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Friday, August 22, 2025
TopicLashkar-e-Taiba

Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

LeT commander among 3 militants killed in Anantnag encounter

Terrorist Arif Hajam was the district commander of the LeT for Anantnag district and was active since September 2018, according to the police records.

Day after Kashmir killings, a village in shock & families surprised by BJP connection

BJP slams Jammu & Kashmir Police, saying party had requested security for two of its 3 slain members but it was ignored.

Terror recruitment in Kashmir ‘very high’, Al Badr active again as Pakistan revives outfit

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.

21-year-old Bengal woman was part of 70 jihadi social media groups, says NIA charge sheet

Tania Parvin, 21, was arrested in March for being a Lashkar operative and trying to ‘honey trap’ Indian armed forces personnel online.

3 militant associates of LeT arrested in J&K’s Bandipora, incriminating material recovered

A police official said information was received about miscreants hoisting Pakistani flags at the behest of active LeT militants in the main market of Hajin area in north Kashmir.

Lashkar commander behind BJP leader’s killing shot dead in 10-hour Kashmir gun battle

3 militants, including a Pakistani and a local youth, had struck a CRPF-J&K Police party around 10 am, killing 3 personnel before disappearing into an orchard.

118 militants, 11 of them Pakistanis, killed in 6 months, 48% dip in recruitment: J&K Police

Of the 118 slain militants, 57 belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen, 24 to Lashkar-e-Taiba and 22 to Jaish-e-Mohammad, IGP, Kashmir, Viijay Kumar said.

26/11 conspirator & Headley’s ‘friend’ Tahawwur Rana could be extradited to India soon

India has been seeking Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s extradition on charges of forgery and criminal breach of trust in the 26/11 case.

Tania Parveen, the Kolkata woman LeT ‘tasked’ with honey-trapping soldiers, finding recruits

The NIA took custody of Parveen, who was allegedly tasked with honey-trapping Army soldiers, Saturday to question her on LeT’s reach in India. 

Why Kashmir’s new militant outfit, ‘Lashkar offshoot’, signals possible escalation of violence

J&K Police say the TRF’s emergence could be the start of a 'violent campaign' in Kashmir, which the Lashkar-e-Taiba cannot undertake on its own due to international focus on it.

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Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

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New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?