Pulwama terror attack latest updates
The outrage over Pulwama terror attack continues across the nation with the Jammu and Kashmir administration issuing orders to scrap the security of five separatist leaders on Sunday. According to the order, all security and vehicles provided to the separatists stand withdrawn. In addition, no security forces or cover will be provided, under any pretext, to them or any other separatists. If they have any other facilities provided by the government, they are to be withdrawn forthwith. Meanwhile, the traders' body CAIT has called for a nationwide trade bandh on Monday to express solidarity with the families of security personnel martyred in the carnage.
Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. The bus was a part of a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying CRPF personnel from Jammu to Srinagar.
Here are LIVE updates:
4:37 pm: Navjot Singh Sidhu says, "I am firm on my stand. Terrorism shouldn't be tolerated. I want to ask who released those involved in 1999 Kandahar incident? Who's responsibility is it? Our fight is against them.Why should a soldier die? Why can't there be a permanent solution?"
4:05 pm: Rajiv Shukla, IPL chairman: Our position and policy are very clear. Unless the government gives a nod we will not play with Pakistan.
3:46 pm: All India Cine Workers Association announce a total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in the film industry.
3:33 pm: Delhi: Cricketer Mohd Shami donates money to the wives of CRPF Jawans who lost their lives in Pulwama Terror Attack; says, “When we play for our country they stand at the borders protecting it. We stand with the families of our jawans, we will always be there for them."
3:05 pm: Mamata Banerjee on #PulwamaAttack:The Govt had inputs from intelligence agencies on Feb 8 that such attacks might happen before elections. Why no action was taken? Why 78 convoys were still allowed?...I also have intelligence reports that my phone is always taped, as you all know
02:26 pm: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) offers 2BHK houses to families of CRPF martyrs in Pulwama terror attack
02:17 pm: Hesitating from taking actions against terrorists is also encouraging terrorism. Being a part of G20 countries, it's also important that we implement 11 point agenda of Hamburg Leaders Statement. India and Argentina will issue a special declaration on terrorism today: PM Modi
02:16 pm: I want to ask who released those involved in 1999 Kandahar incident? Who's responsibility is it? Our fight is against them. Why should a soldier die? Why can't there be a permanent solution?: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu
02:13 pm: I am firm on my stand. Terrorism will not be tolerated. People who are responsible should be punished harshly that it acts as a deterrence for generations to come: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu
02:05 pm: Brutal terrorist attack in Pulwama proves that time for talks have passed. Now the entire world needs to unite against terrorism and its supporters and take strong actions: PM Modi
02:00 pm: Time has run out for dialogue. Pakistan is encouraging terrorism: PM Modi at Hyderabad House
01:38 pm: All India Cine Workers Association announce total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in the film industry following Pulwama terror attack
12:49 pm: Pakistan calls back envoy from India for "consultations" amid heightened bilateral tensions after Pulwama terror attack
11:54 am: Traders in Assam call for a bandh in Guwahati today in protest against loss of lives of CRPF jawans in Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir
Assam traders protest the killing of CRPF jawans in Pulwama terror attack
09:57 am: The cross-LoC bus service from Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir to Rawalakot (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) has been suspended for today
09:42 am: Uttarakhand: Mortal remains of Major Chitresh Singh Bisht being taken for last rites from his residence in Dehradun. He lost his life on 16 Feb while defusing IED planted by terrorists across LoC in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat also present
Last rites of Major Chitresh Singh Bisht in Dehradun
08:35 am: Mortal remains of Major Chitresh Singh Bisht brought to his residence in Uttarakhand's Dehradun. He lost his life on February 16 while defusing an IED which was planted by terrorists across the LoC in Rajouri's Naushera sector in Jammu and Kashmir
Mortal remains of Major Chitresh Singh Bisht
06:58 am: Curfew in Jammu continues for the fourth consecutive day
Reacting to the Jammu and Kashmir authorities' move to withdraw security cover of separatists, the Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said they had never sought security cover.
"The government had decided on its own to provide security to separatist leaders which was never demanded in the first place," the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said in a statement.
"Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in fact said many times during his Friday sermons that he wanted withdrawal of the security cover.
"The decision to withdraw security will neither change the stand of separatist leaders nor affect the situation on the ground," the statement added.
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