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TopicTerrorist act

Topic: Terrorist act

Pulwama attack mastermind’s ‘widow’ misidentified as Red Fort bomber’s wife

The Pakistan national's ID, back in circulation after surfacing in 2020, identifies her as wife of 'Muhammad Umar'. Media reports say she was in touch with Dr Shaheen, linked to Faridabad module.

Vance calls Pahalgam attack ‘devastating’, Israeli envoy & foreign minister voice support for India

Two groups of six terrorists opened fire on the tourists visiting Pahalgam's Baisaran valley, killing at least 26 people.

Were 2020 CAA-NRC protests & riots a ‘terrorist act’? Depends on which Delhi HC bench you ask

Differences arose in bail orders of Pinjra Tod activists and a Jamia student and of ex-JNUSU leader Umar Khalid. The disagreement stems from their definition of 'terrorist act'.

Tangled threads tie Udaipur murder to Pakistan group that ‘inspired’ Taseer killer, Paris knifeman

Pakistani Punjab governor Salman Taseer was shot dead in 2011 by bodyguard allegedly inspired by Karachi-based Dawat-e-Islami, now linked by police to one of Udaipur accused.

How the Khalistan Liberation Force ‘planned and executed’ the murder of an RSS activist

The NIA, in its chargesheet, has accused two sharpshooters, multiple NRIs operatives of the KLF, as well as British national Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.