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Panaji, Jul 1 (PTI) In a story slugged GA-PARRIKAR- STRIKES sent on June 30, PTI erroneously reported that an insulting question by a TV anchor prompted the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to plan last year s surgical strikes in PoK. Parrikar in fact said he felt insulted by a June 4, 2015 ambush on an Indian Army convoy by the north-eastern militant group NSCN-K. The PoK surgical strike was planned after that attack. The error is regretted. Also Read - Govt Renames Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses as Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

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