NEW DELHI: Contemplating a terrorist act for years, even without executing it, constitutes a terrorist act, the Delhi high court has said.“The definition of ‘terrorist act’ under Section 15 of UAPA clearly includes the expressions ‘with intent to strike terror’, by any other means of whatever nature to cause or likely to cause. Such an…
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…
JAMMU: Security operations in J&K resulted in the killing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) sharpshooter Junaid Ramzan Bhat in Dachigam forests near Srinagar Tuesday, while two women were detained in Udhampur district on suspicion of serving as “overground workers” for terrorist groups.A resident of Kulgam in south Kashmir, Junaid was wanted in connection with the Oct 20…
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday gunned down Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Junaid Ahmed Bhat, who was involved in the recent killings of civilians at Gagangir and Ganderbal in the Valley.The crackdown against the terrorists is still under way in Dachigam, with J&K Police and the Army carrying out the joint operation.“In the…
Salman Rehman Khan (File photo) NEW DELHI: The CBI, NIA and Interpol have secured extradition of a Lashkar-e-Taiba member from Rwanda who was under an Interpol Red Notice for terrorism activities in Bengaluru.Salman Rehman Khan, identified as a member of the banned terrorist organisation, had facilitated the supply of weapons, ammunition and explosives to support…
View of the house belonging to Adil Manzoor Langoo at Zaldagar area, in Srinagar. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached the immovable property of a key terror accused arrested for the brutal killing of two migrant workers in Srinagar in Feb this year.The accused, Adil Manzoor Langoo, is linked with The…
SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley recorded its eighth gunfight between terrorists and security forces this Nov, with suspected Pakistani gunmen firing at a search party of soldiers and J&K policemen approaching a hideout in Bandipora district’s Nagmarg area Tuesday.The security forces responded with retaliatory fire. No casualties or injuries have been reported on either side so far,…
Militants attacked Srinagar’s Tourist Reception Centre and weekly Sunday market with a grenade, injuring twelve. SRINAGAR: At least 12 people were wounded when terrorists hurled a grenade in a bustling roadside Sunday market near the heavily guarded Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) in central Srinagar. The explosion triggered panic among shoppers and sent vendors and bystanders…
NEW DELHI: The anti-terror operation that led to the elimination of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the role of a key ammunition- biscuits! Senior officials revealed that this simple snack played a crucial role in mitigating a significant challenge during the mission against Usman, who was armed with AK-47 pistol. The challenge…
Encounter at Khanyar 1st gunfight in Srinagar’s urban area in 2 years (PTI Image) SRINAGAR: A high-ranking commander in Pakistan-backed terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in Srinagar’s Khanyar locality, while two unidentified terrorists were shot dead in Anantnag’s Halkan Gali area after security forces detected suspicious movements.A soldier attached to a “road opening party”…
