terrorism

New Delhi, March 11 India is committed to the welfare of its neighbors while remaining firm on its zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism, Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth said on Wednesday.He made this statement in his keynote address at a national seminar – "Changing Dynamics in...

New Delhi, March 11 The NIA has sought life imprisonment for Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi following her conviction in a UAPA case, arguing that she waged war against India and a stern message is needed to convey that conspiring against the State will invite the...

New Delhi, March 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the custodial interrogation of two alleged terror operatives involved in the conspiracy to blast the area around the Red Fort by five days.Special Judge Pitambar Dutt extended the NIA custody of Zameer Ahmad Ahangar and Tufail Ahmad Bhat...

Jammu, March 11 The terrorist who was killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district during a failed infiltration attempt has been identified as a launching operative of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, officials said on Wednesday.According to the army, the...

Peshawar, March 10 Five children were injured in an attack involving a quadcopter in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.The incident occurred in the Takhtikhel area of the Lakki Marwat district.Explosives dropped from the quadcopter injured five...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 10 Army troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and recovering three weapons, six magazines, and three grenades during an encounter, officials said.This is the second...

Jammu, March 10 – Alert troops foiled an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and launching a search to track down the second.Officials said that the terrorist was killed in an anti-infiltration operation in the Jhangar...

The United Nations, March 10 India strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan as a “flagrant violation” of international law, stating that it is “hypocritical” to invoke Islamic solidarity while carrying out attacks that have killed civilians during Ramadan.Addressing a Security...

Srinagar, March 10 The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed three employees of the Jal Shakti (Water Resources) department over their alleged involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities," officials said on Tuesday.Among the three employees, two were from the Kishtwar district...

United Nations, March 10 India has condemned Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan as a "flagrant violation" of international law, saying it is "hypocritical" to invoke Islamic solidarity while carrying out attacks that have killed civilians during Ramadan.Addressing a Security Council meeting...

March 10, New Delhi – The United States has condemned Afghanistan over its detention of American citizens, a move that could result in a ban on U.S. passport holders traveling to the country.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he was designating Afghanistan’s Taliban...

New Delhi, March 10 – Al Qaeda in the Subcontinent (AQIS) has been using the conflict with Iran as a propaganda narrative to recruit in Jammu and Kashmir. AQIS has named several countries, which it views as anti-Islamic.While naming countries such as India, the United States, Israel, the...

New York, March 10 – Two teenagers, who claimed affiliation with the Islamic State (ISIS), have been charged with using a “weapon of mass destruction” in their failed attempt to set off a deadly bomb in the city.Federal prosecutors also accused them of assisting ISIS in their Saturday attack...

United Nations, March 10. Pakistan has made an implicit admission that it was targeting India's assistance to Afghanistan and that its air attacks during Ramadan were primarily harming women and children.Using diplomatic finesse, India's Permanent Representative in his address to the Security...

United Nations, March 10. India has condemned Pakistan's air attacks on Afghanistan and has criticized its hypocrisy in conducting them during the month of Ramadan, killing mostly women and children while preaching "Islamic solidarity.""It is hypocritical to advocate for high principles of...

Washington, March 9 – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Iran's leadership on Monday of trying to "hold the world hostage", saying American forces were carrying out a military operation aimed at dismantling the regime's missile capabilities and weakening what he described as the world's...

Washington, March 9 – The recent conviction of Asif Merchant, a Pakistani national, in a US federal court for murder-for-hire and attempting an act of terrorism that crosses national boundaries, reveals a troubling aspect of the "long shadow war" between Iran and the United States. The charges...

New York, March 9 – New York narrowly avoided a terrorist attack linked to the Islamic State when a bomb failed to detonate, according to officials.The bomb, along with another homemade bomb found during the Saturday attack, were made with an explosive called TATP, Police Commissioner Jessica...

Srinagar, March 9 – Police in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir said on Monday that they had attached a residential property after obtaining court orders, as the property had been acquired through the proceeds of the drug trade.A police statement said: "As part of its ongoing campaign...

New Delhi, March 9 – The busting of the Faridabad module and the recent terror plot targeting temples revealed that Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are increasingly engaging in home-grown activities.Officials from the Delhi police's Special Cell say that Lashkar-e-Taiba has been scouting...