India-Pakistan border tensions live updates: Ready to meet any security challenge, say Indian forces
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 01, 2019, 10:37:34 IST
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India-Pakistan border tensions live updates: Ready to meet any security challenge, say Indian forces

Amid border tensions between India and Pakistan, Imran Khan has announced that Islamabad will release IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan, who was captured after an aerial combat, tomorrow. Stay with TOI for latest updates
10:34 (IST) Feb 28
Japan urges Pakistan to act against terrorists
10:13 (IST) Feb 28
Union Cabinet to meet today evening: ANI
10:02 (IST) Feb 28
India's commercial pilots vow support to anti-terrorism fight
09:48 (IST) Feb 28
India presses for immediate release of IAF pilot in Pakistani custody
Indian High Commission in Pakistan last evening gave a demarche to Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for immediate and safe return of Wing Commander Abhinandan. Similar Demarche was given to Pakistan's acting High Commissioner in New Delhi yesterday (ANI)
09:18 (IST) Feb 28
US backs India's strike on terrorist camps in Pak: ANI
NSA Ajit Doval and US secretary of state Mike Pompeo had a telephonic conversation late last night. Pompeo said that the US supported India’s decision to take action against JeM terror camp on Pakistani soil
09:15 (IST) Feb 28
Sushma Swaraj to leave for UAE to attend OIC meet amid Pak threat to boycott
Amid a threat by Pakistan to boycott a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) if India attended, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is slated to leave for the UAE later today to participate in the conclave as the Guest of Honour. Swaraj will address the plenary of the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers to be held in Abu Dhabi from March 1 to 2. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has threatened to boycott the OIC meeting if Swaraj participated.
09:01 (IST) Feb 28
Since 2007, the terror outfit has been investing in real estate, production and distribution of consumer goods and commodity trading, an assessment by Indian and US intelligence officials said. According to the US state department, Jaish doesn’t keep money in banks now to avoid seizures.
08:41 (IST) Feb 28
State-run oil companies were asked to top up jet fuel at northern airfields and storage depots six days before the air strike on a terror camp inside Pakistan on Tuesday, while a chain of 500 tankers are on way to the Kashmir region carrying replenishments, including motor fuels and kerosene.
08:34 (IST) Feb 28
In a first-of-its-kind interaction with Indian students from the various universities from the Greater Washington area, Shringla said that Pakistan needs to meet its international obligations to crackdown on terrorist networks and safe havens within its territory.
08:27 (IST) Feb 28
The Security Council Sanctions Committee will have 10 working days to consider the fresh proposal submitted by the three members: PTI
08:26 (IST) Feb 28
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is fortunate that Pakistan has owned up that he is in their custody because there have been instances in the past when Indian military personnel were brutally tortured and killed after being captured by Pakistani forces.
08:25 (IST) Feb 28
Article 3 common to the 1949 Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol II provides that persons deprived of liberty for reasons related to conflict must be treated humanely in all circumstances. It adds that such prisoner is protected against murder, torture as well as cruel, humiliating or degrading treatment. Geneva Conventions encompass four treaties and three additional protocols which regulate the conduct of armed conflict.
08:14 (IST) Feb 28
Ceasefire violation by Pakistan this morning in Krishna Ghati sector along the LoC in Poonch district: ANI
08:07 (IST) Feb 28
Britain, France, US ask UN to backlist JeM chief Masood Azhar
The United States, Britain and France have asked the 15-member Security Council sanctions committee to subject Azhar to an arms embargo, global travel ban and asset freeze. The committee operates by consensus and members have until March 13 to raise objections. However, the move is likely to be opposed by China, which previously prevented the Security Council's Islamic State and al-Qaida sanctions committee from sanctioning JeM leader Masood Azhar in 2016 and 2017. China's UN mission did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new proposal.
08:05 (IST) Feb 28
The acting US defence secretary Patrick Shanahan has been in contact with the secretary of state Mike Pompeo, national security advisor John Bolton and other officials regarding India-Pakistan tensions. “Acting Secretary Shanahan's focus is on de-escalating tensions and urging both of the nations to avoid further military action,” the Pentagon said in a statement.