Tag: Lashkar E Taiba

US District Court, Central District of California in Los Angeles Judge Jacqueline Chooljian held the last hearing on this issue in June 2021 and the last set of papers was filed in July 2021.

Bhubaneswar: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch will leave for Delhi today to interrogate suspected handler of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, Habibur Rahman. The team led by Crime Branch DIG Himanshu Lal will visit Delhi and seek permission from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to quiz about Rahman’s links with […]

The terrorists on seeing the troops started firing and ran towards the adjoining forested area. The area was immediately cordoned off and a firefight ensued.

Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and an army soldier were killed on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Defence sources said. Security forces laid an ambush in Gasigund village of Dooru area in Anantnag following information about militant movement. “In the resulting shootout LeT commander identified as Abu Ukasha belonging to […]

Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, authorities said on Saturday. An unidentified number of militants attacked a police post in Achabal area on Friday night following which there was a brief gunfight. “A weapon was recovered from the victim who has been […]

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police sounded a high alert across the state on Wednesday after a letter was received in the name of banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) threatening bomb blasts at Krishna Janmabhoomi, Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Hapur and Saharanpur railway stations, police said. The letter, the authenticity of which is being ascertained, […]

Islamabad: Pakistan has justified Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed’s release, accused by India and the US of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre, claiming that Islamabad remains committed to the implementation of UNSC sanctions regime on terrorists and has taken several steps in this regard. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, who carries a $10 million US bounty […]

New Delhi: On the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed from Pakistan’s jail, the Congress took a dig at Narendra Modi government on Wednesday, asking “where is the 56-inch chest and strong diplomacy now”. The party said Pakistan was a principal conspirator in 2008 Mumbai terror attack, so it would not punish the “co-conspirator”. […]

Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants hailing from Pakistan were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. The security forces cordoned off Magam area in Handwara after receiving specific information about the presence of the militants. As the security forces closed in on the hiding […]

Srinagar: The Army said on Sunday that the top leadership of the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Kashmir Valley has been wiped out with the killing of six militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Lt General J.S. Sandhu, who heads the Srinagar-headquartered 15 Corps, told reporters: “With the elimination of six of its terrorist commanders […]

Srinagar: Majid Khan, a footballer from south Kashmir who recently joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has contacted his family expressing a wish to return home, informed police officials. According to Kashmir police chief Munir Khan, the 20-year-old footballer had contacted his family. Khan dismissed reports that Majid Khan had surrendered. He said: “He has neither been apprehended […]

Lahore: A Pakistan court has warned that it would end the house arrest of terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, if the government doesn’t submit evidence against him. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and his four aides were placed under house arrest in January under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The Lahore High […]

Islamabad: Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed’s legal team has sent a Rs 100 million defamation notice to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for his remarks at the Asia Society forum in New York earlier this week. Asif, who told the forum that Pakistan was not to blame for militant outfits in the country, had said: “Don’t […]

New Delhi: Sending a strong message to Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on Monday pledged their commitment to jointly fight to end terrorism as the visiting Afghan Foreign Minister minced no words in equating Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad terror groups with Taliban, Al Qaeda and Islamic State in Afghanistan. The two countries called for an end to […]

Mumbai: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, Salim Mukim Khan, who was absconding for the past nine years, was nabbed from Mumbai Airport, an official said here on Monday. The operation was carried out jointly by the Uttar Pradesh ATS and Maharashtra ATS. Khan is currently being interrogated here. Wanted since 2008 with a Lookout Notice issued […]