Terror Groups
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Pakistani terror groups LeT and JeM planning new plot, security agencies on high alert: Sources
World | Dec 06, 2025, 11:39 PM ISTSources reveal that Saifullah Kasuri frequently travels to Bahawalpur to meet with Jaish-e-Mohammed) chief Masood Azhar. This continued interaction highlights active coordination between the two terrorist organisations in planning operations against India.
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Masood Azhar adopts new strategy after Operation Sindoor blow, forms Jaish's women brigade
India | Oct 09, 2025, 01:59 PM ISTAccording to sources, this group has been active since 2024 and aims to brainwash women and recruit them into its network. The brigade has been created as the female wing of Jaish, focusing on psychological warfare, including mental propaganda and grassroots recruitment.
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US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in self-defence after attacks on its troops
World | Oct 27, 2023, 09:37 AM ISTIn a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the "precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17."
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Nijjar's killing in Canada reveals how Pakistan's ISI involved LeT, Babbar Khalsa against India
Explainers | Sep 28, 2023, 07:24 PM ISTThe sources claimed that ISI, with the help of the Khalistani group in Canada, has been operating multiple drug nexus in Punjab-- which is considered the main source of funding for orchestrating anti-India activities on foreign soil.
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SIA raids former terror associate Mohammad Iqbal on suspicion of continuing links with terrorists
Jammu and Kashmir | Sep 26, 2023, 10:22 AM ISTA raid was conducted at a former terrorist associate Mohd Iqbal on the outskirts of Jammu and confiscated a mobile phone and two SIM cards for examination, officials said.
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This country remains most impacted by terrorism for fourth consecutive year; Know India's position
World | Mar 15, 2023, 03:55 PM ISTThe rank came despite attacks and deaths falling by 75 per cent and 58 per cent respectively.
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Terror groups enjoy greater freedom in Afghanistan than any time in recent history: UN report
World | Feb 09, 2022, 01:34 PM ISTThe report says the dreaded Islamic State terrorist group aims to position itself as the “chief rejectionist force” in Afghanistan, expands into neighbouring Central and South Asian countries and is viewed by the Taliban as its primary armed threat.
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UP terror conspiracy case: NIA arrests another accused planning to trigger blasts
India | Feb 09, 2022, 09:39 AM ISTThe ATS had claimed that the accused were planning to trigger blasts around Independence Day celebrations in 2021. Investigators had recovered an IED in the form of a pressure cooker bomb from the Lucknow residence of an accused.
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Terror groups targeting India continue to operate from Pakistan: US report
World | Dec 17, 2021, 11:04 AM ISTUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism issued on Thursday, said that regionally, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan.
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Pakistan trying to maintain supply lines to terror groups using drones: J-K Police chief
India | Jul 25, 2021, 04:17 PM ISTThe police chief said that despite the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control and the International Border since February this year, some "state actors" have been helping Pakistan-based terror groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir, by trying to maintain their supply chain of arms, ammunition and cash.
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Pakistan is a country which is globally recognised epicentre of terrorism, says Vidisha Maitra
India | Sep 22, 2020, 08:16 AM ISTThe UN's unfinished agenda item is tackling terrorism emanating from its epicentre in Pakistan, India has said here replying to Pakistan bringing up the Kashmir issue at the international organisation's 75th Anniversary Commemoration session.
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Pakistanis head terror groups ISIL-K, AQIS, TTP not yet blacklisted, reveals UN report
World | Jul 26, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTPakistani terror groups such as al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan among others are yet to be blacklisted as revealed by a UN report.
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Trump to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups
World | Nov 27, 2019, 10:51 AM ISTTrump in his interview claimed to have offered to collaborate with Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the fight against the cartels, saying, "I've actually offered him to let us go in and clean it out. He so far has rejected the offer, but at some point something has to be done."
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Indian among 16 terror suspects detained by Malaysia
World | Sep 26, 2019, 02:12 PM ISTMalaysian police said on Thursday that they have arrested 16 terror suspects, including an Indian and some of them, were allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks against local politicians.
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NIA conducts raids against Islamist terror group members in Tamil Nadu
India | Jul 13, 2019, 10:38 PM ISTThe raids were conducted against Syed Bukhari, a resident of Chennai; Hassan Ali Yunusmaricar, a native of Nagapattinam; Mohammed Yusuffudeen Harish Mohamed, a native of Nagapattinam and others.
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Pakistan bans 11 Lahore-based organisations for having links with JuD, JeM terror groups
World | May 12, 2019, 07:57 AM ISTThe decision to ban the 11 organisations was taken during a meeting between Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and Interior Minister Ijaz Shah on Friday.
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Terror groups recruiting more women to wage jihad: study
World | May 01, 2019, 04:44 PM ISTA study published on Monday by the North Carolina State University in the US found significant differences between men and women in both their backgrounds and their roles within terrorist groups.
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Pak must take action to dismantle, deny safe haven to terror groups: Gokhale, Pompeo agree during meet
World | Mar 12, 2019, 08:46 AM ISTThe foreign secretary conveyed the appreciation to the US Government and to Pompeo personally for the firm support that India received from the US in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.
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UK PM Theresa May speaks to Imran Khan; discusses relevance to take action against terror groups
World | Mar 04, 2019, 06:53 AM ISTPakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group had claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed.
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Indian Army warns Pakistan over support to terror groups in J&K, says 'will continue to take retaliatory measures'
India | Apr 27, 2018, 11:25 PM ISTIn a telephonic conversation, Indian Army's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Anil Chauhan told his Pakistani counterpart that the onus on bringing down tension along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir lies with Pakistan, Army officials said.