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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicTerror attacks

Topic: terror attacks

US Army veteran flying ISIS flag from truck rams into New Orleans crowd killing 15, 30 injured

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas who once served in Afghanistan, was killed in a shootout with police after ramming the crowd.

BSF DG, Western Command chief repatriated prematurely to parent cadres amid Jammu infiltration surge

BSF chief Nitin Agarwal has been repatriated to the Kerala cadre and BSF Western Command head Y.B. Khurania to the Odisha cadre with immediate effect after orders from MHA.

3 detained for interrogation in connection with Doda terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir

Sources said the three, including a couple and a teenager, are suspected of providing food to the terrorists and failing to report their movements to the security forces.

Massive search operations underway in Jammu and Kashmir after four attacks in four days

The army, police and paramilitary forces are all involved in the search, sketches of accused have been released.

‘Radical Islamists’ behind Moscow attacks, Putin says still hinting at Ukraine involvement

Putin said the planned terrorist attack hoped to sow panic but was met with unity and resolve. He did not mention ISIS which claimed responsibility for attack on concert hall outside Moscow.

Rise of AAP and fall of law & order — for Punjab, 2022 was a year of terror & high-profile murders

While AAP says crimes came down in state under its rule, the year saw at least 3 cross-border terror attacks, murders of a popular singer & a sacrilege accused, and a Hindu-Sikh clash.

Killed in US drone attack in Kabul, al Qaeda chief Zawahiri repeatedly waded into India issues

From ordering ‘blows on the Indian Army’ to holding forth on the college hijab row, Ayman al-Zawahiri was never short of gratuitous advice for the country.

Pakistani ‘head of sleeper cells’ arrested in Delhi was ISI-trained, came to India 14 yrs ago

Mohammad Ashraf, 40, lived in Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area and was tasked with carrying out terror attacks during the festival season, police say.

Decline in terror incidents in J&K in last 3 years, rise in instances of shelling, says govt

Answering a question in Rajya Sabha, MoS for Home G Kishan Reddy said terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down from 614 in 2018 to 244 in 2020.

On Camera

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.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

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?