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Afzal Guru was executed in 2013 for his role in the deadly 2001 attack on Parliament. The Jaish-e-Muhammed suicide bomber who attacked a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, killing over 40 jawans, did so in Guru’s name. Read More

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force pilot who was captured two days ago by the Pakistan army after his MiG-21 Bison was shot down during an aerial engagement between India and Pakistan, returned home, on Friday late night. Read More

The father of IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistan after an aerial engagement between the two countries, said he is proud of his son’s bravery and hope for his safe return home. He also thanked citizens for their support and good wishes. Read More

Kiren Rijiju, on Monday, has asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to provide sufficient compensation to those who died during the violence that erupted in the state over the controversy regarding permanent residence certificates for six tribal communities. Read More

Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said he had to reluctantly accept the deputy CM’s post because as a victim of dalit suppression he missed the chance to become the chief minister. Read More

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited chairman R Madhavan said HAL has moved away from its strategy of depending entirely on IAF orders to build products and is now venturing into building products before orders are placed. Read More

While answering specific questions on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s quality, the chairman and managing director of the company, R Madhavan, said the political row over the Rafale warplane deal has not brought down the morale or the business of HAL. Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, invoked poet-saint Guru Ravidas on his birth anniversary, and urged people to end caste discrimination and identify those who promote it for their “self-interest”. Read More

In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy said that he had to agree on asking people to “boycott everything that is Kashmiri”, as an appeal made by a “retired colonel of Indian Army”. Read More

BJP president Amit Shah, on Friday, stated that Purvanchal, or eastern Uttar Pradesh, was deprived of development since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru Read More