Pakistan believes Masood Azhar is hiding somewhere in Afghanistan, although Taliban has denied knowledge of his whereabouts. This is the second letter sent by Islamabad in nine months.
One of Kashmir's most-wanted militants, Afghani was killed in a fresh exchange of fire with security forces after an anti-militancy operation was launched Saturday, police said.
According to police data, J&K arrested 25 individuals accused of serving as OGWs to various militant outfits, in 2020 — over double the figure each year between 2015 and 2019.
The encounter started after the vehicle of the terrorists was intercepted by security forces personnel near a toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
According to official statistics, 131 Kashmiri youngsters have joined terror groups this year as against 117 last year. Local recruitment figures stood at 214 in 2018 and 128 in 2017.
Pakistan-based leadership of JeM wanted to reward Shakir Bashir as they were ‘impressed’ with the successful execution of Pulwama attack, audio notes accessed by NIA suggest.
NIA charge sheet says Pulwama attack ‘brought on record all-out involvement of Pakistan-based entities to carry out terrorist strikes in India and to incite and provoke Kashmiri youth’.
An article in Jaish-e-Mohammed journal ‘Medina Medina’ gives a sense of how the organisation is trying to survive. But its two crucial takeaways are in Indian context.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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