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India weighs sanctions on Pakistan as part of Uri response
27 Sep 2016
The first casualty under trade action could be cement and India may decide to end duty-free import of cement from Pakistan
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PM meets Services chiefs to discuss Uri response
24 Sep 2016
The prime minister is expected to spell out the government’s response to the Uri terror attack later in the day when he addresses a party conclave in Kozhikode, Kerala
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India, France finally ink deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets
23 Sep 2016
The contract signed by defence minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian ‘marks the natural culmination of the relationship initiated in 1953 when India became Dassault Aviation’s first export customer’, the company said
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Cabinet clears decks for buying 36 Rafale fighter planes
22 Sep 2016
The deal will generate business worth at least €3 billion for Indian companies through offsets, both big and small, and generating hundreds of jobs in India
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Pakistan now host to ‘Ivy League’ of terror, India tells UN
22 Sep 2016
In a scathing response to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s recent United Nations General Assembly address, India told the UNGA that Pakistan was “now host to the Ivy League of terrorism"
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Bill in US House to declare Pakistan a sponsor of terrorism
21 Sep 2016
While Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif struggles to garner support in the UN General Assembly over Kashmir, two influential American lawmakers introduced a bill in the US Congress on Tuesday proposing to designate Islamabad a state sponsor of terrorism
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Baloch activist at UNHRC slams `illegal’ China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
20 Sep 2016
The renewed push by Baloch activists at various international forums comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised human rights violations in Balochistan during his Independence Day speech
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Uri attack: Pak denies involvement, turns guns on India
19 Sep 2016
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s senior aide Sartaj Aziz today said the attack on an Indian military base in Kashmir was a blatant attempt on New Delhi’s part to deflect attention from the situation in Indian Kashmir
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17 Sep 2016
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