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India won’t hesitate to cross LoC again, Pakistan warned
10 Oct 2016
The Line of Control (LoC) will no longer be sacrosanct for India if Pakistan continues to export terrorists, say government sources
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Pakistan's ISI chief likely to be replaced soon: Report
08 Oct 2016
The move to shift out the incumbent ISI chief is widely seen as a fallout of the ISI's failure to detect India's plans against the terror camps within PoK and elsewhere
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India to seal entire border with Pakistan by December 2018
08 Oct 2016
The centre has proposed setting up a 'Border Security Grid’ for all four border states, which would serve as major deterrent for infiltration and other “undesirable activities” on the border
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No peace in Afghanistan until Kashmir issue resolved, says Pak
08 Oct 2016
For the first time, Pakistan has linked peace in strife-torn Afghanistan to the Kashmir issue, saying a solution to both issues is required for peace and they cannot be "compartmentalised"
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After Snowden, another NSA contractor held for stealing classified data
07 Oct 2016
Harold T Martin III worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, the same security consultant that employed whistleblower Edward J Snowden. But though he was arrested in August, it is still not clear why he stole highly classified information
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Pakistan `misusing’ UN to make false claims on J&K: India
06 Oct 2016
UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin responded sharply to Pakistan’s persistent clamour for international attention, saying "Claims by Pakistan, a global epicenter of terrorism, on Kashmir find no resonance amongst the international community.”
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05 Oct 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy statements have raised questions in India and other Asian nations about a US pullback from Asia
US deplores nuclear sabre-rattling by Pakistan
01 Oct 2016
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Pak’s efforts to rope in UN over surgical strikes falling flat: India
01 Oct 2016
India has said that Pakistan approaching the United Nations on the issue of surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control has not found any resonance in the world body
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China is India’s primary security challenge: UK think-tank
29 Sep 2016
While India's ''primary security challenge'' is the terrorism from Pakistan, an annual strategic survey by an influential London-based think-tank says the major security threat to India emanates from China
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28 Sep 2016
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