United Nations, March 10 (IANS) India has condemned Pakistan’s air attacks on Afghanistan and called out its hypocrisy in conducting them during the month of Ramadan killing mostly women and children while preaching “Islamic solidarity”. “It is hypocritical to espouse high principles of international law and Islamic solidarity on the one hand, while mercilessly carrying out air strikes during the holy month of Ramadan”, India’s Permanent Representative, P Harish told the Security Cou…
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New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The busting of the Faridabad module and the recent terror plot that aimed at targeting temples revealed that the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are increasingly stepping up home-grown activities.Officials from the Special Cell of the Delhi police say that the Lashkar-e-Taiba has been scouting for illegal immigrants who have settled in South India to execute attacks in North India.There has been a surge in activity, especially around the Bengali camps in Kerala, wh…
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained two more individuals for questioning in connection with its investigation into a 21-year-old engineering student arrested for alleged links to extremist organisations, officials said on Sunday. Computer science engineering student Ayan Yusuf Sheikh was earlier arrested by the ATS for his suspected association with the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed and the global extremist outfit Islamic State of Iraq an…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) A raid conducted by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbai to uncover an online network of terrorist activities in the state, along with the arrest of engineering student Ayan Shaikh for alleged links with the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Islamic State (ISIS), has led to several significant revelations on Friday. According to the ATS, preliminary investigations revealed that Shaikh had been living in Mumbai for the past…
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 21-year-old engineering student, Ayan Sheikh, for his alleged links to Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the proscribed global terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), officials said on Thursday. Sheikh has been booked under Sections 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), along with Sections 152, 196, and 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Acc…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s experience in Afghanistan demonstrates the risks of leveraging militant proxies for immediate strategic advantage, turning what was once considered a force multiplier into a source of weakness.As Islamabad resorts to air strikes in Afghan territory to address a decade-old problem, the deeper fracture lies not just along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border but within the very logic of proxy warfare, a report detailed.According to a report in ‘South Asia Monitor’, …
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Intelligence agencies have flagged concerns over the revival of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an outfit that has close links with Al-Qaeda.The outfit was formed by Zakir Rashid Bhat in July 2017 in Jammu and Kashmir. Bhat, also known as Zakir Musa, took over as the chief of the outfit with the blessings of Al-Qaeda. The intention was to carry out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. The outfit did not achieve much success and was largely downed by the Indian secu…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Jaish-e-Mohammed is on overdrive mode where its women’s wing is concerned. The outfit has been recruiting young women, who in turn will be deployed in nightclubs, bars, and pubs that are owned by Indians in different parts of the world, the agencies have learnt.These women are being trained to carry out attacks in these places that are owned by Indians. While bars, pubs and nightclubs in India are being identified, Jaish-e-Mohammed is in the process of zeroing in o…
Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad on February 6 is a grim indictment of Pakistan’s security policy that has prioritised geopolitical leverage over domestic stability, a report has stated. “While the Pakistani establishment has characteristically pivoted towards a carousel of external culprits – alternating between allegations of an ‘Indian link’, Afghan complicity, and even the internal machinations of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – the international con…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Paying tributes to martyrs of Pulwama attack, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that terrorism is humanity’s greatest enemy and India is determined to eradicate it completely.Home Minister Shah remembered the bravery of the soldiers martyred in the Pulwama terrorist attack and paid tributes to them.In a post on social media, the Union Home Minister said, “I remember the bravery of the soldiers martyred in the Pulwama terrorist attack and pay tribute to the…