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       THE HINDU    DELHI                                                                                                                                                  NEWS              13
       SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
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                               Abhinandan doing well, say officials                                                                                     Opposition playing
        IN  BRIEF

                                                                                                                                                      cheap politics: Shah
                               Defence Minister
                               meets Wing
                               Commander at                                                                                                           ‘Can anyone doubt IAF’s air strike?’
       Ready to support Pak. to  Delhi hospital                                                                                                       Press Trust of India
       fight terrorism: Rajnath 
                                                                                                                                                      Umaria
       CHANDAULI
                               Special Correspondent                                                                                                  Hitting back at the Opposi­
       Home Minister Rajnath Singh
                               NEW DELHI                                                                                                              tion,  BJP  chief  Amit  Shah
       said here on Saturday that
       India was ready to extend  Wing Commander Abhinan­                                                                                             said  here  on  Saturday  that
       support to Pakistan to deal  dan  Varthaman,  who  was                                                                                         those who did not have the
       with terrorism. “Not only  sent back to India by Pakis­                                                                                        courage  to  give  a  befitting
       India, many other countries  tan on Friday night, is doing                                                                                     response  to  terrorists  and
       are hit by terrorism today but  well at the Army’s Research                                                                                    avenge the killing of soldiers
       I want to tell you ... have  and  Referral  Hospital  here,                                                                                    when in power were raising
       confidence ... this will not go  defence  officials  said  on                                                                                    doubts  on  the  recent  air  Amit Shah
       on forever ... the Prime  Saturday.                                                                                                            strike  for  “cheap  politics”
       Minister has taken a decision  “Medical examination and                                                                                        and  their  statements  had  addressing the BJP’s “Vijay
       that a decisive battle should  debriefing  by  several  agen­                                                                                   made Pakistan happy.   Sankalp” motorbike rally.
       be launched for its end,” he  cies are going on,” a defence                                                                                      “The  armed  forces  are  Elections should be about
       said. PTI               source said. They were pro­                                                                                            saying in a press conference  making   India   stronger,
                               cedural  and  likely  to  last  a                                                                                      that we have conducted an  uplift of the poor and giving
       Samjhauta Express       few days, the source said.                                                                                             air  strike  and  eliminated  Pakistan a strong response,
       services restored         Defence Minister Nirmala                                                                                             scores  of  terrorists.  Can  and not about fulfilling the
       NEW DELHI               Sitharaman  met  the  Wing  Celebration time: BJP workers celebrating the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan in New Delhi on Saturday.  * R.V. MOORTHY  anyone  have  doubts  about  wish of a “family” to make
       The Samjhauta Express will  Commander  and  his  family                                                                                        it.  You  should  desist  from  its  “prince”  the  prime  mi­
       leave for Pakistan from Delhi  in the hospital. “Defence Mi­  well as calmness in adversi­  pied Kashmir after his MiG­21  later, he was released by Pa­  road  to  Amritsar,  and  then  such cheap politics,” he said  nister, he said.
       on Sunday after the two  nister meets the Air Warrior  ty. Interacts with the family  fighter  aircraft  was  hit  in  a  kistan as a “peace gesture”  by  a  plane  to  Delhi  around
       neighbours agreed to
       operationalise services at  Abhinandan  Varthaman  at  and  the  hospital  staff  too,”  dogfight  with  Pakistan  Air  and  handed  over  to  Indian  midnight.
                                                                                                                               The  Indian  and  Pakistan
       their ends, a senior railway  his hospital room in Delhi to  the Defence Ministry spokes­  Force  jets.  He  was  appre­  officials at the Wagah­Attari  Armies traded heavy fire all Ahluwalia video on air
       official said. The official said  convey the sentiment of the  person wrote on Twitter.   hended  and  attacked  by  a  border checkpoint. After he
       the first train from India  Nation.  Appreciates  his  im­  The  Wing  Commander  mob before being rescued by  crossed over to India, the In­  night  and  in  the  morning,
       would leave on Sunday. While  peccable  combat  skills  as  landed in the Pakistan­occu­  Pakistan soldiers. Two days  dian Air Force took him by  along the Line of Control.  strike creates a furore
       Pakistan had cancelled its
       services right after an air
       strike by the Indian Air Force,                                                                                                                CPI(M), Cong. say government is lying
       India cancelled the operations  Terrorism can’t be tolerated: ex-Air Marshal
       on Thursday. PTI                                                                                                                               Special Correspondent  message that we are capable
                                                                                                                                                      Kolkata                of destruction if needed. We
       Pakistan damaging itself                                                                                                                       Opposition  parties  in  West  did not want any human ca­
       by abetting terror: Naidu   IAF achieved the task set for it, says C. Hari Kumar, who retired as Chief of the Western Air Command              Bengal on Saturday shared a  sualty,”  Mr.  Ahluwalia  was
       NEW DELHI                                                                                                                                      video  of  Union  Minister  of  seen telling reporters.
       Lashing out at Pakistan for
                               Dinakar Peri                                                          IAF has the capability to hit  whole thing had to be kept as  State  S.S.  Ahluwalia  who  West  Bengal  Congress
       aiding and abetting terrorism,  NEW DELHI                                                     anywhere...,”  he  told  The  secret as possible. We had to  can be heard saying that the  vice­president  Om  Prakash
       Vice-President M. Venkaiah  “What was the task set to us                                      Hindu.                 have  some  kind  of  decep­  air strikes in Pakistan were  Mishra shared the video on
       Naidu on Saturday said the
       neighbouring country was  we have achieved it. The rest                                         On the evening of Febru­  tion. When we are going in  only  to  deliver  a  warning  social media and said, “No
       damaging itself and humanity  of it is for the government to                                  ary 25 as the Indian Air Force  for  the  first  time  and  the  and that neither Prime Mi­  terrorists killed in Pakistan
       by these acts, and      decide,” said Air Marshal C.                                          (IAF) was preparing for pre­  whole  sector  is  not  activat­  nister  Narendra  Modi  nor  by our airstrike.” The official
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       underscored that a global  Hari Kumar on Saturday on                                          cision air strikes few hours  ed,  we  needed  to  keep  the  any of the party spokesper­  Twitter handle of the Com­
       consensus should be built to  the air strike on the terrorist                                 later  on  a  terrorist  training  element  of  surprise,”  Air  sons had claimed that 300  munist Party of India (Mar­
       focus on eradicating the  training camp in Balakot in                                         camp in Pakistan, there was  Marshal Kumar said, recall­  people were killed.  xist)  —  @cpimspeak  —  also
       scourge of terrorism. “Our  Pakistan.          Final bow: Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar receives a guard of  a farewell for him by the IAF  ing the farewell.  “After the incident, Modi­  shared the video and target­
       neighbour is aiding, abetting,  Air  Marshal  Hari  Kumar  honour on his retirement in New Delhi.   * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT   fraternity.  On March 1, Air Marshal R.  ji gave a speech; did he say  ed the Prime Minister.
       funding, training terrorists.  stepped down as the Chief of                                     Air  Marshal  Kumar  at­  Nambiar assumed charge as  that 300 people have been  “If what the minister says
       They are not able to    the Western Air Command )  later, on February 28, he re­  ate terrorists killing our citi­  tended  the  event,  met  eve­  the AOC­in­C of WAC.   killed? Did any BJP spokes­  is  correct,  then  what  it
       understand the damage they  on Thursday.       tired from the force after 39  zens.”  “We  cannot  tolerate  ryone and made a quick exit  When The Hindu reached  person  say  that?  Did  Amit  means is that the Modi Govt
       have done including to the  As  the  Air  Officer  Com­  years in service.  cross border terrorism. The  as he had to get back to the  out, Air Marshal Hari Kumar  Shah  say  that?  The  reason  has  connived  with  lies  pe­
       humanity and also to    manding­in­Chief (AOC­in­C)  “Nobody wants war,” Air  message has to be sent that  operations room.  agreed to talk about the mis­  there was no large­scale des­  dalled by the jingoistic me­
       themselves,” Naidu said at an  of WAC, he oversaw the Bala­  Marshal Kumar observed but  we  cannot  lose  citizens,  in  “We went through the [fa­  sion without getting onto the  truction  was  because  we  dia & taken the country for a
       event here. PTI         kot air strike and three days  added “neither can we toler­  uniform  or  otherwise.  Our  rewell] process because the  details of the operation.  wanted  to  put  across  the  ride,” the CPI(M) tweeted.


                                                                              Azhar down            #70929
                                                                              with renal

                                                                              failure?


                                                                              Press Trust of India
                                                                              New Delhi
                                                                              Masood Azhar, founder of
                                                                              the terrorist group Jaish­e
                                                                              Mohammad  (JeM),  is  sus­
                                                                              pected to be suffering from
                                                                              renal failure and is under
                                                                              regular dialysis at an Army
                                                                              hospital in Rawalpindi, of­
                                                                              ficials   said   here   on
                                                                              Saturday.
       Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a construction technology event in Delhi on Saturday.  * PTI  The remarks from secur­
                                                                              ity officials comes after Pa­
       Meaning of ‘abhinandan’                                                kistan  Foreign  Minister
                                                                              Shah  Mahmood  Qureshi
                                                                              said on Friday that the JeM
       will change, says PM                                                   chief was “unwell“.
                                                                                “Recent reports indicate
                                                                              that Masood Azhar is now
                                                                              afflicted with renal failure
                                                                              and is under treatment at
       ‘India has the strength to change the meaning of words’                the army hospital in Rawal­
                                                                              pindi, the headquarters of
       Special Correspondent  construction   technology  homes  faster  and  cheaper,  the  Pakistan  Army,”  a  se­
       NEW DELHI              conference, he said: “Wha­  and more sustainably. He al­  nior security official said.
       In an oblique reference to In­  tever India does, the world  so  declared  April  2019­  Mr  Qureshi  had  said:
       dian  Air  Force  fighter  pilot  will  pay  attention.  This  March  2020  Construction  “He [Azhar] is in Pakistan,
       Abhinandan   Varthaman,  country has the strength to  Technology Year.   according  to  my  informa­
       Prime  Minister  Narendra  change  the  meaning  of  the  The BJP government had  tion. He is unwell to the ex­
       Modi said on Saturday that  words  in  the  dictionary.  built 1.3 crore houses since it  tent that he can’t leave his
       the  very  meaning  of  the  Once, the meaning of abhi-  came  to  power  in  2014,  as  house, because he’s really
       word ‘abhinandan’ would be  nandan in English was “con­  against  the  25  lakh  houses  unwell”.
       changed.               gratulations”;  now  it  will  built by the previous govern­  The  JeM  chief  was  a
         In his first public speech  change. That strength exists  ment,  he  said.  “The  num­  close associate of Al Qaeda
       after the Wing Commander  in  this  country,”  he  said  to  bers  speak  for  themselves.  chief  Osama  bin  Laden,
       returned home, two days af­  loud applause. “Let us take  This shows how serious we  and also known as the Pa­
       ter  his  MiG­21  fighter  jet  that  self­confidence  and  are  in  our  commitment  to­  kistani cleric who brought
       crashed  in  Pakistan­occu­  move forward as a courage­  wards helping the poor and  jihad into the religious dis­
       pied Kashmir, Mr. Modi said  ous country.”    the  middle  realise  their  course  at  mosques  in  the
       India  had  the  strength  to  Earlier,  he  launched  the  dream of having a house of  U.K., the official said. The
       change the dictionary mean­  Global Housing Technology  their  own,”  he  said,  urging  JeM claimed responsibility
       ing of words.          Challenge, aimed at identify­  the private sector to step up  for the February 14 Pulwa­
         Addressing Indian and in­  ing alternative technologies  partnership with the govern­  ma attack on a CRPF con­
       ternational  delegates  at  a  and materials to help build  ment.      voy that killed 40 jawans. 

       U.S. seeks detail of ‘misuse’ of F-16s




       IAF had said the jets were used for an aerial raid on Indian military installations

       Press Trust of India   dence  to  “conclusively”  had been downed by the In­  not  discuss  the  specifics  of
       washington             prove  that  Pakistan  de­  dian Air Force.    end  user­agreements  con­
       The U.S. is seeking more in­  ployed  U.S.­manufactured  “We are aware of these re­  tained within,” Lt Col Kone
       formation from Pakistan on  F­16 fighter jets during an ae­  ports and are seeking more  Faulkner, a Defense Depart­
       the  potential  misuse  of  rial raid targeting Indian mil­  information,” a State Depart­  ment spokesperson told PTI.
       American­made F­16 fighter  itary installations in Kashmir  ment  spokesperson  said  The United States, which
       jets by it against India in vio­  after India’s anti­terror oper­  when  asked  about  reports  is the largest seller of high­
       lation of the end­user agree­  ation in Balakot.  that  Pakistan  had  violated  tech defence equipment glo­
       ment, the State Department                     the end­user agreement with  bally, has a strong end­user
       has said.              Pakistan’s denial       the U.S. in this week’s border  monitoring agreement, and
         The  Indian  Air  Force  on  Pakistan on Wednesday ca­  clash with India.  as a matter of practice takes
       Thursday displayed parts of  tegorically said that no F­16  “Due  to  non­disclosure  all  allegations  of  misuse  of
       an  AMRAAM  beyond  visual  fighter  jets  were  used  and  agreements in Foreign Mili­  defense   articles   very
       range air­to­air missile as evi­  denied that one of its planes  tary Sales contracts, we can­  seriously.
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