Army claims top JEM leadership has been eliminated
- Army claimed that the top leadership of the militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, who were responsible for the Pulwama attack on the CRPF convoy have been eliminated.
- Army briefing termed the outfits as a child of Pakistani Army and Islamabad had a 100% role in the Pulwama terror attack.
- Three militants were killed in a 17-hour gunfight. Four Indian soldiers were also killed in the operation.
AIADMK announces alliance with PMK for Lok Sabha election
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to form an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
- PMK would get seven seats to contest out of a total 39 seats in the state.
- Reports suggest that BJP will announce an alliance with AIADMK for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Two IAF aircraft crash in Bengaluru
- One pilot has reportedly died after two Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team’s aircraft crashed at Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru.
- The aircraft were rehearsing for the upcoming Aero India 2019 show scheduled to be held from February 20th to February 24th, 2019.
- Earlier on February 1st, two Mirage 2000 trainer fighter aircraft had crashed in Bengaluru.
Puducherry CM calls off dharna after talks with LG
- CM Naryanamsamy held a 4-hour long meeting with LG Kiran Bedi.
- The CM termed the meeting as partial success and said that various demands were achieved in the meeting.
- The CM had been demonstrating since February 13th outside LG’s Delhi claiming that the LG has not been clearing government proposals.
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