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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: TRF

In a first, UNSC panel report mentions Lashkar front TRF, links it to Pahalgam attack

India has been providing inputs on The Resistance Front to the UNSC monitoring team since 2023. Islamabad has lobbied hard to block its mention in UN documents.

Pahalgam attacker suspected to be among 3 terrorists killed in Srinagar encounter

New Delhi: Three terrorists of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and its offshoot the Resistance Front (TRF), were killed in an encounter with security forces in...

In setback to Pakistan, US designates LeT front as terror group for Pahalgam attack. What is TRF

India has welcomed the move, calling it a 'timely & important step reflecting the deep cooperation between India and US on counter-terrorism'.

As Op Sindoor targets its bases, a look at LeT’s terror hierarchy, from Hafiz Saeed to Sajid Gul

On ground in Jammu & Kashmir, the TRF, a frontal unit of the Pakistan-based LeT, is headed by Sajid Gul, who identifies himself as Saifullah Khalid from time to time, it is learnt.

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.

Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot TRF says it was behind Reasi bus attack, warns of more attacks on tourists

The Resistance Front, banned under UAPA, is however known to claim credit for attacks that align with its declared objective of not allowing non-local people into J&K, it is learnt.

Lashkar offshoot The Resistance Front threatens to ‘kill everyone’ involved in J&K demolitions

Police are now accompanying revenue teams during anti-encroachment drives. TRF also provokes people to torch houses of government & revenue officials in their neighbourhoods.

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India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.