Pakistan on Thursday blocked cellular services in over 50 towns and cities, including Islamabad, to prevent terror attacks on Shia processions to commemorate the slaying of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered Shia figures. Officials of the Interior Ministry have contended that mobile phones are used to trigger improvised explosive devices. ...
04:37 PM, Jan 03, 2013
A US court on Wednesday rescheduled the sentencing of Pakistani American LeT terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, from January 17 to January 24, while that of his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled for a second time to January 17. ...
10:22 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Police have launched an investigation into the offering of prayers at a mosque in Kochi for Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on November 21 for carrying out the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. The prayers were reportedly offered by an imam on November 23 after the Friday namaz at the mosque at nearby Trikkakara. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 31, 2012
The head of Pakistan's Taliban said his militia is willing to negotiate with the government but not disarm, a message delivered in a video given to Reuters on Friday. The release of the 40-minute video follows three high-profile Taliban attacks in the northern city of Peshawar this month - an attack by multiple suicide bombers on the airport, the killing of a senior politician and eight others in a bombing...
08:44 PM, Dec 28, 2012
In a crucial evidence in Mumbai 26/11 terror attack case, the voice samples of arrested LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal have matched with ones on the terror tapes intercepted during the strike. "City's Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL), where Jundal's voice samples were sent to match, has submitted a report to Mumbai police crime branch concluding that one of the voices in the 26/11 intercepts was his," a...
01:45 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Washington: Families of American victims of the Mumbai terror attack are disappointed over a submission made by the US government in a New York court that the Pakistani spy agency ISI and its two former chiefs-Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Nadeem Taj enjoyed immunity in the 26/11 case. However, the families, who have filed case against the ISI, Pasha and Taj accusing them of being involved in the Mumbai terror attack,...
09:40 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Islamabad: A four-member team of Indian legal experts has reached Pakistan to finalise the terms of reference of a judicial commission that is expected to visit India next year to gather evidence on the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The delegation, led by a joint secretary of the Home Ministry, includes legal experts from the Home and External Affairs Ministries. Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam - who handled the prosecution of Ajmal Kasab,...
02:48 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: India on Wednesday called a declaration that Pakistan's intelligence service and former chiefs enjoy immunity in a case related to the 2008 Mumbai attacks a "serious disappointment". India conveyed its concerns on Monday with the US State Department after being apprised of the US' view. "We have noted that the US Department of State has taken the position in a US court that the Pakistani ISI be accorded...
03:06 AM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: India has expressed its disappointment with the US over the State Department seeking immunity for Pakistan intelligence ISI in connection with a 26/11 trial in the country in strong words. A statement was released by India responding to the Statement of Interest filed by the US State Department on immunity for the ISI and two former DGs of the Pakistan intelligence group. The Statement of Interest has been...
07:48 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Monday gave its consent for a team of Indian legal experts to visit Islamabad this week to finalise the terms of reference for a Pakistani judicial commission that will go to Mumbai to gather evidence on the 2008 terror attacks on the financial hub. Pakistani officials said they had received a request from India for the visit by the delegation of legal experts on Wednesday...
11:35 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Islamabad: India has provided "insufficient information" against Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and Pakistan could take action only on the basis of evidence that stands the test of courts, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at the airport in Rawalpindi on his return from a visit to India, Malik sought to clear the air on several controversies that erupted during his trip, including his remarks equating...
09:03 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday blamed Indian security agencies for their "failure" to prevent the Mumbai terror attack and alleged that Indian non-state actors were involved in the massacre. Malik also said had there been interaction between Pakistan and India and regular sharing of information, the 26/11 attack could have been prevented. He said Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley had conspired with al Qaeda terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri,...
07:09 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: 2007 Samjhauta blast accused Rajendra Chaudhary will be produced in a court in Panchkula on Monday. In a major breakthrough, Chaudhary was arrested on Saturday from Ujjain by the NIA. The NIA believes he is the man who planted the bomb on the train. Chaudhary carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh. The NIA has already arrested Kamal Chauhan, Aseemanand and Lokesh Sharma for their alleged involvement in...
10:54 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that if Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not visit his country, the people will be disappointed. Malik, who met Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Saturday and reminded him of the long-standing invitation to visit Pakistan, said people in Manmohan Singh's native Chakwal district in what is now Paksitani Punjab were eager to meet him. He said the Indian...
06:29 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Stoking a potential controversy, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday night alluded to Babri Masjid demolition, equating the incident with the Mumbai terror attack. Malik said nobody wants to see the recurrence of incidents like Bombay blasts, Samjhauta blasts or Babri Masjid issue. "We do not want any 9/11. We do not want any Bombay blasts, we do not want any Samjhauta Express, we do not want...
11:13 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday evening, said that he has come to India to take the peace process forward with the country. Malik condemned terrorism and said that Pakistan doesn't want a repeat of attacks like 26/11 in India. He, however, said that Pakistan cannot act against Hafiz Saeed - the alleged mastermind of Mumbai terror attacks - because it does...
07:07 PM, Dec 14, 2012
On board special aircraft: Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid said on Friday that the presenting of evidence by Pakistani authorities on the Mumbai attacks to a court, that it was "a little movement as far as the accountability" of the 26/11 strikes was concerned, but felt it still "may not be the best time" for a Prime Ministerial visit. Responding to questions on Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's visit...
02:42 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: India will demand handing over of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed during the visit of Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik this week, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday. He said he had raised the issue of Saeed moving freely in Pakistan with Malik, when they met in Maldives on the sidelines of a SAARC inter-ministerial conference in September, and that he should...
01:49 AM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: The judicial custody of LeT terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack key handler Abu Jundal was on Monday extended by 12 days by a Delhi court in a case lodged by the NIA against him for allegedly conspiring to launch terror strikes across the country. Jundal was produced before District Judge IS Mehta in an in-chamber proceeding and the court extended his judicial custody till December 22 after National...
04:39 PM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: A PTI report has claimed that Pakistani investigators have presented photographic evidence of the LeT training camps in Sindh and of the motorboat used by the ten terrorists who struck Mumbai on November 26, 2008, in the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of the 26/11 attacks. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the evidence in court. The court is conducting the trial of seven Pakistanis including Zakiur Rehman...
04:07 PM, Dec 09, 2012
