The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected. The number of annual deaths in attacks, however, peaked in 2007 - the height of the Iraq conflict - and has been falling ever since. The survey reported 7,473 fatalities in 2011, 25 percent down on 2007. That...
12:46 PM, Dec 04, 2012
India is hopeful that the US would take a favourable decision on its request for extradition of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist and Mumbai terror accused David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana before their sentencing in America. ...
08:21 PM, Nov 29, 2012
The United States is moving forward in its 26/11 Mumbai attacks trail. A US court has fixed January 17, 2013 as the date for sentencing of Mumbai attacks accused Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist David Headley. His accomplice Tahawwur Rana's sentencing date has been rescheduled from December 4, 2012 to January 15, 2013. ...
07:58 AM, Nov 29, 2012
After the acquittal of the Lajpat Nagar blast accused after 16 years in jail, a debate is raging on over the credibility of the police investigation. The question is whether it is a case of innocents being incarcerated for decades or are criminals being set free due to a weak prosecution. ...
09:55 AM, Nov 28, 2012
The Tihar Jail authorities were on Monday asked by a Delhi court to produce LeT terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack key handler Abu Jundal before it in a case lodged by the NIA against him for allegedly conspiring to launch terror strikes across the country. ...
04:43 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party amidst loud cheers from the people who had gathered at Jantar Mantar to participate in the inauguration ceremony. Introducing the party, Kejriwal said that it will seek to eradicate corruption at all levels in the country. ...
03:27 PM, Nov 26, 2012
A memorial for 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was inaugurated in Bangalore on Monday, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the attacks that left 166 people dead and over 300 injured. ...
11:39 AM, Nov 26, 2012
It's the fourth anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks - the worst terror attacks on Indian soil. Tributes are being paid to martyrs and victims across the country. In Mumbai, where the carnage unfolded, a special memorial was held at the Police Gymkhana. Governor Sankaranarayan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde were present. ...
10:45 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Monday marks four years to the day when Mumbai witnessed the worst terror attacks in its history - the 26/11 carnage left 166 people dead and over 300 injured in its wake. There was absolute mayhem as blasts ripped through, one after the other at several crucial points in the city, including the Chhattrapati Shivaji Railway Station, the Taj hotel, the Trident, Cama hospital, Leopold Cafe and Chabad House. Mumbai...
07:39 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Security has been beefed up across Mumbai on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, which comes close on the heels of the hanging of lone caught terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab. ...
09:20 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Headley, who had surveyed most of the 26/11 targets, had also conducted a recce of Bal Thackeray's heavily-guarded residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in 2008, and found that Shiv Sena chief was a "sitting duck". ...
09:51 AM, Nov 25, 2012
Porbander: Families of the fishermen who were on the trawler Kuber when it was taken off the Gujarat coast by terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008, say that convict Ajmal Kasab's hanging has helped them get justice. All the five fishermen, including the captain of the fishing boat Kuber were killed by Kasab and his accomplices as they made their way to Mumbai via the sea route. Rani...
09:03 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail, a former Army soldier and National Security Guard (NSG) commando Naik Surender Singh, who had fought to eliminate the terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai carnage, has hit out claiming he has not paid his dues by the government and the Indian Army. Naik Surender Singh on Thursday addressed a press conference with Arvind Kejriwal and...
09:05 PM, Nov 22, 2012
The Government of India on Thursday dismissed the allegations by a former Armyman and National Security Guard commando Naik Surender Singh that he was not paid his dues. The Ministry of Defence issued a press release and countered the allegations levelled by Singh as well as Arvind Kejriwal that the government was ignoring soldiers who eliminated the Pakistani terrorists involved in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Here is the...
06:02 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Army has refuted claims by 26/11 hero and former National Security Guard (NSG) Commando Naik Surender Singh of that he has not received bulk of his dues after social activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal took up his case. The Ministry of Defence in a press release said that commando Surender Singh, who was from 2 Grenadiers, had received bulk of his dues. According to the Ministry Singh has...
05:21 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: After a brief period of silence, another round of war of words has erupted between the government and activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal. Ahead of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks anniversary and just a day after Ajmal Kasab was executed, Kejriwal has taken up the cause of NSG commandos who fought terrorists during the 26/11 operation. Kejriwal claimed that commandos who risked their lives to counter the terrorists are victims...
03:15 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: 2.25 pm: Arvind Kejriwal slammed the government over Surendra Singh's claims, saying the government is shamelessly misleading the nation. He said on twitter, "31 lakhs given to 11 injured, not to Surinder Singh. Out of 31 lakhs, surinder got jst 2.5 lakh. Can govt prove that surinder getting Rs 25 thousand per month? If it is not proved, who wud resign in govt for misleading nation? (sic)". 2.01...
01:24 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Taliban movement threatened on Thursday to attack Indian targets to avenge the country's execution of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of the militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people in 2008. "We have decided to target Indians to avenge the killing of Ajmal Kasab," said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan by telephone from an undisclosed location. 25-year old Kasab was hanged at 7.30...
12:15 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Jammu: Taking a dig at the American media for calling 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab a "gunman" and referring Hamas as a "terror outfit", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posted a tweet on his Twitter page saying, "So, Hamas are terrorists but Kasab was a "gunman". Well done, American media you really call it like it is. *sarcasm*." Kasab was hanged at Pune's Yerwada jail on Wednesday morning. He...
10:22 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Washington: Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks who has been hanged to death, received due process of law in a full and transparent trial, the US said on Thursday, asserting that it wants to see the terrorists behind 26/11 brought to justice. "We've said before that we welcome steps towards justice in the Mumbai attacks. We've said many times before that we want to...
09:24 AM, Nov 22, 2012
