Surgical Strike

Punjab gov pitches for surgical strikes as he slams Pak for pushing drugs

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday said surgical strikes should be conducted against Pakistan to teach it a lesson as he accused the neighbouring country of pushing drugs into the Indian territory. Purohit also praised the Punjab government over the issue of drug seizure and tackling drones that are being used to send narcotics from across the border. The governor was on a two-day visit to the border districts of the state. He said the next generation must be stopped from becoming addicts at any cost and added that if Pakistan is playing mischief with India, "one or two surgical strikes should be conducted against it". Purohit expressed satisfaction over the coordination among central agencies, such as the Border Security Force (BSF), Army and Intelligence Bureau, and the Punjab Police. Addressing the media here, the governor came down heavily on Pakistan for launching a "hidden war" against India, saying it is doing so as it could not engage in a direct fight against

People like Rahul Gandhi question Army, insult them: Anurag Thakur

He further said that they speak the language of China and raise questions about the ideology of Congress

Pakistan rejects as 'baseless' Indian stand of downing F-16 in Feb 2019

Pakistan on Tuesday rejected as 'baseless' the Indian stand that a Pakistani F-16 aircraft was shot down by an Indian pilot during an aerial combat in February 2019

Surgical strike sent strong message to world on terror, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah on Thursday said surgical strike carried out by India five years ago sent a strong message to the world that no one can interfere with its borders

Terror attacks have increased after 2016 surgical strike, says Shiv Sena

Accusing the Modi government of boasting about how Pakistan was straightened out after the surgical strike, the Sena sought to know whether it has really happened

No record of 'surgical strikes' before Sept 2016, says Army in RTI reply

Congress leader Rajiv Shukla had told reporters at an AICC briefing last week that six surgical strikes were conducted during the period of Manmohan Singh government

Won't hesitate from another surgical strike if the need arises: Army

India conducted the surgical strike on September 29, 2016 across the Line of Control as a response to a terrorist attack on an Indian Army base in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir earlier that month

India will face 10 surgical strikes if it attacks us even once, warns Pak

He also said "those who think of any misadventure against us should have no doubt in their minds on Pakistan's capabilities"

Sitharaman says govt not politicising surgical strike by celebrating it

Sitharaman on Sunday said it was being celebrated as a festival to show that India won't take any attack on its troops lying down

Will there be surgical strikes against China, Shiv Sena asks Centre

Party urges govt to look 'seriously' at Chinese incursions, says strikes similar the ones in PoK will be a fitting reply

Proceedings of Parliamentary Panel on surgical strikes is confidential: MEA

"Indian position on surgical strikes was made very clearly by the DGMO from this very podium on Sept 29," Swarup said

Congress wants government to acknowledge past surgical strikes

Foreign Secy S Jaishankar reportedly informed parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs about surgical strikes having taken place in the past as well

Surgical strikes happened earlier, too, govt tells House panel

Development comes after a bitter political fight going on between the congress and the BJP over surgical strikes

PM Modi likens Indian army's surgical strike to Israel's exploits

Israel is known for its targeted military strikes against enemy countries and militant outfits

RSS ideology inspired us to do surgical strikes: Manohar Parikkar

Parrikar also said the surgical strikes made the nation sensitive to issues of national security

Surgical strike: DGMO, foreign secretary to brief parliamentary panel

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will be briefed on Tuesday

Army briefs Parliamentary panel on surgical strikes

Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat briefed the Committee on the September 29 surgical strikes

MEA trashes Pakistan paper's report on surgical strikes

Calls the report concocted and baseless

Surgical strikes were a 'fitting reply' to incursions: Pranab Mukherjee

A terror attack targeting an army camp in Uri killed 17 Indian soldiers in Sept last year

Surgical strikes marked India's offensive stride vis-a-vis Pakistan

Experts also said that India had entered a new era of internet-enabled terror