Terrorism
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Pakistan should take credible, irreversible steps against terrorism by September 2019: India
India | Jun 22, 2019, 11:27 AM ISTIn June last year, the FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing.
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'Dawood Ibrahim confessed to crime' says senior detective who interrogated don
World | Jun 19, 2019, 08:36 AM ISTRemembering his encounter with Dawood, B.V Kumar said that he was posted as Customs Commissioner in Ahmedabad in the mid-eighties. During that period a bloody gangland shootout between Dawood Ibrahim and Karim Lala gang had created a scare in the society, affecting peace in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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Sri Lanka attacks hint at new type of terrorism threat in South Asia
World | Jun 17, 2019, 09:51 AM ISTThe Minister said the Nepali government thinks it is very important to understand the complex phenomenon of terrorism in regional and national contexts.
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Former diplomats advise caution over Pakistani intelligence inputs on terror attack
World | Jun 17, 2019, 08:30 AM ISTThe former diplomat, who has served as Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of India in Karachi, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it amply clear that terror and talks don't go together.
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Terrorism 'gravest threat' people face in Asia: EAM Jaishankar at CICA Summit
India | Jun 15, 2019, 05:57 PM ISTAddressing the fifth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit in the Tajik capital, Jaishankar said that the CICA members are the victims of terrorism.
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SCO Summit: In meeting with Xi Jinping, PM Modi's stern warning to China's 'all-weather friend'
World | Jun 13, 2019, 08:23 PM ISTThe issue of terrorism did feature at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek on Thursday. In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need for Pakistan to create an atmosphere free of terror.
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India, Sri Lanka resolve to fight together against terrorism
India | Jun 09, 2019, 04:34 PM ISTIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday agreed that terrorism was a joint threat that needed collective and focussed action.
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Kashmiri ISIS Jihadi In US Custody ,Mother Seeks Help To Bring Him Back
India | May 31, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTThe first Kashmiri man to have joined the terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has surrendered and is in the custody of US forces in Syria, according to his family. His family and mother are shattered with the news and are now running pillar to post to bring him back.
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Zero tolerance to terrorism, checking influx of illegal immigrants to be focus of new Modi govt
India | May 28, 2019, 03:45 PM ISTZero tolerance towards terrorism and checking illegal immigration will be the focus areas of the second Modi government, which may also take some tough actions like implementing the NRC across the country and annulling Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Balochistan Blast: Death toll rises to 4, officials fear more deaths
World | May 25, 2019, 05:23 PM ISTThe blast ripped through a mosque in Quetta ahead of Friday prayers. No group has taken responsibility for the blast triggered with the help of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
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Musa eliminated: Clamp down in Kashmir
India | May 24, 2019, 02:07 PM ISTAfter Burhan Wani's death, Zakir Musa threatened to behead Kashmiri separatist leaders of the Hurriyat Conference for calling Kashmir a political dispute instead of a religious struggle to establish an Islamic state.
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Jammu & Kashmir's most wanted militant Zakir Musa killed in Pulwama
India | May 23, 2019, 09:23 PM ISTZakir Musa headed Anzar Ghazwat-ul Hind, which was affiliated to terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. Security forces gunned down Musa in Dadsara village in Pulwama District.
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Proponents of ideologies of hate need to be 'constructively engaged': Venkaiah Naidu
India | May 12, 2019, 03:29 PM ISTIn his keynote address at the 16th UN Day of Vesak, Naidu said the genesis of conflict among nations has roots in the idea of hate and violence originating from an individual's mind-space.
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Terror Trail-III: The missing pieces of Kerala and Bangladesh
India | May 09, 2019, 11:04 AM ISTThe LeT along with Jaish-e-Mohommad are the two principals in the proxy war against India, both have skin the terror game and in many ways are the mirror image of ISI C Wing which runs, controls and minds the military-jihad complex in Pakistan.
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Terror Trail-II: How south India became terror central
India | May 08, 2019, 12:29 PM ISTIndia's vast swathe of counter-terrorism grid which combines the skills of hardcore investigation, dogged information reporting and ground level intel gathering on knowing who your adversary picks up every nano or sliver or nugget of information and processes it. Following the 3D approach of detect, deter and destroy, in the wake of 26/11, it is a much more robust network.
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Burhan brigade wiped out: Lateef Tiger among 3 terrorists killed in Shopian
India | May 03, 2019, 11:39 PM ISTLateef Tiger, a top Hizbul commander and a close associate of the slain separatist poster boy Burhan Wani was among the three militants killed on Friday by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
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Pakistan obsessed with India as 'perceived existential threat'; uses terrorists as tool: ex-CIA director
World | May 03, 2019, 02:02 PM ISTPakistan, obsessed with India as a "perceived existential threat", has created terrorist groups to be a tool against India, a former top American spymaster has said.
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Sri Lanka Police deletes Twitter account after misidentifying US activist as serial bomber
World | Apr 26, 2019, 06:29 PM ISTOn Friday, the Sri Lanka Police had posted names and photos of suspected serial bombers. However, one of the photos belonged a US-based human rights activist.
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Saudi Arabia beheads its 37 citizens for terrorism crimes
World | Apr 23, 2019, 09:59 PM ISTSaudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes, publicly pinning one of the headless bodies to a pole as a warning to others.
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India would not have to face terrorism had Vallabhbhai Patel been first PM: Manoj Sinha
Apr 14, 2019, 10:38 PM ISTSinha also took a jobe at BSP chief Mayawati, saying, that those who gained power using the name of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, forgot his policies after coming to power.