Terming the sentencing of LeT terrorist David Headley as a "positive example" of Indo-US counterterrorism cooperation, the United States defended the verdict, saying justice has been served as promised. "We promised that justice would be served, that justice is being served in this case," State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland told reporters, when asked about India's reservations over the court ruling. ...
09:02 AM, Jan 26, 2013
The BJP on Friday demanded death penalty for LeT terrorist David Headley, the plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and asked the Centre to press for his extradition from the US to face trial in India to find out the larger conspiracy by Pakistan-based elements. ...
09:00 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Rahul Bhatt, son of Mahesh Bhatt, made the statement in an interview to CNN-IBN. ...
02:00 PM, Jan 25, 2013
David Headley was sentenced to 35 years in jail on Thursday by a Chicago court. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a plot to attack a Danish newspaper, would appeal against his conviction, his attorneys said on Friday. "I am sure he is pleased that the judge decided not to include the terrorism enhancement. We would appeal the conviction, certainly and we would discuss this with Mr Rana," Peter Blegan,...
11:53 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley, was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release by a US court for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a plot to strike a Danish newspaper. ...
11:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Chicago: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana has told a US court that his friend David Headley, convicted in 26/11 Mumbai attack, was an "unrepentant terrorist" and he had knowledge of latter's "link" with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In his latest submission before a Chicago court, Rana, however, has challenged the government's assertion that he does not require a fresh trail. In 2011, a grand jury in Chicago had found Rana guilty of providing material...
09:28 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Chicago: Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted for aiding the banned LeT terror group in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper, has sought a fresh trial saying he should have been given a separate hearing for charges tied to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Rana, 50, was acquitted of federal charges that he aided the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Mumbai after an eight-day trial in Chicago...
04:27 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Chicago: Attorneys of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted on Friday by a US court for providing material support to LeT and helping a terror plot in Denmark, said they would appeal against the verdict as there was an error in the trial. Rana's attorney Patrick Blegan said he would file post-trial motions that there was not enough evidence to convict him and that there was an error in...
07:54 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Chicago: The prosecution and the defence presented their final arguments for and against Tahawwur Rana's culpability in 26/11 attacks, with the former pleading for justice to the Mumbai victims and the latter portraying the Pakistani-Canadian as a man duped by conman David Headley. A federal jury hearing the case is now set to begin its final deliberations to decide Rana's fate after the closing arguments were presented in the court...
10:16 AM, Jun 08, 2011
Chicago: Day two of the 26/11 case hearing in Chicago saw more startling revelations by the prime witness David Coleman Headley, who revealed that there was a plot to kill Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and that he had met former Shiv Sena PRO Rajaram Rege. Headley also testified that he was in constant touch with Major Iqbal of Pakistan's ISI and Lashkar's Sajid Mir. He said his handlers in...
07:50 AM, May 25, 2011
Chicago: Over 50 potential jurors were questioned here in the trial of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani Canadian co-accused in the Mumbai attack case, with more than 20 excused by a judge who examined them on their views about terrorism and Islam. Out of 53 jurors, 29 were selected after Judge Harry D Leinenweber cross-questioned the jurors one by one. As jury selection continued at Rana's trial at the Dirksen Federal...
09:39 AM, May 18, 2011
Chicago: The trial of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana who is accused with David Coleman Headley for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks began on Monday. Rana, a 50-year-old Chicago businessman, is accused of helping his childhood friend, Headley, to scout targets for the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans. The trial began with the jury selection process at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse....
07:38 AM, May 17, 2011
He has also admitted his role in planning the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
09:07 AM, Mar 19, 2010
David C Headley is charged with scouting targets for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. ...
10:03 AM, Jan 12, 2010
