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Time for action: Army chief

Kathmandu May 16. Outraged by the terrorist attack on an Army camp near Jammu, the Chief of Army Staff, General S. Padmanabhan, today said that time had come for action but a decision in this regard had to be taken by the entire nation.

``Time for action has come. But the Army is not the body to make a decision in this regard. The decision will be taken by the entire nation,'' he told reporters here replying to a question on the cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

Gen. Padmanabhan, who concluded his four-day visit to the Himalayan Kingdom, did not elaborate the type of action the Army was considering, saying ``I cannot say everything here''. He said he would visit the border areas to review the situation. — PTI

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