Rush Hour: Delhi vows ‘clear response’ to Pahalgam attack, SC tells TN minister to resign and more
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday vowed a “loud and clear response” to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 persons and left 17 others injured on Tuesday. Singh chaired a high-level security review involving the Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, and the chiefs of the three defence chiefs.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the site of the attack in Pahalgam and met survivors.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif claimed that his country was not involved in the incident. Islamabad said that it was “concerned at the loss of tourists’ lives” in the attack.
Also on Wednesday, the Indian Army killed two militants who tried to infiltrate into India from across the Line of Control in Baramulla. Read on.
A Lucknow court dismissed a defamation complaint filed against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath for using an allegedly abusive term against Muslims during a speech in the Legislative Council in February.
The bench said that the comment made by Adityanath in the Upper House of the state Legislature cannot be challenged in a court because it was protected under Article 194 of the Constitution. The provision guarantees freedom...
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