India News Live: Young army officer dies while trying to save fellow soldier in Sikkim

In an extraordinary display of courage and comradeship, a 23-year-old Indian Army officer, commissioned less than six months ago, died while attempting to save a fellow soldier, who had been swept away by a powerful mountain stream in north Sikkim, officials said on Friday.

Lt Shashank Tiwari's heroic action is a shining example of the Indian Army's core values -- selfless service, integrity, leadership by example and the unbreakable bond between officers and men, they said. He belonged to the Sikkim Scouts.

Normal life was affected in Duliajan town in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Friday due to a 12-hour bandh called by several organisations.

The bodies demanded action against proprietors of a petrol pump involved in a recent row with former student leader Sankar Jyoti Baruah, and against police personnel for handcuffing Baruah while producing him before a court earlier this week.

Several bandh supporters, including leaders of regional outfit Bir Lachit Sena, were detained in Dibrugarh and other eastern districts during the bandh, officials said.

Chandigarh Police has registered an FIR after a junior resident doctor at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here was allegedly assaulted by the attendants of the baby of a woman presently undergoing treatment, officials on Friday said.

The incident took place on Thursday, they said.

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) said it is deeply concerned and anguished by a distressing incident that occurred on Thursday afternoon in the Neonatology Unit (NNN-ICU) at the PGIMER.

"After terrorists mercilessly killed civilians in front of their families in Pahalgam, the Prime Minister had vowed to avenge the brutal killings; that promise was delivered," said Amit Shah.

He further added that India dismantled terrorist infrastructure within Pakistan. Shah praised the efforts of the Indian Armed Forces for successfully combating attacks from Pakistan military.

"I'd like to categorically reiterate that during Operation Sindoor, we didn't target Pakistan's military infrastructure", Shah said.

Pakistan took the attacks on terror infrastructure during Operation Sindoor personally and attacked our military infrastructure. The Indian defence forces retaliated appropriately, the Union Home Minister added.

Terrorism within India is sponsored by Pakistan, said Amit Shah.

Today, I make six commitments to the Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

First: Reliance has invested around Rs 30,000 crore in the region in the past 40 years. In the next five years, we will more than double our investments, with a target of Rs 75,000 crore. In addition to creating over 2.5 million direct and indirect employment opportunities, we aspire to touch the lives of all our 45 million sisters and brothers in the North-East

Second: Jio has already covered 90% of the population with over 5 million 5G subscribers. We will double this number next year. Jio’s priority will be to bring the revolutionary power of AI to all schools, hospitals, enterprises and homes

Third: Reliance Retail will vastly increase its procurement of staples, fruits, and vegetables to boost the incomes of farmers. We will also invest in factories for high-quality FMCG products and in the region’s fabulous artisan economy.

Fourth: We will greatly enhance generation of solar power in the region. We will convert the region’s vast Wasteland into Wealth-Land, by setting up 350 integrated CBG plants

Fifth: Reliance Foundation will bring the best of cancer care to the North-East. To begin with, we have established a 150-bed comprehensive cancer hospital in Manipur. We are collaborating with Mizoram University on care of breast cancer using genomic data. In Guwahati, we have built an Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Research Lab. It will be among the largest Genome Sequencing Capacities in the India. We will help transform the North-East into a healthcare hub and research powerhouse.

Sixth: Reliance Foundation will work with all 8 states to set up Olympic Training Centres which will prepare our youth to be tomorrow's medal winners in Olympics

Series of landmine blasts were reported along the Line of Control in Poonch on Friday after the forest fire in nearby areas reached Krishna Ghati sector, a PTI report said citing sources. No casualty was reported in the explosion, the agency report added. Both Indian Army and Forest Department have launched a joint operation to douse the fire.

This is not for the first time that the areas around Line of Control have reported landmine blasts due to fore fire. Last year in November, as many as six landmine explosions were reported in Poonch due to the blaze.

However, the officials had also said that this could be a diversion tactic by the terror groups to aid intrusion of terrorists from the other side.

Landslides in a rural area in China's southwestern Guizhou province have killed at least four people with 17 others still missing in the debris, state media said. Two bodies were found in Changshi township on Thursday, and two others in nearby Qingyang village, where a landslide buried 19 people from eight households, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Most of Guowa township, where Qingyang is located, had lost power after the landslides, a local newspaper reported.

A resident told state media that it had rained all night. A drone video of the area showed a large swathe of brown earth that cut through the green slope of the hilly terrain.

Tokyo, Japan: Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who is part of the JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha led delegation, says, " ...The future is unclear, both for us and for them. What are the steps that we need to take in the future? There is still something more that needs to be done by Pakistan to ensure that they can convince us that they now intend to do the right thing. We have only laid the ground for future cooperation that we can get from countries like Japan..."

The leaders from India's all-party delegation to Russia expressed their firm commitment to representing India's stance on fighting terrorism and hailed Russia's support.

Samajwadi Party leader Rajeev Rai spoke to ANI and said, "Russia is our historical friend, standing by side in every situation... Pakistan poses a threat not only to India but