Washington, March 3 (IANS) The formation of a maritime wing by Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) reflects an evolving strategy towards naval operations that could significantly pose a serious maritime terror threat and complicate regional security in the subcontinent, a report said on Tuesday. According to a report in the US-based ‘Middle East Media Research Institute’ (MEMRI), terror outfit LeT is expanding its operational strategy under a specialised maritime wing, si…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which appears to be making inroads in West Bengal as well as southern states.The outfit referred to as Neo-JMB is operating under a local handler who goes by the name Salauddin Salehin, and is believed to be hiding in West Bengal, officials say. The official said that as per intelligence reports, Salehin does not remain stationary in West Bengal, and has travelled to various parts…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Tuesday criticised Congress MP Imran Masood and Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi over their remarks about “protecting innocent people” in the wake of arrests linked to an alleged terror conspiracy. Gupta said appeasement politics must not take precedence over justice for innocent citizens who have lost their lives in terror attacks.Azmi earlier backed Masood’s statement that authorities should ensure that “innoce…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief and MLA Abu Azmi on Tuesday backed Congress MP Imran Masood’s remarks that authorities must ensure “innocent people” are not arrested. Masood’s remarks came following the police crackdown on an alleged terror conspiracy involving eight suspects said to have links with Pakistan’s ISI and Bangladesh-based radical groups.Supporting the Congress MP’s statement, Azmi alleged that members of the Muslim community were being “deliberate…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The security agencies have busted a major ISI-backed terror plot, following the arrest of eight persons from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.The arrested persons are linked to Bangladesh based terror groups and were being funded by the ISI, the security agencies have learnt.The arrested persons have been identified as Mizanur Rahman, Mohammed Shabat, Umar, Mohammed Litan, Mohammed Shahid, and Mohammed Ujjal.The arrests were made from a garment factory in Tiruppur district of …
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment is providing radical Islamist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood operational space, enabling support for local terror outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and seeking backing from Islamic nations on Gaza and Kashmir. However, this convergence increases the risks of “miscalculation, ideological spillover, and proxy entanglement” across two already “volatile” regions of South Asia and the Mid…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A total of eight people, linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Bangladeshi terror outfits, have been arrested in connection with plotting a terror conspiracy against India, officials said on Sunday.The arrested individuals used to post content in support of Pakistan-based terror outfits on social media and were residing in India without valid documents, officials said on Sunday.Earlier, the police confirmed that six illegal Bangladeshi nationals had been arres…
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…
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) J&K Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Monday ordered the reopening of 14 tourist spots across the UT, comprising 11 in the Kashmir Valley and 3 in the Jammu division, closed in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam massacre.As per officials, the 11 tourist spots being reopened in the Valley are Yousmarg and Doodhpathri in Budgam, the Dandipora Park in Kokernag, Peer Ki Gali, Dubjan & Padpawan in Shopian, Astanpora and Tulip Garden in Srinagar, Thajwas Glacier and Hung Park in…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The much-anticipated India-Pakistan T20 World Cup encounter scheduled for Sunday evening has once again ignited sharp political reactions across party lines. While leaders from the BJP and its allies voiced confidence that India would secure a decisive victory, the Congress questioned the very staging of the match in light of cross-border terrorism allegedly backed by Pakistan.India and Pakistan are set to face off in Colombo later in the day. The atmosphere in the host …