Three Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, including a serving soldier of Pakistani army, have been arrested and charged with planning to launch a suicide attack during Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. “We had received some strong inputs that terrorists guided from across the border were being asked to launch action in the state in the midst of [...]
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in International | Read More »
New Delhi (PTI): Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay, under attack for his remarks on Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare’s death, appears to have been let off the hook on Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the matter should be “allowed to rest”. “I think to err is human…The matter should be allowed to [...]
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in National | Read More »
Pakistani security forces on Saturday arrested a woman from the country’s border with Afghanistan who, they claimed, is an ‘Indian spy’. The Geo TV quoting sources said the ‘Indian spy’ was arrested since she possessed no travel documents. “She is under interrogation which could yield important facts,” the sources said. The development comes at a [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in National | Read More »
Mumbai’s landmark Taj Mahal Hotel, which bore the brunt of the recent terror attacks, will reopen on December 21. The hotel staffs say they are ready to take in guests this Christmas season. Initially most of the guests will be accommodated in the modern building Taj towers, as it had suffered less damage. The hotel [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in National | Read More »
New Delhi: It is a crackdown unprecedented by Pakistan’s standards. Never before has the Jamaat-ud-Dawa faced this kind of heat from the authorities. But what next? “We expect Pakistan to do much more. We are ready to share any information with Pakistan. Pakistan has to dismantle the entire terror infrastructure,” India’s External Affairs Minister, Pranab [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in International | Read More »