{"id":20562,"date":"2025-05-01T19:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/?p=20562"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:56:24","slug":"us-secretary-of-defense-dials-raksha-mantri-extends-condolences-for-the-loss-of-innocent-lives-in-pahalgam-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/us-secretary-of-defense-dials-raksha-mantri-extends-condolences-for-the-loss-of-innocent-lives-in-pahalgam-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"US Secretary of Defense dials Raksha Mantri; Extends condolences for the loss of innocent lives in Pahalgam terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi, May 1<br \/>\nUS Secretary of Defense Mr Pete Hegseth, on May 01, 2025, called Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to express his sympathies and condolences for the tragic loss of innocent civilian lives in the recent dastardly attack by terrorists in Pahalgam, Jammu &#038; Kashmir. 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