent memory, resulted in considerable casualties.

However, an extensive information blackout ensued as the events unfolded. This suppression of information was imposed by Pakistan’s military establishment, through its Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), which exerts strict control over the dissemination of narratives. The ISPR selectively released curated information via a number of mainstream television channels, effectively maintaining an informational void.

SOURCE: PTI

India has imposed anti-dumping duty on five Chinese goods, including vacuum flasks and aluminium foil, during the month so far to guard domestic players from cheap imports from the neighbouring country.

These duties were imposed as these products — Soft Ferrite Cores, certain thickness of vacuum insulated flask, aluminium foil, Trichloro Isocyanuric Acid, and Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin — were exported to India from China at below normal prices.

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Twenty-two Naxalites, including six carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 11 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, a police official said.

Of these, Ayatu Punem, Pandu Kunjam, Kosi Tamo, Sona Kunjam and Lingesh Padam carried rewards of Rs 2 lakh each of their heads, while the amount was Rs 1 lakh for Tibruram Madvi, he said. “Punem was active as Platoon Number 1 member under the Andhra-Odisha-Border (AOB) division of the outlawed Maoists outfit. Pandu and Tamo were Platoon Number 9 and 10 party members, respectively. 

SOURCE: IANS

Four militants of the banned United National Liberation Front (P) (UNLF-Pambei) outfit and two members of the radical Meitei group “Arambai Tenggol” were arrested by the Manipur Police after a violent clash between the two groups in Manipur’s Imphal East district, the police said on Sunday.

A police officer said that the security forces arrested two Arambai Tenggol (AT) members from Moirangkampu Sajed Awang Leikai areas in connection with the Saturday’s clash between AT and UNLF (P) at Kongpal Khong in Imphal East district. The detainees were identified as Kshetrimayum Nikhil Singh (28) and Yumnam Pringanba Singh (23).