Gurdaspur Terror Attack

An alert has been sounded in Punjab's border districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur following the terror strike on an army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 17 soldiers.

Seventeen soldiers have died and several others are injured after a group of terrorists attacked an Army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. The base is located just 6 km from the Line of Control, in the Baramulla district of north Kashmir. All four terrorists, part of a suicide squad, were killed in a six-hour encounter.

Controversial Punjab police officer Salwinder Singh, who was questioned by the National Investigation Agency over the Pathankot terror attack, was on Thursday accused of rape and bribery in a police complaint.

Army on Friday conducted a joint mock drill with the Punjab Police in Pathankot to see their preparedness to thwart any attempted terrorists strike, ahead of terror attack at Dinanagar completing a year.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) was today allowed by a Special Court to conduct a lie-detector test on senior Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe.

A Superintendent of Police rank officer of Punjab Police Salwinder Singh was quizzed for the fourth day today by National Investigation Agency (NIA) whose interrogators also questioned his cook and the caretaker of 'Panj Peer Dargah', which the official had claimed to have visited before he was kidnapped by terrorists involved in Pathankot attack.

A Chinese wireless set was recovered from a vehicle outside the Pathankot Air Force base by National Investigation Agency (NIA) even as sleuths of the agency questioned Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh for the third consecutive day today.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Pathankot and Gurdaspur on January 13 and meet the families of the security personnel who were killed in Pathankot terror attack, the Aam Aadmi Party said today.

Among the many questions raised about the attack at the Pathankot Air Force base, the most debated ones concern Delhi's role, India's capabilities and the strategic response to the terror attack.

The Punjab Police officer who was allegedly abducted by terrorists involved in the Pathankot attack on December 31, has appeared before the National Investigation Agency or NIA for questioning in New Delhi today. He is likely to undergo a lie detector test.

A man was today arrested for allegedly moving suspiciously near a Border Security Force post in the border area of Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, which has been on high alert since the terror attack in neighboring Pathankot.

Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the terror attacks at Pathankot as well as Gurdaspur last year needed to be seen as acts of "foreign aggression", and urged the Centre to provide assistance for a second line of defence at the border.

Security has been strengthened around all installations in the country of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy, in view of the terrorist attack on the air base in Pathankot last weekend.

A string transfers, new appointments and stricter night patrol duty have been introduced in the wake of the terror attack at the Pathankot Air Force base.

No terrorist has been caught in Gurdaspur's Tibri in the three-day operation, but reports of suspicious men seen in the area continue to surface.

An alert has been sounded in Punjab's border districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur following the terror strike on an army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 17 soldiers.

Seventeen soldiers have died and several others are injured after a group of terrorists attacked an Army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. The base is located just 6 km from the Line of Control, in the Baramulla district of north Kashmir. All four terrorists, part of a suicide squad, were killed in a six-hour encounter.

Controversial Punjab police officer Salwinder Singh, who was questioned by the National Investigation Agency over the Pathankot terror attack, was on Thursday accused of rape and bribery in a police complaint.

Army on Friday conducted a joint mock drill with the Punjab Police in Pathankot to see their preparedness to thwart any attempted terrorists strike, ahead of terror attack at Dinanagar completing a year.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) was today allowed by a Special Court to conduct a lie-detector test on senior Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe.

A Superintendent of Police rank officer of Punjab Police Salwinder Singh was quizzed for the fourth day today by National Investigation Agency (NIA) whose interrogators also questioned his cook and the caretaker of 'Panj Peer Dargah', which the official had claimed to have visited before he was kidnapped by terrorists involved in Pathankot attack.

A Chinese wireless set was recovered from a vehicle outside the Pathankot Air Force base by National Investigation Agency (NIA) even as sleuths of the agency questioned Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh for the third consecutive day today.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Pathankot and Gurdaspur on January 13 and meet the families of the security personnel who were killed in Pathankot terror attack, the Aam Aadmi Party said today.

Among the many questions raised about the attack at the Pathankot Air Force base, the most debated ones concern Delhi's role, India's capabilities and the strategic response to the terror attack.

The Punjab Police officer who was allegedly abducted by terrorists involved in the Pathankot attack on December 31, has appeared before the National Investigation Agency or NIA for questioning in New Delhi today. He is likely to undergo a lie detector test.

A man was today arrested for allegedly moving suspiciously near a Border Security Force post in the border area of Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, which has been on high alert since the terror attack in neighboring Pathankot.

Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the terror attacks at Pathankot as well as Gurdaspur last year needed to be seen as acts of "foreign aggression", and urged the Centre to provide assistance for a second line of defence at the border.

Security has been strengthened around all installations in the country of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy, in view of the terrorist attack on the air base in Pathankot last weekend.

A string transfers, new appointments and stricter night patrol duty have been introduced in the wake of the terror attack at the Pathankot Air Force base.

No terrorist has been caught in Gurdaspur's Tibri in the three-day operation, but reports of suspicious men seen in the area continue to surface.