Washington: India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana - both of whom were sentenced by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges.
While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently raised by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during his meeting with US Attorney General Eric Holder here.
"Shinde and Holder agreed that the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Justice should work together institutionally, so as to ensure the best possible outcomes within the laws of the two countries, to address pending...
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12:27 PM, May 22, 2013
Washington: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday met with US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in the United States. Shinde, who is in the US, is likely to press for access to Mumbai terror attacks suspect David Headley, his wife, his girlfriend and Tahawwur Rana. After talks between Shinde and Janet, a joint communique said the two countries also agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation to combat terror financing...
07:59 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US has not given any opportunity to question...
08:00 PM, May 16, 2013
Obama's top counter terrorism adviser has listed David Headley, the Mumbai attack convict, among the high value targets arrested by the US in last four years. The list was submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee by John Brennan, counter-terrorism adviser to the US President and his nominee to be the next CIA Director. ...
07:57 AM, Feb 16, 2013
India on January 31 said it will seek access to Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley from the US and maintained that its demand for their extradition "continues to stand" to take forward its legal processes in Mumbai terror strike cases. ...
06:45 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The US on Tuesday said bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 was still an "unfinished business" high on its priority, days after Pakistani American LeT terrorist David Headley was sent to 35 years in prison by a Chicago court, a sentence that has left India disappointed. Defending the 'lenient' sentence, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Headley had yielded significant information to help India and the US prevent...
02:21 AM, Jan 30, 2013
David Coleman Headley, who was an American raised and terror trained in Pakistan, was the dream come true for terror outfits. Suspected to be an American double agent, Headley was the major force behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Find out what the US knew about the perfect terrorist. ...
05:13 PM, Jan 27, 2013
David Coleman Headley, who was an American raised and terror trained in Pakistan, was the dream come true for terror outfits. Suspected to be an American double agent, Headley was the major force behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Find out what the US knew about the perfect terrorist. ...
05:13 PM, Jan 27, 2013
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
India shouldn't follow rich nations which practice free market economy without social obligations, says President Pranab Mukherjee. ...
10:34 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba operative and 2008 Mumbai attacks conspirator David Coleman Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in jail but India has expressed its unhappiness about the verdict delivered by a Chicago court on Thursday. ...
10:03 PM, Jan 25, 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
-- Why doesn't Pakistan believe or even investigate the Headley trail to Hafiz Saeed and ISI operatives --Why didn't US officials alert India on Headly's presence earlier, and how could they have allowed him a plea bargain -- Finally, why have Indian officials failed to find anyone responsible for allowing Headley into India 7 times, despite several red flags in his passport papers With all those questions, is closure any ...
08:06 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Does the long jail term for Headley mean that he won't be extradited to India? CNN-IBN's senior editor Suhasini Haidar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:44 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Terming the 35-year sentence awarded to David Headley as "inadequate and disproportionate", special 26/11 public prosecutor in India Ujjwal Nikam on Friday said he should now be made an approver in the case being tried in Pakistan to punish the perpetrators. ...
04:08 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Pakistani-American Headley received a 35 year jail term on January 24 by a Chicago court. ...
03:34 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
David Coleman Headley, one of the conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison. Headley, 52, whose meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 gunmen from a Pakistani-based militant group, which killed 160 people - including children. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 25, 2013
After External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said India would have given 26/11 convict David Coleman Headley a longer term in jail, Home Secretary RK Singh has now said that Headley should be given death sentence. "We want death sentence for Headley and those who were involved killing of 165 people in Mumbai. We will keep asking for death sentence," RK Singh said. ...
12:30 PM, Jan 25, 2013
