Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, February 26: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Hails IAF Strikes in Pakistan, Calls It Fitting Tribute to Pulwama Martyrs
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Choudhary Fawad Hussain, Pakistan I&B Minister: Cinema Exhibitors Association has boycotted Indian content, no Indian movie will be released in Pakistan. Also have instructed PEMRA to act against made in India advertisements.
In the all party meeting today EAM Sushma Swaraj informed the leaders that she spoke to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo over the Indian air strikes on JeM terror camps in Balakot.
Maja Kocijancic, European Union Spokesperson: We're following very closely the current developments between India & Pakistan. We remain in contact with both countries & what we believe is essential, is that all exercise maximum restraint and avoid further escalation of tensions.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne: Pakistan must take urgent action against terrorist groups in its territory, including JeM which claimed responsibility for 14 Feb bombing and LeT. It must do everything to implement its own proscription of JeM. It can't allow extremist groups to operate from its territory.
Delhi: PM Narendra Modi boards Delhi metro from Khan Market metro station. He is heading to the Gita Aradhana event at ISKCON-Glory of India Cultural Centre.
Pakistan's National Security Committee (NSC) after a meeting chaired by Pakistan PM Imran Khan today: India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing.
Key Jaish e Mohammed terrorists targeted in today’s air strikes: Mufti Azhar Khan Kashmiri, head of Kashmir operations(pic 1) and Ibrahim Azhar(pic 2), the elder brother of Masood Azhar who was also involved in the IC-814 hijacking.
PM Narendra Modi in Churu, Rajasthan: Within next 10 years Rs 7.5 Lakh Crore will be deposited in the accounts of farmers. They will not have to do anything for it. They will directly get a notification on their mobile phones, saying that they have received the amount.
Rajasthan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses public rally in Churu, Rajasthan after Indian Air Force (IAF) launched airstrikes and dropped 1000 bombs on the JeM terror camps across LoC in Balakot, Muzaffarabad.
JeM's Yusuf Azhar alias Mohammad Salim alias Ustaad Gohri who was targeted today by IAF airstrike in Balakot across LOC was on the Interpol list and among the most wanted in India.
NSA Ajit Doval along with Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat and IAF Chief BS Dhanoa is reviewing the security situation on the borders after Indian Air Force strikes at JeM terror camp in Balakot across LoC.
New Delhi, February 26: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. It will be heard by a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer. Earlier, the apex court had on January 27 cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 as Justice Bobde was not available that day.
According to reports, 14 appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
The five-judge bench was re-constituted on January 25 as Justice U U Lalit, who was a member of the earlier bench, had recused himself from hearing the matter.
Talking about the latest news across the world, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar has been shifted to a safe hideout in Pakistan's Bahawalpur, sources said. This is the latest development in the aftermath of the dastardly Pulwama terror attack.
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