Tag: Terrorists

New Delhi: In the run up to Balakot strikes, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat very categorically conveyed to the top brass of the government that his force was fully ready to deal with any ground offensive by Pakistan and take the battle into the enemy territory, top military sources said. The Indian Army was prepared […]

Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday searched five locations in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district, said police. The raids were in connection with persons suspected to have connections with terror organisations. The action follows a high alert issued in the state last week following intelligence inputs about infiltration by six Lashkar men from Pakistan […]

Jammu: Asserting that the situation in Kashmir is fast limping back to normal, Jammu and Kashmir Governor’s advisor Farooq Khan on Sunday said the number of active terrorists in the Valley had declined to 150 or 200 from thousands earlier. However, he said the terrorists would either have to go to jail or get prepared […]

New York: The US has backed India designating four Pakistan-based criminals as terrorists under an amended law saying that it expands possibilities of cooperation between Washington and New Delhi in fighting terrorism. The Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Alice G Wells, tweeted on Wednesday, “We stand w/ #India and commend it for […]

Srinagar: Eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) “terrorist associates” were arrested from Sopore area of Kashmir’s Baramulla district for allegedly circulating posters to locals to threaten and intimidate them at the behest of militants, police said on Tuesday. “Police in Sopore have arrested eight terrorist associates who were involved in threatening and intimidating locals via publishing of posters,” […]

Geneva: A frustrated Pakistan on Tuesday attacked the UN and “powerful” countries for their refusal to intervene on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the context of abolition of its special status, saying they have turned “deaf and dumb”. In a 115-page ‘dossier’ submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Pakistan also said […]

New Delhi: The US has designated 12 persons, including the chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Noor Wali Mehsud, as global terrorists and imposed sanctions on multiple “terrorists and their supporters”. US president Donald Trump issued an executive order to expand the administration’s ability to go after suspected terrorists and their financiers and supporters, […]

Srinagar: Fruit growers and traders linked to the business are on the “specific” radar of Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed who have been threatening them for the last one month to stay away from the trade. The Jammu and Kashmir Police and intelligence agencies have received inputs that the terror groups, through their […]

Washington: Two US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the human rights situation in Kashmir, and urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to press India to immediately end the communication blockade and release those who have been detained. In a letter to Pompeo dated September 11, Pramila Jayapal, the first and the only Indian-American Congresswoman in […]

Srinagar: There are a total of 273 militants operating in Kashmir, according to a list prepared by security agencies last week and accessed by the IANS. Out of the 273 active militants, 158 are based in South Kashmir, 96 in North Kashmir and 19 militants in central Kashmir. At 166, the local militants outnumber the […]

Chandigarh: In another major crackdown on terror, the Punjab Police has busted a module of the revived Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), the Pakistan-backed and Germany-based militant group that was conspiring to unleash a series of terrorist strikes in Punjab and adjoining states. The police said on Sunday that it has seized a huge cache of […]

Chennai: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the government is committed to go the extra mile to ensure that people feel safe in the country, citing threat from non state and state sponsored terrorism. The country is facing significant challenges from ‘non-state’ as well as ‘state-sponsored’ terrorism, Singh said, citing the Mumbai terror […]

Ramban/Jammu: A group of five terrorists is holed up inside a house in Batote along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway and efforts are on to neutralise them, police said, as security forces launched a massive search operation after the ultras attacked an Army team Saturday morning. The militants were encircled by the search parties inside the […]

Washington: The United States on Thursday sought from India a “roadmap” to political and economic normalcy in Kashmir and immediate release of all political detainees as it asked Pakistan to take “sustained and irreversible” steps against militants and terrorists in its territory. Most of the top-level and second-rung separatist politicians of Jammu and Kashmir have […]

Srinagar: Terrorists on Monday lobbed a grenade into a crowd waiting at a bus stop in Kashmir’s Sopore town, injuring at least 20 civilians, police said. Of the 20, six people are seriously injured and have been referred to a hospital in Srinagar. The others are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, officials said. The […]