I HAVE STOPPED USING THE WORD STRIKE: PARRIKAR

Faced with a barrage of criticism from various quarters over his statements on cross-LoC strikes by the army, defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said he had stopped using the word “strike”. “I will prefer to address the gathering in local language. But I promise you I will not touch any controversial issue. I have already stopped using the word strike,” Parrikar, who was in his Goa, said.