ISHRAT JAHAN WAS AN LET MEMBER, CLAIMS HEADLEY

ISHRAT JAHAN WAS AN LET MEMBER, CLAIMS HEADLEY

Mumbai, Pakistani-American terrorist-turned approver David Coleman Headley said on Thursday that Ishrat Jahan was a member of the women wing of terror outfit Laskhar-e-Taiba. “Jahan was a LeT member,” Headley said while deposing before special TADA Judge A. Sanap. Headley claimed that the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi informed him about […]

RESCUED SIACHEN SOLDIER LOSES BATTLE FOR LIFE

RESCUED SIACHEN SOLDIER LOSES BATTLE FOR LIFE

New Delhi, Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was rescued alive after being buried under snow for six days in the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen glacier, died on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “Proud that martyrs like you served India.” Lance Naik Koppad, 33, was flown down to the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), […]

AUSTRALIA INDIA ENERGY SECURITY DIALOGUE

AUSTRALIA INDIA ENERGY SECURITY DIALOGUE

Today The Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia co-chaired the Australia India Energy Security Dialogue in Canberra with the Indian Minister for Coal, Power and New and Renewable Energy, Mr Piyush Goyal. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss a range of issues that are a priority for Australia and India, […]

NIA SEEKS INTERNET DATA OF ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS

NIA SEEKS INTERNET DATA OF ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS

New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought the help of various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to obtain the data used by arrested Islamic State suspects. The suspects had extensively used various social media sites, including WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, to recruit and promote the ideology of the terrorist outfit in India. According to […]

PROVE DAWOOD-MODI MEETING OR SACK AZAM: BJP TO AKHILESH

PROVE DAWOOD-MODI MEETING OR SACK AZAM: BJP TO AKHILESH

Lucknow, The BJP on Tuesday demanded that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sack his minister Azam Khan for his “baseless allegations” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan. Azam Khan, the state parliamentary affairs minister, has alleged that during his brief stopover in Pakistan in December last year, Modi […]

KOIRALA WAS MAN OF SIMPLE LIVING, HIGH THINKING: SUSHMA

KOIRALA WAS MAN OF SIMPLE LIVING, HIGH THINKING: SUSHMA

Kathmandu, Nepal’s former prime minister Sushil Koirala, who died on Tuesday, epitomised the adage “simple living, high thinking”, visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress, died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Maharajgunj residence in Kathmandu. Sushma Swaraj signed a condolence message on behalf of the […]

SIACHEN SURVIVOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL, IN COMA

SIACHEN SURVIVOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL, IN COMA

New Delhi, An Indian soldier found alive on the Siachen glacier six days after being presumed dead under 35 feet of snow was “extremely critical” and in coma, the army said on Tuesday. Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad continued to be in shock with low blood pressure, and has been put on ventilator in the ICU. […]

WAS TASKED WITH RECRUITING SPIES FROM INDIAN ARMY, SAYS HEADLEY

WAS TASKED WITH RECRUITING SPIES FROM INDIAN ARMY, SAYS HEADLEY

Mumbai, Continuing his expose on the role of Pakistan-based terror organisations, its army, the ISI and others, LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Tuesday described how he was assigned to gather military intelligence in India and recruit spies from the Indian army. On the second day of his deposition through videoconferencing from a US jail […]