NEW DELHI: Exploding hostilities with Pakistan has trained the spotlight once again on the audacious deception attempted by Islamabad to shield one of its serving army officers who was “pronounced dead” to deceive the world, but who had to be resurrected and put in prison when the global community discovered the fraud.Sajid Mir, a serving…
NEW DELHI: With 26/11 conspiracy accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, recently extradited from the US, being questioned by NIA about the larger Lashkar-e-Taiba conspiracy behind 26/11attacks as well as co-accused David Headley‘s reconnaissance trips to India between 2006 and 2009, any new disclosures from Rana’s interrogation may prompt NIA to consider questioning Headley afresh.Headley is currently…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday expressed his appreciation for the “counter-terrorism cooperation” between India and the US after the 26/11 main accused Tahawwur Rana got extradited.“Appreciate the counter-terrorism cooperation between our two countries. This is indeed a big step in ensuring justice for the victims of 26/11 attacks,” he said.This came…
26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Tahawwur Rana with NIA officials upon landing in New Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the 64-year-old Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, arrived in India on Thursday following his extradition from the United States. He faces trial for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s post from 2011 suddenly went viral on X after India extradited Mumbai attacks terror accused Tahawwur Rana on Thursday.Netizens shared PM Modi’s old post on X, in which he had criticised the UPA government’s foreign policy after the US cleared Tahawwur Rana of charges related to cooperating in the…
Tahawwur Rana (File photo) NEW DELHI: US Supreme Court has refused to entertain Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana’s plea against extradition to India, clearing the way for Indian investigators to bring him to the country. The review petition was turned down on Jan 21, removing the last hurdle in the extradition of Pakistani native and…
NEW DELHI: A declassified document recovered from Osama bin Laden‘s Abbottabad hideout described the 2008 Mumbai attack as a “heroic Fidai operation”. A year before the attack, al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri made a clandestine visit to Islamabad to confer with the outfit’s former leader Osama. The meeting was arranged by Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, who…
