J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that the 'fidayeen' attack in Anantnag district on Wednesday was carried out at the behest of Pakistan. A terrorist, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was released by India in the 1999 hijacking incident is suspected to be the man behind the Anantnag terror attack.
Meanwhile, a day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's ultimatum to doctors, asking them to end their strike, Delhi Medical Association called for a bandh on Friday. Mumbai doctors have also started protesting in solidarity with the Kolkata doctors.
Campaigning for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Wednesday, ahead of the polls on Friday. A total of 102 seats from 14 states and union territories will go to polls in the first phase of the elections on April 20.
In the biggest encounter, 29 Naxals, including one of their top leaders, were gunned down in a joint operation by teams of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with India Today's consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist Pradip Phanjoubam highlighted the critical state of insecurity and violence in Manipur.
