Reasi native fled to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after facing heat. Became active again after abrogation of Article 370 & faces charge sheet for grenade attack on a BJP leader.
Believed to have been a key aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim & closely associated with terror outfit LeT, Tunda was acquitted by TADA court in Rajasthan’s Ajmer for lack of evidence.
Ahmad, who retired from Army on 31 Jan last year, is alleged to have received consignment of arms from two Kupwara men arrested by J&K police in this case, it is learnt.
LeT’s Bilal Ahmed Bhat was wanted terrorist & accused of killing the Army officer in 2017. He initially began as overground worker for terror outfit before climbing up the ranks.
Indian security forces killed 72 terrorists in 2023, compared to 187 in 2022 and 184 in 2021. Number of ‘active’ terrorists is 91, down from 135 in 2022, ThePrint has learnt.
Killings have similar modus operandi, with targets being gunned down usually by motorcycle-borne assailants. A suspected ISI agent was also killed in a similar manner in Nepal.
The two accused, currently under trial, are Fayaz Ahmed Itoo & Khursheed Ahmed Bhat. Seizures include four immovable properties, including ‘houses of Itoo & Bhat in Kulgam & Pulwama’.
Adnan, said to have been highly active in Kashmir between 2012 & 2016, allegedly orchestrated several terror attacks in the area, including Aug 2015 attack on a BSF convoy which killed 2.
Move to 'symbolize marking of 15th year of commemoration of Mumbai terror attacks'. Last month, Israel had asked India to designate Hamas as a terror group.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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