Guess what Kasab wants this time

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab

The dreaded 26/11 terrorist caught his lawyer off guard Wednesday when he made a most strange request to him…

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Pakistan Supreme Court lets 26/11 ‘mastermind’ off the hook?

Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Monday indefinitely adjourned the hearing of petitions challenging the release of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who India claims…

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Taj, Oberoi hotels were warned of 26/11 terror attack: Maharashtra government

In this November 27, 2008 file photo, pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns during the terror attacks in Mumbai

The Taj and Oberoi hotels in south Mumbai had been warned of a terrorist attack three months before the Nov 26 strike but they failed to act on the repeated warnings, the Maharashtra government has said in a report.

The observations are made in the action taken report (ATR) on the report of the Ram Pradhan Committee that enquired into the lapses leading to the Nov 26-29, 2008 terrorist attacks that claimed more than 170 lives.

The state government said the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, the Hotel Trident-Oberoi and the World Trade Centre were first warned of…

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Manmohan to Zardari: Won’t tolerate anti-India acts from your soil

Pakistan President Zardari and PM Manmohan Singh pose for a photo during the SCO summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 16, 2009

The territory of Pakistan ‘should not be used for acts of terrorism against India’, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday in their first meeting since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The 40-minute meeting of the two leaders began here with Manmohan Singh telling Zardari that he was pleased to meet him but stressing in his opening remark that…         read more…

Osama bin Laden still in Pakistan: CIA chief

Osama bin Laden

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that Osama bin Laden, head of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was still in Pakistan and his capture remained the CIA’s priority.

“I guess one of our hopes is…

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India to US: Tell Pakistan to act against terror before talks

US Under Secretary of State William Burns shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in New Delhi Wednesday

Amid a US push for the resumption of talks with Pakistan, India Wednesday made it clear that although it was keen to normalise strained sub-continental relations, talks can resume only after Islamabad takes concrete action against the 26/11 perpetrators and dismantles the terrorist infrastructure on its soil.

In the first contact between the Obama administration and the Manmohan Singh government since it returned to power last month, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns Wednesday described India as…            read more…

Pakistan releases Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)

Citing insufficient evidence, a Pakistani court Tuesday freed from house arrest Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that India has blamed for the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, his lawyer said. India immediately expressed disappointment at the development.

‘The court has said the detention of Hafiz Saeed was a violation of the constitution and… read more…

Two killed, 60 injured in Pakistan twin blasts

At least two people were killed and 60 injured in two back-to-back blasts in busy areas of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said.

The blasts occurred in Qisa Khwani and Kabari Bazar of Peshawar, the capital of the militancy-infested North West Frontier Province, within minutes of each other, Geo TV reported.

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Pictures: This time, terror comes close to ISI

An injured man receives treatment at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, May 27

The blast that rocked Lahore Wednesday took place dangerously close to the Punjab province headquarters of the ISI.

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