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The move comes Officials also said pro- % " &' after six soldiers died in sniper curement of the 5,800 rifles will ( attacks by Pakistan on the Line be for all the 382 infantry bat- of Control (LoC) in Jammu & talions, each of which is sanc- ) Q Kashmir last year and an iden- tioned 10 sniper rifles given the % tical number fell to the enemy’s specialised training and nature + bullets in 2017. of the weapon, they said. The ),! -. The new rifles, namely Special Forces units, however, / Barrett M95.50 BMG and are equipped with advanced " %" + Beretta Scorpio TGT Victoria the Northern Command chief kill range of less than 1 km there- sniper rifles like Israeli Galil L %#! .338 Lapua Magnum, were for such emergency and criti- by giving critical operational rifles, and are now in the 123( recently inducted into some cal requirements. upper hand to Pakistani snipers process of inducting Finnish ! " units on the LoC to negate the The US-made Barrett has whose Remingtons have a range Sako sniper rifles having a ! advantage enjoyed by Pakistan a range of nearly 1,800 metres of 1.5 km. Moreover, the Russian range of 2,20O metres. % there. Till now, they had better while the Italian made Beretta rifles do not have Picatinny rails Explaining the significance 4&52" sniper rifles, Remington, with has a kill range of more than making the weapon incompati- of the deployment of these sniper Q a range of more than 1.5 km 1,500 metres. Both these rifles ble with several modern essen- guns at vulnerable points at the % while the Indian Army gun’s are extensively used by Special tial accessories like magnification LoC, they said it comes at a time % range was far short. The new Forces of several countries and and sight systems. The new when Pakistan will now try to ( 6 % ( # rifles have a kill range of 1.5 km the induction of these high pre- rifles have the rails, and telescopic push in terrorists into Kashmir . % to 1.8 km. cision weapons “will definite- sights of any magnification and after snow has melted thereby " %6 Realising the seriousness of ly give us the advantage over sight can be mounted opening up all the ingress routes the situation, the Northern the enemy which till now had thereby giving the required flex- in South and North of Pir Panjal. ( Command went in for imme- the upper hand at various ibility to the commander, they Though no infiltration bids have 6 78" diate procurement of at least 30 places on the LoC,” sources said. come to notice so far, the oper- )%9 new rifles which are now in use said. In all, the Indian Army ational commanders are not by snipers trained abroad, offi- At present, the Indian Army needs nearly 5,800 sniper rifles taking any chances and have fur- said, in an apparent reference 13 % cials said here on Saturday. is using 1963 vintage Russian- with a range of more than 1,200 ther strengthened the counter- to Pakistan. They also said the new rifles made Dragunov sniper rifles metres and the request for infor- infiltration grid all along the LoC, India in the past has ( 9 were bought under the provi- inducted into service in 1990. mation (RFI) or global tender they said. blamed Pakistan for carrying / Q sion of special powers given to This semi-automatic rifle has a was floated way back in 2016. Turn to Page 2 out terrorist attacks in the < % country and asked it to stop K"! !" % % supporting terror outfits oper- ! 0 ating from its soil. $ # 8+ “The water is now rising K + above the head,” Modi said as he " % / . % n a veiled attack on Pakistan, urged the world leaders to unite 9 % IPrime Minister Narendra for combating the menace. 69 * %" ! Modi said on Saturday that “Combating terrorism and '9 ;% % Q $P state sponsorship of terrorism radicalisation is the most accu- is the biggest threat the human- rate test of the leadership in the K $ ity is facing today as he urged world,” he said. % ! % the world leaders to unite for In support of freedom, ( 6+7+89 combating the menace. democracy, prosperity and K Addressing the Maldivian peace in the Maldives, India is " ! he commuters travelling Parliament, the Majlis, Modi standing side by side with the " % Ton the Yellow Line of Delhi said that relations between Maldives, Modi said. Metro were once again strand- 8$6;7 India and Maldives are older “Today in Maldives, and in '9 ed inside the station for near- than history. Majlis, I am very happy to be " % ly two hours on Saturday due ligarh police on Saturday “Today I want to emphasise present among you. Majlis took % to a power failure between Aclaimed to have arrested that every Indian was with you the decision to invite me, in its ! Udyog Bhawan and Model two more people, including a for the strengthening of democ- first meeting after Mohamed Town. The services on this sec- woman, in connection with the racy in the Maldives,” he said. Nasheed Ji became the speaker. tion were completely suspend- brutal murder of a toddler in their home. The body was the killing of the two-and- Terrorism is not just a “Your gesture has touched + % ed at around 5 pm putting the Tappal township of the district. found on June 2, three days half-year-old girl in Tappal threat for a country but to the the heart of every Indian and passengers in a tizzy. The Senior Superintendent after the girl was reported township. entire civilisation, he said. has enhanced their respect and % % " &' The Yellow Line connects of Police of Aligarh, Akash missing. “They were later arrested,” “The world community dignity,” he said at Parliament. " Q < Samaypur Badli in Delhi to Kulhari reiterated that the Interestingly, after media a senior police official said. has organised conventions and “I am very happy that we " L Huda City Centre in Gurugram. post-mortem by a panel of reports, the police on Saturday After the fresh arrests, the meetings on global challenges have signed a deal on the ferry ),! / L Following the snag, the ser- three doctors found “no evi- also confirmed that one of the total number of people held in like the climate change, now it service between the two coun- % vices were stopped immediate- dence of sexual assault” but men booked earlier for the bru- the case has gone up to four. should also come together on tries today,” Modi said. % ly between Udyog Bhawan and police were taking no chances tal murder of the toddler was Other than 27-year-old the issue of terrorism. It is time Prime Minister Modi and Model Town metro stations. and forensic experts were an alleged sex offender who Zahid, police arrested Aslam, for a global conference on ter- President Ibrahim Mohamed 9 % However, services on part of the examining vaginal swabs for had targeted children in recent 43, on Tuesday after the girl’s rorism,” Modi said. Solih reaffirmed their section were restored after some any further evidence. years. decomposed body was found “It is very unfortunate that “unequivocal and uncompro- Q time and trains were operat- The family of the victim Reports said that Shagufta in the garbage dump near her people are still making the mising position” against ter- ed in two separate loops had been insisting that more (32) and Mehndi Hasan, the home. mistake of distinguishing rorism in all its forms and man- between Huda City Centre than two persons were involved wife and brother of Zahid, one The girl’s father had alleged between good terrorists and ifestations, both within the " % % and Central Secretariat and in the brutal killing of their of the two main accused, were that she was killed because he bad terrorists. region and elsewhere, accord- between Kashmere Gate and daughter whose decomposed picked up on Saturday morn- failed to repay 10,000 he had “State sponsorship of ter- ing to India-Maldives joint ;% Samaypur Badli. body was found in a garbage ing by the Special Investigation taken as loan from the accused. rorism is the biggest threat the statement. Turn to Page 2 dump around 200 metres from Team (SIT) formed to probe Turn to Page 2 world is facing today,” Modi Turn to Page 2 % - % % - 6 N+( ( % % " &' &51 % % O7 +46 ‘Kadam