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Pak army chief to step down in November, not to seek extension
25 Jan 2016
It was under Raheel Sharif that Pakistan army mobilised over 250,000 soldiers into the restive North West in June 2014, backed by Pakistan's air force against the Pakistan Taliban. The army largely succeeded in driving Islamist militants from safe havens near the Afghan border.
Modi, Hollande ink Rafale fighter deal, but details remain
25 Jan 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that an intergovernmental agreement has been signed to buy 36 Rafale combat jets from France, and "financial issues" on the deal will be sorted out soon
India to set up satellite tracking centre in Vietnam
25 Jan 2016
The satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam, to be set up by India at a cost of about Rs155 million, will give Hanoi as well as New Delhi sharper pictures of the disputed South China Sea
France to prolong emergency; warns EU of risk from refugee influx
23 Jan 2016
The migration crisis has threatened major shifts in population, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, and warned that the open arms policy has put the concept of Europe itself in very grave danger
NIA clueless about 3 men who killed Himachal driver
23 Jan 2016
NIA has arrested 13 suspects, but the taxi, bearing No HP 01D 2440 hired from Gaggal, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh to Pathankot, remains untraceable
BSF foils infiltration bid, shoots suspect
21 Jan 2016
Terror attack on Pak varsity leaves at least 25 dead
20 Jan 2016
Multiple blasts and heavy gunfire were heard from inside the Bacha Khan University campus as security forces battled the assailants, four of whom were reported killed, even as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility
India to build more laser walls along Pak border
18 Jan 2016
Terror attack in Burkina Faso leaves 20 dead
16 Jan 2016
Al Qaeda-linked terrorists stormed a hotel popular with foreigners in the West African nation, leading to a gun battle after which security forces were able to evacuate 126 hostages
Pakistan shuts down religious schools after Jaish chief Azhar's 'arrest'
15 Jan 2016
Officially Masood Azhar has been taken into protective custody by Pakistan's Punjab police counter-terrorism unit
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