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Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

330 terrorists killed in J&K since 2019. 81% were from Lashkar-e-Taiba

Around 270 terrorists out of the 330 belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, it is learnt. They were killed in encounters and other operations by the Indian Army and the Jammu & Kashmir Police.

‘All can see where we stand’: Message to the nation by fallen hero Havildar Jhantu Sheikh’s father

Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh was inducted into elite 6 Para at age 19. His village in West Bengal now mourns the young soldier who died in exchange of gunfire with terrorists Thursday.

Pahalgam terror attack: NIA takes over investigation from J&K police

The central anti-terror agency registered a fresh FIR Saturday and launched its probe into the terror attack which claimed 26 lives.

LeT offshoot TRF retracts Pahalgam attack claim, blames ‘hacking’ for earlier statement

TRF denial over Pahalgam attack comes four days after initial claim and just hours after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said LeT was extinct and denied having heard of TRF.

Been doing US’s dirty work for 30 yrs, Washington once hosted terrorists—Pakistan defence minister

Khawaja Asif also accuses India of 'staging' the Pahalgam attack & warns that any aggression from New Delhi will be met with a 'measured' but firm response.

Pahalgam attack: Houses of 2 local terrorists destroyed by security forces, over a dozen ops underway

Adil Hussain Thoker of Bijbehara & Aasif Sheikh of Tral are among the 7 LeT terrorists believed to be involved in the killings in Pahalgam Tuesday.

Report on Pahalgam shows there was ‘real-time intel’ sharing between terrorists & ‘Pakistani handlers’

The report, based on investigations, assessments, and intercepted communications, mentions that digital footprints were traced to safe houses in Muzaffarabad & Karachi.

A Pahalgam pony wallah stood up to the terrorists. They sprayed him with bullets

28-year-old Syed Adil Hussain Shah was killed while trying to help a woman who lost her father in Pahalgam. He was the eldest of 6 siblings & married 2 years ago.

25 years ago, Lashkar-e-Taiba killed 35 Sikhs in Kashmir. This is how they got away with it

Thirty-five Sikhs were gunned down in cold blood in the year 2000. Political leadership promised to mete out justice, but botched investigations left critical questions unanswered.

Who is Adil Thoker? Security forces zero in on local man as ‘key executioner’ of Pahalgam attack

An FIR has been filed under relevant sections of the BNS, Arms Act & UAPA. Eyewitness accounts and the condition of bodies suggest the attackers 'got long training'.

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Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.