[For far too long the BJP-RSS has chanted the hardline Hindutva mantra that "terror and talks cannot go together". It'd be quite interesting to watch how it navigates the current imbroglio.
If it cancels the forthcoming talks, due by middle of this month, between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries, then Modi's surprise visit to Lahore to personally greet his Pakistani counterpart in person on his birthday would look like, at best, an amateurish misadventure. If it does not, it'd, even by a significant section of its own core constituency, be charged of rank inconsistency, or still worse.] I/II. http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/pathankot-terror-attack-terrorists-were-armed-with-ak-47s-mortars-gps-devices-1261634 As Pathankot Operation Continues, PM Modi Meets NSA, Officials: 10 Developments Cheat Sheet | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Updated: January 03, 2016 22:32 IST PATHANKOT: Intermittent gunfire continued till late evening on Sunday - the second straight day of operations at the Pathankot air base. A fifth terrorist was neutralized today, hunt is on for the other one. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Bengaluru to open a yoga conference, chaired a meeting with the National Security Advisor, foreign secretary and other officials on Pathankot. Here are the 10 latest developments in this story: 1. Admitting that two terrorists had been holed up at the Pathankot base since yesterday, Air Force authorities said they hoped to wrap up the operation by evening. 2. "In the morning, we realised that two more terrorists were there. The operation at a mature state but the confirmation can be given only on recovering the bodies," said Air Marshal Anil Khosla. 3. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj met a group of diplomats to chalk out a strategy on Pakistan. Coming a week after PM Modi's "spontaneous" visit to Pakistan, the attack has triggered a debate over ties with the neighbouring country. 4. Gunfire stopped in the evening at the air base -- from where Russian-made fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets and Mi-35 attack helicopters fly. But the operation is still continuing. 5. The number of casualties has gone up to 7, with three more security personnel dying in hospital. This morning, an officer died in a blast from an Improvised Explosive Device during combing operations. Twenty security personnel have been injured. 6. Among the weapons recovered were AK 47s, mortars, grenade launchers and Global Positioning System devices. The probe has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency. 7. Opposition Congress has said India should reassess its position on Pakistan. Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah called the attack "the first major challenge to PM Modi's bold Pakistan gambit." 8. The gun-battle started at 3.30 am on Saturday. The armed forces - which had secured the compound following intelligence warning - had detected the advent of terrorists with the help of aircraft using thermal imaging capability. 9. The army wrested control of the base yesterday with the help of attack helicopters, mine-proof and bullet-proof personnel carriers. Four terrorists were killed yesterday after the day-long gun-battle. 10. Vital air force assets -- MiG-21 Bison fighters and Mi-35 attack helicopters - were safe following advance intelligence about the attack. Story First Published: January 03, 2016 09:05 IST II. http://in.reuters.com/article/india-attack-idINKBN0UH04C20160103 Sun Jan 3, 2016 7:02pm IST Related: TOP NEWS, WORLD Death toll from militant assault on Indian air base grows to at least 10 PATHANKOT, INDIA | BY MUKESH GUPTA A gold medal-winning shooter was among 10 people killed in an audacious pre-dawn assault on an air force base, officials said on Sunday as troops worked to clear the compound in Pathankot, Punjab near India's border with Pakistan after a 15-hour gunbattle. Six Indian security personnel were killed and the bodies of four militants had been recovered after the assault on the heavily fortified Pathankot air base. The attack by gunmen disguised as soldiers came a week after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in an effort to revive talks between the nuclear-armed neighbours. One of the Indian security members killed in the attack was Subedar Fateh Singh, who won gold and silver medals in the first Commonwealth Shooting Championships held in 1995, the National Rifle Association of India said. Officials said the attack on the military base, just 25 km (15 miles) from the border with Pakistan, bore the hallmarks of previous suspected assaults by Pakistan-based militant groups, underscoring the fragility of recent efforts to revive bilateral talks between the often uneasy neighbours. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Pakistan condemned the attack and said it wanted to continue to build on the goodwill created by the impromptu meeting between Modi and Sharif last month. Two security personnel were wounded in a blast on Sunday, a police official in Pathankot said, as troops scoured the base. Dozens of armed forces stood guard outside the base. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said on Saturday five militants had been "neutralised", but there were no reports yet of the body of the fifth attacker being found. In New Delhi, two trains were delayed early on Sunday after officials received information about a possible bomb threat on a train running between the capital and Lucknow to the southeast, railways spokesman Neeraj Sharma said. Trains were deemed safe and were running on schedule by mid-morning, Sharma said. (Reporting by Mukesh Gupta in Pathankot, and Rupam Jain Nair and Krista Mahr in New Delhi; Writing by Krista Mahr; Editing by Douglas Busvine and Paul Tait) -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
