New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted the Indian Mujahideen module believed to be behind the three biggest terror attacks in the last two years. Officials of the special cell of the Delhi police have arrested 6 alleged terrorists of the group from Delhi, Bihar and Chennai. Going by the recoveries made, it seems the group was planning to target other places in the country. The...
08:50 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested six suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives in connection with crucial terror cases in the country, according to sources. The Delhi Police sources claim to have solved the Jama Masjid blast case, the Pune German Bakery blast case and Chinnaswamy stadium terror attack case. Sources say a Pakistani national is also among the six arrested Indian Mujahideen operatives. Two AK-47s with 50 cartridges, one pistol...
10:29 AM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: The MCD has ordered an enquiry and a detailed report into the building collapse which took place near Jama Masjid on Tuesday night. Investigative officials are to submit their findings in three days and action will be taken against the guilty on the basis of this report. The incident left eight dead and close to 20 injured. An eyewitness said, "I heard a loud noise. I rushed outside...
07:59 AM, Sep 28, 2011
New Delhi: At least five persons died and 19 others were injured when an old three-storied building collapsed on Tuesday night in central Delhi's Jama Masjid area. The incident took place at Chandni Mahal area at around 8 pm and many others still feared trapped under the debris, police said. Eight persons were pulled out of the debris and taken to Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narain Hospital where doctors declared three...
09:51 PM, Sep 27, 2011
New Delhi: At least four persons were injured and many others feared trapped when an old three-storied building collapsed tonight in central Delhi's Jama Masjid area on Tuesday. The incident took place at Chandni Mahal area at around 8 pm, police said. The four injured have been taken out of the debris and taken to a hospital. ...
09:38 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Apart from offering prayers on Eid at Jama Masjid, people will celebrate the festival with delicious food around the mosque. ...
10:55 AM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's associates Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi met Jama Masjid imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in New Delhi after he expressed unhappiness over their failure to involve Muslims into their campaign, but failed to break ice with the cleric. Bukhari had expressed strong resentment and sought to know why Hazare and his campaign managers had not done more to involve Muslims in their anti-graft movement. Following his remarks,...
08:13 PM, Aug 23, 2011
New Delhi: A low intensity blast was reported from the parking lot outside gate number 7 of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday - one of the most well secured areas in the capital. The explosion was caused by a crude explosive packed in a polythene placed right next to a Ford car which belongs to a lawyer. Delhi Police said that it was low intensity blast and crude explosive...
02:04 PM, May 25, 2011
New Delhi: Having failed to make headway in its probe into the firing on Taiwanese tourists, the Delhi Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information about the two bikers involved in the Jama Masjid incident last month or those who helped them execute the attack. Announcing the reward, City Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal sought the help of public in providing investigators clues about those...
05:54 PM, Oct 07, 2010
New Delhi: Two days after the firing incident outside Delhi's Jama Masjid area, links to a terror outfit are fast emerging with the Indian Mujahideen as the prime suspect. A Mumbai link has also surfaced, according to the police sources. The Delhi Police is now increasingly looking at a possible terror link. They are basing their investigations on the e-mail received that bears similarities with previous such e-mails during past...
11:04 PM, Sep 21, 2010
New Delhi: There has been some progress in investigations in the Jama Masjid shooting case two days after the incident. The probe trail has now reached Uttar Pradesh. Delhi Police sources have told CNN-IBN that a team has been sent to Azamgarh in UP and the whole operation is being coordinated with UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS). The police are also interrogating one person, who is believed to have close links...
10:55 AM, Sep 21, 2010
A day after the firing incident at Delhi's Jama Masjid area, CNN-IBN did a check on how effective is the security system in the city. ...
10:56 PM, Sep 20, 2010
New Delhi: A day after two Taiwanese nationals were injured in a firing incident near Delhi's Jama Masjid area, tourists who are in the National Capital, are a worried lot. "Authority has put lots of soldiers in city, but they do not really do anything and no one is checking people. It is just to pretend that they are doing something but it is not the way you deal with...
10:34 PM, Sep 20, 2010
New Delhi: Twenty-four hours after the Sunday's firing incident near the historic Jama Masjid area in the National Capital, the Delhi Police seems to be in two minds on whether it was a terror strike or not. A day after unidentified assailants opened fire on a tourist bus outside the Jama Masjid, injuring two Taiwanese nationals, an arrest is yet to be made. Earlier, the Delhi Police said that the...
08:25 PM, Sep 20, 2010
New Delhi: Britain on Monday warned of a terror threat in India and asked its nationals to be vigilant, a day after two tourists from Taiwan were shot at near Delhi's Jama Masjid. "There is a high threat from terrorism throughout India. Terrorists have targeted places in the past which Westerners are known to visit, including public places such as restaurants, hotels, railway stations, markets and places of worship," the...
01:04 PM, Sep 20, 2010
New Delhi: The Jama Masjid firing was carried out by locals to create panic, according to Delhi Police. Also, police claim to have specific leads and hope to crack the car fire case soon, maintaining ammonium nitrate was used in the incident. Police sources indicate the car could have caught fire due to a very low intensity explosion. Pressure cooker, clocks and a wire found in the car and are...
12:36 PM, Sep 20, 2010
New Delhi: The firing incident at Delhi's Jama Masjid on Sunday morning in which two foreign tourists were injured triggered a massive security alert in the National Capital. With New Delhi scheduled to hold the Commonwealth Games from October 3, the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games issued a statement saying that Sunday's firing incident would not affect the Games. The Government, too, on Sunday said that the firing incident...
09:28 PM, Sep 19, 2010
New Delhi: Delhi Police have rejected an e-mail claim by terrorist group Indian Mujahideen (IM) owning up the Sunday’s firing incident near the historic Jama Masjid. Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the firing attack in an e-mail sent to news organisations and threatened terror strikes during the Commonwealth Games. But Delhi Police say they do not see the hand of the Indian Mujahideen in the attack. A tourist bus...
07:39 PM, Sep 19, 2010
New Delhi: Just two weeks before the Commonwealth Games, there's been firing on a tourist bus in Delhi near the Jama Masjid. Two Taiwanese were injured in the firing in the walled city area Sunday morning, police said. Two unidentified persons fired at the duo near gate number three of the historic mosque, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Jaspal Singh said. He said the two injured persons, who were from...
12:12 PM, Sep 19, 2010
