Srinagar: A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and two Kashmiri militants were killed and seven security men injured in an 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, police sources said. The exact identity of the slain militants was being[Read More…]
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Slain journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s killer Naveed Jatt shot dead
Srinagar, A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Naveed Jatt, who was wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police sources said. Although an official confirmation was still awaited, the sources said that Jatt, alias Abu Hanzullah,[Read More…]
Three civilians, soldier killed in Kashmir
Srinagar: An Indian soldier and three civilians were killed on Wednesday as a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir triggered violent street protests. Doctors said a civilian, Faisal Elahi, 15, was brought to a hospital in Qaimoh town in Kulgam district and he succumbed to critical[Read More…]
Two militants killed in J&K gunfight
Srinagar: Two foreign militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. “The militants killed in the Shistargam village gunfight have been identified as foreigners and most likely of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit,” police sources said. The gunfight[Read More…]
Kashmir on boil after six deaths in firing
Srinagar: Hundreds of people, including several gun-toting militants, attended the funeral of a slain Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in south Kashmir despite people’s movement being restricted and internet curfew clamped across the Kashmir Valley on Monday, a day after four civilians and two insurgents were killed in a shootout with the Army.[Read More…]
1996 Sonipat bomb blasts case: LeT terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda held guilty
A Sonipat court on Monday pronounced Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb-maker, Abdul Karim Tunda, guilty for 1996 Sonepat blasts case. He has been booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act. Lawyers say that[Read More…]
Mehbooba Mufti strongly condemns Amarnath attack, says head of every Kashmiri hangs in shame
After terror attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Anantnag on Monday, in which 7 people lost their lives, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti condemned the terror attack. Mehbooba Mufti, who visited survivors of the attack at an Anantnag hospital, said the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims is a[Read More…]
Intelligence agencies issue terror alert in Delhi, Mumbai
The Indian intelligence agencies have issued alerts about a possible terror attack by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Delhi and Mumbai, or in border areas of Punjab and Rajasthan. The agencies said a group of 20-21 LeT terrorists may have entered the country from Pakistan, and have subdivided themselves into smaller groups.[Read More…]
Delhi government denies admission to ‘terrorist’ children
Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for deaths of innocent lives: US
Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent lives, including American citizens, the US has said even as it refused to comment on the outfit’s leader Hafiz Saeed. “I’m not going to respond to comments that may[Read More…]
Big blow! Lashkar-e-Taiba suffered maximum damage in surgical strikes
Terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba or LeT suffered the maximum damage in the cross-Line of Control surgical strikes on terror launch pads carried out by the Indian army with assessment reports of radio intercepts indicating that around 20 of its terrorists were killed. The assessment reports available from Indian army field units[Read More…]
US issues travel advisories for its citizens travelling abroad
The US on Saturday has issued a worldwide caution for its citizens travelling abroad, including India, in view of the increased threat from terror groups such as Islamic state, Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Taliban. “Current information suggests that terrorist groups continue to plan attacks in multiple regions,” the state[Read More…]
NIA to take custody of Kupwara terrorist caught alive on July 26
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, and is expected to take custody of Pakistani terrorist Bahadur Ali, who was nabbed by security forces from Naugam sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district on Tuesday. In an encounter, forces killed four terrorists and[Read More…]