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Customs Duty On Goods From Pakistan Raised To 200% After Pulwama Terror Attack The decision to revoke the Most Favoured Nation status accorded to Pakistan was taken soon after a convoy of CRPF soldiers was targeted by a suicide bomber on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday, resulting in over 40 deaths. India's decision to extend MFN status to Pakistan in 1996 was never reciprocated. Story Highlights Union Minister Arun Jaitley in a tweet referred to hike in customs duty India withdrew 'Most Favoured Nation' status for Pakistan on Friday MFN status is given to a trade partner to ensure non-discriminatory trade New Delhi :  A day after withdrawing the 'Most Favoured Nation' (MFN) status granted to Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, India today hiked the basic customs duty on all goods imported from the neighbouring country to 200%. The decision to withdraw the status was taken soon after a convoy of CRPF vehicles was tar...

India's Fastest Train, Vande Bharat Express, Breaks Down Day After Launch India's first engine-less train Vande Bharat Express, or Train 18, ran at a top speed of 130 kmph on Friday, flagging off a new niche for semi-high speed trains in India. Story Highlights Train 18 came to a halt at 5.30 am around 200 km from Delhi The semi-high speed train resumed its journey to Delhi at around 8.15 am Railways say possible cattle run over could be the reason for the fault New Delhi:  Vande Bharat Express, India's fastest train, broke down this morning, a day after its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The engine-less train, also known as Train 18, was returning from Varanasi after its inaugural run and broke down about 200 km from the capital. It resumed its journey at around 8.15 am, railways said, after being at a halt for almost three hours. According to the train staff, the controls have failed and the snag is "unfixable"...

Pulwama attack: Pakistan says no ’emotional decision’ after India revokes MFN status "India has removed us from the list of MFN nations but we will not make any emotional decision and will issue a response after making due thinking,” a Pakistani official said. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo credit: AP) Hours after India revoked the Most Favoured Nation (status) to Pakistan, advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on Trade Abdul Razzak Dawood told PTI they won’t make any “emotional decision” and will respond to the move after due deliberation. The Centre  withdrew the status to Pakistan  after 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Pulwama yesterday. Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad has claimed responsibility for the attack. Speaking to reporters in Islamabad in this regard, Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on Trade Abdul Razzak Dawood said that a response to India’s decision would come after due deliber...

India threatens to isolate Pakistan after Kashmir attack 03:01 India will take "all possible diplomatic steps" to isolate its arch rival Pakistan following a terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.  "The Ministry of External Affairs will initiate all possible steps, and I am here referring to all possible diplomatic steps, which have to be taken to ensure the complete isolation from the international community of Pakistan," he told reporters on Friday. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also warned Pakistan to expect a strong response. Indian police at the site of an attack on a bus that killed 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in south Kashmir, February 14, 2019. /VCG Photo At least 44 people were killed in the attack, as a suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police. The Pakistan-based militant grou...

Pakistan cannot weaken India, forces will get free hand to deal with terrorists:Modi HIGHLIGHTS I want to tell the terror outfits and those aiding and abetting them that they have made a big mistake: PM Let me assure the nation that the perpetrators of this attack will be punished: PM All efforts would be made to isolate Pakistan, finance minister Arun Jaitley said NEW DELHI: Pakistan cannot weaken India by orchestrating attacks and those responsible will pay a "very heavy price", Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  warned on Friday as echoes from the  Pulwama  terror strike rang across the country with families awaiting the bodies of their loved ones in coffins wrapped in the tricolour. READ ALSO: Jaish terrorists attack CRPF convoy in Kashmir, kill at least 38 personnel Security forces will be given a  free hand  to deal with terrorists, the Prime Minister said, a day after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber ...

More than 40 people were killed when the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama. Pulwama attack: Adil Ahmad Dar joined Jaish-e-Mohammad last year. Story Highlights Adil Ahmad Dar, 22, joined terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad last year He was also known as "Adil Ahmad Gaadi Takranewala" Police say he is the third local suicide terrorist recruited by Jaish New Delhi:  Adil Ahmad Dar, the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist behind the worst-ever terror attack on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, lived just 10 km from the spot where he rammed his car full of explosives into a security convoy, killing over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Thursday. Also known as "Adil Ahmad Gaadi Takranewala" and "Waqas Commando of Gundibagh", he joined the Pakistan-based terror outfit last year. On Thursday, he  drove towards the convoy of 78 CRPF buses tr...