DailyWorld News - The First International Newspaper From India https://dailyworld.in/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:36:34 +0530 en https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-commander-of-hamass-naval-police-killed-in-gaza-announces-israel-640031.html Jerusalem Sep 22 The Israel Defence Forces IDF announced on Monday that its air force killed the deputy commander of Hamass naval police in Gaza The IDF said that Yousef took part in the raid and murderous massacre carried out by Hamas on October 7 During the fighting in the Gaza Strip he planned ambushes against IDF forces and was involved in securing the organisations assets in the Gaza StripHis elimination constitutes a significant damage to the capabilities of Hamass maritime police which are used to collect intelligence on our forces and enforce maritime control for the organisations military wing read a statement issued by the IDFSince the beginning of Operation Gideon Chariots II the Israeli Navy has been working to thwart infrastructure and key personnel in the Maritime Police in close cooperation with the maneuvering forces and closing operational circles in real time in cooperation with the ground forces and the Air ForceThe Navys 916th Squadron fighters constitute an important operational component in the ground maneuver in the Strip The forces assist with fire from the sea and rapid circle closures from the sea air and land In a joint cooperation the Israeli Navy provided the intelligence guidance for the Israeli Air Force in a precision strike in the Central Camps the statement addedMeanwhile Chief of the Israeli General Staff Eyal Zamir on the eve of Rosh Hashanah sent a message to IDF personnel across all arenasI wish to convey to you the thanks of an entire nation that thanks to you truly thanks to you we will sit tonight at the holiday table with a sense of security and with deep appreciation for your sacrifice and dedication he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-commander-of-hamass-naval-police-killed-in-gaza-announces-israel-640031.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/joint-forces-start-anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kathua-after-terrorists-sighted-639918.html Jammu Sep 22 Joint forces on Monday started an antiterrorist operation in JampKs Kathua district after two suspected terrorists were seen in a local village officials said Officials said that the joint forces started the operation in the Malhar area of Kathua after the suspected terrorists were sighted in Dragal villageArmy JampK Police and the CRPF are conducting a CASO Cordon amp Search Operation in the area to locate the suspected terrorists The operation was started after inputs about the movement of two armed terrorists an official saidJoint forces are combing the forest area in Malhar employing sniffer dogs surveillance equipment including drones etcOfficials said searches are being carried out in many villages adjoining Dragal village after all exit points were sealed successfullyLocals have been advised to stay indoors and report any suspicious movement to joint forces as the safety of civilians in the area is the top priority of the security forces an official saidJoint forces are carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisers across the UTDrug smugglers and peddlers are also on the radar of the security forces as it is believed by intelligence agencies that funds generated from hawala money rackets and drug smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in JampKThe revised strategy of the joint forces is to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terror rather than just the elimination of the gunwielding terroristsWhile the army guards the 740kmlong Line of Control LoC in JampK and the Border Security Force BSF keeps vigil at the 240kmlong International Border IB police and the paramilitary forces are dealing with terrorism in the hinterlandThe LoC runs across Baramulla Kupwara and Bandipora districts in the Valley and Poonch Rajouri and parts of Jammu district in the Jammu divisionThe IB is situated in the Jammu Kathua and Samba districts of the Jammu division IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/joint-forces-start-anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kathua-after-terrorists-sighted-639918.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hm-amit-shah-applauds-security-forces-for-major-anti-lwe-success-in-chhattisgarh-639988.html Raipur Sep 22 IANS Union Home Minister Amit Shah has commended the security forces for their decisive action in Narayanpur district where two senior Maoist leaders were neutralised in an ongoing encounter near the MaharashtraChhattisgarh border in the Abujhmad regionnbspnbspThe operation marks a significant milestone in Indias campaign to eradicate Left Wing ExtremismnbspToday our security forces have achieved another major victory against the Naxalites HM Shah said on MondaynbspIn the Abujhmad region of Narayanpur our forces eliminated two Central Committee Member Naxal leadersKatta Ramachandra Reddy and Kadri Satyanarayan Reddy This is a critical blow to the Maoist leadership and a step closer to ending red terrorThe encounter began early this morning when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard DRG and Border Security Force BSF acting on precise intelligence entered the forested terrain of AbujhmadnbspMaoists opened fire on the advancing troops triggering a fierce exchangenbspSuperintendent of Police Robinson Guria said that two Maoists were killed in the gunfight and their bodies along with weapons were recovered from the site Security forces continue to comb the area with intermittent gunfire still being reportednbspOfficials believe more Maoist cadres may be hiding in the region and have intensified the search operation This operation is part of a broader crackdown on Maoist activity in ChhattisgarhnbspSo far in 2025 248 Maoists have been killed in various encounters across the state Of these 219 were neutralised in the Bastar division which includes NarayanpurThe Gariaband district accounted for 27 deaths while two were killed in the MohlaManpurAmbagadh Chowki district On September 11 ten Maoists including Modem Balakrishna a Central Committee member were killed in GariabandnbspThe latest success in Abujhmad highlights the growing effectiveness of coordinated intelligence and ground operations Authorities have urged residents to remain cautious and avoid forested areas until the situation stabilises https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hm-amit-shah-applauds-security-forces-for-major-anti-lwe-success-in-chhattisgarh-639988.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bangladesh-bnp-accuses-jamaat-of-trying-to-create-state-within-state-639805.html Dhaka Sep 21 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP on Sunday accused radical Islamist party JamaateIslami of attempting to establish state within the state through its actions in the countrys political landscape and universities media reported Has the Dhaka University Central Students Union Vice President been given magistracy power to decide which shop on the campus is legal or illegal He fined a shop Tk Bangladeshi taka 3000 and then deposited the money into Baitul Mal the partys fund What is the legal basis for this Dhaka Tribune quoted the BNP senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi as saying during a discussion at the Jatiya Press ClubThe BNP leader said that in any university it is the administrations duty to monitor who operates shops or markets within the campus and student leaders can raise an alarm if the peaceful and orderly environment of the campus is disruptedInstead you are imposing fines and that money is going into Jamaats party fund This is a very serious matter We have always seen that their activities are creating a state within the state and we are now observing such an environment the BNP leader addedRizvi also criticised Jamaats student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir for supplying iron beds to university halls questioning whether such responsibility should lie with a political party or the student unionIf students have demands they should bargain or negotiate with the vicechancellor If there is a shortage of accommodation beds or other facilities it is the administrations duty to address it the BNP leader saidThis is very strange It undermines the legal foundation of the state and goes against the proper functioning of the university Are you running an orphanage that you provide iron beds Will you also provide dining tables for food These kinds of actions are a very bad sign in our view he addedHe lamented that media outlets fail to highlight the misdeeds of Jamaat leaders and activists while allegations against the BNP are widely reportedRizvi also claimed that the media and social media often accuse BNP of extortion sand lifting or stone theft while it never reports Jamaat leaders involvement in offences including cases of sexual harassment or abuse of womenThe parties that earlier collaborated with countrys interim chief advisor Muhammad Yunus to overthrow the democratically elected government of the Awami League led by former PM Sheikh Hasina are now at loggerheads IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bangladesh-bnp-accuses-jamaat-of-trying-to-create-state-within-state-639805.html Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kishtwar-war-like-stores-recovered-in-poonch-639543.html Jammu Sep 20 An antiterrorist operation continued on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmirs JampK Kishtwar district while warlike stores of armsammunition were recovered by the joint forces in another operation in Poonch district Nagrota headquartered White Knight Corps of the Indian Army said on its official handle Contact with Terrorists In an Intelligencebased operation in the general area of Kishtwar alert troops of WhiteKnightCorps established contact with terrorists at around 8 PM on 19 Sep 25 Exchange of fire took place Operations are currently in progressIn another joint operation in Poonch district warlike stores of arms and ammunition were recoveredJointOperation Recovery of War Like Stores Alert WhiteKnightCorps troops while carrying out an Intelligence based joint search operation with JKP recovered one weapon AK Series four AK magazines 20 Hand Grenades and other war like stores in Poonch Sector SearchOperation in progress White Knight Corps said in another post on XJoint forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisers in JampKDrug smugglers and peddlers are also on the radar of the joint forces as it is believed by the Intelligence agencies that funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are finally used to sustain terrorists in the UTThe targeting of terrorists their OGWs and sympathisers together with drug smugglers and hawala money racketeers is part of the revised strategy of the joint forces to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terror in JampKIn majority of drug smuggling and hawala money operations the Intelligence agencies have been able to trace the roots to across the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IBJampK has an International Border of 240Km length spread over Jammu Kathua and Samba districts and a 740Kmlong LoC in Baramulla Kupwara Bandipora in the Valley and Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu divisionThe BSF guards the International Border while the Army guards the LoC IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kishtwar-war-like-stores-recovered-in-poonch-639543.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kishtwar-war-like-stores-recovered-in-poonch-639547.html Jammu Sep 20 An antiterrorist operation continued on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmirs JampK Kishtwar district while warlike stores of armsammunition were recovered by the joint forces in another operation in Poonch district Nagrota headquartered White Knight Corps of the Indian Army said on its official handle Contact with Terrorists In an Intelligencebased operation in the general area of Kishtwar alert troops of WhiteKnightCorps established contact with terrorists at around 8 PM on 19 Sep 25 Exchange of fire took place Operations are currently in progressIn another joint operation in Poonch district warlike stores of arms and ammunition were recoveredJointOperation Recovery of War Like Stores Alert WhiteKnightCorps troops while carrying out an Intelligence based joint search operation with JKP recovered one weapon AK Series four AK magazines 20 Hand Grenades and other war like stores in Poonch Sector SearchOperation in progress White Knight Corps said in another post on XJoint forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisers in JampKDrug smugglers and peddlers are also on the radar of the joint forces as it is believed by the Intelligence agencies that funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are finally used to sustain terrorists in the UTThe targeting of terrorists their OGWs and sympathisers together with drug smugglers and hawala money racketeers is part of the revised strategy of the joint forces to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terror in JampKIn majority of drug smuggling and hawala money operations the Intelligence agencies have been able to trace the roots to across the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IBJampK has an International Border of 240Km length spread over Jammu Kathua and Samba districts and a 740Kmlong LoC in Baramulla Kupwara Bandipora in the Valley and Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu divisionThe BSF guards the International Border while the Army guards the LoC IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-in-jampks-kishtwar-war-like-stores-recovered-in-poonch-639547.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/army-soldier-injured-as-another-encounter-breaks-out-in-jampk-639557.html Jammu Sep 20 An Army soldier was injured on Saturday as a gunfight broke out in Jammu and Kashmirs JampKs Udhampur district even as another antiterror operation is ongoing in Kishtwar Officials said that in the encounter that broke out between the joint forces and terrorists in Udhampur district today an Indian Army soldier was injuredActing on specific information joint forces started an operation in the Dudu area bordering the Seoj Dhar highaltitude area between Doda and UdhampurWhen joint forces closed in on the terrorists an encounter started which is now going onEncounter is in progress Joint teams of SOG police and Indian Army on ground Jammu IGP said in a post on XOn June 26 this year Haider a terrorist was killed in an encounter in the DuduBasantgarh forest who was a top commander of Pakistanbased JaisheMohammad JeM He had been active in the area for the past four yearsOn April 25 an Army soldier was killed in the gunfight with hiding terrorists in the Basantgarh areaElsewhere an antiterrorist operation continued on Saturday in Kishtwar district while warlike stores of armsammunition were recovered by the joint forces in another operation in Poonch districtNagrota headquartered White Knight Corps of the Indian Army said on its official handle Contact with Terrorists In an Intelligencebased operation in the general area of Kishtwar alert troops of WhiteKnightCorps established contact with terrorists at around 8 PM on 19 Sep 25 Exchange of fire took place Operations are currently in progressIn another joint operation in Poonch district warlike stores of arms and ammunition were recovered JointOperation Recovery of War Like Stores Alert WhiteKnightCorps troops while carrying out an Intelligence based joint search operation with JKP recovered one weapon AK Series four AK magazines 20 Hand Grenades and other war like stores in Poonch Sector SearchOperation in progress White Knight Corps said in another post on XJoint forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisers in JampKDrug smugglers and peddlers are also on the radar of the joint forces as it is believed by the Intelligence agencies that funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are finally used to sustain terrorists in the UTThe targeting of terrorists their OGWs and sympathisers together with drug smugglers and hawala money racketeers is part of the revised strategy of the joint forces to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terror in JampKIn majority of drug smuggling and hawala money operations the Intelligence agencies have been able to trace the roots to across the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IBJampK has an International Border of 240Km length spread over Jammu Kathua and Samba districts and a 740Kmlong LoC in Baramulla Kupwara Bandipora in the Valley and Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu divisionThe BSF guards the International Border while the Army guards the LoC IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/army-soldier-injured-as-another-encounter-breaks-out-in-jampk-639557.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/smokescreen-or-strategy-why-isi-is-unlikely-to-shift-terror-bases-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-639672.html New Delhi Sep 20 Over the past week there have been many reports relating to the damage caused to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan following Operation Sindoor Terrorists on their own have been posting videos about the damage caused to the Muridke training camp of the LashkareTaiba Further terrorists of the JaisheMohammad have openly spoken about how their chief Masood Azhars family was blown to pieces due the operation that India undertook to avenge the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 innocent livesAmidst this there was also news that terror groups are shifting out of Bahawalpur and Murdike and setting up their camps and headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPWhile outfits such as the LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammad have terror bases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Indian Intelligence agencies however have doubts on this claimOfficials say that given the current equation that Pakistan has with the Afghan Taliban the ISI would not risk moving major operations of its top two terror outfits to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Afghan Taliban would be breathing down their neck and to add to the misery of the ISI would be the TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTPThe TTP is very active in Pakistans northwest province Khyber PakhtunkhwaThere are operations that are carried out on a regular basis by the Pakistan Army against the TTP and this has made the place extremely volatile Hence the ISI may not take the gamble and shift the major bases of the two terror groups to KPThis week the security forces in Pakistan gunned down three terrorists including an Afghan national in KP The three were said to be involved in a bombing in Peshawar which led to the death of a subinspector and constableLast weeks raids by the Pakistan security forces in KP led to the death of 19 soldiers and 45 terrorists Pakistan has repeatedly said that the TTP with the help of the Afghan Taliban carries out attacks on Pakistani soldiersKhyber Pakhtunkhwas proximity to the Afghan border also makes the place a high risk zoneThe TTP has been accused of using the Afghan border to launch attacks against the Pakistan ArmyTaking all these aspects into mind the ISI may not want the terrorists of the LashkareTaiba or the JaisheMohammad to be caught in a cross fire Intelligence Bureau officials say that putting out news stating that operations are being moved to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to escape from the radar of the Indian forces could be a smoke screen to divert attentionPutting out such material gives the ISI the breathing space to create new infrastructure for the terror groups Pakistan may not have expected in its wildest dreams that India could carry out an operation of such a scale The precision strikes and the depth is what hit Pakistan the most and caused it major embarrassmentOfficials say that despite Operation Sindoor Pakistan will not change its policy regarding terror However this time it does know that any terror attack will be treated as an act of war and India will hit harderIn such an event it would want to ensure that even if there is a hit there is no major damage to terror infrastructure Operation Sindoor was a huge setback for terror groups especially the JaisheMohammad and LashkareTaiba There is panic among the ranks the ISI knows thisGiven the circumstances and taking into consideration the might of the Indian armed forces and also the rising tensions with the Afghan Taliban Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would not be the best option for the ISI to set up terror operationsIn the aftermath of Operation Sindoor the ISI started to pull terror camps and related infrastructure from known places It was decided that the main facilities such as the headquarters and the training camps will be set up close to army installations This decision was taken keeping in mind that in case of an operation by the Indian armed forces the Pakistan Army would be able to protect the terror infrastructure IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/smokescreen-or-strategy-why-isi-is-unlikely-to-shift-terror-bases-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-639672.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-operation-sindoor-jem-and-hizbul-begins-relocation-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-jem-to-hold-a-big-event-on-sep-25-in-peshawar-639503.html New Delhi Sep 19 Four months after the Operation Sindoor which brought down Pakistans terror infrastructure to its knees sources and visuals confirm that Pakistansponsored terrorist groups particularly JaisheMohammed JeM and Hizbul Mujahideen HM have begun a deliberate strategic relocation into Pakistans restive region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPK province The decision reflects a significant tactical adaptation by these groups which now view Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK as vulnerable to Indian precision strikes while KPK offers greater depth due to its geography proximity to the Afghan frontier and existing terror safe havens dating back to the Afghan warTop sources told IANS that this movement is being conducted with full awareness and direct facilitation of Pakistans state structures as evidenced by overt JeM gatherings held under police protection and the tacit involvement of political religious outfits like Jamiat UlemaeIslam JUIThe most significant development uncovered occurred in Garhi Habibullah town of Mansehra district KPK where JeM staged a public recruitment driveVisuals and graphics shared on social media and a few other footage accessed by IANS confirm that the event ostensibly organised as part of a Deobandi religious gathering was in fact a coordinated mobilisation effort led jointly by JeM and JUI in the presence of Mulana Mufti Masood Ilyas Kashmiri alias Abu Mohammad JeMs Amir for KPK and Kashmir who personally addressed the gatheringIlyas Kashmiri is a highvalue target wanted in India closely connected to JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar and one of the principal figures in JeMs operational restructuring after Operation SindoorHis presence at a public rally guarded by both JeM cadres armed with M4 rifles and local police officers including Inspector Liaqat Shah of Garhi Habibullah Police Station reflects both state complicity and the boldness of JeMs revivalist strategy a source saidIn his speech which lasted for over 30 minutes he glorified Osama bin Laden calling him the ShohadaeIslam and Prince of Arab directly linking JeMs ideological line with AlQaedas legacyHe reminded the audience that following the Kandahar hijack of IC814 in 1999 when Masood Azhar was freed from Indias Tihar Jail and returned to Pakistan it was Balakot in KPK that became his headquarters portraying KPK as an eternal sanctuary for the mujahideenHe then recounted in detail the events following the 7 May Indian strike on JeMs Marakaz Subhanallah which killed members of Masood Azhars familyIlyas Kashmiri claimed that the bodies were turned to mince by Indian bombs and that this incident provoked the Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to personally order GHQ to direct military commanders to attend the funerals of JeM terrorists the Pakistan Air Force to provide overhead security and soldiers to salute dead JeM operativesHe narrated these details to frame the Pakistan Army and government as not only protectors but also participants in jihad which accesses the dangerous narrative with strong resonance among Deobandi radical youthAssessment indicates that the rallys true purpose was recruitment for JeMs training facility at Mansehra known as Marakaz ShohadaeIslam which has been undergoing expansion since Operation Sindoor sources saidSources inside Mansehra confirm construction activity and an increase in logistical inflows at the site They link this facility directly to Kashmiris speech and recruitment appeals as attendees were urged to join JeM and physically enrol in jihad The timing and location of the rally coupled with JUIs cover role reveal a calculated attempt to normalise recruitment under the guise of religiouspolitical gatheringsImportantly sources also confirm JeMs plans to hold another major event on September 25 in Peshawars Marakaz Shaheed Maksudabad to commemorate Yusuf Azhar Masood Azhars brother killed in Operation SindoorPamphlets distributed in KPK confirm that the event will be staged under JeMs alias AlMurabitun Senior JeM leaders are expected to attend and sources expect this gathering to double as both a memorial rally and a mass recruitment campaignSimilarly Hizbul Mujahideen HM under exPakistani commando Khalid Khan is constructing a new training facility named HM 313 in the Bandaai area of Lower Dir KPK Notably this land was discreetly purchased in August 2024 and construction resumed Post Operation SindoorThis facility is intended as a replacement for destroyed PoK camps and a platform for indoctrination and crossborder planning into KashmirThe strategic implication as per analysis is that JeM and HM are deliberately moving their infrastructure to KPK because the Indian military struck targets inside PoK and Punjab during Operation Sindoor leaving JeMs Mansehra and LeTs Ghari Habibullah camp untouchedTerror groups calculate that positioning themselves deeper inside KPK reduces their exposure to future Indian strikes while simultaneously bringing them closer to Afghan networksSources indicate that KPK is now being repositioned as a rear command zone for JeM while PoK continues to serve as a forward operating platform for infiltrationHowever such a shifting might be to deceive intelligence agencies as wellThe fact that Pakistan currently chairs the UN Security Council as well as at SCO while JeM rallies occur under official protection exposes a glaring contradiction in its international posture IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-operation-sindoor-jem-and-hizbul-begins-relocation-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-jem-to-hold-a-big-event-on-sep-25-in-peshawar-639503.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-assam-rifles-jawans-killed-five-injured-by-unidentified-gunmen-in-manipur--639509.html Imphal Sep 19 IANS At least two Assam Rifles jawans were killed and at least five others injured when a group of unidentified armed cadres attacked a vehicle of the paramilitary force in Manipurs Bishnupur district on Friday evening officials saidnbspnbspA police official in Imphal said that the incident took place in Bishnupur districts Nambol Sabal Leikai areanbspA defence spokesman said that a column of troops of 33 Assam Rifles was moving from its Patsoi Company Operating Base to Nambol Company Operating Base when it was ambushed in the general area of Nambol Sabal Leikai by unidentified terrorists on the highway in the denotified area of ManipurIn the ensuing action two personnel of Assam Rifles were martyred and five were injured and have since been evacuated to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS in Imphal the spokesman said adding that they are currently stablenbspAs of now no group has claimed responsibility for the attacknbspMassive search operations are ongoing to apprehend the terrorists involved in the incident the defence spokesman saidnbspA police official earlier said that a group of heavily armed gunmen ambushed the vehicle in which Assam Rifles personnel were travelling towards Bishnupur district from the capital Imphal claiming the lives of two jawans and injuring fiveAfter the incident a huge contingent of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police led by senior officials rushed to the areas and launched a massive combing operation to nab the assailants the official saidnbspAnother police official said that the heavily armed attackers opened fire on the vehicle carrying Assam Rifles personnel from Imphal towards Bishnupur In the sudden assault two personnel were killed on the spot while five others sustained bullet injuriesnbspSecurity forces have cordoned off the area and a search operation is currently underway to trace the attackersnbspFurther details are awaitednbspMeanwhile security forces have arrested six militants belonging to different banned militant outfits from three Imphal Valley districts during the past 24 hoursThree hardcore cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party PWG outfit were arrested from their respective residences in Imphal West district They were identified as Leishangthem Tondon Singh 34 Leishangthem Anand Singh 34 and Heikham Hemchandra Singh 41 a police statement said Two SelfLoading Rifles two modified 303 rifles an INSAS rifle nine magazines of different types and 99 cartridges were seized from their possessionnbspAnother cadre of the same outfit was arrested from Andro in Imphal East district He was identified as Taorem Tomchou Meitei alias Pena 45nbspAn active cadre of the proscribed Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK outfit was arrested from Ichan Khunou in Thoubal district Police also arrested an active cadre of the banned Socialist Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak SOREPA outfit from Samaram Mayai Leikai in Thoubal district He was identified as Khoinaijam Bhumeshwor Singh 24 A dummy gun and three cartridges were seized from his possession it said https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-assam-rifles-jawans-killed-five-injured-by-unidentified-gunmen-in-manipur--639509.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/manmohan-singh-thanked-yasin-malik-on-meeting-hafiz-saeed-amit-malviya-flags-affidavit-639407.html Srinagar Sep 19 Yasin Malik the incarcerated chief of the banned terror outfit Jammu amp Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF has made some shocking claims in his affidavit to the Delhi high court Malik is serving a life sentence in a terror funding caseAmit Malviya BJP leader in charge of the partys IT cell said on X on Friday Jammu amp Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF terrorist Yasin Malik serving a life sentence in a terrorfunding case has made a shocking claim In an affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court on August 25 Malik says He met LashkareTaiba founder and 2611 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006 The meeting was not his independent initiative but was arranged at the request of senior Indian intelligence officials as part of a backchannel peace processAfter the meeting thenPM Manmohan Singh personally thanked and expressed gratitude to him Yasin Malik is a hardened terrorist who is guilty of gunning down three Air Force personnel in uniform This amounts to waging war against the state and he must be subjected to the full force of the law the BJP leader said in his postIf these new claims are true they raise grave questions about the UPAs handling of national security and backchannel diplomacy he addedIn an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has painted a startling picture of his decadeslong involvement in Indias backchannel diplomacy from intimate dinners with ministers and intelligence chiefs to a phone call with industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani The JKLF chief was convicted and sentenced to a life term by the National Investigation Agency NIA court for receiving foreign funding and links with militant outfitsThe NIA has now appealed to the Delhi High Court for enhancing the life term to a death sentenceMalik says he accepts his fate gleefully but insists his journey was shaped not in isolation but through deep statesanctioned engagementMalik opens with a note of fatalism I understand the balance of scales isnt tipped in my favour and a statement is to be made out for Kashmir using me as a precedent being a diehard romantic I would accept it as the ultimate endgame of my fate gleefullyHe situates his current trial in the aftermath of Article 370 and 35As abrogation which he says unleashed fear intimidation and arrests of thousands of political leaders activists teachers lawyers and journalistsIn the early 1990s Malik recalls being taken from Mehrauli subjail to a bungalow in Maharani Bagh where the then Home Minister Rajesh Pilot IAS officer Wajahat Habibullah and senior IB officers pressed him to surrender his armsMalik claims PV Narasimha Rao then prime minister had given specific orders to bring him back into democratic politicsAfter three years of negotiations he was released in May 1994 announcing a unilateral ceasefire in Srinagar and declaring he would pursue a nonviolent democratic peaceful struggle come what mayThe government followed through Bail was granted in all 32 pending TADA cases and none were pursued Malik insists this truce was honoured for 25 years across the tenures of Rao Vajpayee Gujral Manmohan Singh and even PM Modis first termAt one such meeting RK Mishra trusted aide of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee once handed him a phone On the other end was Dhirubhai Ambani Malik says Ambani spoke warmly about his humble and nimble beginnings and stressed that sheer hard work often results in rewarding results The call Malik suggests symbolised the unusual breadth of his contacts from ministers to tycoons IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/manmohan-singh-thanked-yasin-malik-on-meeting-hafiz-saeed-amit-malviya-flags-affidavit-639407.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mehbooba-mufti-writes-to-amit-shah-view-yasin-maliks-case-through-humanitarian-lens-639426.html Srinagar Sep 19 IANS Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday that she has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to review the case of incarcerated JKLF chief Yasin Malik through a humanitarian lensnbspnbspInterestingly Mehbooba Muftis appeal to Amit Shah has come at a time when media reports quoting Yasin Maliks affidavit to the Delhi High Court said that he had given up arms and met terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed at the behest of the then Prime Minister Manmohan SinghMalik also said in his affidavit that Manmohan Singh had thanked him for meeting Hafiz Saeed and for giving up arms to wage a nonviolent separatist strugglenbspMehbooba Mufti said on X Ive written to Shri Amit Shah ji to view Yasin Maliks case through a humanitarian lens While I differ with his political ideology one cannot ignore the courage it took him to renounce violence and choose the path of political engagement and non violent dissentnbspIn her long letter to make a mercy appeal to Amit Shah Mehbooba Mufti wrote I earnestly appeal to your esteemed office for a compassionate and urgent review of the case of Yasin Malik a name that once symbolised resistance later chose restraint and now remains silenced behind prison wallsHis story is not simple as no story born out of conflict ever is Yet what matters most is the profound transformation he undertook and the trust he placed in the state when he renounced violence and chose the path of political engagement and nonviolent dissent Yasin Maliks journey is no secret to the Indian state 1994 he took a courageous and rare decision to lay down arms and embrace political nonviolent means to pursue change her letter readsYasin Malik is presently serving a life sentence in a terror funding case after he was convicted by the NIA courtnbspNIA has appealed to the high court to award a death sentence to Malik in the terror funding casenbspHe is also on trial for shooting and killing four IAF officials in Srinagars Rawalpora area on January 25 1990 The victims included Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna In 2024 an eyewitness identified Yasin Malik as the shooter in this 1990 IAF officers murder case before a special courtnbspThis incident is a significant part of the multiple charges Yasin Malik faces including his involvement in the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed the daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mehbooba-mufti-writes-to-amit-shah-view-yasin-maliks-case-through-humanitarian-lens-639426.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-calls-on-international-community-to-ensure-let-jem-dont-use-afghan-territory-639136.html United Nations Sep 18 India has called on the international community to ensure that LashkareTaiba LeT JaisheMohammed JeM and other terrorist organisations do not exploit Afghanistans territory India is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan Indias Permanent Representative P Harish told the Security Council on WednesdayThe international community must coordinate efforts towards ensuring that entities and individuals designated by the UN Security Council the ISIL Islamic State group and AlQaeda and their affiliates including LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammed along with those who facilitate their operations no longer exploit the Afghan territory for terrorist activities he saidHarish said that India welcomed the strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack by LeT affiliate The Resistance Front which killed 26 civilians based on their religionThe SecretaryGenerals Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva who spoke earlier during the Council discussion on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA warned that the presence of extremist groups posed a problem for Afghanistan despite a notable decline in largescale armed conflict and violenceThe Taliban regime which took over Afghanistan after the US withdrew its troops in 2021 has not been recognised by the UN which refers to it as the de facto authorities and by most countries including IndiaHarish however said a fresh approach was needed towards AfghanistanAny coherent policy to address a postconflict situation must combine incentivising positive behaviour and disincentivising harmful actions he saidFocusing only on punitive measures is unlikely to meet desired results he saidHe pointed out that the UN and the international community have adopted more nuanced approaches in other postconflict contexts and added that similarly Afghanistan needs a fresh approach with hitherto unused policy instruments to support its people who are in such a dire needMaintaining the status quo is not good for Afghanistan and unlikely to meet international community expectations for Afghanistans people he addedHe said that India will continue engaging with all relevant stakeholdersOn the political front Indias External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has spoken twice with Afghanistans Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi he saidMuttaqi was expected to visit New Delhi this month but his trip was cancelled because he is under UN sanctions which restrict his travelHowever Deputy Medicine and Food Minister Hamdullah Zahid and a top Taliban official handling security and strategic affairs whose identity could not be disclosed visited India recently IANS has revealedHarish said I would like to reiterate that our commitment to meeting the developmental needs of the people of Afghanistan is nonnegotiableHe listed the various humanitarian aid India has sent to AfghanistanSpeaking through a video link Otunbayeva said that she hoped a pathway can be agreed for engagement with Afghanistan to continue and for it to begin yielding more positive results especially for women and girls in AfghanistanShe said that there were different trends vying for influence within the de facto authorities one that is more pragmatic and oriented to the needs of Afghan people and the other more focused on the creation of what is described as a pure Islamic systemThe Islamic systemoriented faction has placed increasing restrictions on the Afghan people especially women whose education and ability to work have been severely curtailed she saidOtunbayeva recounted how women have been denied assistance during the recent earthquake and women UN employees have been prevented from accessing their officesIn view of the lack of pragmatism members of the international community increasingly ask how much they should support a country whose leaders undermine their population she said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-calls-on-international-community-to-ensure-let-jem-dont-use-afghan-territory-639136.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/agencies-alerted-to-burdwan-style-bomb-making-modules-after-pahalgam-638820.html New Delhi Sep 16 Security along the IndiaPakistan border is at an alltime high following the Pahalgam attack It was ramped up even further after India carried out Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 innocent lives The tightening of security has made it nearly impossible for terrorists from Pakistan to infiltrate Another problem that is being faced by these elements is that they are unable to smuggle arms and ammunition for terrorists to use in Jammu and KashmirThe ISI has now activated its modules in India and is encouraging them to operate from remote places and prepare the ammunition or bombs This is very much on the lines of the Burdwan module in West Bengal that was busted by the agencies in 2014The ISI proposes similar modules across the country as it feels that this would ensure quicker and secure arms delivery to its terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir and other placesIntercepts picked up by the Intelligence Bureau suggest that smaller units to manufacture arms and ammunition are being planned across the country The agencies have advised the state police units to coordinate closely with the central agencies These modules have to be tracked and shut down If there are slipups these have the potential to set up scores of small units and produce a large amount of arms and ammunitionThe primary intention of the ISI is to manoeuvre the block that it is facing at the Line of Control LoC owing to heightened security Initially it had managed to overcome this problem by using the border with Punjab to send in drugs arms and ammunition When the manual routes were blocked Pakistan used drones to deliver narcotics money arms and ammunition Once these were dropped off in Punjab they would be transported by route to Jammu and Kashmir The arms were also meant to be used by the Khalistani terrorists based in PunjabHowever with technology being enhanced the Indian agencies managed to shut down this menace largelyWith so many blocks the ISI has now plotted to set up small units and manufacture arms The money would be routed through clandestine methods The agencies say that the ISI uses the hawala route extensively to send money to its operatives in India Most of the money that comes in for such activities using the hawala route is usually from Gulf nationsOfficials say that identifying such units would be crucial and hence the coordination between the states and the Centre is important While such units can come up overnight it is important to prevent them from manufacturing arms and ammunition officials also noteThe job would be harder for the security agencies since these factories would be set up in remote places away from the public eye This is an intentional ploy to avoid scrutiny It worked for terror groups in Burdwan The bomb making factories in Burdwan were operating as cottage industries Bombs were being manufactured in firecrackermaking units and hence they never caught the attention of the policeAfter the module was busted the police found that bombs had been manufactured in thousands It was later learnt that the bombs were being manufactured by the Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB This was being done at the insistence of the JamaateIslami which was planning on carrying out a series of blasts in Bangladesh to enforce regime changeWhile the ISIs new plan is similar in terms of infrastructure and secrecy the intention is to carry out blasts in the country and also ensure that there is a proper supply chain of arms and ammunition to Jammu and Kashmir IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/agencies-alerted-to-burdwan-style-bomb-making-modules-after-pahalgam-638820.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/masood-azhars-family-torn-to-shreds-in-operation-sindoor-jem-commander-admits-in-viral-video-638835.html Islamabad Sep 16 Months after India dismantled major terror infrastructure under Operation Sindoor a JaisheMohammed JeM commander has admitted that the family of the terror outfits founder Masood Azhar was torn to shreds in the Indian armed forces strikes on Bahawalpur BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya reported a video doing rounds on social media where a JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri flanked by armed personnel is conceding the substantial losses suffered by the terror group during Indias Operation SindoorThe acknowledgement comes in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives which prompted India to retaliate by destroying highvalue terror targets of JeM and LashkareTaiba LeT in Pakistan and PakistanoccupiedKashmirPakistan itself later confirmed that nine sites had been struck including Bahawalpur Kotli and Muridke areas long known as terror strongholdsBahawalpur is Pakistans 12th largest city and a major hub of JeM operations It is home to the terror groups headquarters at Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah also referred to as the UsmanoAli campusAddressing a gathering Masood Ilyas Kashmiri said This nonsense of terrorism which we hold close to our hearts for the ideological and geographical boundaries of this country Pakistan sometimes we clashed with Delhi sometimes with Kabul and sometimes with KandaharAfter sacrificing everything on May 7 the family of Maulana Masood Azhar including his women and children were killed and torn to shreds in Bahawalpur he addedJaisheMohammad formed in the early 2000s after UNdesignated terrorist Masood Azhar called for jihad in Kashmir has carried out numerous attacks on Indian soilAfter the precision strikes of Operation Sindoor Pakistani media also reported that Azhar himself admitted to losing 10 family members in the Indian offensiveNow with the Pakistan establishment helping terror groups such as the LeT and JeM rebuild their facilities it is also important for them to keep the chiefs safe In the aftermath of the Indian retaliatory strikes and also the recent Operation Mahadev the morale of the cadre is said to be extremely lowIn such an event the establishment has given topnotch security to LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and JeM head Masood Azhar Intelligence officials say that when compared to the two groups the morale of the JeM terrorists is far worse than that of the LeTThis is due to several factors If one looks at Operation Sindoor it was the JeM which was hit the hardestWhile Azhar cannot make any public appearances now since the Indian agencies are tracking him very closely the ISI has shifted his location multiple times after Operation SindoorFor nearly ten days he was kept at a safe house in Rawalpindi In the wake of this Pakistans former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto had said that Azhar was taken to AfghanistanMoreover the JeM has also decided not to rebuild its headquarters at this location They are chasing a location that is closer to an Army establishment in Pakistan IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/masood-azhars-family-torn-to-shreds-in-operation-sindoor-jem-commander-admits-in-viral-video-638835.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistans-desperation-for-chinese-funds-risks-clash-with-afghan-taliban-638875.html New Delhi Sep 16 Pakistan may have gloated about the fact that China insisted on Afghanistan being part of the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor Project CPEC 20 but during his recent visit to China Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was left emptyhanded after Beijing said that investments would be subject to the security of the project The Chinese have had a hard time dealing with the Balochistan Liberation Army BLA and the TehreekTaliban Pakistan TTP while executing the CPEC project that passes through Balochistan They have repeatedly complained that Pakistan has failed to provide security to its people working on the project Further the two groups have caused substantial damage to the project during its executionChina is no doubt interested in the CPEC 20 involving Afghanistan However it has decided that it would tread cautiously this time around and would not put in its money unless Pakistan can guarantee the projects securityFor Pakistan taming the TTP is extremely crucial as it enjoys the support of the Afghan Taliban Pakistan had repeatedly blamed the Taliban of backing the TTP and allowing the outfit to use its soil to strike at PakistanNow Intelligence assessments say that Pakistan is getting desperate and has decided to take matters into its own hands while also conveying a message to the TalibanPakistan has now decided to carry out strikes on TTP bases within Afghanistan This risks a fullblown confrontation with the Taliban as well Pakistan has mapped TTP infrastructure across the Durand Line following a highlevel security meeting The meeting was chaired by Pakistans army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and other officials It was decided that Pakistan would carry out strikes thus indicating that there would be a major escalationAn official from Pakistan is likely to travel to Afghanistan and convey to the Taliban about their plans on dealing with the TTPRecently the Foreign Ministers of China Pakistan and Afghanistan held a meeting to discuss the CPEC 20 project China made it clear that it wanted Afghanistan to be part of the project While the meeting decided on a variety of factors the point on which there was no agreement was about the Talibans support for the TTP While Afghanistan assured China that it would not allow the BLA to use its soil to stage attacks it failed to give any such assurance about the TTPA lot would depend on the Pakistan officials visit to Afghanistan If the Taliban do not agree to what Pakistan is saying then one could expect chaos in the region Pakistan needs the investment from China desperately as its economy continues to fall each day However for that to take place it needs to convince Beijing that it is capable of securing the projectDespite making all efforts the Pakistan Army has failed to rein in the TTP Following the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the three countries the TTP has only scaled up attacks against the Pakistan Army The army has in the last week lost 50 personnel in attacks that were carried out by the TTP in areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Lower Dir Unable to fight the outfit the Pakistan Army has even reached out to the US seeking support in terms of Intelligence and other logisticsSharif recently blamed terrorists based in Afghanistan for striking in Pakistan He had also warned that they would no longer keep quiet The Pakistan Army may go on the offensive but the battle would not be an easy one especially against the TTPIndian officials feel that Pakistan without the support of the US or China is not likely to have any major success against the TTP or BLA However it is desperate for money and hence is ready to take the risk of going into an allout war against the TTP This however risks regional stability and the possibility of a massive escalation IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistans-desperation-for-chinese-funds-risks-clash-with-afghan-taliban-638875.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/allahabad-hc-to-hear-today-mosque-committee-plea-in-sambhal-jama-masjid-violence-case-638557.html Prayagraj Sep 15 The Allahabad High Court will on Monday take up the Sambhal Jama Masjid violence case following a petition filed by mosque committee Chairman Zafar Ali challenging the police charge sheet Ali has moved the trial court seeking quashing of the charge sheet filed in connection with the clashes that erupted during the survey of the Sambhal Jama Masjid on November 24 2024His name surfaced during the investigation leading to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment On July 24 the High Court granted him bailThe matter is listed before a single bench of Justice Sameer Jain which is expected to hear the case later in the dayThe development comes in the backdrop of a Special Investigation Team SIT of the Uttar Pradesh Police filing a mammoth charge sheet running over 4400 pages across six cases linked to the deadly violenceOfficials announced that Shariq Satha a resident of Sambhal is believed to be the mastermind behind the riots The violence resulted in five deaths and many injuriesSatha who allegedly operated a car theft ring involving over 300 stolen vehicles from the DelhiNCR region has also been connected to underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistans intelligence agency the ISI Investigators revealed that he fled India using a forged passportInvestigators uncovered a series of suspicious financial transactions linked to account holders in Sambhal along with the discovery of foreignmanufactured cartridges at the sites of the clashesPolice reported that Sathas close associates were responsible for the gunfire that resulted in the deaths of four victims However there was no First Information Report FIR filed regarding the fifth death raising additional questionsThe charge sheet has named Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq and the son of local MLA Iqbal Mahmood among the accused In total 37 individuals have been specifically identified while an additional 3750 people are accused but remain unnamed in connection with the violence IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/allahabad-hc-to-hear-today-mosque-committee-plea-in-sambhal-jama-masjid-violence-case-638557.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/elite-forces-dismantle-maoists-key-network-in-jharkhand-operations-638583.html Ranchi Sep 15 In a year of relentless counterinsurgency operations the elite 209 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action CoBRA has emerged as a formidable force against Maoists in Jharkhand With precision courage and tactical brilliance the unit has dismantled key elements of the insurgent network marking 2025 as a turning point in the regions fight against leftwing extremismThroughout the year 209 CoBRA neutralised 20 hardcore Maoists striking at the very heart of the movements leadershipAmong those eliminated were two Central Committee Members the highest rung of Naxal command along with two BJSAC BiharJharkhand Special Area Committee Members four Zonal Committee Members ZCMs two SubZonal Committee Members SZCMs and three Area Committee Members ACMsThese figures were not just foot soldiers but strategic planners recruiters and enforcers whose absence has left a vacuum in the insurgent hierarchyIn addition to these neutralisations the unit apprehended three Maoists alive including one SZCM one ACM area committee member and a cadreThese arrests have yielded critical intelligence further weakening the operational capabilities of the remaining factions and sowing fear among their ranksThe scale of material recovery underscores the intensity of the operations CoBRA troops seized 32 sophisticated automatic weapons 345 kilograms of explosives 88 detonators and over 2500 rounds of live ammunition The haul also included large quantities of warlike stores indicating the extent of militarisation within the Naxal infrastructureBeyond combat engagements the unit successfully dismantled 18 Naxal hideouts and destroyed 39 bunkersThese actions have crippled the insurgents ability to regroup plan ambushes and store arms effectively severing their logistical backboneSecurity analysts view these achievements not only as tactical victories but as strategic milestonesBy targeting leadership disrupting supply chains and reclaiming territory 209 CoBRA has delivered a decisive blow to Maoists in JharkhandThe morale among security forces is high while the insurgent movement reels from the loss of its core leadership and operational assetsAs the year closes the success of 209 CoBRA stands as a testament to the power of coordinated intelligence groundlevel grit and unwavering commitment to restoring peace and stability in the region IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/elite-forces-dismantle-maoists-key-network-in-jharkhand-operations-638583.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/five-eyes-alliance-must-work-together-to-counter-khalistani-extremism-report-638593.html Canberra Sep 15 Australia the United Kingdom New Zealand and the United States should join hands with Canada to dismantle Khalistani extremist fundraising and propaganda networks globally a report said on Monday It stated that key steps include coordinated monitoring of suspicious nonprofit activities intelligence sharing and decisive political distancing from separatist lobbies according to a report in The Australia TodayIt further mentioned that the Khalistani extremism has long been treated as an Indian issue but with Canadas recognition it is evident that the matter is a global security concernIf Five Eyes democracies truly believe in safeguarding pluralism and protecting their diverse communities they must act together Australia with its growing Indian diaspora and deepening strategic ties with New Delhi is well placed to lead this collective effort Canada has broken the silence Now it is time for its allies Australia included to stand firm and follow suit wrote Amit Sarwal cofounder of The Australia TodayThe report stated that Canada for the first time officially confirmed that banned extremist groups such as Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation are engaged in promoting separatism and violence in the countryCanada has taken a decisive step in acknowledging what India has long warned about the presence and operations of Khalistani extremist groups on its soil The 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks categorically identifies these groups as national security threats marking a pivotal shift in Ottawas counterterrorism strategy he addedThe 2025 assessment warns that while their operations are largely directed at India the activities have serious implications for Canadian national security and foreign policySarwal stressed that the move reflects a broader pattern building on the 2024 annual report of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS tabled in Parliament shortly after breakthrough talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at the Group of Seven G7 Summit in Alberta in June 2025The 2024 annual report said Canadabased Khalistani extremists CBKEs continue to pose a national security threat to Canada and Canadian interestsFor the first time the report said the Canadian government labelled Khalistan supporters operating within its borders as extremistsIndia has for long voiced concerns over Canada providing a safe haven to such elements for decades and the new acknowledgement marks a diplomatic breakthroughThis is where Australia and other Five Eyes intelligence partners come in Canada has finally drawn a red line between free expression and violent extremism and the rest must follow the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/five-eyes-alliance-must-work-together-to-counter-khalistani-extremism-report-638593.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/national-convention-of-wedding-amp-event-planners-held-in-jampks-srinagar-638529.html Srinagar Sep 14 The first ever national convention of wedding and event planners concluded on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmirs Srinagar city officials said Officials added that Kashmir hosted its first ever national convention of wedding and event planners under the title Hindustan 2025 organised by ICEI International EventsThe twoday event was held at the SheriKashmir International Conference Centre SKICC and it marked a milestone for the valleys emerging event industryThe International Convention of the Event Industry was presided over by President Rituraj Khanna with Gunjan Singhal serving as Chairperson and Irshad Hazari as Convention DirectorThe convention was formally inaugurated by the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar AbdullahDay one featured detailed industry sessions followed by a grand wedding showcase at SKICC where leading event professionals presented new concepts and trendsOn the second day the convention concluded with a closing ceremony presided over by Farooq Abdullah President of the Jammu and Kashmir National ConferenceDelegates from across India participated in the convention gaining both professional insights and cultural experiences during their stay in the valley Organisers said the event not only highlighted Kashmir as a potential hub for the wedding and event industry but also provided a platform for networking and knowledge exchangeThe convention was coordinated by Irshad Hazari of Euphoria Travel Services who ensured seamless arrangements and a memorable experience for all participants officials saidKashmir is fast picking up as the dream destination for weddings and other events those are being planned in Srinagar Gulmarg and PahalgamKashmir Tourism suffered its worst jolt on April 22 when Pakistanbacked terrorists of LashkareToiba killed 26 innocent civilians in Baisaran meadow of PahalgamThe incident outraged the entire nationPrime Minister Narendra Modi gave a free hand to the armed forces to avenge the Pahalgam terror attackIn target specific strikes were carried out against terror infrastructure in Muridke near Lahore Bahawalpur and Kotli and Muzaffarabad in PakistanOccupied Kashmir PoK Indian armed forces destroyed nine terror sitesIn tensions later escalated by Pakistan 18 of their defence bases were damaged IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/national-convention-of-wedding-amp-event-planners-held-in-jampks-srinagar-638529.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-president-signs-controversial-anti-terror-bill-critics-warn-of-expanded-state-power-638534.html New Delhi Sep 14 Pakistans President Asif Ali Zardari has signed into law the AntiTerrorism Amendment Bill 2025 reviving sweeping state powers of preventive detention and triggering sharp debate over its impact on civil liberties and democratic space The legislation passed earlier this month by both the National Assembly and Senate restores expired provisions of the AntiTerrorism Act ATA of 1997It authorises federal authoritiesand even the armed forces acting under government ordersto detain individuals for up to three months without charges if suspected of threatening national security or public safetyThe Pakistan government has defended the amendment as a necessary tool to counter rising militancy extortion rackets and kidnappings for ransomBut rights groups and opposition leaders argue that its deliberately broad language risks legitimising arbitrary detentions and silencing dissentAnalysts note that Pakistans counterterrorism laws have often been used beyond militant threatsensnaring political activists student groups journalists and minority voicesThe broad definition of terrorism under the ATA covering acts that spread fear or damage property has blurred the line between genuine threats and political oppositionOne of the most contentious aspects of the 2025 amendment is its reliance on preventive detention based on reasonable suspicionThe most contentious element of the new bill is its reliance on preventive detention Authorities can act on credible information or reasonable suspicion terms that are both vague and elastic said a report by European TimesWhile officials argue this enables preemptive disruption of terror plots critics warn it opens the door to mass sweeps and further repressionThe bill also deepens concerns over militarisation by explicitly extending detention powers to the armed forces reinforcing the militarys already dominant role in Pakistans political lifePakistan continues to battle violent groups including the TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP and sectarian outfitsEntire communities particularly ethnic and sectarian minorities have historically borne the brunt of counterterrorism campaigns From Baloch nationalists to Pashtun activists marginalised groups already stigmatised as security threats are likely to be disproportionately targeted under the amendment the report addedBy enacting the law reports argue Zardari has reaffirmed a pattern in which security imperatives override civil rightsleaving ordinary Pakistanis more vulnerable to arbitrary power even as the state claims to shield them from terrorism IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-president-signs-controversial-anti-terror-bill-critics-warn-of-expanded-state-power-638534.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 20:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/rebuilding-terror-hq-instead-of-homes-shameful-ex-jampk-police-chief-slams-pakistan-638462.html New Delhi Sep 14 Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid has issued a blistering critique of Pakistans governance and its use of public development funds to rebuild a terror headquarters rather than aid its poor and strongly defended Indias stance on sporting ties with Pakistan I think people of Pakistan must realise that the army rule in Pakistan should be used to build homes for the poor and to provide relief They are giving that money to rebuild a terrorist headquarters I read in the media that rebuilding the headquarters which was bombed by India during Operation Sindoor on 7th May will cost Rs 15 crore And out of this Rs 4 crore has been given by the Pakistan government It is such a shameful thing This money should have been given to the common people to build their homes and to help themVaid did not hold back in accusing Pakistani leadership of hypocrisyAnd you are collecting money in the name of building homes for the poor And you are taking money in charity and using it to build the headquarters of Muridke The people of Pakistan should see what the government is doing and how it is spending money to build the terror headquarters he saidHe also made pointed comments about social and moral contradictionsI saw on social media that Asim Munir who talks about Jihad religion and Islam his wife is sitting in a hookah bar This is the hypocrisy of the Pakistan Army generals Jihad is for the children of poor people Their own children study in schools abroad And they build palatial houses in the West This is the Jihad of Pakistan which is only for the poor peopleTurning to Sundays IndiaPakistan Asia Cup match Vaid backed the governments stance of restricting bilateral friendly matches while participating in tournamentsI believe that the Central government has done the right thing That there will be no bilateral matches between India and Pakistan My only appeal to the Indian players is that you should not be friendly with them And my appeal to the spectators is that you should not boycott these matches It is important to participateThe match between India and Pakistan is being held in Dubai soon after the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor in which the Indian Army retaliated to neutralise the terrorists responsible The match set at 800 pm IST in Dubai is being followed across India not just as a cricket game but as a focal point of national sentiment IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/rebuilding-terror-hq-instead-of-homes-shameful-ex-jampk-police-chief-slams-pakistan-638462.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/drone-recovered-near-loc-in-jammu-638296.html Jammu Sep 13 The police in Jammu and Kashmirs Jammu district said on Saturday that it has recovered a drone from a village near the Line of Control LoC in Akhnoor sector officials said Officials added that the drone was recovered from a field in Fattu Kotli village of Akhnoor by the policeInvestigation has been started to trace the origin of the drone whether it was sent from across the LoC or had been some drone used locally for filming marriage function etc officials saidDrones have been used in the past by terror handlers sitting across the border in Pakistan to send payloads of armsammunitioncash and drugs to sustain terrorism in Jammu and KashmirThe tactics adopted by terror handlers has been to drop the payloads from the drones at a place predetermined in consultation with terror outfits operating in Jammu and KashmirTerrorists would mostly use overground workers OGWs to pick up the consignments without risking their own livesThe OGWs work for the terrorists mostly because of monetary benefits and also for getting personal scores settled with neighbours and relatives by using the threat a common citizen faces from the gunwielding terroristsJampK has a 740kmlong LoC and a 240kmlong International Border IBThe Army guards the LoC while the BSF guards the IB in Jammu and KashmirThe BSF guards the IB in Jammu Samba and Kathua districts while the Army guards the LoC in Baramulla Kupwara Bandipora Rajouri Poonch and partly in Jammu districtTo deal with the menace of drones sent from across the border BSF has deployed special antidrone equipment along the IB to track and destroy a drone midairAfter this equipment was out in place by the BSF the frequency of drones sent from across the IB has drastically come down IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/drone-recovered-near-loc-in-jammu-638296.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-leader-sujata-surrenders-in-tgana-marks-turning-point-in-anti-lwe-campaign-638347.html RaipurHyderabad Sep 13 In a major breakthrough in Indias fight against leftwing extremism LWE senior Maoist commander Pothula Padmawati alias Sujata surrendered before Telangana Police on Saturday A Central Committee member of the banned CPI Maoist Sujata had been active for decades across Telangana Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and carried a bounty of Rs 1 croreHer surrender is being seen as a significant blow to the Maoist movement and a symbolic collapse of morale within its ranks Telangana Police said on SaturdaySujata 62 hails from Peninskal Padu village in Katu Mandal Gadwal district Born into an agricultural family her father Thimarati served as a village postmaster while her mother Wanka was a homemakerShe was married to Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji a prominent Maoist leader and former secretary of the West Bengal State Committee who was killed in an encounter in 2011The couple had one daughterInspired by early Leftist figures such as Patel Sudhakar Suryam RK Sudhakar and Sugna Sujata joined the CPIML Peoples War Group in 1982Over the years she rose through the ranks serving as a village campaigner commander of multiple Talams and eventually as incharge of the South Bastar DivisionIn 2023 she was inducted into the Maoist Central Committee and also served as editor of Puri a magazine published in the Koya language DGP Telangana Dr Jitender told the media during a press conferenceCiting health concerns and ideological disillusionment the top cop said Sujata expressed her desire to live peacefully with her family and reintegrate into societyTelangana Police confirmed she will receive Rs 25 lakh under the states comprehensive rehabilitation policy along with other benefits extended to surrendered cadresHer surrender follows a series of highprofile eliminations of senior Maoist leaders including Baswaraju and Balakrishna both killed in ChhattisgarhThese actions along with Union Home Minister Amit Shahs announcement to eliminate LWE by March 2026 have intensified pressure on the organisation he saidMaoist commander and Central Committee member Sujata who was active in Chhattisgarh and Telangana for several decades and had a bounty of Rs 1 crore on her head got disillusioned with the Maoist ideology and surrendered in Telangana BJP Chhattisgarh unit posted on XIn 2025 alone 44 underground cadres from Telangana and Chhattisgarh have surrendered including several senior leadersOfficials believe Sujatas exit will disrupt Maoist command structures and encourage others to follow suit further accelerating the governments campaign for peace and stability in longaffected tribal regions IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-leader-sujata-surrenders-in-tgana-marks-turning-point-in-anti-lwe-campaign-638347.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pfi-bihar-president-arrested-by-nia-in-phulwari-sharif-criminal-conspiracy-case-638375.html New Delhi Sep 13 The National Investigation Agency NIA on Saturday arrested the Bihar state president of the banned Popular Front of India PFI in the 2022 Phulwari Sharif criminal conspiracy case Mahboob Alam alias Mahboob Alam Nadvi a resident of the Hasanganj area of the district Katihar Bihar was nabbed from Kishanganj He is the 19th accused to be arrested and chargesheeted in the case which was initially registered by the local police against 26 personsThe case RC312022NIADLI involved PFI associates in unlawful and antinational activities aimed at creating an atmosphere of terror by spreading religious enmity between members of different religions and groups the NIA said in a statementThe case is related to activities prejudicial to peace and harmony and intended to disrupt public tranquillity and cause disaffection against India justifying the use of criminal forceMembers of PFI had indulged in spreading fear amongst the general public through promotion of PFI ideology seeking to establish the rule of Islam in India as envisaged in the outfits seized vision document titled India 2047 Towards Rule of Islam in India Internal Document Not for circulationAccused Mehboob Alam was found to be part of the PFI conspiracy as stated in the said document seized from Ahmad Palace Phulwarisharif Patna on July 11 2022Along with coaccused persons he was engaged in recruitment training meetings and antinational activities of PFI as per the NIA investigationsHe had also raised funds and provided them to the coaccused persons and PFI cadresInvestigations in the case under the IPC and UAP Act are continuingIt may be noted here that the security agencies are leaving no stone unturned in grabbing the members of the nowbanned PFI and the arrest of the Bihar PFI president is likely to provide crucial details in the Phulwari Sharif criminal conspiracy case IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pfi-bihar-president-arrested-by-nia-in-phulwari-sharif-criminal-conspiracy-case-638375.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/remembering-911-americans-pledge-to-defend-nation-freedom--637985.html New York Sep 12 With pledges to defend the nation and freedom the US remembered the horrific attack on the US 24 years ago by Islamic terrorists whose leader found a welcome in Pakistan We will build taller grow stronger fight harder and soar higher And together we will go forward as one people with one heart one fate one flag and one glorious destiny under one Almighty God US President Donald Trump said on ThursdayWe will defend the nation they served the values they upheld and the freedom for which they died he said referring to the victims and the first responders thousands of whom face serious health issues from the toxic fumes stirred by the burning debrisIronically the remembrances of the 911 alQaeda terrorist attack were held under the shadow of domestic terrorism that took the life of a conservative political activist close to Trump Charlie Kirk on WednesdayTrumps remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon one of the three places scarred by 911 terrorism was itself tinged by that terrorist act and moved inside the defence headquarters complex from the traditional spot at its entrance because of its vulnerabilityOn that fateful day savage monsters attacked the very symbols of our civilisation Yet here in Virginia at the Pentagon and in New York and in the skies over Pennsylvania Americans did not hesitate he said recalling the national unity in the 911 aftermath in contrast to its fraying seen in the weeks political violenceToday as one nation we renew our sacred vow that we will never forget September 11 2001 he saidAt ceremonies held at the three spots where the terrorists struck bells tolled the time of the attack and the names of the 2977 were solemnly intonedPeople of Indian origin estimated at 250 of whom 32 were born in India were among the victimsAcross the nation commemorations were also held at the memorials to the victims of the attack that has been seared into the nations psycheOn 911 19 hijackers belonging to alQaeda hijacked four passenger planes two of which were crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New YorkAnother was weaponised against the Pentagon but the passengers heroically overpowered the hijackers forcing the plane to crash into a field in Pennsylvania before it could hit their intended target in WashingtonOsama bin Laden the dreaded leader of alQaeda behind the attacks was welcomed by Pakistan where the US exacted its vengeance by hunting him down and killing him near a military establishmentAt Ground Zero in Manhattan Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel attended the ceremony before heading out to Utah to oversee the investigation into the assassination of Kirk IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/remembering-911-americans-pledge-to-defend-nation-freedom--637985.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-france-hold-17th-counter-terrorism-meet-in-paris-condemn-pahalgam-attack-638019.html New Delhi Sep 12 India and France reaffirmed their strong commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms during the 17th Meeting of the IndiaFrance Joint Working Group JWG on counterterrorism in Paris according to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs MEA on Thursday The Indian delegation led by KD Dewal Joint Secretary Counter Terrorism MEA and the French side headed by Olivier Caron French CounterTerrorism Ambassador held the meeting on Thursday and condemned the dastardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam Jammu and Kashmir that claimed 26 livesThe Ministry of External Affairs MEA statement on Friday underscored the shared concerns of both nations on terrorism and emphasised the need for stronger bilateral cooperation in dealing with evolving security threatsDuring the meeting the two delegations exchanged views on the current threat assessments in their respective countriesDiscussions included Statesponsored crossborder terrorism terrorist activities in South Asia and the Middle East and the increasing misuse of emerging technologies by terror groupsThe two sides also focused on challenges posed by radicalisation and extremism especially online The dialogue highlighted the need for joint efforts to counter terrorist propaganda and online recruitment an issue of growing concern globallyFrance and India also expressed interest in enhancing coordination at international platforms such as the United Nations Financial Action Task Force FATF and No Money for Terror NMFT initiativeThe MEA noted The discussion on bilateral and multilateral cooperation focused on intensifying capacitybuilding measures through training and exercises The two sides discussed cooperation in the UN FATF and NMFTIn addition the two countries explored expanding the scope of their counterterrorism dialogue to include organised crime cybersecurity threats and the exchange of information on online propagandaThe meeting concluded with both sides agreeing to convene the 18th JWG meeting in India at a mutually convenient dateThe longstanding counterterrorism cooperation between India and France is seen as a vital element of their strategic partnership rooted in shared democratic values and a joint commitment to global security IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-france-hold-17th-counter-terrorism-meet-in-paris-condemn-pahalgam-attack-638019.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/baloch-activists-write-to-911-victims-expose-link-between-pakistani-agencies-and-terror-groups-638141.html Quetta Sep 12 Leading Baloch activists on Friday wrote to the families of the 911 victims mourning the innocent lives lost 24 years ago and remembering the thousands of men women and children in the United States NATO countries Balochistan and Afghanistan who were later killed by forces nurtured by Pakistans InterServices Intelligence ISI and military intelligence agencies It is no secret there are piles of reports that Osama bin Laden and alQaeda were sheltered in Pakistan by its intelligence agencies and military generals with the silent complicity of political leaders With financial military and logistical support they were enabled to wage war leading to immense sacrifices and devastation for America NATO and Afghanistan alike a letter posted by human rights defender Mir Baloch on X detailedThe letter stated that Pakistans own generals have openly admitted to collusion with the terrorist organisations Whenever history is written it will record that ISI defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan with Americas money and after 911 ISI again defeated America in Afghanistan with Americas money it quoted former ISI chief General Hamid Gul as saying in an interview given to Pakistani media outlet ARY TVAccording to the letter another ISI chief General Asad Durrani confessed on an international media outlet that Pakistan took US funds while secretly supporting the Taliban declaring America and Pakistan were never partners they are in a state of warPakistan turned the tragedy of 911 into a lucrative business pocketing 33 billion dollars in US aid as nothing more than blood money for its soldiers What was meant to fight terror became a profitmaking enterprise for Islamabads Generals And today those same Generals are once again deepening Balochistans wounds the letter detailedWithout the consent of the Baloch nation they are striking deals with the Trump administration over Balochistans mineral wealth and critical resources selling the future of an oppressed people for their own gain it addedThe Baloch people appealed directly to the American public urging them not to allow their government to squander hardearned tax dollars on Pakistans deception They wrote that every deal struck with Islamabad over Balochistans resources is not only a betrayal of justice but also an act of fueling the very terrorism that threatens global peaceHistory has already shown the cost of trusting Pakistan Past US administrations turned a blind eye while Islamabad built its nuclear arsenal under the cover of American partnership And now Pakistan emboldened like a rogue state openly threatens to drown half the world while joining hands with Iran to speak of erasing Israel from the face of the earth the letter highlightedThis is not just a regional issue it is a moral test for America Stand with justice stand with the Baloch nation and refuse to empower those who profit from blood and terror it concluded IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/baloch-activists-write-to-911-victims-expose-link-between-pakistani-agencies-and-terror-groups-638141.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/geneva-exhibition-highlights-ongoing-persecution-of-minorities-in-pakistan-bangladesh-638151.html Geneva Sep 12 A powerful exhibition organised by Global Human Rights Defence GHRD at the iconic Place des Nations beside the Broken Chair monument in Geneva shed light on the ongoing persecution and human rights violations faced by vulnerable minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh The three day event from September 810 drew significant attention from the public civil society actors and international visitorsThrough impactful posters statistical evidence and portraits of victims the exhibition amplified the voices of communities including Ahmadiyya Sindh and Baloch communities in Pakistan as well as Hindu Buddhist and Christian minorities in Bangladesh who were often silenced or ignoredThese groups continue to face systematic discrimination targeted violence forced conversions abductions and restrictions on freedom of religion or belief In Pakistan members of the Ahmadiyya community are legally disenfranchised and frequently subjected to hate campaigns while Baloch and Sindhi activists are often victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings read a statement issued by the GHRDIn Bangladesh religious minorities experience intimidation destruction of places of worship and marginalization in political and social life Across both countries victims and survivors frequently lack access to justice and protection leaving them vulnerable to repeated abuses it addedThe exhibition attracted a wide audience underscoring the urgency of addressing systemic discrimination and atrocities faced by these groups in Pakistan and BangladeshThe visitors engaged deeply with the material many offering moving statements of solidarity and calling for greater international awareness and actionThe exhibitions strong public reception reflected growing concern about the situation of minorities in South Asia GHRD called upon the United Nations international policymakers and human rights organisations to take concrete steps to protect vulnerable communities and hold perpetrators accountableEarlier this week at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva an event titled Voices from the Margins Protecting Minority Rights in South Asia drew attention to the concerning situation across South Asia particularly religious persecution in Pakistan and the targetting of Hindus and indigenous groups in BangladeshThe GHRD together with partners hosted the event which was attended by at least 50 members of civil society missions and permanent representations including Greece Denmark China India and Bangladesh IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/geneva-exhibition-highlights-ongoing-persecution-of-minorities-in-pakistan-bangladesh-638151.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/telangana-youth-among-five-arrested-by-delhi-police-for-terror-links-637860.html Hyderabad Sep 11 A youth from Telangana is among five persons arrested by Delhi Police from different parts of the country over alleged terror links A team from Delhi Polices Special Cell police on Wednesday took a youth into custody in Bodhan town of Telangana and shifted him to the national capital for investigationHuzaifa Yemen 20 is a B Pharma student at a local college Literature related to arms including PDF files was seized from him a police source said No arms or explosives were recovered from his possessionAfter the youths arrest by the Delhi police the local police also began an investigation into his local contactsHowever the youths family members denied that he has links with any terror groupsThe youth was reportedly arrested by the Delhi Police as part of the investigation into the case relating to the alleged terror plotThe Delhi police arrested five persons from different parts of the country over alleged terror links They were allegedly trying to recruit youngsters for ISISThe Bodhan youths arrest followed the arrest of the suspected ISIS operative in Jharkhand He was allegedly using a special video call app to be in touch with the terror suspectsDelhi Polices Special Cell Jharkhand AntiTerrorism Squad ATS and Ranchi police arrested Ashar Danish who is said to be the prime accusedTwo accused both natives of Mumbai were arrested in Delhi and another youth was arrested in Madhya PradeshThey were in touch with other members of an ISISinspired network and were engaged in activities aimed at furthering the terror outfits agendaMaterial used for making explosive devices was seized from them They were allegedly in touch with their handlers in Pakistan through social media appsThe accused were allegedly part of the sleeper module of ISIS and were tasked with making bombs procuring weapons and increasing the outfits strength IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/telangana-youth-among-five-arrested-by-delhi-police-for-terror-links-637860.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/new-criminal-laws-to-strengthen-countrys-zero-tolerance-towards-terrorism-jampk-l-g-sinha-637891.html Srinagar Sep 11 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor LG Manoj Sinha said on Thursday that the new criminal laws will strengthen the countrys zero tolerance towards terrorists The LG made these comments while inaugurating an exhibition on New Criminal Laws at the Jammu and Kashmir Police Public School in Srinagars BeminaHe commended the initiative of the Jammu and Kashmirs Economic Offences Wing to raise awareness and educate students parents and the general publicHe said that the exhibition will help in achieving broader objectives of shaping understanding on new laws and ensuring justice to the last man in the queueAfter almost 150 years Indias criminal justice system underwent a significant overhaul on July 1 2024 The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam were implemented nationwide to replace colonialera laws making the legal system more transparent and efficientThe three new criminal laws have completely transformed our criminal justice system making it victimcentric and more justiceoriented than punitiveThe new criminal laws reflect Indias collective vision of justice The prime objective of the new Laws is to protect and empower the women and weaker sections of the societySpecial care has been taken to make the weaker sections women and children priority of the justice system the LG saidHe directed the Jammu and Kashmir Police to continue organising public awareness camps on new criminal laws in collaboration with the Information Department Education Department and Legal Services AuthorityHe also stressed the importance of capacity building at all levelsFor the first time since Independence terrorism has been defined within the criminal justice system The new criminal laws will strengthen the countrys policy of zero tolerance against terrorism he saidJammu and Kashmir DGP Nalin Prabhat SJM Gillani Special DG Coordination Police Headquarters Vidhi Kumar Birdi Kashmir IGP Sujit Kumar Jammu and Kashmir IGP Security Anshul Garg Kashmir Divisional Commissioner senior officials of Police and Civil Administration civil society members teachers and students in large number were present IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/new-criminal-laws-to-strengthen-countrys-zero-tolerance-towards-terrorism-jampk-l-g-sinha-637891.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/-sambhal-from-simi-to-aqis-why-terrors-quiet-hub-got-a-watchdog-637896.html New Delhi Sep 11 The Uttar Pradesh government announced the establishment of an AntiTerrorism Squad ATS field unit in Sambhal This is a very important and necessary move by the UP government given the terror links that have cropped up in Sambhal The Indian Mujahideen and Students Islamic Movement of India SIMI have used Sambhal as operational hubs Today it is a hot hub for AlQaeda in the SubContinent AQIS with some of its top leaders even hailing from this placeIn addition to the issue of terrorism Sambhal is also communally sensitive Sambhal saw a major security upgrade following the November 2024 unrest The setting up of this new ATS will be a first in the Moradabad Zone Until now the ATS bases were limited to Meerut Saharanpur and NoidaWhen the AQIS was set up in 2014 it proposed to focus its activities in Afghanistan India Pakistan and Bangladesh However over a period of time the AQIS shifted its entire focus to India When this plan was set in motion it was decided that its major operating base would be in Sambhal This idea was pitched by the head of operations of the AQIS Asim Umar who was a resident of SambhalSince he was in Afghanistan he hired another Sambhal resident Mohammad Usman to oversee the India module from Sambhal Usman who is wanted by the UP police is currently lodged in a jail in PakistanWhile the November 2024 unrest following a courtmandated survey of the Jama Masjid was treated as a communal incident the Intelligence agencies picked up something more sinister It appeared to be a wellorchestrated pattern that had antiIndia links to it The agencies say that any form of violence is an act of terror and the AQIS could have had a hand in it or at least used its reach on encrypted platforms to spread fake narrativesWhen the AQIS decided to expand its operations in India Sambhal was the natural choice The place has a track record of being a comfortable operating base for both the Indian Mujahideen and SIMI One of the first decisions that the chief of the AQIS Arman alZawahiri took was to appoint Asim Umar as the head of operations The fact that he knew a lot about UP and Sambhal in particular was a major factor in him to be chosenUmar too felt that it would be best to have some from Sambhal to directly oversee operations especially in UP and the rest of North India Hence he decided to appoint Usman who hails from the same placeIn addition to terror groups the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate also has a strong base in Sambhal Dawood who largely focuses on narcotics smuggling is also part of the deeprooted terror network set up by the ISI He has been used several times in the past to set up terror modules with the help of his people Dawoods network in UP is a boon for the ISI as he can provide both men and money to help set up terror modules and also smuggle in arms and ammunitionUmar left India in 1989 and since then has shuttled between Pakistan and Afghanistan He has focused extensively on UP He would address the youth in Sambhal and other parts of the state through video and the question he asked frequently to radicalise them is Why isnt there a storm in your ocean Another line that he would ask the potential recruits is Is there not one mother in Uttar Pradesh who can sing a song to her son urging him to become a mujahideenLooking at the reach the AQIS and the DSyndicate have in UP and the close links to Sambhal it was the need of the hour to set up an ATS IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/-sambhal-from-simi-to-aqis-why-terrors-quiet-hub-got-a-watchdog-637896.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:30:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-maoists-killed-26-arrested-in-chhattisgarhs-gariaband-637936.html New Delhi Sep 11 In a major antiMaoist operation on Thursday 10 Maoists including a senior leader of the banned CPIMaoist have been neutralised in Chhattisgarhs Gariaband Acting upon an intelligence tipoff about the presence of Maoists in the forests of Mainpur area the teams of Gariaband E30 Special Task Force STF and COBRA Commando Battalion for Resolute Action an elite unit of CRPF reached the location and successfully conducted the antiMaoist operationsNotably Central Committee member Modem Balakrishna alias Balanna alias Ramchandra alias Manoj 58 was killed in the encounterBalakrishna was a resident of the Warangal district of TelanganaHe was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 crore and his encounter is being seen as a last nail on the coffin of the Naxalism scourge in the areaOn Thursday joint security forces have arrested 26 active Maoist members including six carrying a collective bounty of Rs 13 lakh in multiple operations across Bijapur district of ChhattisgarhThe coordinated crackdown was carried out by the District Reserve Guard DRG Bijapur personnel from Gangaloor Bhairamgarh Usur Awapalli and Tarrem police stations along with CoBRA 205 and CRPFs 196 and 62 BattalionsExplosives weapons and banned propaganda materials were also seizedAccording to officials the arrests were made during antiMaoist operations in separate police station areas three from Gangaloor three from Bhairamgarh eight from Awapalli eight from Usur and four from TarremSecurity forces also recovered IEDs cooker and tiffin bombs detonators safety fuses wires batteries digging tools and Maoist propaganda materials including banners posters and pamphletsDuring questioning the arrested Maoists confessed they were planning to plant IEDs to target security forcesCases have been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Explosives Act and all accused have been sent to judicial remandIn the last few months security forces have successfully neutralised the menace of Naxalism in the redcorridor areas including in Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha and TelanganaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has also reiterated several times in the past few months that that the Union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is resolved to eradicate Naxalism before March 31 2026 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-maoists-killed-26-arrested-in-chhattisgarhs-gariaband-637936.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-maoists-killed-26-arrested-in-chhattisgarh-637942.html New Delhi Sep 11 In a major antiMaoist operation on Thursday 10 Maoists including a senior leader of the banned CPIMaoist have been neutralised in Chhattisgarhs Gariaband Acting upon an intelligence tipoff about the presence of Maoists in the forests of Mainpur area the teams of Gariaband E30 Special Task Force STF and COBRA Commando Battalion for Resolute Action an elite unit of CRPF reached the location and successfully conducted the antiMaoist operationsNotably Central Committee member Modem Balakrishna alias Balanna alias Ramchandra alias Manoj 58 was killed in the encounterBalakrishna was a resident of the Warangal district of TelanganaHe was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 crore and his encounter is being seen as a last nail on the coffin of the Naxalism scourge in the areaOn Thursday joint security forces have arrested 26 active Maoist members including six carrying a collective bounty of Rs 13 lakh in multiple operations across Bijapur district of ChhattisgarhThe coordinated crackdown was carried out by the District Reserve Guard DRG Bijapur personnel from Gangaloor Bhairamgarh Usur Awapalli and Tarrem police stations along with CoBRA 205 and CRPFs 196 and 62 BattalionsExplosives weapons and banned propaganda materials were also seizedAccording to officials the arrests were made during antiMaoist operations in separate police station areas three from Gangaloor three from Bhairamgarh eight from Awapalli eight from Usur and four from TarremSecurity forces also recovered IEDs cooker and tiffin bombs detonators safety fuses wires batteries digging tools and Maoist propaganda materials including banners posters and pamphletsDuring questioning the arrested Maoists confessed they were planning to plant IEDs to target security forcesCases have been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Explosives Act and all accused have been sent to judicial remandIn the last few months security forces have successfully neutralised the menace of Naxalism in the redcorridor areas including in Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha and TelanganaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has also reiterated several times in the past few months that that the Union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is resolved to eradicate Naxalism before March 31 2026 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-maoists-killed-26-arrested-in-chhattisgarh-637942.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistani-military-basks-in-fake-victory-narrative-amid-deepening-crisis-report-637740.html Islamabad Sep 10 The Pakistani military establishment has exploited its fake victory narrative from the May conflict with India to silence dissent marginalise civilian institutions and deflect attention from structural failures in Pakistan a report cited on Wednesday It stated that as the country grapples with a worsening crisis including security challenges economic instability human rights abuses and environmental disaster the Pakistani Army basked in the manufactured wave of triumphalismPakistans attempt to project strength after the May 2025 conflict with India is dangerously misleading The military has significantly consolidated power basking in adulation and parades but the underlying crises of security economy governance human rights and environment have only worsened Far from strengthening the nation the war has emboldened the army to tighten its grip on power while ordinary Pakistanis bear the brunt of inflation violence repression and natural calamities a report in leading Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror detailedAccording to the report Pakistans economy has deteriorated further since May as the military conflict with India worsened an already fragile situation rattling investors and escalating defense expendituresEarlier this year it said Pakistan narrowly escaped default after receiving emergency loans from China Saudi Arabia and the IMF Although Islamabad recently touted an increase in foreign reserves to approximately 20 billion these gains are built on borrowed funds and temporary rollovers rather than sustainable growthOn the political side Pakistan has slid deeper into authoritarianism Since May the army has capitalized on its popular standing to further marginalize democratic institutions Opposition politicians journalists and activists have been relentlessly targeted In July authorities ordered YouTube to block more than two dozen opposition and journalistrun channels branding them antistate the report highlightedThe security situation has grown particularly dire Militant groups have intensified attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan inflicting heavy casualties on Pakistani security forces The TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP and Islamic State offshoots have increased their presence in the border areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province despite the militarys claims of winning the war on terrorism it addedThe report emphasised that human rights groups warned that abuses by Pakistani security forces including enforced disappearances torture and extrajudicial killings are on the rise in recent months which risks deepening alienation strengthening separatist narratives rather than undermining themIn August US Senator Chris Van Hollen condemned Pakistans escalating human rights violations cautioning that arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances threaten USPakistan relations The European Unions Ambassador in Islamabad similarly raised alarm about clear degradation of rights warning that trade privileges could be suspended if conditions in Pakistan do not improveThese rebukes highlight how Pakistans authoritarian slide accelerated since the conflict is damaging both its domestic political fabric and its international reputation the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistani-military-basks-in-fake-victory-narrative-amid-deepening-crisis-report-637740.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-more-maoists-charge-sheeted-by-nia-in-2023-wayanad-kdfc-office-attack-case-637755.html New Delhi Sep 10 The National Investigation Agency NIA has chargesheeted two more accused in the 2023 Maoist attack on Wayanad Kerala KFDC office the agency said on Wednesday In the supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court Ernakulam Kerala the two accused Santhosh Kumar A alias Raja and HS Ravindra alias Kottehonda Ravi alias Manoj have been charged under various sections of the IPC Arms Act PDPP Act UA P Act and Kerala Forest Act 1961According to the NIA it had earlier chargesheeted three other accused CP Moideen Manoj PM and P K Soman in the case RC032024NIAKOCAll five identified as members of the proscribed CPI Maoist terror organisation had been earlier arrested by NIA which took over the investigation from the Thalapuzha police in October last year the agency said in its press statementArmed with deadly weapons the five accused had on September 28 2023 criminally trespassed into the Kerala Forest Department Corporation KFDC office at Wayanad it saidThe sloganshouting CPI Maoist members had forcibly restrained the Manager threatened the other staff members at gunpoint damaged the public property and pasted posters of CPI Maoist in the office premisesThe agency added that the investigation continuesIt is pertinent to note here that CP Moideen alias Girish alias Salil alias Sajan Manoj PM alias Ashique and PK Soman alias Shahid alias Akbar were among the five Maoists who attacked the Kerala Forest Department Corporation KFDC office and shouted slogans as part of their violent antinational agenda the NIA said in the chargesheetThe guerrillas had been charged under various sections of the IPC Arms Act Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act Kerala Forest Act 1961 and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act said an NIA officialThe NIA which took over the case a few days later found during the investigation that CP Moideen Manoj PM and PK Sonam along with H S Ravindra alias Kotehonda Ravialias alias Manoj alias Ramu and Santhosh Kumar A alias Sandhosh Kumar alias Raja were members of the Military Wing Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army PLGA of CPI MaoistThey had formed a local guerrilla squad named Kabani Dalam in Wayanad forests and were actively engaged in acts of terrorism aimed at spreading fear among the public and destabilising the government The attack at KFDC was part of their violent antinational agenda the NIA had said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-more-maoists-charge-sheeted-by-nia-in-2023-wayanad-kdfc-office-attack-case-637755.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-using-jihadist-proxies-to-suppress-political-dissent-report-637486.html Islamabad Sep 9 The recent suicide bombing outside Quettas Shahwani Stadium claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province ISKP underscored Pakistans broader strategy of using jihadist proxies to suppress political dissent at home while painting itself as a victim of terror on the global stage a report cited on Tuesday Last week ISKP an offshoot of the terrorist organisation Daesh notorious for targetting religious sites and security convoys targetted a nationalist political gathering in Balochistans capital QuettaThe suicide bombing on September 2 hours after the Balochistan National PartyMengal BNPM rally concluded killed 15 people and injured 32 othersDaesh on its own doesnt usually strike political meetings in Balochistan Someone wanted this message sent leading Pakistani daily Dawn quoted a Quettabased analyst as sayingThe Quetta blast tied to politics this time only deepens concern that Pakistan cannot control its own backyard For Tehran still reeling from ISKPs Kerman bombing earlier this year the attack suggests militants operate across the border with ease the report detailedIt stressed that this is not the first instance such suspicions have emerged regarding PakistanIn his book Descent into Chaos Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid mentioned that after 2001 Pakistans InterServices Intelligence ISI positioned itself as a counterterror ally of Washington and simultaneously sheltered Taliban fighters by nurturing groups like LashkareTaibaNoted American political scientist C Christine Fair has described this contradictory policy as fighting some terrorists while backing othersThis kind of calibrated violence has been noted before in Pakistan The Centre for Research and Security Studies in its 2024 annual report warned that Islamabad increasingly uses federallybacked paramilitaries and proxies to manage dissent in provinces The Quetta bombing appears to follow the same model only with ISKP as the tool the report detailedIt further noted that Baloch armed groups are already hinting at retaliation Addressing reporters a spokesperson for the Baloch Liberation Army BLA said that the attack demonstrated how Islamabad uses Daesh against our peopleThe report highlighted that security officials privately fear a potential surge in ambushes targetting Pakistani troops in Quetta Gwadar and along the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor CPEC routesAnalysts slammed the condemnations of the suicide attack by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari describing their words as hollowYou cannot claim to fight extremism while keeping extremists as your tools Dawn quoted one of its columnists as saying IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-using-jihadist-proxies-to-suppress-political-dissent-report-637486.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/growing-khalistani-acts-in-canada-spark-debate-over-free-speech-report-637493.html Ottawa Sep 9 The recent wave of Khalistanlinked displays in Ontario highlights the urgent need for Canada to reconsider the boundary between free speech and public safety a report cited on Tuesday According to a report in Khalsa Vox widely circulated videos on social media showed a Canadian trucker carrying the poster of Human Bomb Dilawar Singh the suicide bomber who assassinated Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and 17 others in 1995 depicting him as a martyr rather than a terrorist It noted that such a portrayal amounts to glorifying terrorism in the countryNew Delhi has consistently expressed concerns to Ottawa over proKhalistan activities in Canada particularly when they involve direct threats to Indian diplomatsThe report stated that at the Khalsa Nagar Kirtan in Ontarios Malton which was organised under the banner of the terror group Sikhs for Justice SFJ posters featuring violent imagery and rhetoric targetted newlyappointed Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik Banned in India for its extremist activities SFJ has long operated in Canada as a base for propaganda campaigns referendums and intimidation of Indian officialsThe Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations obligates host countries to protect foreign envoys from any attack on their person freedom or dignity When posters at a public parade depict a sitting High Commissioner as a target and the authorities fail to act it is not merely a lapse in law enforcement it is a diplomatic breach the report assertedAuthorities must make clear that celebrating terrorists or targetting diplomats with violent imagery is beyond the pale Law enforcement should investigate such incidents as potential violations not shrug them off as community matters Politicians must resist the temptation to pander to fringe voices at the expense of public safety and Canadas international reputation it addedThe report emphasised that persistent public glorification of suicide bombers like Dilawar Singh normalises political violence as a legitimate tool The targetting of diplomats publicly it said contravenes Canadas obligations under international law And the inaction of the Canadian authorities risks indicating to extremist groups worldwide that Canada provides a permissive environment to serve their agendasThe choice is not between free speech and public safety it is about ensuring both Canada can and must protect the right to peaceful advocacy while decisively confronting those who would use its freedoms to promote hate and violence The events in Malton and the glorification of suicide bombers are a test of that resolve the report notedWhen imagery and rhetoric cross into glorifying murderers or directly threatening individuals they cease to be mere political speech They become incitement a category that Canadas legal system like many democracies has provisions to address Yet enforcement appears hesitant inconsistent or politically compromised it detailed IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/growing-khalistani-acts-in-canada-spark-debate-over-free-speech-report-637493.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/14-militants-held-arms-drugs-seized-in-security-ops-in-manipur-637335.html Imphal Sep 9 The security forces in Manipur in separate incidents have arrested three militants three drug peddlers and busted an illegal local liquor manufacturing factory during the past 24 hours officials said on Tuesday A defence spokesman said the joint forces including the Army and Assam Rifles in a series of joint operations have arrested 11 militants of different outfits and recovered five sophisticated arms narcotics and other warlike stores from different districtsA senior police official said that three militants belonging to the Peoples Liberation Army PLA and Kangleipak Communist Party KCP from Imphal West district were arrested The militants were involved in extortion activities by serving monetary demandsthreats to schools and the general public in the valley regionOne Bullet bike two mobile phone handsets four SIM cards several Aadhaar cards and PAN cards were seized from their possessionThe official said that the police arrested two drug smugglers Thanglunpau Sukte 32 and Hauginlian Phaipi 35 from the Police Motor Vehicle Check Gate along Guite in Churchandpur districtFrom their possession 176 soap cases containing brown sugar weighing 19 kg and a car were recoveredManipur Police also arrested one Aribam Mansish 23 from Imphal East district From his possession 1940 kg of Ganja was recoveredThe official said that the security forces conducted a raid at Keirao Louthok Loukon areas in Imphal East district and busted an illegal local liquor manufacturing factoryAn iron bottling machine three blue plastic cans labelled containing suspected opioid codeine 1461 empty brown bottles 625 white plastic caps one packet of white lids a set of camouflage combat clothing a red embroidered shawl and 185 plastic bottles filled with suspected opioid codeine were recovered from a makeshift hut which was used for bottling opioid codeineA defence spokesman said that during the past week the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in close coordination with Manipur Police executed a series of precise joint operations based on specific information across seven districts Churachandpur Bishnupur Chandel Thoubal Kakching Imphal West and Imphal EastThe operations led to the apprehension of 11 cadres of different militant outfits from various hill and valleybased groups and the recovery of five weapons narcotics and other warlike stores he saidThe apprehended militants belong to the Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK the Kangleipak Communist Party KCP and the Peoples Liberation Army PLAThe spokesman said that the Assam Rifles in joint action with the Narcotics Control Bureau recovered 1385 kgs of opium valued at approximately Rs 69 crore from a concealed cache near British Camp at Sajik Tampak areas of Chandel District These coordinated efforts by security forces highlight their unwavering commitment to maintaining peace and security in Manipur IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/14-militants-held-arms-drugs-seized-in-security-ops-in-manipur-637335.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canada-risks-facing-same-fate-as-pakistan-by-promoting-khalistani-terror-groups-report-637416.html Ottawa Sep 9 If the Canadian government fails to take a firm stand on the issue of Khalistani radicalists then it may face the same fate as Pakistan a country that backs terrorism at the State level only to see them eventually become a threat not just to others but to itself as well a report highlighted on Tuesday The presence of Khalistanis in Canada has been evident through videos eyewitness testimonies and media reports yet no concrete action has been taken for years Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been accused of remaining silent on terrorist activities against India The focus now shifts to whether his successor Mark Carney will correct this mistake a report in Khalsa Vox emphasisedExperts have consistently argued that countries such as Canada not only provide Khalistanis with a safe haven but also extend financial supportSeparatists of terrorist organisations like Sikhs for Justice SFJ operating from Canadian soil regularly insult Indias national flag and publicly spew venom against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other politicians Yet Ottawas silence acting merely as a spectator strongly indicates that these groups enjoy impunity under State protection the report citedOttawa has recently for the first time acknowledged that these Khalistani terror groups are operating from Canadian soil and receiving financial assistance The admission came in the wake of an assessment prepared by Canadas Finance Department on the risks of money laundering and terror financingThese Khalistani groups are suspected of raising funds in several countries including Canada the Canadian government report detailedIt further noted that terror groups are raising money through charity scams drug trafficking and vehicle theft making Canada a breeding ground for terror financingAccording to the government report the Khalistani terrorists misuse nonprofit organisations and donations received from the Sikh diaspora Additionally it also revealed that these terror groups are leveraging diverse funding avenues including crowdfunding and cryptocurrency IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canada-risks-facing-same-fate-as-pakistan-by-promoting-khalistani-terror-groups-report-637416.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-grappling-with-worsening-security-challenges-report-637199.html Kabul Sep 8 Shortly after the first anniversary of Operation Herof Pakistan finds itself at a challenging juncture struggling with escalating security issues in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while trying to present an impression of stability to international investors a report detailed on Monday The insurgent movement initiated by the Baloch Liberation Army BLA on August 25 2024 revealed the vulnerability of Pakistans domestic security despite Islamabad trying to encourage foreign investment Operation Herof named after the Balochi word for lack Storm marked one of the most significant escalations in separatist violence in Pakistans history Hundreds of BLA fighters including elite members of the Majeed Brigade and Fateh Squad mounted coordinated assaults across 14 districts of Balochistan Targets included police stations military outposts and vital economic infrastructure such as bridges pipelines and highways Afghanistans leading news agency Khaama Press reportedThe security environment continues to remain highly volatile in Pakistan which has been ranked at the second spot globally in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index with the terrorismrelated deaths rising by 45 per cent to 1081 the highest level in 10 years As many as 737 fatalities and nearly 1000 injuries have been reported due to 502 attacks in the first half of 2025 majority of them concentrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan The attacks by TehreekeTaliban Pakistan and separatist groups in Balochistan as well as tense border dynamics with Afghanistan and India has compounded the instability in Pakistan as per the reportAgainst this backdrop Pakistans efforts to court investors have yielded only modest results Data from the State Bank of Pakistan shows that Foreign Direct Investment for the 2025 fiscal year reached USD 246 billion only a slight increase from USD 235 billion the year before While inflows rose by over 27 per cent in June 2025 compared with June 2024 outflows also climbed dramatically by more than 160 per cent signaling continued caution among investors Portfolio investments registered a sharp reversal shifting from a small inflow last year to an outflow of USD 429 million Overall foreign private investment declined from USD 2092 million in June 2024 to USD 1637 million in June 2025 while total foreign investment fell by more than half during the same period the Khaama Press report highlightedThe volatility showcases a direct correlation between security conditions and economic performance Investors have been concerned regarding militant violence and stateimposed restrictions including internet blackouts curfews and arbitrary detentions which hinder business operations logistics and workforce mobility Repeated attacks on infrastructure related to the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor CPEC have unsettled Chinese and other foreign partners resulting in increased insurance costs delay in projects and renegotiations IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-grappling-with-worsening-security-challenges-report-637199.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canada-cannot-afford-to-ignore-illicit-funding-channels-linked-with-khalistani-extremists-637229.html Ottawa Sep 8 Khalistanlinked money laundering is not Canadas largest financial crime problem but also one of the most politically charged ignoring which risks not only financial integrity but national cohesion a price that Ottawa cannot afford to pay a report stressed on Monday In its recent assessment the Canadian government alleged that Khalistani extremists or those acting in their financial interests have relied on drug trafficking hawalastyle informal value transfer systems and the misuse of NonProfit Organisations NPOs to covertly move money in CanadaThe report titled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada highlighted the growing nexus between transnational organised crime and terrorism cautioning that terrorist actors are exploiting criminal supply chainsAccording to a report in Khalsa Vox foreignbased threat actors including politically motivated ones continue to exploit Canadian openness The Khalistan cause rooted in a separatist demand for an independent Sikh homeland has historically been funded primarily through illicit streams from abroad it detailedKhalistanrelated extremism has historically intersected with foreign state interests whether through passive tolerance or active sponsorship The report warns that proxies within Canada can receive funds legally or illegally obtained to advance agendas that are detrimental to the interests of Canada When these flows are laundered through legitimate businesses NPOs or personal remittances they blur into the vast sea of lawful economic activity it mentionedAccording to the report the assessment also flags concern over foreign interference noting that foreign states or their proxies funnel funds into Canada to shape domestic policies and influence communities and politics describing it as a live operational threatThe Khalistan issue it said extends beyond historical grievances as in the modern era of instant communication and global activism overseas conflicts can spread into Canadian streets illustrated by the recent diplomatic strains with IndiaWith financial channels serving as the lifelines of such activism their compromise through laundering carries consequences that extend beyond law enforcement into foreign policyMoney laundering is not a victimless crime When tied to ideological extremism it can fund propaganda fuel violence and fracture communities The 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada has done its job by flagging the patterns It is now up to political leaders enforcement agencies and community stakeholders to act decisively and without bias the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canada-cannot-afford-to-ignore-illicit-funding-channels-linked-with-khalistani-extremists-637229.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gunfight-starts-in-forest-area-of-jampks-kulgam-district-637050.html Srinagar Sep 8 A gunfight started on Monday between the security forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmirs JampK Kulgam district Officials said that following information about the presence of terrorists joint teams of the security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in Gudar forest area As the joint forces came closer hiding terrorists opened fire after which an encounter started Till last reports came in firing was going on in the area officials saidJoint forces have started aggressive antiterrorist operations in JampK and these operations are targeted against the terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisersSecurity forces believe that in order to dismantle the ecosystem of terror in the UT the focus should not merely be on elimination of the gunwielding terrorist but also those helping to sustain terrorismAfter Operation Sindoor was suspended there have been attempts by the terrorists to infiltrate into JampK from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control LoCJampK has a 740Kmlong LoC which is guarded by the Army In addition to the LoC there is nearly a 240Kmlong International Border in Jammu Samba and Kathua districts that is also guarded by the BSFWith the help of Pakistan terrorist outfits have been using drones especially along the International Border to drop weapons drugs and cash on the Indian side for the terroristsThe BSF has been using special antidrone technology to ensure that the handlers of terrorism sitting in Pakistan are prevented from using drones to sustain terrorism in JampKDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also under the radar of the security forces since it is believed that the funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are ultimately used to sustain terrorismIn the majority of such cases the roots of drug smuggling and hawala money rackets have been traced to Pakistan and the handlers of terror operatives based there IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gunfight-starts-in-forest-area-of-jampks-kulgam-district-637050.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/one-terrorist-killed-one-soldier-hurt-in-gunfight-in-forest-area-of-jampks-kulgam-district-637051.html Srinagar Sep 8 A gunfight started on Monday between the security forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmirs JampK Kulgam district One terrorist killed has been killed and one Army soldier injured in the ongoing gunfight in Gudar forest area of Kulgam The injured soldier has been shifted to hospital Reinforcements rushed to the cordoned off area Officials said that following information about the presence of terrorists joint teams of the security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in Gudar forest areaAs the joint forces came closer hiding terrorists opened fire after which an encounter started Till last reports came in firing was going on in the area officials saidJoint forces have started aggressive antiterrorist operations in JampK and these operations are targeted against the terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisersSecurity forces believe that in order to dismantle the ecosystem of terror in the UT the focus should not merely be on elimination of the gunwielding terrorist but also those helping to sustain terrorismAfter Operation Sindoor was suspended there have been attempts by the terrorists to infiltrate into JampK from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control LoCJampK has a 740Kmlong LoC which is guarded by the Army In addition to the LoC there is nearly a 240Kmlong International Border in Jammu Samba and Kathua districts that is also guarded by the BSFWith the help of Pakistan terrorist outfits have been using drones especially along the International Border to drop weapons drugs and cash on the Indian side for the terroristsThe BSF has been using special antidrone technology to ensure that the handlers of terrorism sitting in Pakistan are prevented from using drones to sustain terrorism in JampKDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also under the radar of the security forces since it is believed that the funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are ultimately used to sustain terrorismIn the majority of such cases the roots of drug smuggling and hawala money rackets have been traced to Pakistan and the handlers of terror operatives based there IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/one-terrorist-killed-one-soldier-hurt-in-gunfight-in-forest-area-of-jampks-kulgam-district-637051.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-security-operation-in-jks-kulgam-637172.html Srinagar Sep 8 IANS Another terrorist was killed in the ongoing operation by joint security forces in JampampKs Kulgam district on Monday taking the number of terrorists killed to twonbspOfficials said that two terrorists were killed in the ongoing operation against terrorists in the Gudar forest area of KulgamnbspThe soldiers including a junior commissioned officer JCO were injured in this gunfight The injured soldiers were shifted to the hospital for treatmentnbspA gunfight had broken out as joint teams of the security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in the Gudar forest area following information about the presence of terroristsAs the joint forces came closer hiding terrorists opened fire after which an encounter started an official saidnbspJoint forces have started aggressive antiterrorist operations in JampampK and these operations are targeted against the terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersnbspSecurity forces believe that in order to dismantle the ecosystem of terror in the UT the focus should not merely be on the elimination of the gunwielding terrorist but also those helping to sustain terrorismAfter Operation Sindoor was suspended there have been attempts by the terrorists to infiltrate into JampampK from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control LoCnbspJampampK has a 740Kmlong LoC which is guarded by the army In addition to the LoC there is nearly a 240kmlong International Border in Jammu Samba and Kathua districts that is also guarded by the BSFnbspWith the help of Pakistan terrorist outfits have been using drones especially along the International Border to drop weapons drugs and cash on the Indian side for the terroristsThe BSF has been using special antidrone technology to ensure that the handlers of terrorism sitting in Pakistan are prevented from using these means to sustain terrorism in JampampKnbspDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also under the radar of the security forces since it is believed that the funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are ultimately used to sustain terrorismnbspIn the majority of such cases the roots of drug smuggling and hawala money rackets have been traced to Pakistan and the handlers of terror operatives based there https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-security-operation-in-jks-kulgam-637172.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-security-operation-in-jampks-kulgam--637176.html Srinagar Sep 8 Another terrorist was killed in the ongoing operation by joint security forces in JampKs Kulgam district on Monday taking the number of terrorists killed to two Officials said that two terrorists were killed in the ongoing operation against terrorists in the Gudar forest area of KulgamThe soldiers including a junior commissioned officer JCO were injured in this gunfight The injured soldiers were shifted to the hospital for treatmentA gunfight had broken out as joint teams of the security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in the Gudar forest area following information about the presence of terroristsAs the joint forces came closer hiding terrorists opened fire after which an encounter started an official saidJoint forces have started aggressive antiterrorist operations in JampK and these operations are targeted against the terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersSecurity forces believe that in order to dismantle the ecosystem of terror in the UT the focus should not merely be on the elimination of the gunwielding terrorist but also those helping to sustain terrorismAfter Operation Sindoor was suspended there have been attempts by the terrorists to infiltrate into JampK from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control LoCJampK has a 740Kmlong LoC which is guarded by the army In addition to the LoC there is nearly a 240kmlong International Border in Jammu Samba and Kathua districts that is also guarded by the BSFWith the help of Pakistan terrorist outfits have been using drones especially along the International Border to drop weapons drugs and cash on the Indian side for the terroristsThe BSF has been using special antidrone technology to ensure that the handlers of terrorism sitting in Pakistan are prevented from using these means to sustain terrorism in JampKDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also under the radar of the security forces since it is believed that the funds generated by drug smuggling and hawala money rackets are ultimately used to sustain terrorismIn the majority of such cases the roots of drug smuggling and hawala money rackets have been traced to Pakistan and the handlers of terror operatives based there IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-security-operation-in-jampks-kulgam--637176.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/senior-govt-forces-commander-killed-in-houthi-strike-in-yemens-marib-source-636900.html Sanaa Sep 7 A senior Yemeni government forces commander and several escorts were killed in a Houthi drone strike in Yemens northern Marib province a military source told the media Khaled bin Dowaid Muthanna chief of staff of the southern front in Marib together with a few escorts of his was killed when a drone targeted a military site in the AlFalihah area southern Marib the source in the government forces said on SaturdaySome other escorts were injured in the surprise attack that occurred despite no ongoing clashes between government forces and the Houthis in the area the source addedThe confrontation erupted early Friday near the Harib district a strategic front that has witnessed repeated escalations in recent months Xinhua news agency reportedGovernment forces engaged in direct combat with Houthi units attempting to advance toward key military positions resulting in multiple casualties on both sidesThe slain officer whose identity has not yet been officially released was reportedly leading a reconnaissance patrol when his unit came under heavy fireHis aide was killed instantly while other soldiers sustained injuries and were evacuated for treatmentMilitary officials described the incident as part of a broader Houthi campaign to destabilise southern Marib and regain territorial footholds lost during previous government offensivesThese attacks reflect the militias continued defiance of peace efforts and its reliance on Iraniansupplied weaponry one source saidSeparately four Houthis members were killed and several others injured on Saturday in clashes with government forces in the northern province of Taiz Yemeni governmentrun September 26 news website reportedThe website said the government forces repelled an infiltration attempt by the Houthis in Karom and Sawda hills in the AlKarifat front east of Taiz cityThe Houthis have not commented on either incidentYemen has remained in a fragile state of calm since the collapse of a UNbrokered truce at the end of 2022 with both sides failing to agree on its renewal or expansionThe conflict which began in late 2014 has killed hundreds of thousands and pushed millions to the brink of famine according to UN estimatesThe Yemeni government has condemned the assault and vowed to respond decisivelyReinforcements have been deployed to the area and aerial surveillance has intensified to prevent further infiltrationMarib remains a critical battleground in Yemens protracted conflict home to vital oil infrastructure and a large population of internally displaced civilians IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/senior-govt-forces-commander-killed-in-houthi-strike-in-yemens-marib-source-636900.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lebanese-cabinet-endorses-army-strategy-to-curb-hezbollah-arms-supporters-vow-resistance-636748.html Beirut Sep 6 Lebanons government has endorsed an army plan to disarm Hezbollah and place all weapons under state control media reported Information Minister Paul Morcos said on Friday after a Cabinet meeting that Ministers reviewed the armys proposal and approved it but decided to keep details and related discussions confidential Xinhua news agency reportedThe Cabinet had earlier tasked the army with drafting a disarmament strategy focused on Hezbollah a move rejected by the group and its ally the Amal MovementDuring Fridays session five Hezbollah and Amal ministers walked out in protestMorcos said the army would begin implementing the plan within its available logistical financial and human resources and would submit monthly progress reports to the CabinetHe added that Lebanon remained committed to the current ceasefire with Israel accusing Israel of repeated violationsIsrael like Lebanon has clear obligations under the agreement Morcos saidHowever its continued violations constitute evidence of its reneging on these obligations and seriously threaten regional security and stabilityUnder the USbrokered ceasefire Hezbollah and Israel were both required to withdraw from south Lebanon though Israel has kept forces in several areas it deems strategicIsrael continues to conduct strikes across Lebanon in response to what it says are ceasefire violationsHezbollah supporters called for mass demonstrations following the Cabinets decision vowing to resist any effort to hand over the groups weaponsWe will not accept the disarmament of the weapons that defended the homeland they said in a statementThe army deployed extra units in several areas amid concerns of unrestHezbollahs military autonomy remains a deeply divisive issue in Lebanese politicsSenior Hezbollah figures including the current leader Naim Qassem have repeatedly dismissed disarmament calls as unrealistic and detrimental to Lebanons security saying such efforts only serve Israeli interestsIsrael has said its strikes aim to prevent Hezbollah from rearming and to protect residents of its northern border area and will withdraw from sites in Lebanon that its troops still occupy if Hezbollah lays down its weapons But Hezbollah has rejected any move to dismantle its arsenalCalls for Hezbollahs disarmament have taken centre stage in Lebanon since the terror group sustained heavy losses in a yearlong conflict with Israel The results of that war which ended last November upended a power balance that had long been dominated by the Shia Muslim groupSince then Hezbollah has been under increasing domestic and international pressure to give up its remaining arsenal including from Lebanese President Joseph Aoun who under pressure from the US has pushed for the terror group to disarmAfter the Lebanese governments decision in August to pursue a disarmament plan Hezbollah accused the government of caving to American and Israeli pressure and said it would treat this decision as if it does not existSince the ceasefire the Lebanese army has regularly collected caches of weapons and ammunition from the area south of the Litani River from which Hezbollah has largely withdrawn but the groups heavier missiles and drones have remained hiddenThe conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted when the Iranianbacked terror group began launching rockets at northern Israel in support of Hamas after it led the October 7 massacre in southern Israel that killed nearly 1200 people and saw 251 taken hostage to GazaIt eventually escalated into open war between Israel and Hezbollah by September 2024 which ended with a ceasefire at the end of November that year IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lebanese-cabinet-endorses-army-strategy-to-curb-hezbollah-arms-supporters-vow-resistance-636748.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 07:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canadian-report-flags-hamas-hezbollah-funding-through-crypto-and-drug-trade-636779.html Ottawa Sep 6 Hamas and Hezbollah are wellestablished and resourceful organisations that fall under the Politically Motivated Violent Extremism PMVE category and sustain their activities through diverse funding channels according to a report by the Canadian government The National Risk Assessment report by the Canadian government defines PMVE as the encouragement of violence to create new political systems or alter existing structures and normsWhile it may include religious aspects the core focus of actors under this category is political selfdetermination or representation rather than ethnic or racial supremacyHamas and Hezbollah are established and wellresourced groups that fall under the PMVE category These groups use diverse funding methods to sustain their operations including the abuse of the MSB and banking sectors use of cryptocurrencies state financing abuse of the charitable and NPO sector and criminal activity the report statedCanadian authorities observed that several terrorist entities listed under the Criminal Code including Hamas Hezbollah and Khalistani extremist outfits Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation have historically relied on financial support from CanadaThe report noted that although once supported by an extensive fundraising network these groups now operate with smaller clusters of individuals aligned with their causes without formal organisational tiesBoth Hamas and Hezbollah are known to use MSBs especially IVTS such as hawalas to move money across borders Hezbollah in particular is known to use Lebanons banking sector to maintain their account holdings the report saidCiting the lawsuit Lelchook v Societe Generale de Banque au Liban SAL in a New York court the document highlighted how a nowdefunct Lebanese bank provided Hezbollah with financial services including correspondent banking links in the USCanadas financial sector may also be exposed to risks emanating from correspondent banking relationships with institutions known or suspected of servicing Hezbollah in Lebanon it warnedCryptocurrencies have also emerged as a tool for these organisations though contributions remain relatively low in value according to the reportBoth Hamas and Hezbollah use online platforms and social media to solicit donations in the form of cryptocurrencies Hamas in particular has been an early adapter of cryptocurrencies to raise and move funds with the group reportedly first beginning to solicit Bitcoin donations in 2019 it notedTo liquidate digital assets Hamas has allegedly turned to exchanges MSBs and informal transfer systems in Lebanon Turkey and Syria However the report admitted that the full scale and effectiveness of such crypto fundraising efforts remain unclearAnother major revenue stream highlighted by the report was state sponsorship particularly from IranState sponsorship particularly from Iran is a significant source of revenue for Hamas and Hezbollah which enables them to maintain their activities the assessment statedIt cited a May 2024 advisory by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN that outlined methods used by Iran to evade sanctions and funnel funds to its allies including the sale of oil and weapons shell companies correspondent banking ties and cryptoCanada said it has detected similar Iranian patterns aiding Hezbollah and HamasThe report also pointed out that these groups exploit charitable and nonprofit organisations for fundraisingDespite these observations it is estimated that revenue generation through NPO abuse represents a relatively small percentage of operational budgets of terrorist groups overall it added referring to the 2024 Egmont Group overview on typologies of NPO abuse and global financial intelligence cooperationThe report also mentions that criminal activities especially drug trafficking play a major role in Hezbollahs financesCriminal activity is also a means of financing for PMVE purposes particularly for Hezbollah which has strong partnerships with international and domestic OCGs Hezbollah remains a highly active global player in the cocaine heroin fentanyl and captagon trades with trafficking networks spanning Latin America Canada and the US the report revealedIt added that Hezbollah has also turned to tradebased money launderingFINTRAC has reported that funds suspected of supporting Hezbollah were sent or received related to the used car trade the document saidUS officials have documented Hezbollahs involvement in buying used cars in North America and reselling them in countries such as the UAE South Africa Angola Belgium the UK Hong Kong Tanzania Kenya and Yemen with profits ultimately funnelled back to Lebanon through couriersThe report specifically flagged the Port of Montreal as a known hub where luxury vehicles are shipped to Lebanon financially sustaining Hezbollah IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/canadian-report-flags-hamas-hezbollah-funding-through-crypto-and-drug-trade-636779.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/another-baloch-teenager-killed-by-pakistan-backed-death-squads-636873.html Quetta Sep 6 Several human rights organisations on Saturday strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of a Baloch teenager by Pakistan Armybacked death squads in Balochistan which continue to target students activists and political opponents across the province The Baloch Yakjehti Committee BYC mentioned that Izhar Mujeeb a resident of Kech district was shot dead by Pakistan armys death squads in the Mand region of the district earlier in the dayCiting reports the rights body stated that death squads opened fire on Izhar while he was at his shop in the morning He was rushed to the hospital after sustaining critical injuries but succumbed due to excessive bleedingCondemning the horrific incident the Baloch Voice for Justice BVJ said Incidents of enforced disappearances extrajudicial killings attacks on political activists and targetted assassinations in Balochistan are clear indicators of the ongoing genocide of the Baloch peopleThe rights body called on the international community to take urgent notice of the widespread violence and repression being carried out against the Baloch civilians by the Pakistani forcesAccording to Paank the Baloch National Movements Human Rights Department the brutal killing of the Baloch teenager reflected a broader pattern of violence perpetrated by the Pakistan Armybacked death squadsIt stated that in August 2025 alone Balochistan witnessed a surge in similar human rights violations including the extrajudicial killings of two young men Naeem Shay and Iqbal Hakeem in Khuzdar by the death squads widespread enforced disappearances abductions of women and children involving harassment and Pakistan governmentimposed internet blackout that stifled dissent and access to informationThese incidents documented in reports highlighting over hundreds of enforced disappearances and dozens of killings in recent months underscore a systematic campaign of statesponsored terror said PaankThe rights body urged the Pakistani authorities to immediately cease these operations conduct independent investigations into Izhars death and all related cases and hold perpetrators accountable to prevent further erosion of human rights in BalochistanPeople from Balochistan are currently fighting for their independence from Pakistan Various human rights organisations of Balochistan have time and again highlighted the repression by Pakistani forces in the province which includes violent raids on the homes of Baloch leaders and civilians unlawful arrests enforced disappearances the kill and dump policy detention under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance and the filing of fabricated police cases IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/another-baloch-teenager-killed-by-pakistan-backed-death-squads-636873.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bangladesh-in-grip-of-islamist-militancy-extremism-and-widespread-unrest-report-636724.html Dhaka Sep 5 Bangladesh is experiencing its most severe crisis in over a decade caused by Islamist militancy extremism economic collapse unemployment a breakdown of law and order and widespread unrest under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus a report highlighted on Friday The country wrote noted Bangladeshi journalist historian and political analyst Syed Badrul Ahsan in Northeast News has witnessed a disturbing escalation in violence against women exposing the systemic collapse of law enforcement and social safeguardsIn just the first six months of 2025 official records indicate over 4200 cases of rape and sexual assault including at least 650 incidents of gang rape a stark rise from 3100 cases during the same period in 2024Bangladesh wrote Ahsan has turned into a land of speculation with suppression of dissent and truth which continues to raise questions about the future of politics in the countryThe political crisis that occurred in August last year has further deepened In the 13 months since a wellplanned conspiracy forced the Awami League out of office in an unconstitutional manner mobs loyal to or favoured by the current regime have had a field day disrupting life across the country states Syed Badrul AhsanHe underscores that the deliberate failure of the Yunus regime to restore order and decency has pushed the nation to a situation where voices are increasingly being raised in favour of a return of the Awami League to mainstream politicsFurther as the mobocracy is calling the shots there has been increased violations of rights of ethnic and religious minorities Gross human rights violations have been committed Yunus still questions the wrongdoings of Sheikh Hasinas tenure and is himself authorizing political intolerance and exclusion silencing press freedom making judiciary compliant using the ICT and sedition against proAwami League and political opponentsYunus administration is also using the students to justify all illegal and unconstitutional acts including to remain in power the opinion piece in Northeast News mentionedThe Chief Advisor of the interim government has discarded the constitutional conventions and norms by ignoring President Mohammad Sahabuddin the sole individual constitutionally holding office today in BangladeshAdditionally there is a growing feeling in Bangladesh that the interim regime is morally and politically not qualified to preside over the next general election because of the controversial actions it has taken against the Awami LeagueMore so the interim administration has also been accused of overlooking the destruction of history of Bangladesh and historical sites together with the law enforcement authorities Bangladesh the country of 170 million witnessed lawlessness across the country when a mob demolished the residence of Jatir Pita Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on February 5 this year In the presence of security personnel the mob used excavators and bulldozers and unleashed an attack on the building in Dhanmondi Residences of Awami League leaders were also vandalised wrote AhsanPeople of Bangladesh said the noted author are realising the necessity of rule of law and firmness in restoring law and orderThe security forces acted swiftly against activists of a small outfit Gono Odhikar Andolan headed by former vice president of DUCSU Nurul Haque Nur to prevent them from causing damage to the Jatiyo Party offices Interestingly the actions taken by the security forces were independently of the Yunus regime but the actions had conveyed a larger political message to the anarchists Syed Badrul Ahsan observedFor Bangladesh to be home again to the rule of law an allencompassing political change has become necessary he addedThere are good reasons to believe he argued on why the unelected Yunus and his interim administration are reluctant to go for any election measures although the election time schedule of February 2026 has been announcedYunus the man now running Bangladesh did not come to power through a legal mandate As the Awami League has stated the truth is simple Yunus holds office not through law but through forgery and force The oath he took is invalid The authority he wields is illegitimate and the system that allowed this fraud to happen is deeply compromised And yet the judiciary remains silent he concluded IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bangladesh-in-grip-of-islamist-militancy-extremism-and-widespread-unrest-report-636724.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hezbollah-warns-of-street-action-if-lebanon-moves-to-curb-weapons-636313.html Beirut Sep 4 Hezbollah has warned it could mobilise supporters in the streets if Lebanons government moves ahead with a decision to disarm the Iranbacked group by the end of 2025 senior official Mahmoud Qomati said Qomati deputy head of Hezbollahs Political Council told local media on Wednesday that the plan was unconstitutional illegitimate and in violation of both the national charter and international law which permits resistance under occupationHe said that Hezbollah and its ally the Amal Movement would boycott parliamentary sessions if lawmakers advanced steps to enforce the measures Xinhua news agency reportedIf we see the session moving to solidify these decisions and lay out steps for execution we will not attend and we will head to popular confrontation he addedQomati said that Hezbollah would refrain from escalation if the decisions remained born dead and unenforcedHe warned that implementing the resolutions would destabilise LebanonAnyone who seeks stability international regional or local must recognise that enforcing these decisions will endanger it and serve no ones interest he saidLebanons government recently approved a plan to disarm all nonstate actors including Hezbollah by the end of 2025The move has deepened political divisions and raised fears of instabilityHezbollah has rejected the plan saying its arsenal is needed to defend Lebanon against potential threats from IsraelHezbollah Chief Naim Qassem threatened the Lebanese government last month over its efforts to disarm his Iranlinked terror group claiming that there would be no life in Lebanon should its weapons be taken by forceQassem warned that Hezbollah would fight to keep its weapons saying any forcible seizure would lead to internal unrest undermining the countrys national securityHe further accused the government of buckling to Israel saying its leaders were implementing an AmericanIsraeli order to end the resistance even if it leads to civil war and internal strifeThe resistance will not surrender its weapons while aggression continues occupation persists and we will fight it if necessary to confront this AmericanIsraeli project no matter the cost he said cautioning the government not to hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor or an American tyrant with limitless greedHezbollah and the Amal movement its Shia Muslim ally had decided to delay any street protests against a USbacked disarmament plan as they still see room for dialogue with the Lebanese government he addedBut he added that any future protests could reach the US Embassy in LebanonThe Hezbollah Chief levelled the threats as the Lebanese Cabinet moves forward with the implementation of a USbacked roadmap to disarm Hezbollah in line with a 2006 UN Security Council resolution that was largely ignored until the organisation received a brutal beating in the 20232024 conflict with IsraelHezbollah is an Iranian proxy that has acted largely in line with Tehrans wishes over the yearsIran and its socalled axis of resistance including Hamas in Gaza and Yemens Houthis have suffered a series of blows in their longrunning quest to eliminate Israel after Hamas sparked the ongoing war with Gaza with its October 7 2023 massacre in southern Israeli communitiesHezbollah suffered devastating losses to its infrastructure and leadership after launching crossborder attacks on Israel a day after the October 2023 Hamasled attackIn September 2024 Israel launched a major offensive against the group which ended with a November 2024 ceasefireIsrael has already signaled it will not hesitate to launch military actions if Beirut fails to tackle the group and routinely carries out airstrikes in Lebanon despite the ceasefireIt said it is responding to violations of the agreement and that the truces terms allow it to do so IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hezbollah-warns-of-street-action-if-lebanon-moves-to-curb-weapons-636313.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/sc-declines-to-release-kashmiri-separatist-leader-on-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case-636401.html New Delhi Sep 4 The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to order the immediate release of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah on interim bail in an alleged terror funding case However a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought the National Investigation Agency NIAs opinion on a special leave petition SLP filed by Shah seeking bailThe Justice Nathled Bench appeared unconvinced by senior Advocate Colin Gonsalvess submission that Shahs very sick condition warranted his release on interim bailEarlier the Delhi High Court had rejected Shahs bail plea stating that the possibility cannot be ruled out that as Chairman of an unlawful organisation he would not indulge in similar unlawful activities and may attempt to tamper with evidence or influence witnesses yet to be examinedAlthough the appellant Shah has been in custody for five years the charges have already been framed and the trial is underway There is no delay on the part of the prosecution for not examining its witnesses said a Bench of Justices Shalinder Kaur and Navin Chawla rejecting his plea for release on bail on the ground of delay in the trialFurther the Justice Kaurled Bench said there was no question of considering Shahs alternative plea for house arrest given the serious allegations against him and the sensitivity and gravity of the issues involvedShah was arrested in June 2019 and is alleged to have played a significant role in establishing a separatist movement in Jammu and KashmirHe is also accused of honouring the families of deceased terrorists receiving funds through hawala transactions and raising money via LoC trade to support subversive and militant activitiesThe NIA has claimed that several individuals accused of conspiring to raise funds to destabilise Kashmir and wage war against the Indian government were involvedShahs name was included in the second supplementary charge sheet filed by the NIA on October 4 2019 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/sc-declines-to-release-kashmiri-separatist-leader-on-interim-bail-in-terror-funding-case-636401.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/greatly-value-germanys-understanding-about-indias-fight-against-terrorism-eam-jaishankar-636193.html New Delhi Sep 3 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India greatly values the understanding shown by Germany regarding its fight against terrorism The EAM highlighted that Germany s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has been explicit regarding Indias right to defend its people against terrorist attacks While speaking to reporters alongside Wadephul following their meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday EAM Jaishankar also recalled how Germany warmly received Indias parliamentary delegation in June following the decisive Operation SindoorDuring the day today weve had detailed discussions on various aspects of our ties This includes our political cooperation security and defence economic relations research and future technologies climate and energy as well as education skilling mobility and peopletopeople exchanges So let me share with you some key points which came out of todays discussion One we greatly value the understanding that Germany has shown with regard to Indias fight against terrorism Minister Wadephul has himself been explicit about our right to defend our people against terrorist attacks A parliamentary delegation that visited Germany in June after Operation Sindoor was also warmly received he saidOperation Sindoor was launched on May 7 following the heinous April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam which claimed the lives of 26 innocent people The operation involved coordinated efforts by the Indian Army Navy and Air Force in a punitive strike across the Line of Control and deeper into Pakistanoccupied territories aiming to dismantle terror infrastructure at its rootsEAM Jaishankar emphasised that there has been an uptick in IndiaGermany defence and security partnership and recalled the participation of Germany in the Tarang Shakti exercises The External Affairs Minister said that he and Wadephul agreed for continuation and expansion of such participationTheres been an uptick in our defence and security cooperation Germany participated in the Tarang Shakti air exercises last year and its ships made port calls to Goa Today we agreed that such participation should be continued indeed even expanded In the past we have had significant export control difficulties in the defence and security domain I would like to express my appreciation today for the smoothening of these processes and more expeditious clearances We also spoke about greater industry collaboration between our two countries in this contextOn his discussion with Wadephul Jaishankar said We have just completed a very productive discussion on IndiaGermany cooperation on our relationship with the European Union and we have exchanged views on regional global and multilateral issues Now before I come to those subjects let me again first publicly welcome my friend Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul who is here for the first time in his current capacity I had the honor of being his guest this May and between May and now we have actually been regularly in touch in this intervening period Now I first got to know him when we met at the Munich Security Conference which was well before he became the Foreign Minister And I must say even then I was impressed by his commitment to advancing the IndiaGermany strategic partnership Im very confident that that enthusiasm will now be applied by him fully in his new roleHeld detailed discussions on our bilateral agenda as we prepare for the next round of InterGovernmental Consultations to be held in India Explored greater collaboration in furthering industry linkages talent mobility digital semiconductors and critical technologies Appreciate Germanys strong advocacy for closer IndiaEU ties and proactive push in concluding the FTA Also exchanged views on our multilateral cooperation and global issues including the Ukraine conflict situation in Middle EastWest Asia and the IndoPacific the EAM posted on X following his discussions with the visiting German Foreign Minister IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/greatly-value-germanys-understanding-about-indias-fight-against-terrorism-eam-jaishankar-636193.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-probe-unmasks-trfs-foreign-funding-trail-tightens-fatf-noose-on-pakistan-635987.html New Delhi Sep 2 The United States has recently declared The Resistance Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity This was a huge blow for Pakistan as the move exposed Pakistans terror playbook The Resistance Front is nothing but a proxy of the LashkareTaiba It was in fact formed and projected as a local outfit from Jammu and Kashmir The outfit was meant to give both Pakistan and the LashkareTaiba a deniability factor The intention was to project the fight in Kashmir as a localised one Moreover Pakistan wanted terror attacks to continue and also ensure that it did not come under the scrutiny of the Financial Action Task Force FATFGoing by the latest details that the National Investigation Agency has dug out during its probe into the activities of The Resistance Front it seems that Pakistan cannot use this proxy to escape from the FATF The Resistance Front has a deeprooted network in Jammu and Kashmir It has locals who at the behest of Pakistan are in touch with people in the Gulf and Malaysia to ensure that the funds are provided to run the activities of this terror outfitDuring the probe the name of one Sajad Ahmed Mir a resident of Malaysia cropped up Phone calls of a suspect Yasir Hayat revealed that he was in touch with Mir to arrange for the funds Hayat has made several visits to Malaysia to arrange for fundsDetails that have cropped up so far reveal that with the help of his Malaysian contact he had raised Rs 9 lakh for The Resistance Front The money was given to another operative by the name Shafat Wani to run the activities of the outfitWani who is a key operative of the TRF is also said to have visited Malaysia He stated that he was attending a conference at a university and it was on this pretext that he visited the country The university had however not sponsored this visitThe NIA also learnt that Hayat apart from staying in touch with Mir was also in contact with two Pakistanis His activities were all about raising funds and the probe suggests that his job was to be in touch with foreign operatives and raise money for the terror outfitWhile the NIA has plenty of details regarding the operations of the TRF finding the complete money trail is key to the probe On August 13 the NIA had said that it had uncovered a foreign trail of funds that was being probed extensivelyThere are 463 contacts on Hayats phone that the NIA is probing extensively Calls have been made to Pakistan and Malaysia on several occasions All these numbers are being probed and investigators say that this is crucial to uncover the funding network of The Resistance FrontThese details are important to uncover the trail and they would help India expose Pakistan before the FATFIndia has been building up a case against Pakistan on terror funding to ensure that it gets back onto the Grey List The Resistance Front was created in 2019 to replace the declining Hizbul Mujahideen and also give a fresh identity to local terror activitiesIt was also created to offer the LashkareTaiba a deniability cover and to make attacks appear as indigenous resistance rather than Pakistansponsored terrorism What appeared to be a new homegrown movement was actually a rebranded arm of the LashkareTayiba which was designed to misguide the global community and deflect pressure from institutions such as the FATF IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-probe-unmasks-trfs-foreign-funding-trail-tightens-fatf-noose-on-pakistan-635987.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nine-ultras-surrender-with-cache-of-weapons-including-five-ak-47s-in-jharkhand-635681.html Latehar Jharkhand Sep 1 Nine militants of the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad JJMP surrendered before police and security forces in Jharkhands Latehar district on Monday officials said Among the surrendered cadres were four subzonal commanders each carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh and another with a reward of Rs 3 lakhThe others were wanted in several LeftWing Extremismrelated casesOfficials said this is the first time in Jharkhands history that such a large number of JJMP militants have surrendered togetherThe ultras also handed over a significant cache of arms and ammunition including five AK47 rifles several other firearms and hundreds of live cartridgesPolice claimed that with this surrender the JJMP has been virtually wiped out from the Latehar regionThose who gave up arms include JJMPs top zonal commander Ravindra Yadav who faces 14 cases and has a Rs 5 lakh bounty He surrendered with two AK47s three rifles and 1241 cartridges Subzonal commander Akhilesh Ravindra Yadav also carrying a Rs 5 lakh reward and 10 cases surrendered with an AK47 and 256 cartridgesOther subzonal commanders Baldev Ganjhu with nine cases and a Rs 5 lakh reward Mukesh Ram Yadav who faces 21 cases and carries a Rs 5 lakh reward and Pawan alias Ram Prasad with a Rs 3 lakh bounty also surrenderedArea Commanders Dhruv wanted in three cases surrendered with a rifle while fellow area commanders Shravan Singh surrendered with an AK47 a rifle and 131 cartridges and Mukesh Ganjhu handed over an AK47 and 154 cartridgesThe surrender ceremony organised at Latehar Police Headquarters was attended by CRPF IG Saket Singh IG Operations Michaelraj S Palamu IG Sunil Bhaskar DIG Naushad Alam Latehar SP Kumar Gaurav and senior CRPF officialsPolice attributed the surrender to sustained antiMaoist operations and the state governments rehabilitation policyIn recent months several senior top JJMP commanders including Lovelesh Ganjhu Rs 5 lakh reward and Pramod Palendra and Tulsi Ganjhu Rs 1 lakh each had also surrenderedSince January 2025 Latehar police have arrested 75 Maoists and carried out multiple successful operationsOn May 24 JJMP leader Pappu Lohara Rs 10 lakh reward and Sudesh Ganjhu alias Prabhat Rs 5 lakh reward were killed in an encounterTwo days later on May 26 subzonal commander Manish Yadav Rs 5 lakh reward was neutralised while another top cadre Kundan Rs 10 lakh reward was arrested IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nine-ultras-surrender-with-cache-of-weapons-including-five-ak-47s-in-jharkhand-635681.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-artificial-fascist-and-fraudulent-country-sindh-activist-635795.html Berlin Sep 1 Highlighting Pakistans religious extremism and corrupt military mafia a Sindhi rights activist on Monday asserted that the country is an artificial fascist and fraudulent construct created by British imperialism during the partition of India to serve its thenstrategic interests Built upon deception coercion and religious manipulation Pakistan was imposed upon historic nations against their will Since its inception it has functioned as a prisonhouse of nations safeguarding primarily the political and economic interests of Punjabi imperialism Within this state historic nations Sindhis Baloch Pashtuns Brahui Saraiki and others have been reduced to slavery Shafi Burfat Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz JSMM posted on XPakistan is not founded on democracy justice or political morality but rather on military domination religious extremism and the ruthless plunder of natural resources oil gas coal rivers seas lands mountains plots and industries to feed and sustain Punjab he added in the social media postBurfat alleged that the Pakistani army widely regarded as a corrupt institution rather than a professional military has long been deeply involved in narcotics and smuggling networks trafficked heroin from Afghanistan and distributed it globally including into the United States in collusion with major South American smuggling cartelsAt the same time he said largescale oil smuggling from Iran is also conducted through networks controlled by the Pakistani armyLiberal secular and democratic forces are suppressed while extremist religious organisations thrive under open state patronage Every sphere of society economy media judiciary education and freedom of expression is suffocated under the boots of the army the JSMM leader statedRaising concern Burfat said Pakistan currently functions as a factory and sanctuary of extremism and terrorism with religious fanaticism is deliberately used by the Pakistani government and military as a weapon in the region Countless international and regional terrorist groups he said have been sheltered trained armed and openly supported by the Pakistani militaryThis terrorism not only destabilised Sindh Baloch and Pashtun areas but also poses a grave threat to global peace and security The entire world is aware of Pakistans policy of manufacturing sponsoring and exporting terrorism Burfat statedPakistan is nothing but a Punjabi colonial state a fascist bloodsoaked system that survives through plunder occupation and terror The Pakistani army is a corrupt mafia feeding on the resources of historic nations while acting as hired killers for global powers The Sindhi Baloch Pashtun Saraiki and Brahui nations all suffer from political subjugation economic exploitation and cultural destruction he addedThe JSMM leader called upon the international community the United Nations and all democratic and freedomloving organisations intellectuals of the world to recognise Pakistan as an unnatural fascist and extremist state built upon terrorism repression and genocide of historic nationsHe stressed that the liberation of Sindh province and other historic nations is not merely a question of justice and human rights but essential for sustainable peace and stability in the entire region and the world IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-artificial-fascist-and-fraudulent-country-sindh-activist-635795.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-bki-backed-terror-module-arrest-two-635529.html Chandigarh Aug 31 In an intelligenceled operation Punjab Police have busted a Babbar Khalsa International BKIbacked terror module and thwarted major disruptive activities in the state with the arrest of two operatives state Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday Those arrested have been identified as Sarwan Kumar and Balwinder Singh both residents of Gurdaspur During the search police teams have recovered an Arges hand grenade and a 30 bore Star Mark pistol along with three cartridges from their possession The development came in less than a week after Counter Intelligence Pathankot had averted a target killing by busting a module of the same network with the four members including two juveniles and recovered two 30 bore Star Mark pistols from their possession DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested accused were working on the directions of their foreignbased handlers who are backed by Babbar Khalsa International The duo were introduced to these handlers by an intermediary he said The DGP said that a case under the relevant sections of law has been registered and efforts are being made to trace and apprehend the other members associated with this network he said Sharing more details Assistant Inspector General Pathankot Sukhminder Singh Mann said that the arrested accused were tasked to conduct a recce of various security establishments and to execute the assignment they were provided with explosives and funds The accused were communicating with their handlers using encrypted apps and virtual phone numbers Mann said that further investigations are being conducted to unearth this BKIbacked entire network and investigate previous crimes committed by the arrested accused In this regard a case FIR No 48 dated August 30 under Section 25 of the Arms Act Section 61 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and Sections 3 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act has been registered at a police station in Amritsar IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-bki-backed-terror-module-arrest-two-635529.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 21:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/even-without-a-terror-group-zakir-naik-poses-a-grave-threat-to-indias-security-635357.html New Delhi Aug 30 Abubacker Siddique who operated as a lone wolf was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police recently The police termed him as a big fish with advanced bomb making skills During his questioning he had told the police that he was operating alone and was inspired by the preachings of Zakir Naik a wanted criminal in India currently living in MalaysiaThe agencies have been on the look out for Naik for several years now Naik however remains free in Malaysia and has no restrictions He had even travelled to Pakistan recently where he was given a rousing welcomeNaik may not have dedicated terror modules or may not plan strikes However he remains an institution by himself and his speeches and radical school of thought continues to inspire many to either indulge in violence or take the terror pathNaik had managed to flee India in 2016 He is wanted in India for cases relating to money laundering and inciting extremism through his hate speeches Naik is unwelcome in many countries since his speeches manage to incite the youth into taking extreme pathsOver the years India has made several requests to Malaysia to have him extradited but the country has refused to entertain the plea In 2019 the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohammad had said that his country had the right not to extradite Naik if he would not be accorded justice in IndiaThe Abubacker Siddique case is a grim reminder that Naik remaining in the open continues to pose a security risk for India His influence is not just limited to India but to other countries as well The 2016 Dhaka cafe attack which claimed 22 lives had a Naik link to it Although he was not involved in the planning the attackers had said that it was his speeches that inspired them to carry out the strikesThe Indian agencies say that Naik could be considered to be more dangerous than any terror group It is his speeches which makes him lethal His speeches and messages that reach millions of people online is what is causing a worry for security agenciesWhile the Malaysian government has refused to extradite him India would have hoped that the ban that was imposed on Naik in 2019 would have continued However in February Malaysian minister Saifuddin Nasution Islamil said that there are no ban orders on him from giving public speeches While Naik had openly declared his support for the AlQaeda he is not officially part of any terror group He functions on his own but manages to get the message through The Indian agencies say that he is the most dangerous preachers in the world His messages are rabid and he has very good convincing skills which make him even more dangerous Moreover unlike other rabid preachers who deliver their speeches either in Urdu or Arabic Naik does so in English This has ensured that he has a much wider reach and hence more people especially the youth follow him blindlyNaiks ability to radicalise people through his hate speeches was recognised by Pakistan He was given a red carpet welcome in Pakistan despite objections by India The Pakistan trip was equivalent to a state visit and during the same he met with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam NawazIndian officials say that Naik has managed to play it smart Unlike outfits such as the Islamic State he does not give open calls to carry out attacks In fact he never speaks about attacks However his style of operation is extremely dangerous as he manages to put out his message which eventually ends up radicalising the youth Be it the case of Abubacker Siddique or the Dhaka Cafe attackers Naik has had no direct role to play in it However the attackers themselves had said that they were inspired by his speeches In such an event it is very hard to pin him down and Naik manages to get away with free speech However it is the same speech that would have done the damage IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/even-without-a-terror-group-zakir-naik-poses-a-grave-threat-to-indias-security-635357.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalstani-pannun-faces-backlash-for-politicising-fatal-us-crash-report-635381.html Washington Aug 30 Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun leader of the banned Sikhs for Justice SFJ group who has for long been accused of exploiting Sikh issues abroad for promoting his separatist agenda continues to portray Harjinder Singh an Indianorigin trucker whose reckless driving in the US claimed three lives as a victim Rather than acknowledging the seriousness of Harjinders actions a report detailed on Saturday Pannun on behalf of SFJ downplayed the incident as a tragic misjudgment He also offered 100000 compensation to the victims families a move many critics slammed as a publicity stunt aimed at gaining political mileageAccording to Thailands media outlet Page 3 News several USbased Sikh organisations have distanced themselves from SFJ emphasising that political propaganda must not be used to cover up road safety violations and criminal negligenceThe report highlighted that a solemn vigil in Florida held by Sikh community members to honour three victims of the deadly crash was marred by controversial efforts from Pannun to give the tragedy a political spinThe vigil was organised to pray for the souls of the deceased identified as 30yearold Herby Dufresne 37yearold Faniola Joseph and 54yearold Rodrique Dor who were killed earlier this month when truck driver Harjinder Singh attempted an illegal Uturn on the Florida Turnpike Investigators confirmed Singhs tractortrailer blocked all lanes leading to a devastating collision with a minivan Singh has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide the report detailedWhile Sikh families and local residents assembled peacefully with prayers and calls for justice it said observers noted that Pannuns intervention shifted the focus from the victims and their grieving familiesPannun is once again trying to hijack a community tragedy to push his extremist agenda This was about honouring the victims not giving a platform to separatist politics Page 3 News quoted a Floridabased Sikh community leader who attended the vigil as sayingHowever the report stated that the people mourning the tragedy asserted that the vigil was about remembrance and unity not about amplifying the extremist narratives of Pannun and his organisationCritics point out that SFJ and its leadership are already under global scrutiny India has banned the outfit for promoting terrorism while intelligence agencies in the US Canada and the UK have repeatedly flagged its activities as a security concern Pannun himself is facing multiple terrorfinancing investigations the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalstani-pannun-faces-backlash-for-politicising-fatal-us-crash-report-635381.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-arrests-third-accused-in-andhra-is-terror-conspiracy-case-634948.html New Delhi Aug 28 The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested another key accused in the Vizianagaram ISIS terrorist conspiracy case an official said on Thursday Arif Hussain aka Abu Talib a resident of Bihar was nabbed by an NIA team at IGI Airport Delhi while attempting to flee the country the official saidHe will be presented before the NIA Special Court Visakhapatnam he saidInvestigations by the NIA had revealed that the accused had been in contact with accused SirajurRahman already arrested in the case earlier along with Syed SameerSiraj and Sameer were found to be in possession of chemicals used for making IEDs and were conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks the NIA saidArif was involved in illegal supply of weapons in various parts of the country for jihadi activities the investigations further revealedBefore the NIA took over the investigation Siraj and Sameer were arrested in May by Andhra Pradesh PoliceThe police took them into custody from Visakhapatnam Central Jail and shifted to Vizianagaram for questioningSenior officials including the incharge Superintendent of Police Madhava Reddy questioned the accused over the alleged terror plotThe duo was questioned about the plot and the activities of AlHind Ittehadul Muslimeen floated by them The investigating officials tried to gather information about their contacts in Andhra Pradesh Telangana and other statesSiraj was arrested by Vizianagaram police following the recovery of explosives at his residence on May 17 The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Sameer in HyderabadSameer was brought to Vizianagaram and the duo were sent to judicial custody for 14 daysThey were booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 and under the Explosive Substances Act of 1908The two suspects had allegedly procured explosives online and were planning a series of explosions near Vizianagaram IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-arrests-third-accused-in-andhra-is-terror-conspiracy-case-634948.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-arrests-key-accused-in-muzaffarpur-ak-47-seizure-case-635035.html New Delhi Aug 29 The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested a key accused in the Muzaffarpur AK47 rifle and ammunition seizure case marking a major breakthrough in its probe into an arms smuggling racket The accused Manjoor Khan alias Babu Bhai was apprehended for his alleged role in conspiring with others to smuggle sophisticated prohibited bore weapons including AK47 assault rifles from Nagaland into BiharAccording to NIA officials Khan was a close aide of the prime accused Vikash Kumar who is believed to have led the armsrunning networkNIA investigations revealed that Khan and his associate were actively engaged in procuring and transporting illegal weapons with the intent of creating unrest and threatening public safety thereby endangering national securityNIA investigations revealed that Manjoor had conspired with his coaccused to smuggle prohibited weapons with the intent to disrupt public peace and safety thereby endangering national security the agency said in its press statementThe case dates back to July 2024 when Fakuli police recovered an AK47 rifle fitted with a lens along with live ammunition at Murghatiya Bridge in Muzaffarpur district Bihar The recovery led to the arrest of four men Vikash Kumar Satyam Kumar Devmani Rai and Ahmad Ansari who were booked under the Arms Act and chargesheetedIn August 2024 the NIA took over the investigation Case No RC112024NIADLI During the probe the agency uncovered evidence linking the arrested men to a larger conspiracy and subsequently filed a supplementary charge sheet against the four under Section 120B of the IPC criminal conspiracy and Sections 13 amp 18 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActWith Khans arrest the NIA believes it has tightened the noose around the arms smuggling networkHowever the agency emphasised that the investigation remains ongoing to trace other conspirators potential financiers and the endusers of the seized weapons IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-arrests-key-accused-in-muzaffarpur-ak-47-seizure-case-635035.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terror-attack-was-planned-in-pahalgam-due-to-relative-isolation-heavy-tourist-footfall-in-baisaran-nia-634904.html Jammu Aug 28 The National Investigation Agency NIA said on Thursday that the terrorists chose Baisaran for the terror attack in April due to the heavy tourist footfall there the relative isolation of the meadow and the response time of the security forces The NIA spokesman said on Thursday Three terrorists were directly involved in the brutal terror attack in which 26 people were killed in cold blood on April 22The target was chosen considering the response time from the security agencies posted thereThe terrorists chose Baisaran as the target due to its high tourist presence relative isolation and after considering that the response from the security agencies would take time the NIA spokesman addedIn the targeted attack terrorists killed male tourists around eateries taking pony rides or just picnicking with their families including young children and parents in the Baisaran meadow near PahalgamThe NIA in June arrested two men for harbouring the three Pakistanbased terrorists who were killed by the armed forces late last monthThe arrested persons Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Pahalgam disclosed the identities of the three assailants as Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed outfit LashkareTaiba LeTThe two men provided food shelter and logistical support to the terrorists NIA officials had saidThe three LeT terrorists who were killed in the July 28 encounter codenamed Operation Mahadev on the outskirts of Srinagar had been hiding in the DachigamHarwan forest belt since the attack they revealedIn response to the Pahalgam terror attack the Indian armed forces on May 7 carried out precision strikes at terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and PakistanoccupiedKashmir PoK under Operation SindoorThe operation targeted nine sites including the headquarters and training centres of LeT and JaisheMohammed from where terror attacks against India were planned and directedIn the resulting escalation 18 Defence bases of Pakistan were damaged by the Indian armed forces IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terror-attack-was-planned-in-pahalgam-due-to-relative-isolation-heavy-tourist-footfall-in-baisaran-nia-634904.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-final-phase-desperate-maoists-pose-rising-danger-despite-imminent-defeat-634920.html New Delhi Aug 28 The security forces are well on track to eradicate the menace of Left Wing Extremism LWE in India by March 31 2026 On Thursday Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma announced that in the Bijapur district 30 Maoists had surrendered and were rehabilitated He also urged the Maoists to join the mainstream and improve their lives Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Maoists should either surrender or else they would be eliminated Leaving the choice to them HM Shah said that the menace could come to an end by March 31 2026While Operation Blackforest has been a successful one so far security officials however state that once the task is complete it would not be wise to take ones eyes of the issue There would be attempts made to revive the movementWhile many Maoists have surrendered there are some who are still around and remain adamant They want to take the fight to the finish with the hope that many would take inspiration and join the movement This last phase is a dangerous one security officials sayThey are getting desperate and would try and indulge in mindless violence which would eventually be to target innocent civilians The murder of a 30 year old man working as a shikshadoot temporary visiting teacher in government schools being killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh is one such example of thisOn July 14 two shikshadoots were killed by Maoists in Farsegarh area of neighbouring Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh On February 19 two men including a shikshadoot were killed in Dantewada district This made it the 30 killing this year by Maoists These incidents took place in the Bastar region comprising seven districts including Sukma Bijapur and DantewadaAll these persons were killed on the suspicion that they were police informers However the fact is that these killings signal the desperation of the Maoists and the main intention is to cause fear in the minds of the peopleIn the past the Maoists thrived on local support When the locals realised that they were being used as pawns the Maoists then resorted to fear tactics to control the local peopleHowever today with Prime Minister Narendra Modiled government initiating several developmental projects in Maoisthit areas the minds of the locals have changed There is connectivity thanks to roads Further communication too has improved a great deal thanks to investments by the telecom sector This has led the locals to changing sides and seeing reason on why it is better to be away from the MaoistsThe locals turning away has been a major factor for the forces to achieve such success against the Maoists When a patrol party approaches an LWEhit area there is none to inform the Maoists about the same This has led to successful and precise operations against the MaoistsHowever the Intelligence agencies warn that the desperation which is being felt among the Maoists is what could prove to be dangerous They would try and target locals more and more with an intention of controlling them with fear as was the case in the past The agencies say that while they may not be too successful such desperation could lead to loss of innocent livesThe security forces have stepped up operations in the wake of such incidents and would continue to go all out and could even achieve the target before the deadline While the security forces work on nabbing or eliminating the Maoists a massive effort is also being made to bring them to the mainstreamThose who are being brought to the mainstream and rehabilitated would also need to be watched the agencies say Some could well be informers who have been intentionally sent by the Maoists to surrender IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-final-phase-desperate-maoists-pose-rising-danger-despite-imminent-defeat-634920.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-infiltration-attempt-foiled-in-jampks-uri-634674.html Srinagar Aug 28 Two terrorists were killed on Thursday as the Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control LoC in the Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmirs Bandipora district Officials said that two terrorists were killed during the infiltration bid near Naushehra Nard in the Gurez sectorA search operation is now going on in the area officials saidOn August 25 joint forces foiled an infiltration bid on the LoC in the Uri sector of Baramulla Terrorists had tried to infiltrate the Torna area of the Uri sector when troops deployed along the LoC detected suspicious movementThe infiltrators were challenged leading to a brief exchange of fire A massive search operation was then launched in the area to ensure that no terrorist had managed to sneak into the Indian side of the LoCEarlier on August 13 a soldier was killed in the Uri sector during a gunfight with the Army near the LoC when terrorists were trying to enter the Indian territoryJoint forces have started aggressive operations against terrorism in JampK targeting terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersThese operations are aimed at dismantling the entire terror ecosystem in the UT rather than rushing to focus merely on the physical elimination of the gunwielding terroristsLt Governor Manoj Sinha has been taking periodic security review meetings wherein his focus remains on dismantling the entire ecosystem of terrorHawala money rackets drug smuggling and drug peddling are also on the scanner of the joint forces in JampK as security agencies believe that the funds generated from these rackets are finally used to sustain terrorismIntelligence agencies and the security forces have busted several hawala money rackets and drug smuggling networks whose roots were finally traced to handlers of terrorists sitting across the border It is specifically for this reason that activities like hawala money rackets and drug smuggling are targeted as a priority by the joint forces in addition to tackling the terrorists using weapons IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-infiltration-attempt-foiled-in-jampks-uri-634674.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalstani-pannuns-meeting-with-trucker-harjinder-signals-disturbing-link-report-634934.html Washington Aug 28 The meeting between proKhalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun leader of banned Sikhs for Justice SFJ group and Harjinder Singh an Indianorigin trucker involved in a widelypublicised tragic incident in the US exposes the troubling influence of certain Khalistanlinked factions rather than mere solidarity within sections of the diaspora a report cited on Thursday Citing multiple investigations and credible reports it highlighted that certain Khalistan groups especially SFJ are linked to illegal migration networks and drug trafficking activitiesThese illicit trades are not just abstract accusations they involve narcotics such as fentanyl heroin and cocaine moving across North America operations purportedly funding antiIndia militancy and instability The drug money appears to finance protests referendums and other antiestablishment campaigns tied to Khalistani ambitions the report in Khalsa Vox detailedMoreover these activities undermine the very fabric of lawful and peaceful community engagement While the majority of Sikhs worldwide especially within Canada the US and India lead honest and constructive lives the endorsement or defence of individuals associated with these dubious activities raises important questions about the alignment of support The nexus between extremist Khalistani elements and crime weakens trust and feeds a negative narrative about the community as a whole it addedThe report emphasised that Sikh ethos grounded in values of justice honesty and responsibility calls for a clear differentiation supporting only those causes and leaders who uphold the dignity peace and welfare of the Sikh community and are not associated with illegal or violent conduct It stated that the communitys strength rests in constructive advocacy truthful dialogue and legal avenues for redress and progressSikhs everywhere the report stressed have the responsibility to carefully evaluate where they lend their supportSupporting individuals or groups that foster division or operate through illegality regardless of ideological persuasion does a disservice to the communitys reputation and its future Upholding rightful causes means rejecting the shadowy dealings that some Khalistan factions are reputed to be involved in including trafficking and other illicit activities the report notedAs the dialogue around Sikh identity rights and justice continues it must be grounded in transparency and integrity The community must collectively resist being associated even inadvertently with activities that harm its honor and the rule of law Honest principled advocacy for Sikh issues is not only possible it is essentialand it must stand apart from those who bend the cause toward criminality it stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalstani-pannuns-meeting-with-trucker-harjinder-signals-disturbing-link-report-634934.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-kill-shikshadoot-in-chhattisgarhs-bastar-village-634739.html Raipur Aug 28 In a chilling reminder of the persistent threat posed by Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarhs Bastar region a 30yearold Shikshadoot was brutally murdered in Sukma district The victim identified as Laxman Barse was attacked in his home in Silger village under the Jagargunda police station area on Wednesday evening allegedly by a group of armed Maoists who suspected him of being a police informerBarse a native of Pegadapalli village had been working as a shikshadoot a temporary visiting teacher in Mandimarka village a role that placed him at the heart of efforts to bring education to remote and conflictridden tribal areasAccording to police the assailants arrived at his residence around 730 pm and began assaulting him in the presence of his family membersWhen his relatives tried to intervene they too were reportedly beaten The attackers then used sharpedged weapons to kill Barse on the spotThis incident has sent shockwaves through the community especially among other shikshadoots and educators working in Maoistaffected areasThe murder of Barse marks yet another targeted killing in a disturbing patternEarlier this year two Shikshadoots were killed in Bijapur and Dantewada districts under similar suspicions of police collaborationWith Barses death the civilian toll from Maoist violence in the Bastar region has climbed to approximately 30 in 2025 alonePolice have launched an investigation and assured that further legal action is underway However the broader implications of the attack on education access community trust and the morale of grassroots workers remain deeply troublingSilger where the attack occurred lies near the volatile BijapurSukma border a region long plagued by Maoist activity and fraught with mistrust between locals and security forcesBarse had reportedly received threats from Maoists prior to the attack underscoring the precarious position of civilians caught between state efforts and insurgent suspicion His death not only silences a voice of education in the region but also raises urgent questions about the safety and support systems for those working in highrisk zones IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-kill-shikshadoot-in-chhattisgarhs-bastar-village-634739.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/high-alert-as-3-jem-terrorists-enter-bihar-via-nepal-border-police-put-up-posters-634751.html Patna Aug 28 The Bihar Police Headquarters on Thursday issued a statewide high alert after intelligence inputs suggested the entry of Pakistanbased JaisheMohammed JeM operatives into the state through the Nepal border According to a senior official of Bihar Police three suspected terrorists Hasnain Ali Rawalpindi Adil Hussain Umerkot and Mohammad Usman Bahawalpur allegedly reached Kathmandu in midAugust and crossed into Bihar last weekFollowing the inputs police have circulated the suspects passport details across border districts including Madhubani Sitamarhi Supaul Araria East Champaran and West Champaran as well as KishanganjSecurity agencies and district intelligence units have been directed to step up surveillance verify identities and act on the suspicious movements of any personOfficials have not revealed the exact border point used by the suspects but have issued an alert for allThe IndiaNepal border remains porous with visafree movement allowed under the bilateral treaty making infiltration a serious challenge for security agenciesSecurity has also been intensified in the Muslim dominant Seemanchal regionOfficials said patrolling and surveillance have been stepped up with district intelligence units tasked to monitor and act upon any suspicious activityNotably security was already beefed up along the border in May after Operation SindoorWith the Assembly elections due later this year intelligence agencies believe such infiltration attempts could pose a serious threat to prominent leaders and election events in the stateThis comes against the backdrop of recent counterterror crackdowns in BiharThe National Investigation Agency NIA along with state police had earlier busted several PFI Popular Front of India modules in districts like Patnas Phulwari Sharif which were allegedly involved in antinational activitiesThe suspected entry of Jaish operatives has now raised fears of a larger terror network taking root in the stateFollowing these developments the AntiTerrorist Squad ATS Special Task Force STF and district police units have been placed on high alert IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/high-alert-as-3-jem-terrorists-enter-bihar-via-nepal-border-police-put-up-posters-634751.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/huge-cache-of-maoist-arms-and-explosives-seized-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-633904.html Raipur Aug 24 Security forces in Chhattisgarhs Sukma district have recovered a large cache of weapons explosives and iron materials stored by Maoists with the intent to cause heavy damage to the forces According to Sukma police acting on intelligence inputs about the Maoist movement a joint operation was launched by 203 CoBRA Battalion the CRPFs 241 Bastar Battalion and district force personnel from the Mettaguda camp on SaturdayThe teams moved towards the forested hill areas of Koimeta Eerapalli Botelanka and Dareli During the search around Koimeta hills at around 11 am security personnel discovered a massive Maoist arms dump hidden in the jungle The seized items included countrymade rifles a BGL launcher with its barrel explosives large quantities of iron equipment and other materialsOfficials said these were stockpiled to manufacture and plant IEDs and to inflict damage on security personnel The operation was conducted under the leadership of 203 CoBra Commandant Pawan Kumar Singh and Deputy Commandant Praveen Kumar After safely securing the recovered cache the teams returned to their base without any casualtiesRecovered Maoist materials include a countrymade rifle a BGL launcher and a BGL barrel a broken UAV Netra propeller explosive materials and electrical wiring 480 iron clamps 45 iron base plates 47 pole anglers and other heavy iron items including steel pipes rods ground supporters welding holders and tool equipment and a black uniform and ammunition pouchPolice said the recovery has once again foiled Maoist plans to inflict damage on security forces Senior officials confirmed that antiMaoist operations will continue across the Sukma district under the ongoing elimination drive Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set the target of March 2026 to wipe out the menace of Maoism from the countryThe government has also rolled out a surrender and rehabilitation policy for the Maoists to shun the violent path and bring them into the mainstream IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/huge-cache-of-maoist-arms-and-explosives-seized-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-633904.html Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-wont-end-covert-war-in-kashmir-will-keep-issue-burning-ex-ttp-commander-ehsanullah-ehsan--633395.html New Delhi Aug 21 Former TehrikeTaliban Pakistan TTP Spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan in an exclusive interview with IANS made explosive claims that Pakistans powerful spy agency the ISI is regrouping LashkareTaiba and other militant outfits under the ISIS K banner to utilise as a proxy force in both Balochistan and Afghanistan On Kashmir Ehsan speaking from an undisclosed location said that Pakistan wont end the covert war in Kashmir but will avoid overt military operationsHe warned that Islamabads strategy is shifting toward a lowintensity insurgency mixing propaganda proxies and selective violence while Pakistans military leadership tightens its embrace of Washington to balance China and keep Afghanistan within its orbitInterview excerpts IANS We have seen the strengthening of strategic ties between Islamabad and Washington Pakistans Army Chief Field Marshal Munir visited the US twice in the last four monthsEhsanullah Ehsan The recent revival of relations between Islamabad and Washington along with visits by Pakistans military leadership primarily aims to create a balance for Pakistan The US seeks to curb Chinas growing influence in the region while Pakistan burdened by its deteriorating economy and mounting debts feels compelled to secure Washingtons support Since the real power in Pakistan lies with the military while the political government functions merely as its puppet it is evident that the role of the military leadership is to restructure strategic and defence cooperation so that Pakistan can once again align itself with the American agendaTo demonstrate loyalty to Washington the military has in the past plunged its own country into an unending war and it is now taking steps to reaffirm that loyalty once again The US needs Pakistan to maintain oversight on Afghanistan while Pakistan requires American backing to sustain its fragile economy Thus both sides are currently moving forward based on this mutual dependenceIANS President Trump has expressed his interest in resourcerich Balochistan Now the US has also designated BLA as a terror outfit What does it mean for the Baloch liberation movementEhsanullah Ehsan The US designation of the BLA as a terrorist organisation appears to be an attempt to appease Pakistan so that Washington can in return extract cooperation for its strategic interests The US has its eyes set on Balochistans natural resources and its geostrategic significanceWhile this decision will indeed increase diplomatic and financial pressure on the Baloch separatist movement Washington can at any moment in the future choose to revive the Baloch issue under the banners of human rights or selfdetermination depending on its interests In my view this designation is a temporary measureThe US currently needs Pakistan and for that reason is trying to keep Islamabad satisfied However given that the Baloch struggle for independence is legitimate and has international recognition it will be difficult for Washington to ignore it for longIANS In the past few years the recruitment into LeT Lashkar and Hizbul in Kashmir has come down Where are these groups operating nowEhsanullah Ehsan The decline in local recruitment within LashkareTaiba JaisheMohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen indicates that public support for these groups in Kashmir is diminishing while New Delhis stringent security policies have weakened their networks However these groups have not been eliminated rather they are being reintroduced in new formsFor instance LashkareTaiba is now being absorbed into ISISKhorasan and is being utilised as a proxy force in both Balochistan and AfghanistanIANS Do these groups work under the direct command of ISI and what could be their new strategy for KashmirEhsanullah Ehsan It would be accurate to say that these groups operate entirely under the command of the ISI as their policies are shaped by the agency which provides them with funding assigns targets and forces them underground whenever necessary The longstanding objective of Pakistans establishment has been to sustain a lowintensity insurgency in KashmirUnder the new strategy there is likely to be a greater emphasis on political fronts and social media propaganda to keep the Kashmir issue alive while avoiding direct international pressureIANS Will Pakistan via its proxies continue to create turbulence in Kashmir If yes what could be their strategyEhsanullah Ehsan Pakistan will not completely end its interference in Kashmir through proxies as this remains an integral part of its strategic policy However the new approach will likely shift from direct military operations toward lowintensity activities smallerscale attacks political propaganda and fueling public resentment among Kashmiris Islamabad is well aware that overt military operations would intensify international pressure on Pakistan and provoke India into retaliation potentially leading to direct conflict For this reason Pakistan will continue its proxy war in a more covert and limited mannerIANS It is often said that ISIS and LeT are different groups with different schools of thought How true is thatEhsanullah Ehsan There is a clear sectarian alignment between ISIS and LashkareTaiba as both stem from the same AhleHadith school of thought and are ideologically very close At least 99 per cent of ISIS fighters come from this background LashkareTaiba was nurtured within the framework of jihadist politics in the Indian subcontinent and has largely aligned its vision with Pakistans policiesISIS on the other hand is a transnational group with a rigid takfiri ideology Yet Pakistani institutions have now brought the two together for their interests enabling both to operate under the ISIS banner as proxies for Pakistan In recent days we have witnessed organisations under the ISIS title openly declaring attacks against those fighting for Balochistans independence an explicit demonstration of how their actions are serving Pakistans strategic objectivesIANS We are seeing the growing ties between New Delhi and Kabul Although New Delhi has not officially recognised the Taliban regime the ties are growing Similarly Islamabad and Kabul have upgraded fullfledged diplomatic ties What is ISI thinkingEhsanullah Ehsan The warming of relations between New Delhi and Kabul poses a diplomatic challenge for Pakistan Although India has not formally recognised the Taliban government it is steadily expanding practical engagement to secure its influence in Afghanistan Islamabad on the other hand seeks to keep the Taliban government within its orbit to preserve its socalled strategic depthHowever the Talibans independent foreign policy this time has complicated matters for Pakistan leaving it largely unsuccessful in safeguarding its interests in Afghanistan Should the Indian government seize this opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties with the Taliban Afghanistans dependence on Pakistan will diminish an outcome that would deal a serious setback to Islamabad IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-wont-end-covert-war-in-kashmir-will-keep-issue-burning-ex-ttp-commander-ehsanullah-ehsan--633395.html Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/-ngos-fronting-pakistans-terror-financing-network-to-evade-fatf-scrutiny-632675.html New Delhi Aug 18 Pakistan might well be pushed back into the Grey List by the Financial Action Task Force FATF While the country may have claimed a moral victory after signing an alleged minerals deal with the United States reports currently state that terror funding by the establishment has only increased Unchecked terror extortion and money laundering to benefit terror organisations are the norm in Pakistan However post Operation Sindoor during which several infrastructures were wiped out the establishment has been heavily funding outfits such as the LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammadMore evidence of this was given by Maulana FazlurRehman the chief of the Jamaat UlemaeIslam Rehman said that a considerable amount of funds was being passed on to terror groups in the name of developmental funds Around 10 per cent of Pakistans developmental funds are being given to terror groups Rehman also allegedThe Indian agencies have learnt that the funding for terror groups from the governments coffers has increased after Operation Sindoor The increase is related to these terror groups having to rebuild the infrastructure that was destroyed by the Indian armed forcesThe funds from the governments coffers however do not reach these terror groups directly There are scores of NGOs that these terror groups have formed which have not yet come under the radar of the international agencies Since these groups are not banned the Pakistan establishment transfers the funds to such NGOs to make it look like a legitimate transactionEven if the FATF were to look into this funding it would look legitimate and this is Pakistans way of avoiding getting back into the Grey ListSuch funding gives terror groups a lifeline which in turn makes them carry on with their operations Pakistans spending is also to do with the fact that the army is facing losses in huge numbers due to the TehreekeTaliban TTP and the Balochistan Liberation Army BLA The two groups have hit the army in Pakistan significantly over the past couple of yearsIn such an event the Pakistan establishment would need friendly terror groups such as the JaisheMohammad and LashkareTaiba to fight the battle against the TTP and BLAPakistan is inventing newer strategies so that its terror funding does not catch the eye of the FATF The FATF in a recent report had said that when an organisation is not designated at the multilateral level it is more likely to engage in financial activities including fundraisingIn past couple of months several dormant accounts of these NGOs which are run by terror groups have been reactivated These accounts in Pakistan also receive foreign funding which in turn is used to carry out terror attacksIndia is keeping a close watch on these activities and would use them to corner Pakistan at the FATFRehman while pointing out the issue of statefunded terrorism said that the practice today has become institutionalised It has been undermining governance and securityHe also highlighted that for these terror groups which have the backing of the establishment extortion and ransom for kidnapping has become a parallel economy in Pakistan The Pakistan establishment has taken a great risk in trying to institutionalise terror These developments come in the wake of a scheduled visit by the team of the FATF which would monitor and evaluate the situationPakistan has got out of the Grey List with a lot of difficulty but it would be no surprise if it is back on that considering the kind of brazen activity that is going on in the country today IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/-ngos-fronting-pakistans-terror-financing-network-to-evade-fatf-scrutiny-632675.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jharkhand-police-arrest-six-ultras-in-khunti-and-latehar-seize-arms-and-explosives-632702.html Ranchi Aug 18 In a major crackdown on extremist activities Jharkhand Police on Monday arrested six active members of banned organisations from Khunti and Latehar districts also recovering arms ammunition and other materials used in terrorrelated activities In Khunti police arrested four cadres of the Peoples Liberation Front of India PLFI following an intelligence tipoffThe arrested ultras include notorious PLFI historysheeter Ojha Pahan alias Ojha Topno along with Xavier Kongadi Santosh Kongadi and Jibnus Aind alias DadhiyalKhuntis Superintendent of Police formed a special team under SDPO Torpa Christopher Kerketta which launched a raid near Jibilong Tongri in Rania police station area where the ultras were allegedly planning to extort money from contractors and tradersDuring the operation police recovered a 765 mm loaded countrymade pistol one more countrymade pistol several live bullets mobile phones and SIM cards and two bottles of petrol suspected to be used for arsonPolice said the group was behind several incidents of violence in recent months On May 27 they set a road roller engaged in road construction on fire while on August 8 they attempted to burn a JCB machine in Raikera villageNotably 17 criminal cases including charges of murder arson extortion and violations of the Arms Act are registered against kingpin Ojha Pahan in Khunti and Gumla districtsIn a parallel operation in Latehar police arrested two active members of the banned outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad JJMP identified as Amin Ansari 30 and Krishna Sahu alias Krishna Prasad 30Acting on secret intelligence a team led by SDPO Arvind Kumar nabbed the duoAccording to police both arrested ultras have confessed to their involvement in multiple incidents of extremist violence in the regionPolice officials said these operations in Khunti and Latehar are part of the intensified drive to curb the activities of banned outfits that have been attempting to spread terror and extortion in Jharkhand IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jharkhand-police-arrest-six-ultras-in-khunti-and-latehar-seize-arms-and-explosives-632702.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-missile-from-yemen-sirens-sounded-in-central-cities-632489.html Jerusalem Aug 18 Israels military has said that it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen towards central Israel launched in apparent retaliation for an earlier Israeli strike The missile triggered air raid sirens on Sunday in Tel Aviv Jerusalem and other cities sending residents into shelters and safe rooms in the afternoon as tens of thousands rallied in the streets demanding the release of hostages and an end to the war in Gaza Xinhua news agency reportedThere were no reports of casualties or damageFollowing the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF Israel Air Force the military said in a statementReacting to the attack Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on social media platform X that the Houthis will pay dearly with interest upon interest for every attempt to launch missiles at IsraelThe Houthi group has not commented on the incidentThe incident came hours after an Israeli strike hit a power plant south of Yemens capital Sanaa on Sunday morningHouthirun alMasirah TV said the strike knocked out electricity generators at the facility but caused no casualtiesThe Israeli military confirmed it had struck an energy infrastructure site used by the Houthis saying the attack launched from about 2000 km away was carried out in response to repeated missile and drone assaults on IsraelThe Houthis who control much of northern Yemen have launched attacks on Israeli targets since November 2023 in what they say is support for Palestinians during Israels offensive in GazaIsrael has retaliated with airstrikes on Houthicontrolled areas including Sanaa and the Red Sea port of HodeidahSince March 18 when the Israel Defense Force resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip the Houthis in Yemen have launched 70 ballistic missiles and at least 22 drones at Israel Several of the missiles have fallen shortThe main localities where alarms were sounded include Tel AvivYafo Holon Kfar Saba Kfar Kasem Kfar Shmaryahu Herzliya Rosh HaAyin Ramla ModiinMaccabimReut Rishon LeZion Ramat Hasharon Raanana Givat Shmuel Elad Beer Yaakov Givatayim Ramat Gan Rehovot Beit Shemesh Netanya Ness Ziona Kiryat Ono Yehud Monoson Lod Mikveh Israel Shoham Bat Yam Or Yehuda Bnei Brak Mevaseret Zion Hod Hasharon Petah Tikva Savyon and Tira IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-missile-from-yemen-sirens-sounded-in-central-cities-632489.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 05:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/thousands-of-israelis-protest-demand-deal-for-hostages-in-gaza-632492.html Jerusalem Aug 18 Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure a deal with Hamas to end the Gaza war and release the remaining hostages The day of strikes and nationwide protests came on Sunday amid mounting public anger over government plans to launch a new offensive in the devastated Palestinian territory Critics fear the operation aimed at seizing Gaza City and central Gaza could endanger the 49 hostages still held there Xinhua news agency reportedThe Hostages and Missing Families Forum which organised the demonstrations said that hundreds of thousands participated in rallies at more than 300 locations across the countryIn Tel Aviv streets were cleared as many businesses including local branches of Microsoft Meta and Fiverr shuttered in solidarity with the protest Demonstrators blocked highways including the main road to Jerusalem set tyres on fire and disrupted transportation Protesters carried Israeli flags alongside yellow banners symbolising the hostage struggle chanting slogans and banging drumsThe conquest of Gaza death sentence for the hostages read one placard We dont win a war over the bodies of hostages protesters chantedPolice reported using water cannons to disperse some gatherings and arrested at least 38 peopleFinance Minister Bezalel Smotrich a farright Minister condemned the protests as a perverse and harmful campaign that plays into Hamass handsSmotrich said pressure for a deal would bury the hostages in tunnels and force Israel to surrender to its enemiesIn contrast former hostage Gadi Moses told demonstrators that the path of war will not lead to any solutionHe rejected calls to eliminate Hamas warning that another group would always emerge Moses urged leaders to adopt a rational plan that will bring benefit to the Palestinian people and ensure prosperity and security for usMoses called for Israelis to move past revenge for the Hamas assault on October 7 2023 in which about 1200 people were killed and 250 abducted according to Israeli tallies We need an agreement that will satisfy both sides so neither will be afraid he saidIn response to the attack Israel launched a massive assault that destroyed much of Gaza Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least 61944 people according to Gaza health authoritiesAs night fell protesters marched toward Tel Avivs Hostage Square chanting for a deal to end the war Stateowned Kan TV news reported that tens of thousands attended the marchHaggai Angrest father of captive soldier Matan Angrest addressed the crowd This is only the opening shot we will not stop he said Prime Minister look at us we are determined we will not stop turning the whole country upside down until the hostages are hereThe prospects for an agreement remain dim Netanyahu faces pressure from the public to bring the hostages home while his farright allies push to continue the war and rebuild settlements in Gaza At the start of his weekly Cabinet meeting Netanyahu dismissed calls to halt the fighting saying those who advocate for an end to the war are hardening Hamass stance and pushing off the release of our hostages IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/thousands-of-israelis-protest-demand-deal-for-hostages-in-gaza-632492.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/yemens-houthis-claim-retaliatory-missile-attack-on-ben-gurion-airport-632494.html Sanaa Aug 18 Yemens Houthi group has said that it had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in retaliation for an Israeli strike on a power station in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Sunday in a televised address on the movements alMasirah TV that the missile successfully achieved its goal forcing millions of Israelis to rush to shelters and suspend the airports operationsHe said the attack was in response to what he called Israels crimes of genocide and starvation in Gaza and its aggression against YemenThe Israeli military said in a statement that it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen triggering sirens across the country Xinhua news agency reportedIt did not report damage or casualtiesIsraeli Defence Minister Israel Katz quoted by Israels Channel 12 said the military earlier in the day had struck an infrastructure target in Houthicontrolled territory including a power station in southern SanaaAuthorities in Sanaa said Israeli missiles destroyed electricity generators at the Hezyaz power station in southern SanaaNo casualties were reportedThe site has been hit repeatedly since last yearThe Houthis who control much of northern Yemen have carried out drone and missile attacks on Israel since November 2023 in what they describe as solidarity with Palestinians during the IsraelHamas war in GazaMost of the projectiles have been intercepted by Israeli defencesIsrael has responded with strikes on Houthiheld areas targeting airports power stations and ports in Sanaa and HodeidahJust a day before the latest missile incident on August 15 the Houthis claimed they had launched four drone attacks targeting Haifa Negev Eilat and Beer Sheva reportedly using six dronesSarea said those strikes also achieved their objectives and were similarly framed as acts of solidarity with PalestiniansIn July 2025 the Houthis resumed attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden targeting vessels they allege have ties to IsraelThese attacks are part of their broader campaign to pressure Israel into ending its military operations in GazaThe Houthis ongoing attacks on Israeli territory and interests both on land and at sea underscore the growing regional impact of the IsraelHamas war drawing in militant groups from across the Middle EastDespite Israels defences largely neutralizing these threats the incidents have heightened tensions and complicated international diplomatic efforts aimed at deescalation IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/yemens-houthis-claim-retaliatory-missile-attack-on-ben-gurion-airport-632494.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terror-associates-arrested-in-jampks-bandipora--632399.html Srinagar Aug 17 Two LashkareTaiba LeT terror associates were arrested by joint forces in JampKs Bandipora district on Sunday and arms amp ammunition were seized from them police said Officials said that the arrest came after the joint forces including the army and the JampK Police set up a joint naka checkpost at Malpora Nowgam area of Sumbal subdivision in BandiporaTwo LeT terror associates were arrested along with arms and ammunition From their possession 2 Chinese grenades 2 UBGL Grenades and 10 rounds of AK rifles were recovered an official said adding the two have been identified as Abdul Majid Gojri resident of Sadarkote Bala and Abdul Hamid Dar resident of VijparaPolice have registered a case under the UAPA in this incident and an investigation has been taken up the official saidSecurity forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against the terrorists in the hinterland while the army has been on maximum alert guarding the Line of Control LoC in JampKThe elimination of three hardcore Pakistani terrorists responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed was part of the aggressive operations being carried out by the joint forcesLeT commander Suleman Shah and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai were killed on July 28 in the higher reaches of Dachigam national park on the foot of Mahadev mountain peak in Harwan area of SrinagarThe Army codenamed it Operation MahadevAfter the Pahalgam terror attack the security forces are carrying out antiterrorist operations against gunwielding terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also on the radar of the security forces because it is believed that the funds generated by the hawala money racket and drug smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in JampKThe coordinated and Intelligencebacked operations of the joint forces are aimed at dismantling the ecosystem of terrorism in JampK rather than focusing on just the elimination of the armed terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terror-associates-arrested-in-jampks-bandipora--632399.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/independence-day-attacks-expose-pakistans-losing-battle-against-ttp-632318.html New Delhi Aug 17 The TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP has become Pakistans biggest security headache Created by the Inter Services Intelligence ISI today the Pakistan establishment fights the terror outfit regularly On Pakistans Independence Day the TTP carried out a series of attacks across the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPIn all six districts policemen were killed and nine others were injured in eight simultaneous attacksAttacks took place in the Upper and Lower Dir Bannu Hassan Khel and ShanglaThe TTP while claiming the attack said that this was part of their ongoing campaign to weaken the security establishment in PakistanOver the years the TTP has become one of the most dangerous terror groups in the worldThe Global Terrorism Index 2025 ranks it as one of the deadliest terror organisations in the world Along with the Islamic State Jamaat Nusrat AlIslam and AlShabab the TTP was responsible for most deaths globally for the year 2024Data shows that in 2024 alone these groups were responsible for the deaths of 4300 peopleIn Pakistan alone the TTP is responsible for 90 per cent of the attacks In 2024 out of the 1081 deaths due to terror the TTP alone was responsible for 558 deathsThe ISI created TTP to create a divide within the Afghan TalibanWhile it had remained loyal at first over the years it has turned very badly against the ISI The other headache for Pakistan is that like the Balochistan Liberation Army BLA the TTP has systematically targeted Chinese interests in Pakistan as wellWhile the intent was to divide the Taliban in Afghanistan the ploy misfired for the ISI and Pakistan ArmyThe TTP is now heavily backed by the Afghan Taliban thus making the outfit even more lethal In fact the terrorists who carried out the Independence Day attack had infiltrated from AfghanistanPakistan had managed to curb the activities of the TTP to a large extent However there was a resurgence and since 2021 its activities are on in full swing which the Pakistanis are unable to controlThe shifting of its activities entirely to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region is also one of the reasons why the outfit has become even more lethal This region is on the northern border with Afghanistan and hence getting in and out of Pakistan is relatively easier for the TTP operativesThe backing of the Afghan Taliban is also an added advantage for the TTPBefore 2020 the Pakistan military campaign Operation ZarbeAzb was launched This operation broke the back of the TTP as its entire leadership was removedHowever after the US withdrew from Afghanistan the TTP saw this as an opportunity With Afghanistan being largely peaceful it moved its operations to PakistanIt brought together several splinter groups that had broken away and rebuilt the terror groupAlong with the Taliban AlQaeda too had backed the TTPThe Pakistan establishment has fallen out largely with the Taliban due to this factor Pakistan accuses the Taliban of backing the TTP and this has not gone down well in KabulIrrespective of the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan the TTP has said that it will not back down In fact it released an infographic this month stating that it had killed 139 Pakistani soldiers in July 2025To make matters worse for Pakistan are the sophisticated weapons that it has been using Most of the weapons it has been using at the ones left behind by NATO during the withdrawalDuring the Independence Day attack in Pakistan it used drones along with its conventional weapons to carry out the eight attacksThe United Nations says that the TTP has 6500 fighters and is looking to add more to its ranksThe UN says that the TTP could transform into an umbrella group for other terror organisations There have been talks of a merger between the TTP and the Al Qaeda in the Subcontinent AQIS and this could make the outfit even more lethal IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/independence-day-attacks-expose-pakistans-losing-battle-against-ttp-632318.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/soldier-killed-as-infiltration-bid-foiled-along-loc-in-jampks-uri-sector-631864.html Srinagar Aug 13 A soldier was killed on Wednesday as the alert troops foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Uri sector One soldier was killed during a fierce gunfight with terrorists The Army has launched a counterinfiltration and border action team BAT operation in the area and a search operation is underway The troops foiled the infiltration bid in the Churunda area of Uri in the Baramulla district the officials saidA counterinfiltration operation has been launched in the area to track down the terrorists An exchange of fire is going on and further details are awaited the sources addedMeanwhile the protracted antiterrorist operation in the Akhal Devsar forest area of Kulgam district in Kashmir entered its 13th day on WednesdayNotably this operation is the longest ongoing antiterrorist operation in the ValleyOn the first night of the gunfight on August 1 one local terrorist was killed and four soldiers were injured Two injured soldiers later succumbed to critical injuries while the other injured are being treated in the hospitalOfficials said that since this is a vast and dense forest area the operation may be prolongedJoint forces including the Indian Army CRPF and JampK Police had started CASO Cordon amp Search Operations in the area on August 1The Army has deployed Rudra helicopters drones and para commandos to ensure that the hiding terrorists are unable to escapeSecurity forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against the terrorists in the hinterland while the Army has been on maximum alert guarding the LoC in JampKThe elimination of three hardcore Pakistani terrorists responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed is part of the aggressive operations being carried out by the joint forcesThree hardcore Pakistani terrorists including LashkraeTaiba LeT commander Suleman Shah and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai responsible for the Pahalgam attack were killed on July 28 in the higher reaches of Dachigam national park on the foot of Mahadev mountain peak in Harwan area of SrinagarThe Army codenamed this operation as Operation MahadevAfter the Pahalgam terror attack the security forces are carrying out antiterrorist operations against gunwielding terrorists their overground workers and sympathisers IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/soldier-killed-as-infiltration-bid-foiled-along-loc-in-jampks-uri-sector-631864.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-killed-in-encounter-with-police-in-chaibasa-slr-rifle-seized-631871.html Chaibasa Jharkhand Aug 13 A Maoist was killed in a fierce encounter with police and security forces near Sauta village under Goilkera police station limits in West Singhbhum district Jharkhand on Wednesday morning An SLR rifle was recovered from the site officials said Jharkhand Police IG Operations Dr Michael Raj said the encounter took place during a joint search operation in the Goilkera area a known Maoist strongholdHe said as the team entered the forested hill terrain of Sauta Maoist cadres opened indiscriminate fire The forces retaliated triggering a gun battle that lasted for nearly an hour with several rounds of firing exchanged from both sidesAccording to the IG the rebels suffered significant losses A Maoist body was recovered after the area was secured though the deceased is yet to be identifiedHe said security forces have intensified combing operations in the area to track down Maoists who managed to escapeFor the past several weeks police have been conducting sustained antiNaxal operations in the Saranda region and adjoining forests dismantling Maoist bunkers seizing large caches of IEDs and recovering weaponsOfficials say the campaign aims to eradicate Maoist influence from the regionDr Raj asserted that the forces have been achieving continuous success and expressed confidence that Maoist activities in the area will soon be eliminatedThis year alone 23 Maoists have been killed in various encounters across Jharkhand In April eight Maoists including top leader Prayag Manjhi alias Vivek were gunned down in a major operation in Bokaro districts Lugu HillsEarlier police had claimed that Maoist activities are now restricted only to the Saranda jungles in Jharkhand They said they have been eliminated from other areasUnion Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier said that the security forces will wipe out Maoism from the country by March next year He also appealed to the Maoists to surrender and join the mainstream by availing the governments rehabilitation package IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-killed-in-encounter-with-police-in-chaibasa-slr-rifle-seized-631871.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/us-announcement-on-balochistan-limits-chinas-ability-exposes-pakistans-double-standards-top-expert-631894.html Washington Aug 13 IANS The United States formally designating the Balochistan Liberation Army BLA and the Majeed Brigade as Foreign Terrorist Organisations FTO and US President Donald Trump announcing US investment in oil exploration in Balochistan not only reinforces Americas commitment to counter international terrorism but also limits Chinas ability to use security concerns as a justification for expanding its physical presence in the region under the cover of protecting the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor CPEC a renowned international analyst reckoned on WednesdaynbspUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday designated the BLA and its front organisation the Majeed Brigade as FTOs asserting that action taken by the Department of State demonstrates the Trump Administrations commitment to countering terrorismLast month Washington had officially designated The Resistance Front TRF as a FTO and Specially Designated Global Terrorist SDGT validating Indias longstanding stance that the TRF is not an indigenous militant group but a proxy for the Pakistanbased jihadi organisation LashkareTaiba LeT which was established to cover up Pakistans continued patronisation of terrorism in Jammu and KashmirnbspThese backtoback designations John Spencer the Executive Director at the USbased Urban Warfare Institute wrote on Wednesday show that the United States under President Trump is committed to confronting terrorism wherever it occursThey also highlight Pakistans double standards Islamabad continues to shelter and enable LeT JaisheMohammed and other antiIndia terrorist groups while demanding global sympathy for its own insurgencies The same state that claims to be a victim of terrorism has been one of its most consistent sponsors Spencer wrote in an article titled Why US Terrorist Designations in Balochistan Matter for India and the Region which he also shared with his followers on XThe leading American defence analyst believes that the Trump administrations firm approach to both TRF and BLA confirms that New Delhis warnings about Pakistans duplicity are gaining traction in WashingtonnbspFor the United States the designations serve multiple interests They strengthen Americas credibility as a global leader against terrorism they counter Chinas push to expand its security presence in Pakistan they safeguard prospective US energy and mineral investments in Balochistan and they contribute to stability along critical maritime and trade routes in the Arabian Sea These moves also align US and Indian objectives in exposing and isolating Pakistans support for militant groups said SpencerLocated on Pakistans southwestern edge bordering Afghanistan to the north Iran to the west and the Arabian Sea to the south Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan covering half of the countrys area and home to just about 12 million peoplenbspIts terrain combines rugged mountain ranges desert plateaus and a 770kilometre coastline that includes the deepwater port of Gwadar The province is rich in natural gas coal copper gold and rare earth minerals Despite this abundance it remains one of the poorest and least developed regions in South Asia with high unemployment low literacy and minimal infrastructure Spencer highlightedBalochistan located at the trijunction of South Asia the Middle East and Central Asia is one of the most geopolitically and economically significant regions in the world With over 1000 kilometres of coastline along the Arabian Sea and proximity to key maritime seamless trade routes it is a natural gateway to Central Asia Europe and the Middle EastnbspEarlier this month leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch had written an open letter to Indias Public and Government sector companies urging Indian partnership to unlock the vast potential of Balochistan as beneath its rugged terrain lies untapped treasure trillions of dollars worth of rare earth minerals gold copper oil coal lithium and natural gas and despite this immense wealth decades of exploitation and occupation have left the region underdevelopedFor India Balochistans unrest is both a moral and strategic concern Morally the Baloch people deserve international attention for the severe abuses they face including enforced disappearances extrajudicial killings and systematic denial of political rights Strategically instability in Balochistan undermines the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor CPEC Growing discontent over Chinese exploitation of the provinces mineral wealth has triggered repeated BLA attacks against Chinese nationals and Pakistani security forces asserts SpencernbspIn response China has opened talks with Pakistan to form a joint security venture to protect its investments and personnel Reports indicate that Beijing is keen to place its own security forces on the ground in Pakistan following a model it recently operationalized in Myanmar under the pretext of safeguarding infrastructure projects during that countrys civil war he addsnbspHowever the urban warfare expert emphasised lasting peace in Balochistan will only come when Pakistan abandons military repression in favour of political dialogue equitable resource sharing and respect for rightsnbspUntil that day Balochistan will remain a fracture in Pakistans sovereignty a pressure point for Chinas regional ambitions and a vivid counterpoint to Pakistans rhetoric on Kashmir he believes https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/us-announcement-on-balochistan-limits-chinas-ability-exposes-pakistans-double-standards-top-expert-631894.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-pak-backed-terror-network-ahead-of-i-day-five-operatives-held-631644.html Chandigarh Aug 12 In a major breakthrough against Pakistans ISIbacked terror network Punjab Polices Counter Intelligence of Jalandhar in a joint operation with SBS Nagar Police have busted a Babbar Khalsa International BKI terror network with the arrest of five operatives Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday He said it was operated by foreignbased handlers Mannu Agwan Gopi Nawashehria and Zeeshan Akhtar on the directions of Pakistanbased BKI operative Harwinder RindaFive operatives were apprehended from Tonk and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan and averted further planned attacks he saidThe module had planned an attack inside a liquor store in Punjabs SBS Nagar recently and was further tasked to attempt such attacks on Independence DayThe arrested accused were receiving direct instructions from foreignbased Zeeshan Akhtar and BKI mastermind Mannu Agwan who is working in close coordination with Pakistanbased BKI operative RindaThe DGP said in a statement on X that one person was injured in an exchange of fire while being taken for recoveryHe opened fire on the police and sustained injuries in retaliatory action and is admitted to the Civil Hospital of SBS Nagar the DGP saidA first information report FIR has been registered at the police station of Nawanshahr in SBS Nagar district under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and the Explosive Substances ActOne 86P hand grenade one 30 bore pistol along with two cartridges and two empty shells of 30 bore were recoveredTo ensure peaceful celebrations of Independence Day DGP Yadav on Monday briefed the police force regarding the current security scenario and reviewed counterterror strategies besides issuing operational directives on interdistrict coordination highvisibility checkpoints and roundtheclock surveillance to prevent any law and order breach in the border stateThe DGP was on a tour to chair law and order review meetings and outreach sessions with officers of Commissionerates Amritsar Jalandhar and Ludhiana and Police Ranges Border Jalandhar Ludhiana and RoparHe also reviewed the ongoing antidrugs campaign Yudh Nashian Virudh and action against gangsters and organised crimeAn official statement quoting the DGP said he asked officers to conduct financial investigations against hawala operators to dismantle the entire ecosystem of drug trafficking IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-pak-backed-terror-network-ahead-of-i-day-five-operatives-held-631644.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-bki-terror-module-five-operatives-held-631726.html Chandigarh Aug 12 Punjab Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav said here on Tuesday that in a major breakthrough against Pakistans ISIbacked terror network Punjab Polices Counter Intelligence CI Jalandhar in a joint operation with SBS Nagar Police have busted a Babbar Khalsa International BKI terror module with the arrest of five operatives including three juveniles from Rajasthan The module was being operated by foreignbased handlers Mannu Agwan Gopi Nawanshehria and Zeeshan Akhtar on the directions of Pakistanbased BKI operative Harwinder Singh alias RindaThose arrested have been identified as Ritik Naroliya a resident of Didawata village in Jaipur Sonu Kumar of Kala Sanghian village in Kapurthala and three juveniles Police teams have also recovered one 86P handgrenade and one 30 bore pistol along with two cartridges and two empty shells DGP Yadav said the module had planned an attack inside a liquor store in SBS Nagar recently This module had carried out a grenade attack at liquor store in SBS Nagar on August 7 The DGP added that the operatives were further tasked to attempt such attacks during the period leading up to the Independence Day The accused were receiving direct instructions from foreignbased handler Zeeshan Akhtar and BKI mastermind Mannu Agwan who is working in close coordination with Rinda We have successfully averted further planned attacks by this terror module said DGP Yadav adding the probe is on to establish linkages in the case Sharing more details Assistant Inspector General Jalandhar Navjot Mahal said in an intelligenceled operation that all the five accused were arrested from the areas of Tonk and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan He added that during a followup recovery operation accused Sonu attempted to open fire at the police party In selfdefence the police party retaliated resulting in a bullet injury to Sonu who was hospitalised IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-bust-bki-terror-module-five-operatives-held-631726.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/asim-munirs-second-visit-to-washington-a-warning-flare-report-631573.html Washington Aug 11 Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munirs recent visit to the United States his second to the country since June is being seen less as a genuine effort to strengthen bilateral ties and more as a bid to secure financial aid political shield and fresh channels of influence all of which will be harnessed for Pakistans militaryindustrialterrorism complex a report cited on Monday The Pakistani military the report mentioned has pocketed American money arms and diplomatic protection since the Cold War only to channel them into its own narrow and destructive agendaIn the 1980s the US poured billions into Pakistan to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan Instead of building stability Pakistans intelligence service the ISI nurtured the very jihadist networks that would later birth the Taliban and alQaeda Osama bin Laden found shelter in Abbottabad barely a stones throw from Pakistans premier military academy even as Islamabad swore blind loyalty to Washington a Global Order report highlightedIt detailed how the 2000s saw the same double game where under the Bush administration Pakistan was a major nonNATO ally in the war on terror and yet the Taliban leadership operated freely from Pakistani soilAmerican troops in Afghanistan paid with their lives while Pakistan quietly provided safe havens training and arms to the insurgents killing them The betrayal was not subtle it was strategic the report mentionedPakistan continues to be a terror hub while claiming to combat terrorism Its territory shelters internationally designated terrorist groups including LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammed which target neighbouring countries particularly India and Afghanistan and propagate extremist ideology far beyond the region These groups function under the protective cover of the Pakistani government which directs their violent actions to further its geopolitical objectives Pakistans counterterrorism narrative the report stated is a facade to ensure the continuation of US aid and weapon suppliesPakistans growing involvement in US Central Command CENTCOM operations also raises concern given its long history of duplicityThe report stated that Islamabads access to CENTCOM intelligence and planning could pose a serious risk to stability in the Middle East With the Pakistani military maintaining strong connections with extremist networks and having a wellestablished track record of leaking sensitive intelligence reports to parties hostile to the US and allied interests Islamabads engagement in CENTCOM endangers operations in the Gulf and could provide radical elements with insight into American strategies in an already volatile regionThe report emphasised that if the US President Donald Trump or any US administration believes that Pakistan has reformed they should consider the recent ground realities as the South Asian nation still harbours UNdesignated terrorists exports jihadists into its neighbourhood and turns a blind eye to the radical preaching that fuels global extremismIf America falls for the pitch again it will not only embolden Pakistan but also destabilise the region at a time when the US needs reliability in its partnerships Asim Munirs second visit to Washington in a month should be read not as a sign of strengthening friendship but as a warning flare history is about to repeat itself And when it does the betrayal will be complete again the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/asim-munirs-second-visit-to-washington-a-warning-flare-report-631573.html Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nuclear-sabre-rattling-pakistans-stock-in-trade-india-slams-pak-army-chiefs-irresponsible-remarks-in-us-631452.html New Delhi Aug 11 IANS India on Monday slammed the irresponsible remarks made by Pakistans Chief of Army Staff COAS Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir during his recent visit to the United States emphasising that nuclear sabrerattling is Pakistans stockintradenbspDuring his US visit over the weekend Munir has warned that Pakistan will never allow India to choke the Indus River and will defend its water rights at all costs even if the forces will have to destroy any dam that India sought to build on itWe will wait for India to build a dam and when they do so we will destroy it The Indus River is not the Indians family property We have no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river Munir was quoted as saying by leading Pakistani daily Dawn at an event organised by members of the PakistaniAmerican community in Tampa FloridanbspIndia which has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail reacted strongly to the comments made by MunirOur attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the United States Nuclear sabrerattling is Pakistans stockintrade The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks which also reinforce the wellheld doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is handinglove with terrorist groups read a statement issued by Randhir Jaiswal spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs MEA on MondayMunir the Pakistani media reported on Monday visited two US cities over the weekend and flew to Belgium on Sunday after completing his second highprofile trip to the United States in less than two monthsnbspIt is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail We will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security the MEA statement mentionednbspMunirs visit to the US capital in June was overshadowed by widespread protests led by members of the Pakistani diaspora and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khans Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI party While Rawalpindi was projecting Munirs visit as a step towards strengthening military and strategic ties with Washington the backlash from overseas Pakistanis turned his stay at the luxury hotel in Washington into a scene of charged demonstrationsProtesters chanted slogans accusing Munir of human rights violations branding him as Pakistanio ke qatil and Islamabad ke qatil meaning killer of Pakistanis and killers of Islamabad respectively A video widely circulated on social media showed one protester yelling Geedad geedad geedad jackal jackal jackal a derogatory term used to suggest cowardice and deceit The clip quickly went viral and was described by analysts as a public embarrassment for the Pakistani military establishmentAnalysts reckon that Munirs treatment as the true interlocutor in Washington and Beijing recently highlights how far Pakistans military has overreached into domains traditionally managed by the elected representativesnbspAsim Munirs aggressive diplomacy abroad is only one facet of a broader power consolidation at home that has pushed Pakistan into what can only be described as a militaryled hybrid authoritarianism Behind the civilian façade the military establishment has pulled all institutional levers to dominate the judiciary the economy and the legislative process an defence expert told IANSPerhaps the most damning indictment of Asim Munirs tenure is not just the scope of his ambition it is the cost at which it has come Munir may go down in history as the army chief who has lost hundreds of soldiers to insurgent attacks in merely two years of his tenure From Balochistan to the tribal hinterland of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPK Pakistani troops have come under relentless assault from a rejuvenated insurgency especially by groups like Balochistan Liberation Army BLA and TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP he addedIn April India had hit out strongly at the Pakistani Army Chief for referring Kashmir as Islamabads jugular veinnbspSee how can anything foreign be their jugular vein This is a Union Territory of India Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegallyoccupied territories by that country said Jaiswal during a regular media briefing on April 17 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nuclear-sabre-rattling-pakistans-stock-in-trade-india-slams-pak-army-chiefs-irresponsible-remarks-in-us-631452.html Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nuclear-sabre-rattling-pakistans-stock-in-trade-india-slams-pak-army-chiefs-irresponsible-remarks-in-us-631456.html New Delhi Aug 11 India on Monday slammed the irresponsible remarks made by Pakistans Chief of Army Staff COAS Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir during his recent visit to the United States emphasising that nuclear sabrerattling is Pakistans stockintrade During his US visit over the weekend Munir has warned that Pakistan will never allow India to choke the Indus River and will defend its water rights at all costs even if the forces will have to destroy any dam that India sought to build on itWe will wait for India to build a dam and when they do so we will destroy it The Indus River is not the Indians family property We have no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river Munir was quoted as saying by leading Pakistani daily Dawn at an event organised by members of the PakistaniAmerican community in Tampa FloridaIndia which has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail reacted strongly to the comments made by MunirOur attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the United States Nuclear sabrerattling is Pakistans stockintrade The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks which also reinforce the wellheld doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is handinglove with terrorist groups read a statement issued by Randhir Jaiswal spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs MEA on MondayMunir the Pakistani media reported on Monday visited two US cities over the weekend and flew to Belgium on Sunday after completing his second highprofile trip to the United States in less than two monthsIt is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail We will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security the MEA statement mentionedMunirs visit to the US capital in June was overshadowed by widespread protests led by members of the Pakistani diaspora and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khans Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI party While Rawalpindi was projecting Munirs visit as a step towards strengthening military and strategic ties with Washington the backlash from overseas Pakistanis turned his stay at the luxury hotel in Washington into a scene of charged demonstrationsProtesters chanted slogans accusing Munir of human rights violations branding him as Pakistanio ke qatil and Islamabad ke qatil meaning killer of Pakistanis and killers of Islamabad respectively A video widely circulated on social media showed one protester yelling Geedad geedad geedad jackal jackal jackal a derogatory term used to suggest cowardice and deceit The clip quickly went viral and was described by analysts as a public embarrassment for the Pakistani military establishmentAnalysts reckon that Munirs treatment as the true interlocutor in Washington and Beijing recently highlights how far Pakistans military has overreached into domains traditionally managed by the elected representativesAsim Munirs aggressive diplomacy abroad is only one facet of a broader power consolidation at home that has pushed Pakistan into what can only be described as a militaryled hybrid authoritarianism Behind the civilian façade the military establishment has pulled all institutional levers to dominate the judiciary the economy and the legislative process an defence expert told IANSPerhaps the most damning indictment of Asim Munirs tenure is not just the scope of his ambition it is the cost at which it has come Munir may go down in history as the army chief who has lost hundreds of soldiers to insurgent attacks in merely two years of his tenure From Balochistan to the tribal hinterland of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPK Pakistani troops have come under relentless assault from a rejuvenated insurgency especially by groups like Balochistan Liberation Army BLA and TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP he addedIn April India had hit out strongly at the Pakistani Army Chief for referring Kashmir as Islamabads jugular veinSee how can anything foreign be their jugular vein This is a Union Territory of India Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegallyoccupied territories by that country said Jaiswal during a regular media briefing on April 17 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nuclear-sabre-rattling-pakistans-stock-in-trade-india-slams-pak-army-chiefs-irresponsible-remarks-in-us-631456.html Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalistan-embassy-in-canada-a-brazen-provocation-that-ottawa-still-wont-confront-630979.html New Delhi Aug 8 Having failed to make any sort of impact in India the proKhalistan elements have made Canada their playground for several years now In fact ties between India and Canada have turned sour and fragile owing to this issue New Delhi has accused Canada of shielding Khalistan elements who are counterproductive to Indias security interests Now to make matters worse a socalled Embassy of the Republic of Khalistan has opened up in Surrey British Columbia This development is a further irritant in the already fragile ties between India and CanadaWhile under Justin Trudeau ties had nosedived a change of Prime Minister in Canada did reignite some hope for relations between the two countries Under Mark Carney relations seemed to be moving forward in the right direction However the proKhalistan elements wield too much influence which makes it hard for any party in the country to ignore themThe socalled embassy is located at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara once led by Hardeep Singh Nijjar a designated terrorist in India It was his murder that ignited diplomatic tensionsThe opening of this embassy is not just worrisome but is a brazen act by these elements who are part of terror organisations narcotic cartels and gangs Canada has not yet reacted to this developmentThe Indian High Commission in Ottawa had issued a statement condemning the move It said that this is a direct threat to Indias sovereignty The High Commission also called upon Canada to act against such elements What is more ironic is that there is no word on this development from David Eby the Premier of British ColumbiaThe embassy is said to have received funding of USD 150000 from the state British Columbia has an NDP government a party that until recently headed by Jagmeet Singh who was an ally of Trudeau and a known Khalistan sympathiser India has provided proof in the form of several dossiers about the activities of these elements There is ample proof to suggest that those sitting in Canada are running the terrorgangster nexus that operates largely in IndiaHowever Canada has refused to blink and at one time accused India of having a hand behind the killing of Nijjar The question is why cant Canada act against these dangerous elements For one politicians in Canada have recognised these elements not as terrorists but as legitimate political nonviolent people Signages seeking a Khalistan state and referendums by these persons are seen as a nonviolent expressionThe biggest reason for the stoic silence is vote bank politics Canadas legal framework places a high value on freedom of expression that is protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms This is exactly what the Khalistani elements use to term themselves as legitimate activitiesCanada has also on several occasions said that this is about freedom of speech and hence no action can be taken against them The Canadian Security Intelligence Service had in 2024 said that nonviolent advocacy for an independent state of Khalistan cannot be considered extremismHowever in 2024 the same agency had said that Khalistanis pose a threat It went on to say that Khalistani extremists continue to use Canada as a base for promotion fundraising or planning of violence in India This was a major shift in approach but on the ground nothing seems to have changedAs per the 2021 census the population of Sikhs in Canada stood at 77 lakh This is something that politicians cannot ignore as these are sizeable vote banks and also have immense influence in the countryWhile a majority of this Sikh population does not subscribe to the Khalistan ideology there are a few who think otherwise Although smaller in number Canadian politicians want to take no chances when it comes to electionsCan India and Canada remain quiet about this and let relations strain further The answer is no India and Canada will have to act upon these elementsCanada in particular has recognised the problem but is yet to act on it Indian officials will realise the gravity on when the Khalistan elements spill on the streets and hurt Canadian interests It has been happening gradually but the question is how long will Canada wait IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalistan-embassy-in-canada-a-brazen-provocation-that-ottawa-still-wont-confront-630979.html Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-foil-terror-plot-by-seizing-pak-origin-ied-630753.html Chandigarh Aug 7 In a major blow to Pakistans ISIbacked crossborder terror networks Punjab Polices AntiGangster Task Force AGTF foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistanbased Babbar Khalsa International BKI terrorist Harwinder Rinda and terrorist Lakhbir Landa Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav on Thursday said that teams of the AGTF have received credible human intelligence about the consignment containing improvised explosive device IED pushed from Pakistan Acting swiftly the AGTF in close coordination with Tarn Taran Police launched a combing operation in the district and recovered an IED from the area of Naushera Pannuan in Tarn Taran before it could reach Rinda and Landas local associates for potential use in subversive activities he said The DGP further stated that the IED was immediately secured and safely transported to a designated location where it was successfully neutralised in a controlled detonation by the explosive ordnance disposal team The prompt and coordinated action of Punjab Police personnel averted a major tragedy and ensured public safety he added Sharing more details Additional Director General of Police AGTF Promod Ban said the preliminary investigations have revealed that the recovered IED was pushed into Punjab by the Pakistani agencies backed terrorist modules with intentions to disrupt public peace and target innocent lives in the border state Deputy Inspector General of Police AGTF Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said a case has been registered under sections 3 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and section 111 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita at the police station in Sirhali in Tarn Taran Further investigation is ongoing to uncover and apprehend the associates of Rinda and Landa he said In a related development Amritsar Commissionerate Police apprehended four people involved in crossborder arms smuggling and recovered seven sophisticated Pistols from their possession The recovered pistols comprised two 9MM PX5 two 9MM Glock and three 30 bore pistols IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-foil-terror-plot-by-seizing-pak-origin-ied-630753.html Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/how-bangladeshs-turmoil-is-fueling-a-terror-threat-on-indias-border-630519.html New Delhi Aug 6 The Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB was once a dangerous terror outfit operating out of Bangladesh threatening Indias national interests However since the past eight years it had gone down considerably and there were no signs of any activity from this proscribed terror group With Sheikh Hasinas ouster many radical groups have run amok and this has led to the revival of several terror groups including the JMBThe Indian Intelligence agencies have warned that the JMB is being revived in a big way and this poses a direct risk to states in the northeast and West BengalThe revival of the JMB is dangerous because it uses a large number of refugees and those who infiltrate illegally as its foot soldiers This means that the group as per the wishes of the ISI and JamaateIslami is currently indulging in aiding a large number of illegal infiltrationsFurther the JMB is also seeking the support of AlQaeda as part of its revival plan AlQaeda is important as it has a wider reach and can spread its ideology more quickly The JMB on the other hand is focused largely on the ground operationsAfter Muhammad Yunus was made the caretaker of the interim government in Bangladesh the Jamaat at the insistence of the ISI called the shots Since then several ISI officials have visited Bangladesh and spoken with the leaders of these groups The ISI wants the terror groups to act as one and not become counterproductive to each otherFor instance it wants the JMB to focus solely on India with the help of the Ansarullah Bangla Team ABT and AlQaeda AlQaeda is more than happy to work with these groups as they were the ones behind the 2002 Church bombings in Gopalganj and the 2004 attack on the UK and US embassiesNow coming specifically to their plans for India the JMB is building a strong group of foot soldiers It is recruiting by the dozens from camps that house illegal immigrants and Rohingya Muslims both from Bangladesh and MyanmarWith Myanmar too troubled the JMB would have no problem in roping in those who are fleeing the nation Once they are pushed into India the JMB has instructed them to take up small work in areas which are dominated by Muslims from Bengal This would avoid any suspicionFurther they have also been told not to mingle with the local public and to go about their work in small industries However there would be frequent meetings to discuss plans and how to go about them These meetings would be held in various places and would comprise smaller groups to avoid detectionThe JMB is not new in India The Burdwan blast that took place in 2014 was the handiwork of the JMB At that time investigations pointed out how the outfit works Most of them found in the bomb making factory were illegal immigrants Hence a similar textbook would be in play this time as well the Intelligence assessment saysToday the JMB is taking advantage of the porous IndiaBangladesh border in West Bengal and Assam Since the border is vulnerable and due to the worsening situation in Bangladesh it becomes easier for the JMB to infiltrate its cadresFor India to tide over this problem it would need cooperation from the Bangladesh government just like the way Sheikh Hasina did when she was in power However this time around the situation is different and the Yunus regime tilts more towards Pakistan and relations with India have remained cold IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/how-bangladeshs-turmoil-is-fueling-a-terror-threat-on-indias-border-630519.html Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-article-370-end-pakistans-terror-tactics-fail-to-unnerve-kashmiris-630121.html New Delhi Aug 5 Six years ago when the Modi government abrogated Article 370 and 35A it completed the Constitutional process that had been deliberately left incomplete decades ago And six years later the government took another step that has proven to the world that terror violence can no longer go unpunished Operation Sindoor which happened a few months ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 370 abrogation stands as the fitting response to Pakistan and its terroristsupporting deep stateSince August 5 2019 the security landscape in Kashmir has undergone a dramatic transformation Stonepelting incidents street protests bomb blasts and targeted firings have stopped The number of attacks on security forces has also reducedThe improved security was the reason that since the 370 abrogation the number of tourists every year has been on the rise Each year crores of tourists from the country and outside visit the union territory This steady inflow has boosted local industries such as handicrafts and horticulture contributing significantly to the regions economic revivalThe enhanced sense of security has also resulted in a manifold increase in youth participation in education sports competitive exams and entrepreneurshipAlthough sporadic terror attacks still occur the overall environment especially in the Kashmir Valley has become far more welcoming for visitors Much of the population is now focused on rebuilding and moving forward from the fear and trauma of the pre2019 eraHowever Pakistan after failing to reinstil fear in the people through concentrated terror attacks unleashed the brutal April 22 terror attack on innocent tourists killing 25 after identifying them as Hindus One local ponywalla was also murdered The ploy was sinister meant to break the back of the Kashmiris who had started believing in the peace efforts It was also dangerous as it was meant to stop the people visiting the valley and create communal strife all over the countryBut Kashmiris proved Pakistan wrong and after initial shock the tourists have returned to the valley A significant moment came with the celebration of ZaethAshtami by Kashmiri Hindus at the Kheer Bhawani Temple in Ganderbal This was soon followed by the Amarnath Yatra which has seen participation from over four lakh pilgrims This resilience and unity have sent the strongest message yet to Pakistan and its proxiesGone are the days when terrorists roamed freely in the valley even in Srinagar city Earlier they found shelter not only near the Line of Control but also deep within civilian areas There were hundreds of instances where locals harboured militants or helped them escape That landscape has changed significantly post2019 Today most encounters take place in remote forests where militants hide in foliage or cavesAfter 2019 the Modi government banned dozens of organisations that nurtured terrorists in Kashmir This has helped in curbing the local recruitment into terror ranks A majority of the terror operatives are being sent from across the border in PakistanThat said security challenges still exist Elements vulnerable to religious propaganda can still be swayed by Pakistanbacked terror groups which continue to equate terrorism with jihadRecently National Conference president and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said that militancy in Jammu and Kashmir has not ended and never will Such statements highlight where the real challenge lies the doublespeak of certain political leaders who prefer to keep tensions alive for personal or political gainBut the people of Kashmir have spoken They want peace They want progress And they want more tourists to visit the valley to build on the momentum set in motion after August 5 2019Deepika Bhan can be contacted at deepikabiansin IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-article-370-end-pakistans-terror-tactics-fail-to-unnerve-kashmiris-630121.html Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terror-under-a-new-banner-khalistani-terrorists-go-global-with-isi-and-cartel-support-630143.html New Delhi Aug 5 India has repeatedly warned countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom about the Khalistan terror menace Both countries have been complicit when it comes to taking action against the Khalistani terrorists operating on their soil The problem is also persistent in the United States and these elements have managed to get away under the garb of free speech While they state that their demand is the creation of a separate Khalistan nation carved out of India in reality these elements are notorious gangsters terrorists arms smugglers and drug lordsEarlier they would operate by using their own networks in these foreign nations The Khalistani terrorists also have a wide network of gangsters operating in India These persons indulge in hit jobs terror acts and narcotic smugglingHowever in recent times the Khalistani elements have teamed up with LatinAmerican drug cartels and the Chinese network as well These connections were exposed after the US Drug Enforcement Agency DEA revealed that there was a Khalistan connection to the Chinese and LatinAmerican cartelsThe busting of these networks which also have an ISI link led to the arrest of an IndianCanadian gangster Opinder Singh There has not been any link with the Chinese elements and Khalistani terroristsHowever the security agencies suspect that China may have started to promote these elements following a request by the ISI In a bid to gain the support of the Chinese the ISI roped in Gurpatwant Singh Pannun the head of the proscribed group Sikhs for Justice SFJIntelligence agencies say that the proximity between the Chinese and Khalistani elements may have begun when India and China were locked in a tense standoff along the Line of Actual Control LAC It was at that time that Pannun had written to Chinese President Xi Jinping in which he justified Chinas stand against IndiaWe consider Chinas countermilitary action against India as legitimate and justified to protect its territorial integrity under international laws he had writtenHe urged the Chinese President to take up the issue of Sikhs rights of selfdetermination in the UN Security Council He had also written a letter in 2019 to the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan stating that the Indian agencies are planning to attack the Chinese consulate in PakistanChina also appeared to be supportive of Pannun when the US agencies arrested one Nikhil Gupta who had claimed that he had been paid by the Indian agencies to assassinate the SFJ chief India had rejected the claim and even snubbed ChinaThese developments are worrying since the ISI has been pooling several resources to ensure that the Khalistan movement is taken forward To take the movement forward the ISI brought together gangsters and narcotic smugglers The mingling with the international cartels is aimed at earning more money so that the movement can be funded in a major wayWhile the Indian agencies are on high alert and have not allowed the movement to raise its ugly head in the country the worry is the associations abroad The Punjab police also held a detailed meeting with the field officers during which presentations were given about the issueThe Punjab police took note of the rise in activity in the border areas of Amritsar and Jalandhar This was an indication that the ISI was pushing the Khalistan agenda harder IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terror-under-a-new-banner-khalistani-terrorists-go-global-with-isi-and-cartel-support-630143.html Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-raids-19-locations-in-punjab-over-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-630269.html New Delhi Aug 5 The National Investigation Agency NIA on Tuesday carried out raids at 19 locations across Punjab in connection with the March grenade attack on a temple in Amritsar The searches were conducted in the border districts of Amritsar Gurdaspur and Batala as part of a widening investigation into the terror incident The raids led to the seizure of several incriminating materials including mobile phones and other digital devices the agency saidAccording to the NIA the grenade attack on Thakur Dwara Sanatan Temple located on Sher Shah Road in Amritsar was orchestrated by terrorists supported by foreignbased handlers The attack occurred on the night of March 14 and is one of several such incidents in Punjab attributed to terror modules with overseas linksThe case registered as RC082025NIADLI revealed that two accused individuals Gursidak Singh now deceased and Vishal Gill were directly involved in the execution of the attack Gursidak Singh had been in contact with foreign handlers who recruited Indian nationals to carry out acts of terrorThe handlers reportedly radicalised vulnerable youth offering them money and drugs in exchange for conducting grenade attacks and smuggling weaponsThe investigation also found that Gursidak Singh and Gill were engaged in multiple operations involving the movement and delivery of grenades and firearms across different locations in PunjabThese activities were aimed at spreading fear and disrupting communal harmony in the stateGursidak Singh and Vishal Gill were involved in multiple instances of picking and dropping of grenades weapons etc as per the NIA investigations which are continuing the NIA said in a press statementThe NIA is continuing with its action against operatives of various terror modules threatening the security and sovereignty of the countryThe agencys probe is ongoing with more arrests and evidence collection expected in the coming weeks IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-raids-19-locations-in-punjab-over-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-630269.html Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-for-4th-day-in-jampks-kulgam-629872.html Srinagar Aug 4 The operation against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmirs Kulgam district entered its 4th day on Monday as intermittent overnight firing continued in the Akhal forest area of the district Officials said intermittent firing and blasts continued in the forest area of the districtJoint forces including the Army CRPF and JampK Police have extended the area under the CASO Cordon amp Search Operation as officers are closely monitoring the situationOne terrorist has been killed and another critically injured in this operation so far while four soldiers have sustained injuriesThe Army has deployed Rudra helicopters drones and Para commandos to ensure that the hiding terrorists are unable to escapeSecurity forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against the terrorists in the hinterland while the Army has been on maximum alert guarding the Line of Control LoC in JampKThe elimination of three hardcore Pakistani terrorists responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed is part of the aggressive operations being carried out by the joint forcesThree hardcore Pakistani terrorists including LeT commander Suleman Shah and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai responsible for the Pahalgam attack were killed on July 28 in the higher reaches of Dachigam National Park at the foot of Mahadev mountain peak in the Harwan area of SrinagarThe Army codenamed this operation as Operation Mahadev After the Pahalgam terror attack the security forces are carrying out antiterrorist operations against gunwielding terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also on the radar of the security forces because it is believed that the funds generated by the hawala money racket and drug smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in the union territoryThe coordinated and intelligencebacked operations of the joint forces are aimed at dismantling the ecosystem of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir rather than focusing on just the elimination of the gunwielding terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-for-4th-day-in-jampks-kulgam-629872.html Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/sudhakar-chaturvedi-acquitted-in-malegaon-blast-case-honoured-by-rashtra-pratham-629708.html New Delhi Aug 2 After years of mental social and legal persecution devout patriot Sudhakar Chaturvedi was honoured in a grand ceremony organised by Rashtra Pratham on Saturday The event took place near Sativali Lake at Gram Devi Temple in Vasai East drawing enthusiastic participation from a large number of local citizensThe programme commenced with a celebratory welcome for Chaturvedi marked by loud firecrackersChief organiser and founder of Rashtra Pratham Shivkumar Pandey paid tribute to Chaturvedis unwavering commitment to truth courage and relentless struggle over the years presenting him with a special honourRecalling the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case speakers at the event highlighted how the thenCongress government allegedly coined the term Hindu Terrorism to falsely implicate innocent individualsFigures like Col Shrikant Purohit Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Sudhakar Chaturvedi were not only arrested but also subjected to prolonged legal harassment through fabricated evidence and politically driven narrativesThe recent verdict by the Special NIA Court which acquitted all accused has now confirmed what many believed all along that the entire case was part of a political conspiracy aimed at tarnishing the image of the Hindu communityDescribing the judgment as a victory of truth and justice the organisers called it a strong rebuttal to divisive forces who in their agendadriven narratives misused terms like Saffron Terror to attack Indias cultural identityAttendees at the ceremony took a collective pledge to remain united and raise their voices against any such injustice in the future IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/sudhakar-chaturvedi-acquitted-in-malegaon-blast-case-honoured-by-rashtra-pratham-629708.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-for-3rd-day-in-jampks-kulgam-629737.html Srinagar Aug 3 After two terrorists were killed and another critically injured during the last two days the security operation in Jammu and Kashmirs Kulgam district continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday Joint forces including the Army CRPF and JampK Police started a cordon and search operation CASO in the Akhal forest area of Kulgam on Friday following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the areaAfter cordoning the area the security forces came under fire and an encounter started in which one terrorist was killed on Friday while the second terrorist was killed on SaturdayOfficials said the third terrorist was critically wounded Senior police officers said on Saturday that the operation will continue since the number of hiding terrorists could be more than threeThe officials said firing exchanges continued intermittently during the night indicating that either the injured hiding terrorist or more terrorists are responsible for the firing exchanges in the areaSecurity forces are using drones thermal imaging etc to help the cordoning ground forces close on the hiding terroristsOfficials said the two slain terrorists are localsSecurity forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against the terrorists in the hinterland while the Army has been on maximum alert guarding the Line of Control LoC in the union territoryThe elimination of three hardcore Pakistani terrorists responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed is part of the aggressive operations being carried out by the joint forcesThree hardcore Pakistani terrorists including LashkareTaiba LeT commander Suleman Shah and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai responsible for the Pahalgam attack were killed on July 28 in the higher reaches of Dachigam national park on the foot of Mahadev mountain peak in Harwan area of SrinagarThe Army codenamed this operation as Operation MahadevAfter the Pahalgam terror attack the security forces are carrying out antiterrorist operations against gunwielding terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisersDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also on the radar of the security forces because it is believed that the funds generated by the hawala money racket and drug smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in Jammu and KashmirThe coordinated and informationbacked operations of the joint forces are aimed at dismantling the ecosystem of terrorism in the UT rather than focusing on just the elimination of the gunwielding terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-for-3rd-day-in-jampks-kulgam-629737.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/one-terrorist-killed-in-ongoing-gunfight-in-jampks-kulgam-629560.html Srinagar Aug 2 One terrorist was killed on Saturday in an ongoing gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmirs Kulgam district Officials said that after Intelligence inputs were recieved about the presence of terrorists in the Akhal forest area of Kulgam district the joint forces started a CASO Cordon amp Search Operation on FridayExchange of fire between the joint forces and the hiding terrorists is taking place and one terrorist has been killed in this ongoing operation so farThe identity and other details of the slain terrorist will be ascertained after the operation is concluded officials saidSecurity forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against the terrorists in the hinterland while the Indian Army has been on maximum alert guarding the Line of Control LoC in JampKThe elimination of three hardcore Pakistani terrorists responsible for the April 22 Pahalgam attack in which 26 people were killed is part of the aggressive operations being carried out by the joint forcesThree hardcore Pakistani terrorists including LeT commander Suleman Shah and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai responsible for the Pahalgam attack were killed on July 28 in the higher reaches of Dachigam national park on the foot of Mahadev mountain peak in Harwan area of Srinagar The Army code named this operation as Operation MahadevAfter the Pahalgam terror attack the security forces are carrying out antiterrorist operations against gun wielding terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisers in JampKDrug smugglers and drug peddlers are also on the radar of the security forces because it is believed that the funds generated by hawala money racket and drug smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in JampKThe coordinated and Intelligencebacked operations of the joint forces are aimed at dismantling the ecosystem of terrorism in JampK rather than focussing on just the elimination of the gun wielding terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/one-terrorist-killed-in-ongoing-gunfight-in-jampks-kulgam-629560.html Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/except-for-israel-no-nation-blamed-pak-for-pahalgam-terror-as-india-failed-to-convince-global-community-aiyar-629576.html New Delhi Aug 2 Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday questioned the effectiveness of Indias global diplomatic outreach following the Pahalgam terror attack claiming that except for Israel no country has explicitly held Pakistan responsible Referring to the Operation Sindoor outreach in which a host of leaders from political parties in India including Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor visited several countries to present Indias case Aiyar said the effort yielded no concrete resultsHe said that despite extensive foreign visits and statements India has failed to convince the international community that Pakistan was behind the attackShashi Tharoor and his friends can roam around as much as they want but apart from Israel no one else said that Pakistan was behind the Pahalgam terror attack Everyone is condemning the terrorism but no one is willing to blame Pakistan Aiyar told IANS in an interviewCiting the UN Security Council meeting held after the attack he pointed out that the statement issued later condemned terrorism but did not name PakistanIn the UN Security Council meeting the final statement condemned the terrorism but they did not mention who was behind it Pakistans name was not mentioned No one to date has said that Pakistan is responsible Aiyar addedOnly we claim that Pakistan is responsible We are not able to present any evidence We are not able to name the Pakistani agency which was behind the attack The world is not accepting what India is saying PM Modi travels a lot but what did we get in return he saidHe also referred to US President Donald Trumps assertions about brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan claims that New Delhi has repeatedly denied and said that while Islamabad acknowledges it India has denied any mediation thereby gaining nothing from the situationTrump is also claiming credit for India and the ceasefire agreement Pakistan is accepting it but India has denied the claims of any mediation Hence Islamabad is getting all the benefits and we are facing the punishment Aiyar added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/except-for-israel-no-nation-blamed-pak-for-pahalgam-terror-as-india-failed-to-convince-global-community-aiyar-629576.html Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/will-not-spare-attackers-even-in-pataal-lok-pm-modi-warns-pakistan-of-indias-rudra-roop-629610.html Varanasi Aug 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday issued a strong warning to Pakistan saying India would not spare anyone who attacks it even if they are hiding in Pataal Lok Addressing a massive crowd in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi the Prime Minister said India can take the form of Kaal Bhairav to punish terrorists and destroy their infrastructureThere are several forms of Lord Shiv one is for Kalyan development and the other is his Rudra roop When there is terror and injustice Mahadev takes his Rudra roop The world saw this form of India during Operation Sindoor Anyone who attacks India will not be spared even in Pataal Lok he saidPM Modi said that if Pakistan dares to commit another act of terror India will respond again this time with Made in India weaponsTaking aim at the Opposition for questioning Operation Sindoors success he said Some people in our own country are not able to digest the success of Operation Sindoor The Congress and its ecosystem are upset that India destroyed Pakistans terror camps I ask you are you proud of Operation Sindoor Did you see how our missiles and drones dismantled the terror bases with precision Pakistans airbases are still in the ICUThe Prime Minister took sharp digs at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party accusing them of sympathising with terrorists instead of supporting Indias armed forcesCongress and SP are more pained by the situation in Pakistan than in India The masters of terror are crying in Pakistan and here Congress and SP are also crying They called Operation Sindoor a tamasha Is Sindoor ever a tamasha This is an insult to our martyrs and our armed forces PM Modi saidHitting out at SP PM Modi said They questioned why the Pahalgam terrorists were killed on a specific day Should we call them for permission before killing terrorists Do we wait for terrorists to run away These are the same people who when in power in UP gave clean chits to terrorists And now they are upset when terrorists are killed They have a problem even with the name Operation SindoorHe declared that this is a new India one that worships Mahadev but turns into Kaal Bhairav when neededThe Prime Minister also highlighted the success of indigenouslydeveloped weapons and the growing strength of Indias Defence manufacturingDuring Operation Sindoor the world saw the power of Made in India weapons our drones missiles Air Defence Systems especially BrahMos missiles Pakistan is unable to sleep because of BrahMos And I am proud to say that these missiles will now be manufactured in UP In Lucknow BrahMos production is starting Big Defence companies are coming to the UP Defence Corridor Made in India weapons will soon become the backbone of our armed forces he saidIf Pakistan dares another act the missiles made in UP will finish the terror bases he addedThe Prime Minister opened his address with chants of Om Namah Parvati Pataye Har Har Mahadev and recalled the pain of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killedI had prayed to Baba Vishwanath to give strength to the victims families I had promised my daughters that I would take revenge for their sindoor Today with Mahadevs blessings I have fulfilled that promise I dedicate the success of Operation Sindoor at the feet of Mahadev he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/will-not-spare-attackers-even-in-pataal-lok-pm-modi-warns-pakistan-of-indias-rudra-roop-629610.html Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/from-denial-to-evidence-how-nadra-cards-nail-pakistans-hand-in-pahalgam-attack-629662.html New Delhi Aug 2 It is a well known fact that in the aftermath of every terrorist attack in India Pakistan has denied any hand in the same Be it Mumbai 2611 Uri Pahalgam or Pulwama Pakistan has always tried it to pass it off as an attack carried out by the locals However for Pakistan the scenario may be different when it comes to the Pahalgam attack in which 26 innocent lives were lost After the attack The Resistance Front claimed responsibility for the attack However at the insistence of Pakistan the outfit which is a proxy of the LashkareTaiba was quick to take its claimAfter the Pahalgam attack India retaliated with Operation Sindoor However the terrorists who carried out the attack remained at large It was only after 90 days that the security forces gunned them downPreliminary investigations have shown that there is a direct Pakistan link to the attack At first it was said that there was a local involvement but further probing showed that all three terrorists were of Pakistani originThe key evidence that the agencies have managed to get is the NADRA card details of the terrorists that were found on their phones The NADRA cards are computerised national identity cards that are issued by the National Database and Registration Authority a Pakistan government agencyThe NADRA card is the main identification document for Pakistani citizens both in their country as well as overseas The finding of the NADRA cards are a major link to PakistanThe fact that these card details were found on the phones of terrorists makes it clear that they were of Pakistani origin Such cards are not issued to local terrorists and it is typically found on those who are of Pakistani originAnother crucial piece of evidence that the investigators have gathered ar the LoRa long range communication sets from the slain terrorists The LoRa sets will help the investigating agencies pin down Pakistans role further in the attackThe data from the LoRa sets will help the investigators gather data which may help them trace the movement of the terrorists This would not only throw up data relating to the location of the terrorists for the past couple of months but will also help ascertain the country of manufacturingIn recent times terrorists have been using LoRa sets instead of satellite phones LoRa sets unlike satellite phones provide secure communication over long distances They do not rely on cellular networks of the internet While the satellite phones are vulnerable to interception LoRa sets are notThe first time that the Indian agencies learnt that LoRa sets were being used was when some terrorists who were infiltrating the country were shot down It was found that these sets were being used by terrorists not only to avoid detection but also to communicate with their Pakistanbased handlersThe terrorists who carried out the terror attack in PoonchRajour had also used LoRa sets These sets are used in a custombuilt encrypted radio The messages cannot be intercepted and this makes it hard to detectHowever there are methods to discover the location when these sets are turned on The range is however just 35 km and detection becomes harder when used in a forested regionIn addition to the LoRA sets and details relating to the NADRA cards the security forces in the aftermath have also recovered a 28watt solar charger a GoPro harness three mobile chargers needle and threads medicines a Swiss Military power bank dry rations tea powder and a stove IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/from-denial-to-evidence-how-nadra-cards-nail-pakistans-hand-in-pahalgam-attack-629662.html Sat, 02 Aug 2025 18:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-charge-sheets-three-hizb-ut-tahrir-operatives-for-plotting-to-promote-caliphate-in-india-629485.html New Delhi Aug 1 The National Investigation Agency NIA has filed a charge sheet against three operatives of the banned terror outfit Hizb utTahrir HuT for allegedly conspiring to propagate the groups extremist ideology and attempting to raise funds from foreign sources to support its unlawful activities The accused Kabeer Ahmed Aliyar alias Kabeer Ahmed Aziz Ahamed alias Jaleel Aziz Ahmed and Bava Bahrudeen alias Mannai Bava have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 in case RC012024NIACHEAccording to the NIA the trio had entered into a criminal conspiracy with HuT leaders to establish an Islamic Caliphate in India The agency claims they sought military support from hostile foreign powers including the Pakistan Army and tried to leverage Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage routes to secure covert backing for their radical plansThe accused had entered into a criminal conspiracy with HuT office bearers to establish an Islamic Caliphate in India by seeking military assistance from forces inimical to India and enforce the constitution written by HuTs founder Taqi alDin alNabhani the NIA said in a statementInvestigations revealed the trio had also planned to secure support from Pakistan Army through Hajj and Umrah travellers it addedThe NIA investigation further revealed that the accused were actively involved in radicalising vulnerable youth through clandestine bayan sermon classesThey reportedly indoctrinated individuals with HuTs hardline ideology which was officially banned in October 2024 by the Government of India along with all its offshoots and front organisationsIn a particularly concerning development the accused had also organised an exhibition displaying the military strength of Islamic nations such as Iran Turkey Egypt and Pakistan The event was allegedly aimed at inciting support for the overthrow of Indias democratically elected government through violent jihad and warfareThe NIA stated that the investigation into the wider conspiracy is ongoing as it continues to uncover the network and international links of the banned group IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-charge-sheets-three-hizb-ut-tahrir-operatives-for-plotting-to-promote-caliphate-in-india-629485.html Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampks-massive-transformation-tight-slap-on-those-who-justified-bloodshed-as-resistance-top-us-expert-629492.html Washington Aug 1 A renowned international analyst on Friday hailed the unprecedented development in Jammu and Kashmir especially the post2019 transformation stating that the massive change in a region long held hostage by instability and armed extremism is not cosmetic but foundational and denies militants the narrative they rely on John Spencer Executive Director at the USbased Urban Warfare Institute visited India recently and travelled to Jammu and Kashmir to witness firsthand how the region is building physically economically and psychologically towards something that is not defined by violenceIn the 202425 fiscal year alone the Indian government invested over 10516 crore approximately USD 13 billion into Jammu and Kashmir That money is being turned into projects that are connecting Kashmir to the rest of India not just metaphorically but physically Spencer wrote in an article titled The Beauty of the Developing Jammu and Kashmir which he shared with his followers on X on FridayAmong the most ambitious undertakings he wrote are the new rail and transport corridors that are knitting Kashmir into the rest of the countryThe Chenab Railway Bridge now stands as the tallest railway arch bridge in the world at 359 meters built at a cost of 35000 crore USD 37 billion It has been called the crown jewel of the UdhampurSrinagarBaramulla rail line a corridor that is reshaping the regions economic and strategic future Nearby the Anji Khad Bridge Indias first cablestayed railway bridge links the rugged Reasi district In February 2024 Tunnel T50 Indias longest rail tunnel at 12775 kilometers was opened cutting through the Pir Panjal range to enable yearround movement Spencer mentionedThis is not just engineering It is statecraft in concrete and steel he addedThe change states the leading expert on urban warfare happened in 2019 after India abrogated Article 370 revoking Jammu and Kashmirs special autonomous statusIt was a bold constitutional change and one that many observers especially outside India feared would lead to greater unrest Instead the years that followed have brought a different reality one defined by massive investment recordbreaking infrastructure and the visible return of public life said SpencerRoads expanded schools were built businesses opened and tourists returned to the Valley with more than 23 million people visiting Jammu and Kashmir in the last one yearWhat was once a symbol of insurgency is becoming a destination for families entrepreneurs and builders And perhaps most importantly Kashmiris are participating in this change It is not something being done to them It is something many are now doing with and for themselves wrote SpencerHowever the transformation had its enemies he detailed highlighting the heinous April 22 Pahalgam attack when terrorists from a Pakistanbased terrorist group killed 26 people and wounded at least 17 othersThe victims were pilgrims tourists and local residents The massacre shocked India triggered a brief war with Pakistan and briefly made international headlines But what received far less attention was why the attack happened It was not random It was a strategic act of terrorism aimed at disrupting the very stability that Kashmirs development now represents Extremist groups understand that roads railways tourism and rising civilian confidence are a threat to their relevance Violence like the Pahalgam attack is designed to halt that momentum not through military defeat but through fearEmphasising that stability is the enemy of extremism he lauded Jammu and Kashmirs development insisting that every kilometre of new road every new bridge every child in a functioning school are nails in the coffin of a worldview that justifies bloodshed as resistanceKashmirs natural beauty has long been undeniable What I saw during my visit was something more powerful A people reclaiming what was lost and building what should never again be taken away A home once lost is being found again And this time it is being made stronger than ever before Spencer concluded IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampks-massive-transformation-tight-slap-on-those-who-justified-bloodshed-as-resistance-top-us-expert-629492.html Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/2611-tihar-jail-officials-cite-security-reasons-to-deny-tahawwur-rana-regular-phone-chats-with-kin-629503.html New Delhi Aug 1 Officials of Tihar jail have told a Special NIA Court that 2611 mastermind Tahawwur Rana cannot be regularly allowed to speak to his family members on the telephone due to security reasons a lawyer said on Friday The prison authorities opposed Ranas plea for regular telephonic contact with family members in their response filed before the Special National Investigation Agency NIA Judge at Patiala House CourtRanas plea seeking permission to speak to his family members over the phone is not new The court had earlier accepted his similar request and allowed him to speak to his family onceTihar officials filed the response after the Special Court asked them to clarify their stand on the PakistaniCanadian national and Mumbai terror attack masterminds application seeking permission to have regular telephonic contact with family membersRana who was extradited from the US in April to stand trial in the Mumbai attack case is in judicial custody till August 13Earlier Rana also sought a bed in his cell in Tihar prison which was approved by the court and the facility was provided by the jail authoritiesDuring the earlier proceedings the NIA informed the court that they had handed over all documents related to Ranas health to the jail administrationOn June 6 the Special NIA Court had called for a status report from Tihar jail authorities after Ranas counsel flagged his deteriorating health conditionThe NIA has already filed a supplementary charge sheet against Rana a former officer of the Pakistan Armys Medical Corps following an initial charge sheet filed against him in 2012The latest set of charges also included Ranas arrest memo seizure memos and several other related documentsThe NIA had also collected voice and handwriting samples of Rana as a precursor to match them with recordings of his telephonic discussions with 2611 coaccused David Coleman HeadleyNIA sources had earlier said that during interrogation Rana had claimed that his childhood friend and coaccused Headley was solely responsible for the reconnaissance and planning aspects of 2611Jailed in the US Headley who turned approver in the case had earlier admitted to conducting recce missions across India including Mumbai on behalf of LashkareTaiba LeT IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/2611-tihar-jail-officials-cite-security-reasons-to-deny-tahawwur-rana-regular-phone-chats-with-kin-629503.html Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mizoram-begins-collecting-biometric-data-of-myanmar-bangladeshi-refugees-629261.html Aizawl July 31 Following the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA the Mizoram government started the process to collect biometrics and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state after fleeing from their countries officials said here on Thursday An official of the Mizoram Home Department said that the Champhai and Lunglei district administrations started the biometric data collection for Myanmar and Bangladesh refugees on Thursday He said that the Serchhip district administration in central Mizoram on Wednesday first launched the biometric enrolment drive for the refugees The process of recording biometric and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees on the Foreigners Identification Portal and Biometric Enrolment for displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladeshi nationals would be done in all 11 districts of Mizoram Champhai district is home to 13586 refugees while Lunglei hosts around 2000 refugees According to the official the MHA would bear the cost of expenditure of the biometrics and biographic data collection the Mizoram government however has already sanctioned Rs 38 lakh to initiate the process The Mizoram government has recently provided vigorous training to the districtlevel officials to collect biometrics and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees taking shelter in the state which shares 510 km and 318 km unfenced international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively As per the Mizoram government record around 33000 refugees from Myanmar and over 2370 refugees from Bangladesh are currently taking shelter in the Northeastern state After a military coup in Myanmar in February 2021 refugees including women and children from the neighbouring country started coming to Mizoram seeking shelter and now their numbers have increased to around 33000 The Bangladeshi Bawm community tribals from Chittagong Hill Tracts CHT have also been staying in Mizoram for over two years after they fled from their country due to ethnic troubles following the Bangladesh Army launched a crackdown on the tribals The MHA had earlier asked both the Manipur and Mizoram governments to capture biographic and biometric details of illegal migrants in the two states and complete the process at the earliest Over 4650 people including women and children from Myanmar earlier this month fled to Mizoram and taken shelter in three locations of Champhai district following a series of armed clashes between the Chin National Defence Force CNDF and Chinland Defence Force CDF both antimilitary ethnic groups who were engaged in fierce gun battles between June 28 and July 5 over control of the territory However as the situation along the IndiaMyanmar border is relatively calm now majority of the newly arrived Myanmar refugees have returned to their villages in the neighbouring country The Myanmar refugees mostly Chin tribes and have almost full ethnic and cultural similarity with the majority Mizos of Mizoram now sheltered in camps and relatives houses in 11 districts in the northeastern state Also the Bawm also known as Bawmzo are a small ethnic group primarily residing in the CHT of Bangladesh and they have almost full ethnic and cultural resemblance with the majority Mizos of Mizoram Myanmars Chin state shares 510 km of mountainous borders with six Mizoram districts Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip Mizorams three districts Mamit Lunglei and Lawngtlai share a 318 kmlong border with Bangladesh IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mizoram-begins-collecting-biometric-data-of-myanmar-bangladeshi-refugees-629261.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/al-qaedas-army-of-digital-warriors-the-new-face-of-terror-in-india-629277.html New Delhi July 31 The arrest of Shama Parveen Ansari in connection with an online radicalisation case only shows that outfits such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State have built a massive network of digital warriors Shama who originally hails from Jharkhand was arrested in Bengaluru by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad for allegedly promoting the ideology of Al Qaeda in the Indian SubcontinentThe probe found that she was using digital platforms to circulate content which called for an armed revolution of Jihad against the Indian government She was using social media platforms to post inflammatory content and also videos on Al QaedaThe ATS found that she had posted videos by Maulana Asim Umar slain AlQaeda ideologue Anwar alAwlaki and Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lahores Lal Masjid These were aimed at disturbing communal harmony and were also a larger strategy of Al Qaeda relating to recruitmentThis arrest is a crucial one and will help unearth the larger network of Al Qaeda sympathisers in India who are spreading the ideology of the banned terror outfitThe arrest comes in the backdrop of four more persons being held from Delhi Noida Ahmedabad and Modasa for committing the same offenceAl Qaeda in the Subcontinent was formed in 2014 with the sole intention of carrying out terror activities in India The India connection to the outfit was clear when it appointed Asim Umar alias Sheikh Umar as its chiefThe appointment raised eyebrows as Umar is originally a resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh Umars goto man was one Mohammad Usman who is also a UP residentThese appointments made it clear that their India operations were of utmost importance to them The five recent arrests in Gujarat and three other locations show that the outfit has managed to create an army of digital warriorsAl Qaeda has chosen the online path as it realises that like the Islamic State the ideology needs to spread India is a space that both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are fighting forIn a bid to outdo each other both outfits have created digital warriors across the country to not just spread the ideology but also to recruit cadres into their foldThe Indian agencies say that the Islamic State has a better online presence in India However Al Qaeda is better known thanks to Osama bin Laden Hence the outfit feels that if it increases its online presence then it has a better shot at recruitmentAl Qaeda is already a popular outfit in states such as Kerala Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat Moreover it has better traction when compared to the Islamic State in Bangladesh It is looking to use this to further its prospects in IndiaThe fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime and the takeover of the country by the JamaateIslamibacked players have only aided Al QaedaOfficials say that when it comes to groups such as AlQaeda and the Islamic State the worry is more about their online presence These groups are not creating modules and cells in India They are focused more on lone wolves as it is both costeffective and does not come under the radar of the Intelligence agencies easilyThis is why Al Qaeda has a massive network of digital warriors who work independently and spread the ideology of the outfit The danger however is that most of these persons are not working for any financial gain They are selfradicalised and are now spreading the ideology of the outfitThis is the danger with such persons and the recent arrests will only help investigating agencies to nab more who are part of the digital warrior module IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/al-qaedas-army-of-digital-warriors-the-new-face-of-terror-in-india-629277.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/flawed-from-the-start-malegaon-acquittals-shatter-ats-probe-and-hindu-terror-claim-629284.html Mumbai July 31 From the year 2011 onwards when the National Investigation Agency NIA took over the Malegaon blast case serious lacunae were found in the previous investigation On Thursday the court acquitted all seven accused including Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit after a longwinding trial that began nearly 15 years ago The 2008 Malegaon blast became a major controversy during its investigation as it led to the emergence of terms like Hindu terror or Saffron terror in the Indian political and media discourseIt also went on to become a major political slugfest and many in the media had painted Sadhvi Pragya and Lieutenant Colonel Purohit as the socalled faces of Hindu terrorOn July 31 the NIA court while delivering its verdict held that mere suspicion could not carry the weight of a conviction It also noted that there was no evidence to prove that Purohit had procured the RDX or assembled the bombThe court further said that Thakur was not the owner of the motorcycle that was used in the blastThe Maharashtra ATS probed the case at first but it was handed over to the NIA in the year 2011 The NIA found serious lapses in the probe by the ATS As the investigations progressed the NIA dropped charges under MCOCA while stating that confessions recorded under this law are inadmissibleThe NIA probe also learnt that the motorcycle that was registered in the name of Pragya had been with another accused well before the blast took place A lot began to change when the Bombay High Court granted Pragya bail citing a lack of evidenceIn the same year the Supreme Court released Lt Col Purohit In 2018 the NIA court framed fresh charges However as the trial took place 300 witnesses were examined and many turned hostile This further weakened the case of the prosecutionFollowing the blast the Maharashtra ATS led by Hemant Karkare said that the motorcycle used in the attack belonged to Pragya Thakur The bikes registration number was fake and its engine and chassis numbers had been filed offHowever the forensics lab restored the erased identity of the bike and linked it back to Pragya The ATS then went on to link Lt Col Purohit to a littleknown or unknown organisation known as Abhinav BharatThe ATS then went on to claim that the group had conspired to target Muslims and went on to charge the accused under various sections of the IPC UAPA and MCOCAIn a mammoth charge sheet that ran into over 4000 pages the ATS said that the Abhinav Bharat was an organised crime syndicate It was for the first time that investigators spoke about rightwing Hindus as perpetrators of terror This led to more debate about who may have carried out the blasts at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and also the Samjautha blastsSome had even tried to spread the narrative that the same group may have played a hand in the Mumbai 2611 attacksIn August 2010 then Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Intelligence officials that saffron terror was a phenomenon that had been implicated in several bombings His successor Sushil Kumar Shinde three years later declared that the RSS and BJP are running terror training campsThis issue even caught the attention of the international community In 2010 WikiLeaks made public a secret communication to Washington by the thenAmbassador to India Timothy Roemer He spoke about a July 20 2009 conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi He detailed how Rahul Gandhi had told him that radicalised Hindu groups were a bigger danger than Islamist terrorist groups like the LashkareTaibaEven the then National Security Advisor MK Narayanan spoke about Hindu extremist groups with the FBI director Robert MuellerEarlier on Wednesday Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha that he is proud to declare to the world and the people of India that a Hindu can never be a terrorist The NIA court finally called out the Congress bogey of Hindu terror or saffron terror on Thursday The case was a controversial one since day oneOne of the first proponents of the term Hindu terror was Congress leader Digvijaya Singh who called the RSS a bomb making factory These statements led to a political slugfest and changed the narrative relating to terrorism in India IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/flawed-from-the-start-malegaon-acquittals-shatter-ats-probe-and-hindu-terror-claim-629284.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorist-ogw-arrested-with-3-pistols-by-police-in-jampks-jammu-district-629004.html Jammu July 30 An overground worker OGW of terrorists was arrested with three pistols in JampKs Jammu district while he was travelling towards Srinagar in a private vehicle police said on Wednesday The youth identified as Azan Hameed Gazi son of Abdul Hameed Gazi of Qamarwari area in Srinagar was arrested after arms and ammunition were recovered from his possession during a check in the Nagrota area of the district on Tuesday nightBased on specific input a party from the police station Nagrota laid a special Naka checkpost at TCP Bypass Nagrota at around 920 pm yesterday During checking a car which was heading towards Srinagar from Jammu was intercepted During the search of the vehicle police recovered three pistols three empty magazines eight live cartridges and two empty cartridges from the possession of the driver a police official saidThe driver was arrested an FIR under relevant sections of the Arms Act registered at Police Station Nagrota and further investigation is going on the official addedSecurity forces have intensified their operations against the terrorists OGWs and terror sympathisers in the hinterland while the army has been maintaining a 24X7 vigil on the line of control LoC to thwart any infiltration from across the border into JampKEarlier in the day under Operation Shivshakti the army killed two LeT terrorists on the LoC in Poonch district when an infiltration bid was successfully foiledOn Monday under Operation Mahadev three LeT hardcore Pakistani terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam killing of 26 civilians on April 22 were killed by a joint security forces teamThe three LeT terrorists were identified as Suleman Shah Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai They were cornered and killed on the foot of the Mahadev mountain peak in the upper reaches of the Dachigam National Park in the Harwan area of SrinagarIncidentally the major success came as the Parliament began a debate on the Pahalgam massacre and Operation Sindoor IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorist-ogw-arrested-with-3-pistols-by-police-in-jampks-jammu-district-629004.html Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-army-foils-infiltration-bid-on-loc-in-poonch-628896.html Jammu July 30 The Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district by killing two intruding terrorists Operation Shivshakti In a successful antiinfiltration operation alert troops of the IndianArmy eliminated two terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control Swift action and accurate firepower thwarted the nefarious designs the Armys Nagrota Headquartered White Knight Corps said on XThree weapons have been recovered from the dead terroristsSynergistic and synchronised intelligence inputs from own intelligence units and JKP led to a successful operation Operation in progress White Knight Corps further saidEarlier in the day the Army said that two terrorists were spotted near the border fence on the LoC in Poonch district and a gunfight was underway in the areaArmys Poonch interception of terrorists comes just two days after all three terrorists engaged in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack were killed by the joint forces in Srinagar district during Operation MahadevThree hardcore Pakistani terrorists including Suleman Shah the LashkareTaiba LeT commander and his two associates Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai were killed in a joint operation by the Army CRPF and JampK Police in the higher reaches of Dachigam National Park at the foot of the Mahadev Mountain Peak in the Harwan area of SrinagarUnion Home Minister Amit Shah told the Parliament on Tuesday that these three terrorists had carried out the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 civilians including 25 tourists and a local were killedThe Union Home Minister said that intelligence tracking and eyewitnesses had confirmed that these three terrorists had carried out the Pahalgam terror attackThe attack had outraged the entire country and the focus of the security forces was to bring the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack to justiceTo avenge the terror attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a free hand to the Armed Forces Targetspecific strikes were carried out by the forces against terror infrastructure at nine locations deep inside Pakistan These included Muridke near Lahore and Bahawalpur in Pakistan mainland and Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir PoKIn retaliation Pakistan carried out heavy mortar shelling on civilian facilities in Poonch Rajouri Baramulla Bandipora and Kupwara districts of JampKFollowing the escalation the Indian Armed Forces damaged 11 defence bases of Pakistan After Pakistan desperately sought a ceasefire an understanding was reached but India did not agree to suspend Operation Sindoor IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-terrorists-killed-army-foils-infiltration-bid-on-loc-in-poonch-628896.html Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/post-sindoor-and-mahadev-indian-armed-forces-plug-gaps-as-pakistan-ramps-up-proxy-push-628912.html New Delhi July 30 Both Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev signalled the strength of the Indian armed forces while also exposing the fault lines in Pakistan While rewriting its doctrine India made it clear to Pakistan that any terror attack would be considered an act of war or aggression While those involved in the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives have been eliminated the focus is now back on the massive infiltration bids that Pakistan has been makingOn Wednesday the security forces eliminated two Pakistani terrorists while foiling an infiltration bid near the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district They were attempting to infiltrate from Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK when they were intercepted by the security forces and killedA massive search operation has been launched at the Deghwar sector Poonch after intercepts suggested the presence of suspicious persons near the LoC Reinforcements have been called in to sanitise the area and also prevent any further infiltrationAfter Operation Sindoor a large part of the terror infrastructure in Pakistan had been destroyed Prominent among those were the LashkareTaibas primary training facility in Muridke and the JaisheMohammad headquarters in BahawalpurSince the operation Pakistan has been making multiple attempts to revive its terror infrastructure While the terror infrastructures are being rebuilt closer to the Pakistan armys facilities terror groups have been asked to ramp up operationsFollowing Operation Mahadev terror groups have been trying to send their cadres in larger numbers since they lost three key terrorists during the encounter that took place on Monday at Dachigam in the Kashmir ValleyThe three terrorists who were killed have been identified as Suleman alias Faizal Jatt Hamza Afghani and Zibran Suleman who is an exPakistan army personnel was leading this team He is the one wholed the team that carried out the Pahalgam attackInvestigations have found that a team of terrorists led by Suleman had entered India from Pakistan three years back After infiltrating India they split into two teams The second team led by one Musa is still active and is being pursued by the security forcesThe number of terrorists who have managed to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 has come down Statistics show that in the past three to four years around 25 terrorists have infiltrated the Valley Tracking these hardened terrorists has become harder as they are operating in smaller teams of three to four Moreover they do not communicate with each otherThis explains why the security forces took so long to eliminate the Pahalgam attackers It was ultimately a combination of both human and technical Intelligence that led the forces to the terrorists on MondayOfficials say that when it comes to Pakistan there is never a good time to take your eyes off Even at the height of tensions during Operation Sindoor infiltration attempts were made by Pakistan These attempts were aided by coordinated artillery fire from the Pakistan sideTwo days before the ceasefire was announced the Border Security Force BSF on May 8 foiled a major infiltration bid in the Samba sector killing seven armed terroristsWith major operations against Pakistan done for now the focus of the security forces has now shifted to internal security Gaps along the infiltration corridors are now being plugged while area domination patrols are being launchedThe security forces are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that there is no regrouping of infiltrators IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/post-sindoor-and-mahadev-indian-armed-forces-plug-gaps-as-pakistan-ramps-up-proxy-push-628912.html Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-bangladesh-isi-eyes-nepal-as-next-frontier-for-anti-india-operations-628777.html New Delhi July 29 After making Bangladesh its playground the ISI is now exploring Nepal and proposes to make it another front against India There has been a sustained effort to increase the number of Pakistanis living in Nepal and the larger plan is to convert them into assets who would in turn carry out terror strikes against India A report in a local vernacular newspaper Purbokone said that an organisation called Alhaj Shamshul Haque Foundation also known as the Ash Foundation laid the foundation stone for a Mosque in Nepal in the Inarawa area near Biratnagar of the Sunsari districtCalled the Razzak Mosque the foundation describes it as a religious hub for the local Muslim population The groundbreaking ceremony was led by Chairman of the Ash Foundation Engineer Muhammad Nasir Uddin on July 18 2025During the ceremony he said that the Mosque would not just serve as a centre for Muslims but also as a centre for Islamic dawn or proselytisation among the 95 per cent of Nepals nonMuslim populationRazzak Mosque is expected to become a spiritual and communal centre for Muslims in Sunsari as well as an example of intercommunity cooperation and development in Nepal The foundation is committed to supporting religious and educational infrastructure for underserved communities across South Asia the Ash Foundation said in a statementThe Indian agencies suspect that the ISI is backing this initiative covertly The initiative is also said to have the backing of some Gulf nations and Turkey In the long run the Mosque could not just serve as a religious centre but also as a logistics hub for the ISIbacked terror groupsThe Ash Foundation was formally launched in 2018 and registered as an NGO in Bangladesh in 2022 Prior to this the foundation had operated as a joint stock company However on July 18 the foundation gave a public call for donations to fund the construction of the Mosque and also to expand similar projects in Nepal and other neighbouring nationsAfter the Sheikh Hasina regime in Bangladesh fell the ISI has pounced on the opportunity to set up its playgrounds in countries bordering IndiaThe JamaateIslamibacked Muhammad Yunus government has given Pakistan a free hand to operate in Bangladesh The ISI which has set up several training facilities in Bangladesh is attempting something similar in Nepal as transnational Jihadist expansion planNepal is a Hindumajority country and has never witnessed any sort of religious terrorism or radicalisation programmes Nepal has been used as a transit point by the ISI to send terrorists into India There have been reports that in 2023 terror outfits such as Al Qaeda have been attempting to set up training camps in NepalTerror groups have also used Nepal as a sanctuary to evade scrutiny by various Intelligence agencies However the recent developments are worrying and a clear attempt is being made to demographically change NepalIndian Intelligence agencies worry that such centres could be used to propagate extremism Further it could also be a strategy to disturb the majority community in Nepal It is similar to what the ISI has been trying in the northeastern states and parts of West Bengal an Intelligence Bureau official saidThe idea has been to infiltrate as many immigrants as possible and make sure that the majority becomes a minorityIn Nepal the ISI has been following what several terror groups have done in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia Mosques and Islamic cultural centres have been set up and these have operated as Intelligence gathering radical brainwashing and recruitment unitsThe agencies worry that a similar project is underway in Nepal and if not curbed at the earliest then this could go on to become a major issue Clearly an attempt is being made to undermine a Hindu majority nation with a larger plan of fostering armed conflict and total unrest IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/after-bangladesh-isi-eyes-nepal-as-next-frontier-for-anti-india-operations-628777.html Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/blood-and-water-cant-flow-together-jaishankar-unveils-indias-five-point-anti-terror-strategy-628546.html New Delhi July 28 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has outlined a decisive shift in Indias response to crossborder terrorism calling it a new normal that leaves no room for compromise on national security Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a special discussion on Operation Sindoor on Monday Jaishankar laid out a fivepoint doctrine that redefines Indias posture towards Pakistansponsored terrorismThis is not business as usual anymore Jaishankar saidOperation Sindoor represents a turning point We are no longer in an era of strategic restraint we are setting new termsHe elaborated on this evolving doctrine Terrorists will not be treated as proxies crossborder attacks will be met with direct and appropriate response there will be no dialogue except on terrorism talks and terror cannot go handinhand India will not bow to nuclear intimidation and good neighbourly ties are incompatible with terrorism blood and water cannot flow togetherJaishankar made it clear that these principles would guide all future engagement with Pakistan signalling a toughened national security stanceAmid speculation of external mediation Jaishankar firmly refuted any claim that the US had played a role in ending tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attackLet me be absolutely clear Washington had no part in deescalating the situation in May he assertedContrary to rumours of highlevel backchannel diplomacy Jaishankar clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thenUS President Donald Trump spoke only twice during that period first on April 22 the day of the Pahalgam attack and again on June 17 while PM Modi was in CanadaThere was no call in between he said dispelling any notion of American involvementHe also denied that trade discussions were linked to the conflict or factored into any of the IndiaUS exchanges during that timeJaishankar stressed the need for political unity within India on the issue of terrorismWe will only achieve zero tolerance against terrorism if we have a unified voice at home he said urging opposition parties to rise above partisanshipHe pointed to the behaviour of Indian parliamentary delegations abroad as a modelThey stood united while engaging with foreign governments during Operation Sindoor I hope that same spirit is reflected here in this House he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/blood-and-water-cant-flow-together-jaishankar-unveils-indias-five-point-anti-terror-strategy-628546.html Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/no-pm-modi-trump-call-during-operation-sindoor-india-acted-alone-eam-jaishankar-628523.html New Delhi July 28 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar addressing the Lok Sabha during a highstakes debate on Operation Sindoor made it unequivocally clear that India remains steadfast in its zerotolerance policy on terrorism especially when originating from across the border in Pakistan He also firmly denied reports of any phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then US President Donald Trump during the crucial window of military engagementThere was no call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump between April 22 and June 17 Jaishankar said putting to rest speculation that international pressure played a role during the Operation Sindoor phaseIndia had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a direct military retaliation to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam which claimed the lives of 26 people primarily civilians The operation triggered a short but intense fourday military conflict with Pakistan during which Islamabad unsuccessfully attempted drone and missile attacks targeting Indian territoryThe situation deescalated only after the Director General of Military Operations DGMO of Pakistan reached out to the Indian DGMO for a ceasefire understanding indicating the failure of Pakistans aggressive postureSpeaking on the governments diplomatic efforts Jaishankar emphasised that India has consistently taken the global lead in exposing Pakistans longstanding role in supporting terrorism We told the world leaders our zero tolerance against terrorism We have the right to defend he said underlining Indias resolveThe External Affairs Minister highlighted that Indias campaign to isolate Pakistan diplomatically has been successful New Delhi not only highlighted Islamabads troubling history but also succeeded in revealing its true face to the world Jaishankar told the Lok SabhaCrucially Jaishankar made it clear that Operation Sindoor is not the end of Indias response to Pakistansponsored terrorism Indias response to terrorism emanating from across the border will not end with Operation Sindoor We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our citizens and interests he stated reinforcing the governments commitment to national securityHe also confirmed that visa restrictions on Pakistani nationals will remain in place as part of Indias broader counterterrorism strategy These measures are part of our broader strategy to deal with the threat of terrorism Jaishankar added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/no-pm-modi-trump-call-during-operation-sindoor-india-acted-alone-eam-jaishankar-628523.html Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-op-sindoor-forces-destroyed-high-value-terror-targets-ensuring-no-harm-to-civilians-defence-minister-singh-628376.html New Delhi July 28 IANS Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday praised and expressed gratitude to the Indian armed forces for launching precision strikes against the terror outfits in Pakistan and PakistanoccupiedKashmir during Operation Sindoor while also ensuring that the civilian population was not harmednbspInitiating the highlyanticipated debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh said that even though the Indian forces had many options they opted for the one which struck the terror targets and completely destroyed them keeping strategic understanding and regional stability and security in mindI pay tributes to the bravehearts who risked their lives in the line of duty for the nation Today they are also ready and on the forefront I also pay homage and express the countrys gratitude to those fallen heroes who sacrificed their lives for the nation he saidnbspRecalling the launch of Indias military action in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack the Defence Minister said On May 67 the Indian armed forces carried out a military action named Operation Sindoor This was not just a military action but an effective and decisive demonstration of our policy to protect the sovereignty identity of the country and our fight against terrorismCondemning the Pahalgam massacre he called the terror attack an inhumane and cowardly act against IndianbspOn April 22 an inhumane and cowardly terror attack took place in which 25 Indians and a Nepali citizen lost their lives They were killed after being asked about their religion which is a disgusting example of the most inhumane act This attack was also a test of Indias tolerance he saidnbspThe Defence Minister mentioned that soon after the terror attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a highlevel meeting of the chiefs of the three forces and gave them a free hand to carry out decisive action keeping their judgement strategic understanding and regional security in mindAfter this our military leadership not only showed its maturity but also presented a strategic wisdom which is expected from a responsible power like India Singh saidnbspBefore carrying out Operation Sindoor our forces explored several ways and in the end decided to adopt a strategy where all the terror camps are completely destroyed and ensured that no civilian in Pakistan is harmed Singh saidnbspLauding the military action the Defence Minister added The wellcoordinated strikes carried out by our forces hit nine terror targets with precision Additionally in this military action over 100 terrorists including their masters and trainers from terror outfits like Hizbul Mujahideen and LashkareTaiba were killed I am trying to be very precise but the number can be way more https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-op-sindoor-forces-destroyed-high-value-terror-targets-ensuring-no-harm-to-civilians-defence-minister-singh-628376.html Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lok-sabha-proceedings-marred-by-oppn-protests-over-sir-speaker-birla-reasserts-focus-on-operation-sindoor-628377.html New Delhi July 28 Following hours of disruption heated sloganeering and repeated adjournments the Lok Sabha reconvened at 1 pm on Monday under fraught circumstances as Opposition members renewed their protest by chanting Hamari Bhi Suna Jaye a demand to be heard on the contentious issue of the Special Intensive Revision SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar which the Union government has declined to table for discussion Speaker Om Birla visibly disappointed by the disruption reiterated his earlier appeal for cooperationI have requested you before and I am urging you again he said addressing the OppositionAll party leaders agreed that the House would hold a special discussion on Operation Sindoor The government and I have given our consent I am again requesting you to allow the debate to proceedHowever the Opposition led by Congress and INDIA bloc members insisted that the House first address the SIR exercise in Bihar which they allege could disenfranchise marginalised communities ahead of the states assembly electionsSpeaker Birla responded sharply accusing the Opposition of reneging on its commitmentYou made a commitment in the allparty meeting to begin with Operation Sindoor Now you take a Uturn he then saidAkhilesh ji if you send leaders to me ensure they are capable of making decisions If someone else is pulling the strings from behind they should not attend the allparty meetThe Speakers remarks appeared to be directed at Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav who was present during the protestsSpeaker Birla emphasised that the House would proceed only with the scheduled debate on Operation Sindoor and not entertain other subjects raised from the well of the HouseDespite repeated appeals the Opposition remained defiant prompting Speaker Birla to adjourn proceedings until 2 pmOperation Sindoor Indias military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 innocent civilian lives was scheduled for a 16hour debate starting on MondayDefence Minister Rajnath Singh was expected to open the discussion with interventions from Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S JaishankarThe standoff reflects deepening fault lines in Parliament where the Monsoon session has already seen multiple adjournments over the SIR issue and demands for Prime Minister Narendra Modis response to US President Donald Trumps claims of mediating a ceasefire between India and PakistanAs the House prepares to resume the Union government faces mounting pressure to address both national security and electoral integrity while the Opposition seeks to leverage procedural disruptions to spotlight its concernsWhether the debate on Operation Sindoor proceeds uninterrupted remains uncertain IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lok-sabha-proceedings-marred-by-oppn-protests-over-sir-speaker-birla-reasserts-focus-on-operation-sindoor-628377.html Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/with-pfi-down-pakistan-based-farhatullah-ghauri-leads-al-ummah-revival-in-south-india-628236.html New Delhi July 27 The ban on the Popular Front of India PFI has created a vacuum and multiple terror groups are trying to occupy that space While the PFI has not been able to revive itself since most of its top leaders are behind bars one oldtime group the Al Ummah has been making inroads in the southern states The blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru was an eyeopener for the agencies since it had the Al Ummah signature Further investigations have found that the entire responsibility of reviving the Al Ummah has been handed over to Farhatullah Ghauri an operative based out of PakistanThe Al Ummah is not an unknown outfit in south India It was the same group that attempted to assassinate senior BJP leader LK Advani in Coimbatore in 1998 Founded by Syed Ahmed Basha in the early 1990s the same outfit was responsible for the 1993 bombings outside the RSS office in Chennai which claimed 11 lives While carrying out terror attacks the group since its inception has been actively urging the Indian Muslim youth to undertake terror attacks against proHindu leaders and activistsThe agencies say that the revival attempts being made by these groups cannot be taken one bit lightly Al Ummah has had leaders who have been popular with the local Muslim population An example of this was the funeral of BashaThere was a huge controversy around the funeral with many questioning the need for a procession In fact there were also condolences that poured in from some political leaders indicating the clout he enjoyed Finally the funeral took place on December 17 2024 with 2000 Tamil Nadu Police and Rapid Action Force personnel being deployed for security reasonsThe AlUmmah at the time of its formation had said that it was being founded to avenge the Babri Masjid demolition However later on it operated as small groups such as the Base Movement and took on the system Members of the outfit were unhappy with the conviction of Basha and the manner in which the system handled the Abdul Nasar Madani case When it operated as the Base Movement it attempted to target the judiciary and police officersThe Base Movement however failed to take off and this set off the revival plans The outfit decided that it would be called the Al Ummah itself as the name resonates with many in south IndiaOn encrypted messaging channels the Al Ummah led by the Pakistanbased Ghauri 59 circulated messages indicating that it was time to revive The message was titled Let us pledge to rebuild the Babri MasjidFurther the cadres have also created a group called Sawt al Haq on the secure messaging platform Signal Created in December 2024 following the death of Basha the messaging groups today have over 150 members thus suggesting the rapid rate at which it has been growingThe first message to be posted on the group read The Sawt ul Haq team is proud to bring the story and history of Al Ummah to you This is a humble attempt by Ustad Farhatullah Ghori and the team of Sawt ul Haq to share the profound efforts sacrifices and valour of the Mujahideen of Al Ummah We aim to educate and inspire by honouring the luminous path they forged and the legacy they left behind Through this platform we seek to offer an informative experience that highlights the significance of their journey and the values they fought for By exploring their history we can better appreciate the sacrifices made and the lessons learned ensuring their enduring legacy continues to inspire generations to come We hope this effort serves as a reflection and connection with the remarkable individuals who laid the foundation for the battle of Ghazwa e HindIn addition to messages Ghauri has also posted several videos He has posted a long video praising Basha and calling him a true warrior who never begged for mercy or concessions from the enemies He also heaped praises on the Rameshwaram Cafe bomberFor the Al Ummah Ghauri is their best bet He is radical an extremist and knows the southern states well as he originally hails from Hyderabad His first stint was when he joined the Darsgah JihadoShahadat or the Centre for Jihad and Martyrdom In 1995 he left for Saudi Arabia and from there he began raising funds to finance the terror activities of the Al Ummah Apart from the Al Ummah he has helped in other terror missions such as the Akshardham attack in 2002 and the 2005 suicide bombing at the Task Force office in HyderabadThese suggest clearly that Ghauri is a major threat and hence the agencies are on his trail The Intelligence agencies have warned the state police to keep a close watch on the gatherings possibly by Al Ummah recruits The agency also says that Jihadi groups are desperate for a strong terror group in the south and in Al Ummah they find their answer IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/with-pfi-down-pakistan-based-farhatullah-ghauri-leads-al-ummah-revival-in-south-india-628236.html Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-soldiers-killed-as-yemeni-forces-clash-with-houthis-in-saada-628072.html Aden Yemen July 26 Yemens progovernment forces have said they had repelled a largescale attack launched by Houthi militia targeting military positions in the northern province of Saada In a statement posted on Friday on social media platform X the forces said they thwarted a largescale attack by Houthis on the Aleb military front north of Saada province Xinhua news agency reportedThe statement said that 10 government soldiers were killed in the confrontation while dozens of enemy fighters were killed or wounded It added that bodies of Houthi militants were found scattered across valleys in the area and three Houthi military vehicles were destroyedNo immediate response was available from the Houthi group regarding the reported confrontationYemen has remained in a fragile state of calm since the collapse of a UNbrokered truce at the end of 2022 with both sides failing to agree on its renewal or expansionThe conflict which began in late 2014 has killed hundreds of thousands and pushed millions to the brink of famine according to UN estimatesIn a statement shared by the military media center on X Brigadier General Yasser Mujalli commander of the Alab Axis and the 63rd Infantry Brigade said that Houthi forces launched a widescale attack at dawn targeting army positions along the Alab front in northern SaadaOur forces detected enemy movements and thwarted the attack Mujalli said adding that a counteroffensive inflicted heavy losses on the Houthis and forced them to retreatDozens of enemy fighters were killed or wounded and their bodies remain scattered in the valleys and rugged terrain he said noting that three Houthi military vehicles were also destroyedMujalli confirmed that 10 soldiers were killed while fulfilling their national duty with honour and braveryThere was no immediate comment from the Houthi group on the incidentThe clashes are said to be the fiercest clashes between the two sides since August 2022 when a similar battle in Taiz province left 10 government soldiers and 23 Houthi fighters deadWhile a UNbrokered truce declared in April 2022 led to a relative reduction in hostilities intermittent fighting has continued to threaten the fragile calmThe Houthi group continues to control several provinces in northern Yemen including the capital Sanaa which it seized on September 21 2014In December 2023 UN envoy Hans Grundberg announced that both the Yemeni government and the Houthis had agreed to a roadmap including a nationwide ceasefire and measures to improve humanitarian conditionsHowever the plan has yet to be implemented amid mutual accusations of noncompliance IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/10-soldiers-killed-as-yemeni-forces-clash-with-houthis-in-saada-628072.html Sat, 26 Jul 2025 07:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/tahawwur-ranas-kerala-visit-nia-set-to-probe-deeper-lashkar-al-qaeda-links-beyond-mumbai-2611-628036.html New Delhi July 25 Tahawwur Ranas admission that he was present in Mumbai during the 2611 attacks is just the tip of the iceberg In a recent admission he told the Mumbai Crime Branch that he was in Mumbai to oversee the attackWhile the Mumbai Crime Branch is focusing mainly on Ranas visits to the city the National Investigation Agency NIA will go beyond the 2611 attack The NIA had unearthed that Rana had not just visited Mumbai but other places in the country as wellOne of the key visits by Rana is the one he made to Kerala Investigations suggest that this visit was made at the behest of Ilyas Kashmiri the thenhead of Al Qaedas 313 Brigade Both Rana and his accomplice David Headley had a series of meetings with Kashmiri during which the expansion plans for Jammu and Kashmir were discussedPreliminary investigations have revealed that Rana had visited Kerala on November 16 2008 just ten days before the Mumbai attacks He had told his interrogators that there was no specific reason for his visit to KochiHowever further investigations revealed that during his Kerala visit he had called around 15 different numbers There is no clarity as yet as to who Rana had called in Kerala and the NIA is looking for answers The probe is currently focused on the Mumbai attacks and once the agencies are done with that they will move on to the other aspects regarding Ranas trips in IndiaBased on the conversations that Headley had with Kashmiri the agencies suspect that they were planning on recruiting from Kerala The bigger plan was to reduce the number of Pakistani terrorists in Kashmir and recruit more from within the countryTerrorists fighting in Kashmir are mainly recruited from either JampK or Pakistan However in 2008 there was a surprising development in Jammu and Kashmir when in an encounter four persons from Kerala were gunned down The police said that those who were killed were Fayiz from Kannur Abdul Rahim and Abdul Jabbar from Malappuram and Yasin from Ernakulam The probe found that all of them had been recruited and trained by the LashkareTaibaDuring the various conversations between Headley and Kashmir Kerala finds a mention several times Kashmiri at that time was planning his ambitious GhazwaeHind project and to make that a success he wanted to recruit from across India He made a specific mention about Kerala since there was already a recruitment camp and massive network in northern Kerala which was actively sending youth to KashmirThe investigators suspect that Ranas visit to the state may have been part of this larger plan Hence to get details about the 15 calls he made while in the state is very crucial for the investigation and also to unveil the larger agenda of the LashkareTaibaThe ISI has always wanted the JampK battle to be a localised one and hence recruiting from within India suited the spy agency It wants to convey the picture that it is the Indians themselves who feel that JampK should not be part of India Further having Indians on the battlefield against their own forces also gives Pakistan the deniability factorThe KeralaKashmir link has been probed in the past While the smaller details have come out the larger picture is yet to emerge When the NIA questioned Headley he mostly spoke about the Mumbai 2611 attacks and the Pakistan link to it He only divulged details that he had already given to the FBI following his arrest Under the plea bargain deal he had entered into he was required to reveal only what he had told the FBIHowever in the case of Rana there is no such deal in place Hence the NIA could dig beyond the Mumbai attacks It would be crucial for the NIA to get more details about the Kerala module from Rana since it would help uncover the larger network which was being controlled by Ilyas Kashmiri at the behest of the ISI IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/tahawwur-ranas-kerala-visit-nia-set-to-probe-deeper-lashkar-al-qaeda-links-beyond-mumbai-2611-628036.html Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/ai-powered-jihad-islamic-states-new-frontier-in-terror-tactics-627850.html New Delhi July 24 As the security agencies battle terror threats on multiple fronts the latest challenge is terrorists using Artificial Intelligence AI to carry out attacks In fact it was the Islamic State that had first encouraged its operatives to adopt this technology back in 2023Currently the technology is being used by the Islamic State for media spawning The media wings of the outfit have been using AI to create propaganda content With a single image or video they are generating multiple manipulated content Further they have also using AI for multilingual translation This helps them create content in as many languages as possible and this automatically reduces time and manpower for the Islamic StateA report published by Tech Against Terrorism says that AI tools are being used to translate propaganda into multiple languages The technology is being used to create personalised messages in a bid to undertake recruitmentOn the encrypted chat groups of the Islamic State it has been found that propaganda content has been circulated in multiple languages Further the technology has also been used for creating speeches images and environments that are interactiveThe operatives have also been found to customise messaging and the media This in turn helps them target a much larger audience Further AI has been used to repurpose old propaganda material to create newer propaganda This has helped them deliver the messages and material more frequentlyThe use of generative AI has led to policy debates taking place where the security planners are drawing up a new strategy to counter this threatThe Islamic State had in fact put out a guide on how to use generative AI While the adaptation had been slow in the years 2023 and 2024 things have moved fast for the Islamic State since May 2025 It put up a news bulletin using AI This bulletin had an AIgenerated presenter to read out the propaganda content of the terror outfitThe Islamic State has also been using Rocket Chat an encrypted platform to put out these AIgenerated news bulletins The videos contained AIgenerated characters who would mimic the broadcasting style of the mainstream media The entire broadcast was made by using texttospeech Artificial Intelligence AI The technology translated the written information into speech and also added an audio with a human voiceA report by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute UNICRI mentions that new technologies such as AI can be powerful tools While speaking about the positive aspects of the technology it also mentions that AI can be used for harmful purposes if it falls into the wrong hands It goes on to state that the report must serve as an early warning for potential malicious uses and abuses of AI by terrorists The global community and governments must proactively think about it Such new technologies must do good and not cause harm the UNICRI report also notedThe Islamic State has also been using AI for virtual recruitment and planning This is aimed at those who are potential lone wolf warriors which the Islamic State largely relies upon In order to do this the outfit has been using AIpowered chatbotsWhile Islamic State propaganda is nothing new the worry for the agencies is that it could be used for planning operations This is extremely worrisome and if this experiment works then the attacks carried out by the Islamic State could be far more precise and lethalIn addition to all this the Islamic State has also been exploring the possibility of using AI to power automated vehicles to carry out attacks The outfit is trying to exploit the vulnerabilities in the AIpowered systems in order to carry out similar missions The agencies have also learnt that attempts are being made to use the technology to hack into traffic signals and other guiding systems If this works then the outfit can manipulate the roads which would cause a loss of livesCounterterrorism agencies are working overtime to combat this threat Officials can use AI to analyse live videos to spot suspicious behaviour or objects Furthermore these AI tools can also be used to automatically detect and remove extremist propaganda material from online platforms which the terrorists are using More importantly the technology can used to identify atrisk individuals and also analyse their online behaviour and activityThe security planners say that there is a need for the policymakers law enforcement agencies and civil society to collaborate and develop strategies to counter terrorists from misusing generative Artificial Intelligence IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/ai-powered-jihad-islamic-states-new-frontier-in-terror-tactics-627850.html Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/counterinsurgency-operations-continue-in-manipur-10-militants-arrested-627740.html Imphal July 24 With ten militants of various banned outfits arrested during the past 24 hours joint central and state forces intensified their counterinsurgency operation to nab the armed extremists A senior police official said the ten militants arrested in six districts Imphal West Imphal East Bishnupur Kakching Tengnoupal and Tamenglong belong to Kangleipak Communist Party KCP Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK and Peoples Liberation Army PLAOut of ten militants one each active cadre of PREPAK and PLA outfits was arrested from the Tengnoupal district which shares an unfenced border with MyanmarVarious materials including mobile handsets various documents some arms and ammunition and huge Indian currencies were recovered from the possession of the arrested militantsThe police official said that joint teams of Manipur Police Army Assam Rifles Border Security Force BSF the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF and the IndoTibetan Border Police ITBP continued their search and counterinsurgency operations both in valley and mountainous regionsMeanwhile the security forces have yet to arrest anyone in connection with the fratricide incident on July 22 in Manipurs Noney district in which at least five cadres of a militant group were killed in a fierce gun battle on July 22According to police in an intragroup fight of a militant outfit at least five militants were killed at Daveijang jungle areas near Longpi village in Noney district of western ManipurThe gun battle took place among the cadres of the Chin Kuki Mizo Army CKMA which has not signed any Suspension of Operations SoO agreement with the governmentManipur Police have once again cautioned people against spreading rumours and fake videos and appealed to people not to believe in rumours and be vigilant about fake videosThe veracity of any videos audio clips etc can be confirmed by the Central Control Room a police statement saidThe police said that there are possibilities of many fake posts being circulated on social mediaIt is hereby cautioned that uploading and circulation of such fake posts on social media would attract legal action with consequencesFurther an appeal is made to the public to return the looted arms ammunition and explosives to the police or nearest security forces immediately the statement said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/counterinsurgency-operations-continue-in-manipur-10-militants-arrested-627740.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/residential-property-in-jampks-sopore-attached-for-providing-shelter-to-terrorists-627846.html Srinagar July 24 JampK Police on Thursday attached a residential property in the Sopore area of Baramulla district for providing shelter to terrorists A police statement said that the attached property comprises a singlestoreyed residential house along with land measuring 3 kanals and 3 marlas under Survey Nos 2011 2012 2013 2016 and 2018 situated at Reban Ramham owned by Javaid Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Rasool Dar resident of Reban SoporeThe attachment has been made in connection with FIR No 1332024 registered at Police Station Sopore under sections 13 18 19 20 23 38 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and section 725 of the Arms Act an official said adding that during the course of investigation it was found that the said property was wilfully used for harbouring terrorists and facilitating their stay thereby aiding the execution of terror activities in the Sopore areaActing on the gathered evidence and after obtaining necessary approval from the competent authority the said property has been attached as per legal provisions under UAPA the official saidPolice reiterates its firm commitment to dismantling the terror ecosystem operating in the area by targeting not just the operatives but also those providing shelter support and resources to them The general public is once again advised to refrain from extending any kind of support tangible or intangible to terrorists or their associates failing which strict action under the provisions of law shall follow the statement saidSecurity forces and JampK Police have been carrying out aggressive antiterrorist operations against terrorists their sympathisers and overground workers OGWs to dismantle the ecosystem of terror in the UT IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/residential-property-in-jampks-sopore-attached-for-providing-shelter-to-terrorists-627846.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/end-of-jungle-warfare-beginning-of-information-war-the-urban-naxal-challenge-post-2026-627583.html New Delhi July 23 Union Home Minister Amit Shah had vowed to wipe off naxalism from the country by March 2026 Looking at the success rate of the security forces it appears to be a possibility but there are challenges ahead In a stark warning Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that urban naxals from outside the state were using funds to spread rumours and keep the people of Gadchiroli from the path of development He made the statement while addressing a gathering at an event in the Gadchiroli district which has been a hotbed for NaxalitesThe National Investigation Agency NIA and various other agencies in the aftermath of the Bhima Koregaon violence flagged the urban naxal issue The agencies spoke about how these persons living in the cities were propagating for their friends in the jungles and were also raising funds for themWhen the deadline was set by the Home Minister and the security forces began acting on the same the Intelligence Bureau had warned that while the fight in the jungles may die down the propaganda machinery would continue to spread disinformationFadnavis made it clear that they all need to be alert about the urban naxals They are spreading false information he said He pointed out that when Gadchiroli began to progress and a foundation stone for a steel plant was laid the very next day a campaign was started on social media The posts claimed that the tribals were being killed and the steel plant was being constructed on their landsAnother campaign was launched by the urban naxals where it was claimed that forests were being cut on a large scale It was surprising since the government of Maharashtra had not done anything of that sortFadnavis pointed out that investigations showed that those who were running the campaigns were not even from Maharashtra Two were from Kolkata and two from Bengaluru These persons were found to be working on foreign funding he addedOfficials are confident that the battle against the Naxalites in the jungles will end by 2026 The people in these Naxaliteaffected areas have been supportive of the security forces as they feel safe and more importantly they are seeing developmentHowever the battle after 2026 would be a hard one as several agencies have already pointed out the problem that Fadnavis pointed outPost the 2019 investigation by the NIA and the noose being tightened on foreign funding the urban naxal problem has come down to a large extent However there are still many elements that will continue to pose a problem and rake up emotionsThe Union Home Ministry is already working on a post2026 plan and this includes the sympathisers of the Naxalite movement who live in urban areasTeams are being set up to closely monitor content that goes on social media Fake protests could also erupt in a bid to provoke the people These teams would also closely monitor funding to these elements which could be used to unleash a huge disinformation campaignIn the runup to the Lok Sabha elections last year a massive campaign regarding the Constitution of India cropped up The sympathisers of the Naxalite movement are planning something on this front during which they will instigate people against the Constitution These elements are likely to use social media heavily to start such campaigns They are well aware that if the disinformation campaign takes off and the people get agitated then all the good work will be lost They have in the past and will in the future try and mislead and instigate the gullible people in the villagesFadnavis during his address said that some people urban naxals are trying to create confusion among the people by spreading rumours to keep them away from development IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/end-of-jungle-warfare-beginning-of-information-war-the-urban-naxal-challenge-post-2026-627583.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-headache-as-al-qaedas-revival-plan-unfolds-from-gujarat-to-assam-627630.html New Delhi June 23 The busting of an Al Qaeda terror module in Gujarat once again signals the ambitious plans the outfit has in India Mohd Faiq Mohd Fardeen Sefullah Kureshi and Zeeshan Ali were arrested by the Gujarat AntiTerrorist Squad ATS for spreading the ideology of the outfit as well as running a fake currency racket to raise funds for the banned outfit that was once headed by Osama bin Laden Preliminary investigations by the ATS suggest that the four had autodeleted applications to clean any trace of their communicationsThe busting of this network is a major success for the agencies since the Al Qaeda in the SubContinent AQIS has its biggest ambitions in Gujarat The busting of this module is also important in the context of the Indian agencies stating that the ISI is likely to use the AQIS to further its operations in India in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor which was carried out to avenge the Pahalgam attackThe AQIS which was formed in 2014 under the leadership of Ayman Al Zawahiri had focused its activities extensively on India Its chief in the subcontinent was Asim Umar a person of Indian origin As part of his expansion plan he had focused the outfits activities largely on Jammu and Kashmir Gujarat and the northeastern statesThe intentions of the AQIS for India were made clear when it declared that all Indian Muslims were obligated to launch a holy war against the Bhagwa regime in India for targeting mosques and settlements in Pakistan This statement which was released after Operation Sindoor made it clear that the ISI wants this outfit to up its ante in India Moreover this statement came at a time when one thought that the AQIS was losing its sheenIn fact the statement was a tactical one and was aimed at openly supporting Pakistan At a time when Pakistan would need much more time to rebuild the facilities of the JaisheMohammad and LashkareTaiba which were hit by the Indian armed forces the AQIS could be used to fill in the gapThe assessment by the security agencies is that the AQIS is not as strong as it would claim to be but in India in terms of ideology it has a far bigger reach when compared to the Islamic State JaisheMohammad or LashkareTaiba There are many who still heroworship Osama bin Laden and this is one of the main reasons why the reach is much higher Further after Umar was killed the AQIS has turned against India even more It launched a magazine called NawaGhazwatul Hind Voice of the Battle for IndiaHowever the plans of Al Qaeda for India are not new It began when David Headley was in Pakistan before the planning for the Mumbai 2611 attacks began He had a meeting with Ilyas Kashmiri the head of Al Qaedas 313 Brigade during which both planned terror strikes in Gujarat Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh While scouting targets for the Mumbai attack Headley had even visited Delhi and PuneTahawwur Rana an accused in the Mumbai 2611 case who was recently extradited to India had prior to the attacks visited Ahmedabad Delhi Kochi Agra Hapur and Mumbai The investigators suspect that he may have furthered his agenda at the behest of his handlers in Pakistan Ranas visits were against the backdrop of statements by Ilyas Kashmiri that he wanted recruits from Kerala Gujarat and other parts of the country to carry out his ambitious GhazwaeHind projectWhile a module was busted in Gujarat on Wednesday the Assam Police too had busted a terror module It was found that these alleged members of Al Qaeda were in close contact with members of the Bangladeshi outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team to carry out acts of terror in the northeastern statesWhile the original plan of Al Qaeda was to focus on Afghanistan it made a surprising turn in 2020 when it renamed its Urdu magazine NawaiAfghan Jihad to NawaziGhazwaeHind As part of its expansion plans in India it has managed to rope in several illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh This came to light when the NIA arrested 53 persons including Bangladeshis for being part of an AQIS moduleTo add to the problem is the failing law and order situation in Bangladesh Almost all the terror groups in Bangladesh lean more towards Al Qaeda when compared to the Islamic State The ISI may use this as an opportunity to ramp up terror activity with the help of the AQIS along the IndiaBangladesh borderIn Bangladesh the ISI has been encouraging Al Qaeda to work closely with other terror groups such as the JamaateIslami HefazateIslam Hizb utTahrir and Ansarullah Bangla Team What is worse is that the interim head of the caretaker government Muhammad Yunus had turned a complete blind eye as a result of which all these groups have a free run in Bangladesh IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-headache-as-al-qaedas-revival-plan-unfolds-from-gujarat-to-assam-627630.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eight-militants-arrested-in-manipur-arms-and-ammunition-recovered-627382.html Imphal July 22 The security forces in Manipur arrested eight militants of different outfits and recovered many arms and ammunition during the past 24 hours officials said on Tuesday A police officer said that eight arrested extremists belong to United Peoples Party of Kangleipak UPPK and Kangleipak Communist Party KCP and they were arrested from Tengnoupal and Imphal East districtsA car Indian and Nepalese currencies mobile phones SIM cards Aadhaar cards and PAN cards were recovered from the possession of the arrested militantsOf the eight arrested militants three KCP militants were arrested from IndiaMyanmar border areas under the hilly Tengnoupal districtThe security forces also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from mountainous Kangpokpi district The recovered arms include an INSAS rifle with magazine a 303 rifle a lathode a 32 pistol with magazine four boltaction rifles an M16 rifle an MA1 assault rifle a sniper rifle a 32 bore pistol and seven singlebarrel riflesFour hand grenades were also recovered in the operation which was carried out in Tingkai Khullen Maohing and Changoubung villages of the district the police official saidSecurity forces continue to conduct search operations and area domination in the fringe and vulnerable areas across districts in Imphal valley and hilly regionsManipur Police have once again cautioned people against spreading rumours and fake videos and appealed to people not to believe in rumours and be vigilant about fake videos The veracity of any videos audio clips etc can be confirmed by the Central Control Room a police statement saidThe police said that there are possibilities of many fake posts being circulated on social media It is hereby cautioned that uploading and circulation of such fake posts on social media would attract legal action with consequencesFurther an appeal is made to the public to return the looted arms ammunition and explosives to the police or nearest security forces immediately the statement said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eight-militants-arrested-in-manipur-arms-and-ammunition-recovered-627382.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-l-g-launches-portal-to-provide-relief-for-terror-victim-families-627309.html Srinagar July 22 IANS Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched a website for redressal of grievances of terror victim families which he will personally monitornbspThe LGs office said on X Launched a dedicated web portal today for terror victim families in Jammu Kashmir The initiative will streamline ampamp expedite the process of providing relief compassionate appointments and other forms of assistance to those who have suffered from terrorism in the UT The web portal developed by Home Department in collaboration with NIC will serve as a centralized platform to capture and maintain comprehensive districtwise data on Terrorismaffected families I am personally monitoring ampamp overseeing the redressal of all cases across the UTHe said the initiative will streamline and expedite the process of providing relief compassionate appointments and other forms of assistance to those who have suffered from terrorism in the UTnbspThe web portal developed by Home Department in collaboration with NIC will serve as a centralised platform to capture and maintain comprehensive districtwise data on terrorismaffected familiesnbspThe details of any encroachments on the property of the victims or their NOKs next of kin are also being recorded It will ensure that no legitimate case is left unaddressed and timely support is extended to eligible families in terms of financial relief ex gratia compensation and compassionate employment while ensuring elimination of any bogus or multiple claimsTollfree helpline numbers have also been established at the offices of the Divisional Commissioners in both Jammu 01912478995 and Kashmir 01942487777 divisions to facilitate the registration of any overlooked or pending claimsnbspThese helplines are being attended through dedicated control rooms as citizen interfaces for receiving grievances or queries related to pending government support to terroraffected families viz compensation ex gratia relief and compassionate appointmentsThe helplines have been staffed with trained personnel and will be integrated with the centralised application to ensure that every claim is formally recorded and acted uponnbspIn order to ensure regular oversight coordination and followup on the grievances and pending claims Special Monitoring Cells have been constituted in the offices of Chief Secretary and Director General of PolicenbspThese Special Cells will periodically review the status of pending and resolved cases analyse delays or bottlenecks in processing and coordinate with relevant departments to ensure timely and just resolution of claimsAtal Dulloo Chief Secretary Nalin Prabhat DGP Chandraker Bharti Principal Secretary Home Department Mandeep K Bhandari Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor M Raju Commissioner Secretary GAD Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Ramesh Kumar Divisional Commissioner Jammu VK Birdi IGP Kashmir Bhim Sen Tuti IGP Jammu and S Jaskaran Singh Modi SIO NIC were present in person and through virtual mode https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-l-g-launches-portal-to-provide-relief-for-terror-victim-families-627309.html Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/monsoon-session-begins-on-stormy-note-govt-oppn-clash-over-op-sindoor-debate-627176.html New Delhi July 21 IANS The Monsoon session of Parliament started on a stormy note on Monday as the government and Opposition sparred over discussion on the Operation Sindoor Indias military operation that decimated terror bases inside Pakistans territorynbspBoth Houses of Parliament witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members demanded an urgent debate on Operation Sindoor hoping to corner it over security lapse in Pahalgam terror attack while the government making it clear that it was ready for a debatenbspThe Lok Sabha witnessed uproar minutes after the beginning of Monsoon session as the Opposition members raised slogans during the Question Hour and called for postponing other businesses of the Lower House for discussing the Pahalgam massacre the horrific terror attack that led to the killing of 26 peopleThe pandemonium continued despite Speaker Om Birlas intervention following which the House was adjourned barely 20 minutes after the beginning of the sessionnbspIn Rajya Sabha the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge sought discussion on US President Donald Trumps repeated claims of brokering peace between India and Pakistan however said that they dont want to politicise the Indian military operationnbspJP Nadda Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha responded to Kharges charges and said that the government was ready for debate on every issue but the House conventions must be followednbspPrior to the beginning of Monsoon Session Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set the tone by calling it a session of celebration of Indias might pride and triumphnbspAddressing the media before the commencement of session PM Modi invoked national pride and spoke about Indias recent achievements from Operation Sindoor to astronaut Shubhanshu Shuklas space sojournnbspEarlier in the day the Congress had submitted the Suspension of Business notices seeking debate on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam and the Special Intensive Revision SIR of electoral rolls in BiharnbspThe Congressled Opposition has been demanding answers from the Narendra Modiled government over alleged security lapse in Pahalgam as well as the alleged manipulation of electoral rolls in Bihar barely months before it goes to polls https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/monsoon-session-begins-on-stormy-note-govt-oppn-clash-over-op-sindoor-debate-627176.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/117-acquittal-hc-slams-prosecutions-failure-to-establish-type-of-bombs-used-to-hit-mumbai-trains--627179.html Mumbai July 21 IANS The prosecution failed to even establish the type of bombs used in the crime the Bombay High Court said on Monday castigating the shoddy probe that resulted in the acquittal of 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blastsnbspThe prosecution has utterly failed to establish the offence beyond the reasonable doubt against the accused on each count it is unsafe to reach the satisfaction that the AppellantsAccused have committed the offences for which they have been convicted and sentenced said a bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Justice S ChandaknbspOn July 11 2006 seven bomb serial blasts in packed Mumbai local trains brought the maximum city on its knees within 11 minutesnbspThe terror attack left 189 dead and 800 injuredOut of the 12 people convicted by the trial court five were handed death sentences and others were given life imprisonmentnbspThe High Courts acquittal order is a major blow to the investigation agencies which according to Justices Kilor and Chandak failed to even present evidence on the type of bombs used in the serial blastsnbspThe circuit boards recovered from Mohd Faisal Shaikh and Mohammad Sajid Margub Ansari are of no help to the prosecution to establish the present offence as the prosecution failed to bring any evidence on record and to establish the type of bombs used in the present crime the High Court saidJustices Kilor and Chandak said Though the prosecution brought on record the technical report of the expert about the circuit board it failed to establish the type of bombs used in the present crime Thus the said recovery is not relevantnbspOn Monday the 12 accused incarcerated for 19 years also succeeded to establish in the High Court the fact of torture inflicted on them to extort confessional statementsnbspAs a result the High Court held the statements inadmissible saying On all the tests relating to voluntariness and truthfulness of the confessional statements the prosecution failedThe prosecution case against the accused was weakened further when it failed to share with the defence the Call Detail Record which were relied upon heavily to file chargesnbspIn 2015 a special court had convicted 12 accused in the case sentenced five of them to death and seven others to life imprisonmentnbspFaisal Shaikh Asif Khan Kamal Ansari Ehtesham Siddiqui and Naveed Khan were sentenced to death They had challenged this sentence in the High CourtnbspThe prosecution had argued that the attack was planned by Pakistans intelligence agency ISI and carried out by operatives of Pakistanbased militant group LashkareToiba with help from the Students Islamic Movement of India a banned Indian group https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/117-acquittal-hc-slams-prosecutions-failure-to-establish-type-of-bombs-used-to-hit-mumbai-trains--627179.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-chargesheets-maoist-leader-for-waging-war-against-nation-627064.html Hyderabad July 18 The National Investigation Agency NIA on Friday filed a chargesheet against a top leader of the banned CPI Maoist in antiIndia conspiracy case In the supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court Hyderabad CP Moideen alias Girish has been charged under relevant sections of the UAP Act 1967 and IPC the federal agency saidAs per NIA investigation Moideen was actively involved in the Maoist conspiracy to wage a war against the Government of India Evidence gathered during investigation confirmed his central role in Maoist operations in Western Ghats Special Zonal Committee WGSZC of CPI MaoistThe NIA investigations also revealed that he was a Special Zonal Committee Member of the WGSZC and took over as Secretary of WGSZC after the arrest of Central Committee Member Sanjoy Deepak Rao in September 2023Moideen oversaw PLGA squads in WGSZC led recruitment drives propagated Maoist ideology and planned violent actions targeting security forces in the KeralaKarnatakaTamil Nadu trijunction the antiterror organisation found during investigation Moideen was taken into custody by Kerala Police in August 2024 and formally arrested by NIA in January 2025The case was originally registered by Telangana Police in September 2023 against the cadresmembers of CPI Maoist and its frontal organisations following the arrest of Sanjoy Deepak Rao Sanjay Rao was nabbed when he was found carrying arms and ammunition along with Maoist literatureSubsequently the case was taken over by NIA which chargesheeted Rao and carried forward the investigation as part of its efforts to scuttle CPI Maoists revival attempts and dismantle its urban and armed networks the agency addedIn March last year the NIA filed a chargesheet against Sanjoy Deepak Rao in the case relating to a conspiracy to promote left wing extremism in the country The Special Intelligence Bureau SIB of the Telangana police had arrested Rao in Kukatpally area of HyderabadRao was a Communist Party of India Maoist central committee member and was wanted by the NIA and the Maharashtra police and several southern states IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-chargesheets-maoist-leader-for-waging-war-against-nation-627064.html Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/victory-of-truth-indian-diplomacy-says-former-jampk-dgp-hails-us-decision-to-designate-trf-terror-outfit-627041.html Jammu July 18 As the US designated The Resistance Front TRF as a global terrorist organisation former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police DGP SP Vaid on Friday hailed the move as a victory of truth and a blow to Pakistans longstanding disinformation campaign This is a triumph of truth and Indian diplomacy Pakistan tried to present TRF as a local militant group led by Kashmiri youths but the truth has come out more than 90 per cent of its members are Pakistanis Vaid told IANSThis group which is a front for LashkareToiba LeT has been operating in Kashmir for years and its real face has now been exposed before the worldVaid emphasised the impact of Prime Minister Modis strategic global outreachThis success is a result of sustained diplomatic efforts including Operation Sindoor where Indian delegations reached out to the international community exposing Pakistans double standards on terrorism he saidThe Foreign Ministry and the Narendra Modiled BJP government deserve full credit for this achievementHe added that the TRF has not only operated in the Kashmir Valley but has also been responsible for orchestrating terror attacks in the Jammu region including Rajouri Poonch Kathua Hiranagar Basantgarh and DodaMeanwhile the US designation follows mounting international pressure and a call for justice after the horrific Pahalgam attack in April 2025 which left 26 civilians deadThe US State Department confirmed that TRF a LeT proxy had claimed responsibility for the attack This marks the deadliest terror incident on Indian soil since the 2008 Mumbai terror attackUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his statement on Thursday said The designation of TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation FTO and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist SDGT reflects the Trump administrations resolve to counter terrorism and honour President Trumps call for justice for the Pahalgam victimsUS President Donald Trump had condemned the attack strongly and expressed his solidarity with India in a phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledging full support in bringing the perpetrators to justiceSpeaking on the ongoing Amarnath Yatra Vaid warned of Pakistans attempts to sabotage peace and tourism in the regionPakistans goal is to destroy tourism in Kashmir push the youth into unemployment and then into terrorism But the people of Kashmir are well aware of this plan The facade of TRF LeT and other groups are just masks behind them is the Pakistan Army and the ISI he saidAs more than two lakh devotees have participated in the Amarnath Yatra so far with a fresh batch of 6143 pilgrims leaving for Kashmir on Friday former DGP Vaid praised the resilience of the Indian people and security forces in ensuring the Yatra continues peacefullyFor 35 years Pakistan has fueled terrorism under the guise of jihad They are not going to change unless we respond with strength If needed Operation Sindoor must be launched again to counter them Vaid concluded IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/victory-of-truth-indian-diplomacy-says-former-jampk-dgp-hails-us-decision-to-designate-trf-terror-outfit-627041.html Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/america-is-concerned-about-its-own-interests-defence-experts-on-trf-terror-tag-626936.html New Delhi July 18 The United States recent decision to designate The Resistance Front TRF a Pakistanbacked proxy of LashkareTayyiba LeT as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation FTO and Specially Designated Global Terrorist SDGT has drawn sharp reactions from Indian Defence experts who view the move as delayed and diplomatically motivated Wing Commander Praful Bakshi Retd speaking to IANS expressed skepticism over the US true stance on terrorismAmerica is trying to clarify its position in the context of terrorism at this time It wants to show the world that it is against terrorism But is America really against terrorism America is concerned about its own interests If it has to support or create terrorism to fulfil its interests then America will do so For example America created the Taliban in collaboration with Pakistan against RussiaWhen terrorism becomes a burden for America like during the 911 attacks it reacts But simply killing leaders or renaming groups doesnt end terrorism It is ideological and deeply rooted he addedOn Pakistan he said Pakistan is running on the basis of terrorism Its army survives through terror Without it Pakistan cannot hold Kashmir Terrorism will continue to trouble India because it is an ideological tool for themColonel Shivdan Singh Retd another Defence expert provided deeper context suggesting the US acted to fix its damaged image after being called out for softpedalling Pakistans role in terrorismLet me explain Right after the Pahalgam attack the US backed Pakistans appointment as Chair of two antiterror committees at the UN This was shocking But when India raised its voice our External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the issue at multiple global forums and our diplomatic teams presented evidence across countries it became clear that TRF backed by Pakistan was responsible TRF even admitted to the attack he saidThis international exposure hurt Americas image in India To mitigate that they finally listed TRF as a terrorist group Also LashkareTayyiba had falsely portrayed TRF as a grassroots Kashmiri group protesting against India not a terrorist outfit But India exposed the truth Thats why the US had no choice but to declare it a global terror organisation he addedUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio had announced the move stating This action demonstrates the Trump Administrations commitment to protecting our national security interests countering terrorism and enforcing President Trumps call for justice for the Pahalgam attackHe said TRF acting as a proxy for LeT was responsible for the deadliest civilian attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks killing 26 civilians in Jammu amp Kashmir on April 22 2025 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/america-is-concerned-about-its-own-interests-defence-experts-on-trf-terror-tag-626936.html Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-police-attach-properties-of-pakistan-based-terror-handlers-626612.html Srinagar July 16 In a major crackdown on terror operatives and their support structures the police in Jammu and Kashmirs Budgam district have attached three properties belonging to Pakistanbased terrorist handlers JKNOP located in Khag Chewa Beerwah and Harwani Khansahib in presence of concerned Executive Magistrates a police statement said on Wednesday The action was carried out in connection with case FIR No 582024 under section 725 Indian Arms Act 18 20 23 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA of Police Station Khag and under proceedingsinitiated US 25 of UAPA for attachment of properties used in terrorist activities the statement mentionedThe properties attached belong to the accused persons presently operating from across the border Manzoor Ahmad Chopan aka Rayees son of Gh Mohiuddin Chopan resident of Harwani Khansahib doublestoried residential house with premises at village Harwani Khansahib Budgam Mohammad Yousuf Malik alias Molvi son of Ab Rahim Malik resident of Chewa Budgam doublestoried residential house along with five Kanals 13 Marlas of land at village Chewa Budgam and Bilal Ahmad Wani alias Umer son of Gh Ahmad Wani resident of Nagbal Khag land measuring 195 Marlas situated at KhagThese terrorist handlers operating from Pakistan have been actively orchestrating and facilitating terrorist activities in the region for several years The attachment of their properties is a part of the ongoing efforts to dismantle the logistical financial and operational networks of terror outfits and their crossborder sponsors the statement mentionedThis decisive move sends a strong message to those involved in antinational activities that such actions will invite strict legal consequences it saidThe statement further added that the police reiterate their commitment to uphold the rule of law and ensure that no individual or network is allowed to endanger the peace and security of the region IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-police-attach-properties-of-pakistan-based-terror-handlers-626612.html Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/82-suspects-arrested-in-ethiopia-over-islamic-state-related-terror-attacks-626634.html Addis Ababa July 16 Ethiopias National Intelligence and Security Service NISS said that it has apprehended 82 suspects who were allegedly plotting terrorist operations in various parts of the East African country In a statement the NISS said that the arrest of the suspects who have alleged links with the terrorist group the Islamic State IS stems from an extensive intelligence investigation into the Somali wing of the IS The terrorist group has been attempting to expand its operational footprint into Ethiopia and neighbouring countriesAccording to the statement NISS has been closely monitoring the groups crossborder infiltration strategies and its efforts to establish sleeper cells in Ethiopia Xinhua news agency reportedFollowing the compilation of actionable intelligence and corroborating evidence 82 operatives trained by the IS in Puntland and clandestinely deployed across Ethiopia were identified and apprehended in a coordinated operation conducted in collaboration with the Ethiopian Federal Police and regional security forces the statement addedNISS confirmed that the suspects maintained direct links with the terrorist organisation and were engaged in receiving logistical financial and operational supportThe statement further said that the IS has been exploiting religious institutions and symbols as a cover for its operations to disseminate extremist ideology recruit vulnerable individuals and destabilise communitiesEarlier this year Ethiopian and Kenyan intelligence agencies had launched a joint military operation aimed at dismantling a militant group along their common border areas NISS said in a statementThe primary objective of the joint operation was to dismantle Shene also known as the Oromo Liberation Army a militant group designated as a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government thereby enhancing regional stability along the border the statement saidSpecifically the operation aimed to counter activities related to terrorism contraband trade and the trafficking of people and armsNISS said joint security forces from Ethiopia and Kenya were actively conducting operations in designated camps of the group within their respective border territories to neutralise its influence and promote peace in the Horn of Africa region IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/82-suspects-arrested-in-ethiopia-over-islamic-state-related-terror-attacks-626634.html Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-carrying-rs-5-lakh-reward-surrenders-in-jharkhands-latehar-626297.html Latehar Jharkhand July 15 Senior commander of the banned Maoist outfit Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad JJMP Lovelesh Ganjhu surrendered before the Latehar police on Tuesday officials said Ganjhu who carried a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head laid down arms in the presence of Palamu Zonal Inspector General Sunil Bhaskar Latehar SP Kumar Gaurav and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force CRPFGanjhu had been active in Maoist operations across Latehar and adjoining districts for several years and was wanted in multiple cases of serious crimes including extortion violence and attacks on security forcesDespite multiple attempts police had failed to nab him as he frequently changed locations and used decoys to evade arrestAccording to officials sustained pressure from ongoing joint operations by the state police and CRPF finally cornered GanjhuInvestigations revealed that he had also purchased vehicles using aliases to avoid detection However financial distress the declining strength of his organisation and the loss of top commanders pushed him to surrenderEarlier on June 18 JJMP area commander Baijnath Singh surrendered in a similar manner in the presence of DIG Naushad Alam SP Kumar Gaurav and CRPF Commandant Rakesh Kumar Singh a resident of Shaildag village in the Manika police station area had been a longtime operative of the groupSecurity forces have intensified operations in recent months leading to the deaths of several prominent Maoist leaders Notably the JJMPs top leader Pappu Lohara was gunned down in an encounter two months ago With his death Ganjhu was believed to be the last remaining highprofile leader of the JJMP still activeHis surrender marks a major blow to the already weakened militant outfitIn recent months others including Amarjeet Brijia and Mithlesh Korba residents of Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh also surrendered before the Latehar police and CRPF officialsThe police have said that surrendered extremists will be provided rehabilitation and support as per norms At the same time they issued a stern warning to those still active in insurgency surrender now or face action IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-carrying-rs-5-lakh-reward-surrenders-in-jharkhands-latehar-626297.html Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-l-g-says-those-glorifying-terrorism-through-speeches-statements-will-not-go-scot-free-625921.html Srinagar July 13 IANS Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that although the Constitution of the country guarantees freedom of expression it does not mean those glorifying terrorism through speeches and statements can go scotfreenbspAddressing a gathering at Baramulla town where he handed over government job orders to victims of terrorism LG Sinha said Although the Constitution of the country guarantees freedom of expression it does not mean that those glorifying terrorism through their speeches and statements can go scot freenbspIf somebody tries to glorify terrorism for political prospects heshe will have to pay for it Let me tell those people that enough is enough Kashmir has seen too much bloodshed and now is the time to wipe tears from the eyes of those whose pain was not even heard under the threat of terrorismAfter the April 22 cowardly attack in Pahalgam the spontaneous widespread condemnation of that heinous act by Kashmiris has left no doubt in my mind that the people have given up supporting terrorism and they are looking forward to progress education peace and a better tomorrow he saidnbspHe said as many as 193 terror victim grievances have come to light in recent days many linked to the 1990s He cited Justice Ganjoos assassination and the Wandhama Ganderbal massacrenbspIn 61 cases no FIR filed land and compensation denied he revealednbspHe later posted on X The Truth about these families was deliberately suppressed No one came to wipe their tears Everyone knew Pakistanbacked terrorists were involved in brutal killings but no one provided justice to thousands of elderly parents wives brothers or sisters Im committed to ensuring that these families receive the justice jobs recognition and support they deserve after years of suffering It is a historic step to finally recognise and honour the thousands of innocent civilians in JampampKThe administration will now reach the doorsteps of all the families who have been waiting for justice for decades and jobs arrangements for their rehabilitation and livelihood will be ensurednbspHelplines have been set up in districts to register grievances of terror victims We are receiving hundreds of complaints from the 90s also In many cases FIRs were not registered lands were encroached and properties demolished I assure the people that the culprits will not be spared This is not just an administrative initiative it is a moral responsibility he told the families of victimsnbspThe office of the LG said on X Justice at last Handed over appointment letters to the NoKs of terror victims These families forsaken and forgotten suffered silently for decades Stories of their loved ones brutally killed by Pakistanbacked terrorists are being brought to the forefrontEmotional scenes showing mothers giving the blessing kiss on LGs forehead and daughters kneeling with respect and surcharged emotions marked the occasion as Manoj Sinha held their hand with paternal affectionnbspBreaking protocol to respond to the sentiments of the victims of terrorism whose voices were not even allowed to he raised or heard by the terrorists LG Sinha joined the crowd of the victims bowed before mothers and in fatherly affection patted the heads of the daughters of terror victimsnbspAt the end of his address the LG said that those alive among the families of the terror victims will be given government jobs while those killed by terrorists will get justicenbspHe read out a couplet at the end of his speech in which he said There are some who will try to instil fear in your mindYou are alive this moment and this moment is alive because of you Bad times will pass You live your life steadfast Whatever happens will be seen https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-l-g-says-those-glorifying-terrorism-through-speeches-statements-will-not-go-scot-free-625921.html Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/idf-struck-250-terror-targets-in-gaza-in-last-48-hours-625835.html Jerusalem July 12 The Israeli Defence Forces IDF on Saturday said that it has been striking terrorists and their infrastructure in the Gaza Strip since the past two days Taking on X the IDF said IDF forces continue to strike terrorist infrastructure and terrorists throughout the Gaza Strip approximately 250 terrorist targets were attacked in the last 48 hoursIDF forces from Divisions 98 36 162 143 and 99 continue to operate under the guidance of Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet against terrorist organisations throughout the Gaza Strip it addedDivision 98 forces are still active in Gaza Citys Zaytoun and Shujaiyya neighbourhoods the security forces statedThe IDF reportedly found and destroyed Hamas and Islamic Jihads explosive devices and observation positions that were used to ambush Israeli soldiers in since ThursdayIDF mentioned that their Air Force troops under the direction of the divisions fire control centre killed dozens of terrorists who were allegedly waging war against the people of Israel in the regionIn the last 24 hours Division 162 forces have destroyed terrorists and attacked terrorist infrastructure the IDF detailedAs part of the activities of Brigade 401 the forces identified two Hamas terrorists immediately after identification an aircraft struck and eliminated the terrorists IDF saidOver the course of the last day the combat unit of the Givati Brigade conducted operations in the Beit Hanoun region of the northern Gaza Strip The IDF is reportedly killing a large number of terrorists and destroying weaponry infrastructure and underground routes as part of the operationIn the last 48 hours the Air Force struck approximately 250 terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip Among the targets attacked in support of ground forces terrorists boobytrapped buildings weapons storage facilities antitank launch positions sniper positions combat tunnels and additional terrorist infrastructure said the IDF IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/idf-struck-250-terror-targets-in-gaza-in-last-48-hours-625835.html Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistans-terror-playbook-exposed-global-south-calls-out-its-double-standards-625679.html New Delhi July 11 When 26 civilians were massacred in Kashmirs Pahalgam on April 22 2025 it sent shockwaves across the country But what has followed since then may mark a turning point in how the world particularly the Global South responds to terrorism particularly when it comes to statesponsored acts of it For decades India has sounded the alarm about Pakistans use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy especially in Jammu and Kashmir And quite often its warnings were met with scepticism diluted in diplomatic language or lost in the geopolitical noise of the broader South Asian region But the brutality of the Pahalgam attack and the growing evidence linking the perpetrators to Pakistanbased groups along with shifting geopolitical dynamics seems to have brought a considerable change in that conversationMore significantly Indias response this time was also swift and multipronged Under Operation Sindoor on May 67 it launched a precise and calibrated military retaliation targeting terror infrastructure across the Line of Control LoC in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir POJK and mainland Pakistan The military operation was accompanied by its diplomatic offensive which has been very methodical and effective as the changing discourse about terrorism reflects The culmination of these efforts was on full display at the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil where the Global South bloc issued an unambiguous condemnation of a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir naming both the incident and its nature which is remarkableThe BRICS declaration stated it condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 2025 during which 26 people were killed and many more injured and reaffirmed a collective commitment to fighting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including the crossborder movement of terrorists terrorism financing and safe havensThis was not just a diplomatic cliche and marks a quiet but significant pivot in the emerging world order where the Global South bloc is finally calling out double standards on terrorism and doing so with rare unanimityA shift in global normsThe Global South has long been a theatre of conflicting narratives when it comes to terrorism While Western powers often dominate the discourse around extremism violence in the Global South whether in South Asia West Asia Southeast Asia or the African continent has received a more selective treatment However that seems to be now changingIndias diplomatic campaign strengthened by realtime evidence and growing solidarity among peer economies is spotlighting how selective empathy and geopolitical hedging allow statebacked terror proxies to thrive The BRICS statement endorsed even by countries like China which shares a close strategic partnership with Pakistan signals that this silence may no longer be tenable in the long runIndeed the real headline from Rio wasnt just that the Pahalgam attack was condemned It was that China did not block the language of the declarationThis is significant given the depth of ChinaPakistan strategic cooperation especially under the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor CPEC framework and Beijings longstanding practice of shielding Pakistani entities and terrorists like Masood Azhar from censure at global forums such as the UN Security Council UNSC Moreover as per multiple independent assessments Pakistan is heavily dependent on Chineseorigin military equipment whose share has grown to over 80 per cent of its conventional arsenal Therefore for China to allow a declaration that highlights crossborder terrorism which may be a veiled but yet has an unmistakable reference to Pakistan is nothing short of a diplomatic milestone for IndiaThe growing evidence of Pakistans terror sponsorshipIndias case against Pakistan is no longer just about moral outrage It is now substantiated by tangible corroborated evidence that paints a picture of systemic complicity According to Indian intelligence reports shared with international partners including with the UNSCs 1267 Sanctions Committee in the aftermath of the Pahalgam massacre the attackers belonged to a faction of The Resistance Front TRF which is a proxy outfit widely recognized as a rebranded arm of Pakistan sponsored terrorist group LashkareTaiba LeT Both LeT and its affiliate networks have long enjoyed safe havens in Pakistan with little meaningful action taken against their leadership despite international pressure and FATF conditionsFor years Pakistan has relied on plausible deniability labelling these groups as nonstate actors beyond its control But that narrative is wearing thin particularly when attacks like Pahalgam are followed by the same telltale signs trained cadres sophisticated arms and ideological alignment with Pakistans strategic calculus on KashmirThe BRICS momentThe BRICS platform which was originally established by Brazil Russia India China and then South Africa and has now expanded to include key economies such as Egypt Ethiopia Iran and the UAE is increasingly seen as the voice of the Global South It provides a forum for new powers to voice their concerns free from the historical constraints of Cold War dichotomies or Western alliancesThe Rio summits declaration on terrorism suggests that member states are no longer willing to overlook threats that destabilise their regions in favour of transactional diplomacy For countries like Brazil and South Africa which have dealt with their own homegrown security challenges there is a growing realisation that impunity for terrorism anywhere poses risks everywhereIndias persistent framing of Pakistans terror infrastructure not as a bilateral grievance but as a global security issue seems to be gaining traction New Delhis argument is simple if terrorism financed trained and directed from across borders is tolerated in Kashmir it sets a precedent that could embolden similar actors in Africa Latin America and Southeast AsiaReframing the Global SouthThe BRICS condemnation also highlights a deeper shift in the Global Souths readiness to define its own red lines rather than outsourcing them to the geopolitical West For decades countries like India have been expected to toe the line of major powers when it comes to defining security threats be it in West Asia Central Asia or elsewhere But now the Global South is building a consensus that its security interests are not derivative rather they are primary This is especially true when those interests are undermined by statesponsored extremism operating under the guise of ideology liberation or regional grievanceIn this context the silence or equivocation of certain powers on acts of terrorism particularly those with clear crossborder linkages can no longer be justified The BRICS condemnation of the Pahalgam attack represents a break from the era of wilful ambiguity It sets a bar of accountability for all states regardless of their strategic alignmentsThe way aheadFor Pakistan this emerging scrutiny from fellow members of the Global South should lead to prompt introspection Its longstanding strategy of cultivating asymmetric warfare through nonstate actors has not only destabilised its neighbourhood but it has become its Achilles heel with several of its patronised terrorist groups redirecting their violence against PakistanThe evolving alignments and realignments at the global level signify that the world is no longer willing to excuse terrorism when it arrives wearing different uniforms Nor is it buying the notion that development partnerships can offset or obscure the costs of crossborder violenceIndias diplomatic pivot wherein it complements force with diplomatic forums is reshaping how terrorism should be debated and condemned in global settings In this light the BRICS statement in Rio is not just a victory for Indian diplomacy but it also signals that the worlds emerging powers are ready to call terrorism by its name without considering who sponsors it IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistans-terror-playbook-exposed-global-south-calls-out-its-double-standards-625679.html Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/prison-radicalisation-case-bengaluru-court-hands-over-custody-of-3-to-nia-625214.html Bengaluru July 9 The Special NIA Court in Bengaluru on Wednesday handed over the custody of three arrested accused persons in a prison radicalisation case to the custody of the National Investigation Agency for six days The accused Anees Fathima Chan Pasha and Dr Nagaraj S were produced before the court today by a team headed by Dy SP Susheela The judge passed the order handing over the custody of the accused to the NIA till July 14The NIA on Tuesday had arrested these three persons including a prison psychiatrist and a City Armed Reserve CAT policeman following extensive searches in two districts of Karnataka in the LashkareTaiba LeT terror groups prison radicalisation case of 2023Anees Fathima is named as the tenth accused Chan Pasha is accused number 11 and accused Dr Nagaraj S is named as accused number 12According to NIA the accused number 10 Anees Fathima a resident of Bhuvaneshwari Nagar Sultanpalya RT Nagar Bengaluru is the mother of absconding accused number 2 Junaid Ahmed She is involved in facilitating money transactions with other accusedEleventh accused Chan Pasha a Reserve Police SubInspector City Armed Reserve North Bengaluru while discharging his duties provided police escort details of Accused No1 T Naseer to other coaccused and in return received illegal gratificationAccused number 12 Dr Nagaraj a psychiatrist at Central Prison Parappana Agrahara Bengaluru helped other accused in smuggling mobile phones to accused number one T Naseer which in turn was used by other suspects to aid activities of LeTThe NIA in its official statement said Searches were conducted at five locations in Bengaluru and Kolar districts of the state leading to the arrest of Dr Nagaraj Psychiatrist Central Prison Parappana Agrahara Bengaluru Assistant SubInspector ASI ASI Chan Pasha and Anees Fathima mother of an absconding accusedDuring the searches various digital devices cash gold and incriminating documents were seized from the houses of the arrested accused and other suspects the NIA statedThe case relates to the recovery of arms ammunition explosives and digital devices including two walkietalkies from habitual offenders who were conspiring to unleash terror activities in Bengaluru city with the aim of furthering the nefarious agenda of the proscribed terrorist organisation LeT the statement saidAs part of the conspiracy Dr Nagaraj was smuggling mobile phones for use by prison inmates including Tadiyandaveed Naseer aka T Naseer a lifetime convict lodged in terror cases in Central Prison BengaluruNagaraj was supported by one Pavithra in this activity the NIA statedBesides houses of Nagaraj and Pavithra NIA also searched the house of Anees Fathima mother of absconder Junaid Ahmed and involved in passing instructions from Naseer to her son for raising funds and handing over the same to Naseer in prison the NIA saidAs per NIA investigations ASI Chan Pasha had in 2022 been involved in passing information related to Naseers escort from prison to various courts in exchange for money the NIA statedNIA has already chargesheeted nine accused including absconder Junaid Ahmed under various sections of IPC and UAP Act Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act in the case Investigations and efforts to track the absconder are continuing the statement said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/prison-radicalisation-case-bengaluru-court-hands-over-custody-of-3-to-nia-625214.html Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/over-1-000-maoists-surrender-under-lon-varratu-drive-as-12-more-maoists-lay-down-arms-in-chhatisgarhs-dantewada-625234.html Dantewada July 9 In a landmark achievement for Chhattisgarhs counterinsurgency and rehabilitation efforts the Dantewada police have claimed that more than 1000 Maoists have surrendered under the states flagship Lon Varratu Come Back Home campaign officials said Launched in June 2020 the initiative has now crossed a historic milestone with 1005 former insurgents laying down arms and rejoining mainstream society officials added Of the 1005 who have surrendered so far 813 are men and 192 are women As many as 249 of the Maoists who surrendered were carrying cash rewards totalling nearly Rs 5 crore In a joint press conference organised here Bastar range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P Deputy Inspector General of Police Kamal Lochan Kashyap CRPF Dantewada Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Rakesh Choudhary and Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai told that on July 9 12 more Maoists including nine with bounties on their heads surrendered before senior police and CRPF officials in Dantewada Among them were highranking operatives such as a divisional committee member from West Bastar a medical team associate and a section commander from the Maad division One Maoist couple was also among those who surrendered The campaign which began with the aim of encouraging disillusioned Maoists to abandon violence and reintegrate into civil life has seen participation from insurgents across Dantewada and neighbouring districts like Sukma Bijapur and NarayanpurAuthorities attribute the success of the campaign to a combination of sustained security operations community outreach and the states comprehensive rehabilitation policy Surrendered Maoists are offered Rs 50000 in immediate financial aid along with access to skill development programmes agricultural land housing and healthcare Police officials say the campaign has struck an emotional chord with many cadres who have grown disillusioned with the Maoist ideology internal exploitation and the hardships of jungle life The initiative has also been bolstered by strategic pressure from security forces and increasing awareness among tribal communities about the benefits of peace and development The Dantewada police along with CRPF battalions and Intelligence units have played a pivotal role in facilitating these surrenders Officials emphasised that the campaign will continue offering a dignified path back to society for those willing to renounce violence The Lon Varratu campaign stands as a testament to the power of dialogue trustbuilding and inclusive governance in addressing longstanding insurgencies IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/over-1-000-maoists-surrender-under-lon-varratu-drive-as-12-more-maoists-lay-down-arms-in-chhatisgarhs-dantewada-625234.html Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-foil-terror-plot-backed-by-pakistans-isi-625266.html Chandigarh July 9 Punjab Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav said here on Wednesday that the state polices AntiGangster Task Force AGTF foiled a terror plot supported by Pakistani spy agency InterServices Intelligence ISI and orchestrated by Harwinder Rinda a Babbar Khalsa International BKI operative based in Pakistan with recovery of terrorist hardware from forest in Gurdaspur The recovered cache of terrorist hardware includes two AK47 rifles along with 16 cartridges and two magazines and two P86 hand grenades DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the recovered consignment was pushed into India by Pakistani agencies and Harwinder Rinda as part of a premeditated plan to carry out attacks at multiple locations in Punjab aiming to disrupt public peace In a post on social media platform X the DGP wrote Acting swiftly on human intelligence AGTF teams traced and recovered a large cache of terrorist hardware including two AK47 rifles with 16 live cartridges two magazines and two P86 hand grenades from a forest area in Gurdaspur before it could reach Harwinder Rindas associatesActing swiftly on human intelligence AGTF teams under the overall supervision of Additional Director General of Police ADGP Promod Ban managed to trace the terrorist hardware consignment from a forest area in Gurdaspur before it could reach to the operatives of Harwinder Rinda said the DGP while adding further investigations are underway to identify the operatives who were supposed to retrieve the consignment AGTFs Deputy Inspector General of Police DIG Gurmeet Chauhan said that probe has also revealed the involvement of foreignbased terrorists in this PakistanISIbacked module Recoveries of more arms consignments are likely in the coming days he added The DIG said that a first information report FIR under the relevant sections of the Explosives Act and the Arms Act has been registered at the Purana Shala police station in Gurdaspur Earlier on Tuesday Jalandhar Counter Intelligence foiled a target killing plot in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh orchestrated by Lawrence Bishnoi gang with the arrest of its key operative and recovered two pistols from his possession The accused has been identified as Himanshu Sood a resident of Phagwara in Kapurthala The recovered pistols include one 30 bore Chinamade PX3 Pistol and one 32 bore pistol along with two magazines and seven cartridges IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punjab-police-foil-terror-plot-backed-by-pakistans-isi-625266.html Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/uts-tourism-secretaries-meet-in-srinagar-befitting-reply-to-terrorism-jk-l-g-624992.html Srinagar July 8 IANS Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday that the meeting of the tourism secretaries from all union territories in Srinagar is a befitting reply to terrorism as it reflects JampKs march towards peace progress and prosperitynbspnbspAddressing the tourism secretaries meeting here the LG said Under the leadership of Honble PM Shri Narendra Modi ji JampampK is an unstoppable force ampamp it will continue to flourishnbspHe said JampampKs tourism sector has undergone phenomenal transformation in the last few years Weve strengthened traditional tourism circuits and expanded tourisms horizon We have ensured the benefits of tourism reach every corner of JampampK UT and transform lives The development of the tourism sector is possible only in a peaceful and secure environment In JampampK the security forces have a huge role in ending terrorism but the role of society is also no lessTerrorists attempt to draw their sustenance from society should be foiled Ordinary citizens are taking a stand against terrorism Street protests against Pakbacked terrorists are a good sign to establish permanent peace in the valley Entire Jammu Kashmir must rise and make sure terrorists have no place in this beautiful Union Territory the LG saidnbspHe said that after the development of the Tattoo ground in Srinagar tourists may choose Srinagar over DavosnbspPeople of the Valley have come out in rejection of the efforts by the Pakistanbacked terrorists to create a communal wedge in JampampKAfter the April 22 terror attack in the Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam by Pakistanbacked LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists in which 26 civilians were killed after segregating them based on faith Kashmiris not only held spontaneous protests against this heinous act but also lined up to welcome this years Amarnath Yatra pilgrims with garlands and placardsnbspOn the 6th of this month locals drove with families from Srinagar city to Nuner village on the BaltalSrinagar road to serve cold drinks and pure drinking water to the Yatris returning after performing the YatranbspIn order to reciprocate the noble gesture the Yatris stopped their vehicles and accepted the hospitality of the locals without any hesitationThe same day LG Manoj Sinha joined the 10th Muharram Muslim procession in the heart of Srinagar city He served cold drinks and refreshments to the mourners He joined the procession and offered a Chaddar Sacred Cloth to the Zuljanah at the start of the procession in the Bota Kadal area of SrinagarnbspManoj Sinha carried the minimum possible security with himself so that the locals did not feel any hesitation in coming closer to him and rubbing their shoulders with the LG during the procession https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/uts-tourism-secretaries-meet-in-srinagar-befitting-reply-to-terrorism-jk-l-g-624992.html Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/militant-killed-in-gunfight-with-security-forces-in-arunachal-624735.html Itanagar July 7 A militant suspected to be associated with the NSCN KYA outfit was killed on Sunday in an encounter with the Assam Rifles in Arunachal Pradeshs Longding district an official said A police officer said that Assam Rifles troops effectively foiled a surprise ambush by suspected insurgents affiliated with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland NSCNKYA factionAccording to the official the militants attacked the Assam Rifles patrolling party when the paramilitary forces were conducting routine patrolling between Khogla and Lyangche close to the IndiaMyanmar borderThe Assam Rifles troops swiftly retaliated the attack forcing the extremists to retreat and abandon their position the official saidDuring the subsequent search a temporary hideout used by the insurgents was found in the area he said The official said that one NSCN KYA cadre was killed during the encounterA significant cache of warlike stores around 15 kg of improvised explosive device IED 34 detonators two 22 pistols along with two magazines and other militarygrade supplies were recovered from the mountainous areasOn April 27 three militants of the NSCNKYA faction were killed during a fierce gun battle between the security forces and the extremists in the same Longding districtA Defence spokesperson had said that two construction workers were kidnapped on April 25 from Pangchao areas in Longding districtBased on specific information troops of the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles launched a joint massive operation in the Pangchao areas a contact was established and in the ensuing firefight three cadres of NSCNKYA group were neutralised he had saidOne construction worker was rescued in the operation and four automatic weapons ammunition and other warlike materials were also recovered from the areasMeanwhile the Army and Assam Rifles in coordination with the Assam Police earlier apprehended a wanted top cadre of the NSCNKYA from Assams Charaideo districtThe NSCNKYA had earlier served an extortion notice of Rs 20 lakh to the public sector oil major Oil India Limited OILThe notice was signed by the outfits selfstyled Major Tha Aung and sent to OILs office in Manabhum located in the Changlang district of Arunachal PradeshThe outfit in its notice sought Rs 20 lakh by December 10 and it has also warned that OIL would be held accountable for any delaysThe OIL has its operational site at the Manabhum reserve forest in eastern Arunachal and the thickly forested reserve forest areas fall under both Changlang and Namsai districtsThe NSCNKYA has not signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre even as several other Naga outfits including the IsakMuivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim NSCNIM had signed a ceasefire agreement with the government and are now holding talks IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/militant-killed-in-gunfight-with-security-forces-in-arunachal-624735.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hesitancy-in-condemning-all-acts-of-terrorism-betrayal-of-humanity-pm-modi-624737.html Rio de Janeiro July 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned that any failure or hesitancy to condemn all terrorism would be a betrayal of humanity Speaking at the BRICS Summit Session on Peace and Security on Sunday he denounced the Pahalgam massacre as a blow to entire humanity that also seared the soul of IndiaThe Indian Prime Ministers call for condemning terrorism was answered by the 11 nations of BRICS who in a joint statement condemned the Pahalgam terrorist massacre and reaffirmed their unequivocal commitment to combating crossborder terrorism and came out against those supporting terrorismPM Modi said Terrorism is the most serious challenge facing humanity today and condemning terrorism must be a matter of principle and not just of convenienceIf our response depends on where or against whom the attack occurred it shall be a betrayal of humanity itself he declaredPM Modi further said There must be no hesitation in imposing sanctions on terrorists The victims and supporters of terrorism cannot be treated equally For the sake of personal or political gain giving silent consent to terrorism or supporting terrorists or terrorism should never be acceptable under any circumstancesHe then threw a challenge to BRICS There should be no difference between our words and actions when it comes to terrorism If we cannot do this then the question naturally arises whether we are serious about fighting terrorism or notAbout Indias most recent experience PM Modi said The terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April was a direct assault on the soul identity and dignity of India and this attack was not just a blow to India but to the entire humanityHe thanked the friendly countries that stood with India in this hour of grief and showed supportOn the importance of fighting terrorism Prime Minister Modi said Progress of humanity is possible only in a peaceful and secure environmentBRICS has a very important role in fulfilling this objective It is time for us to come together unite our efforts and collectively address the challenges we all face We must move forward together he saidSurveying the global situation PM Modi said Today from West Asia to Europe the whole world is surrounded by disputes and tensionsHe singled out the humanitarian situation in Gaza as a cause of grave concern but did not name any parties to the conflictThe BRICS leaders joint statement went further naming Israel and expressing grave concern about the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory with the resumption of continuous Israeli attacks against Gaza and obstruction of the entry of humanitarian aid into the territoryAnd without naming Hamas or drawing attention to its attack and hostagetaking by Hamas that precipitated the crisis the joint statement called for the release of all hostages and detainees held in violation of international lawPM Modi said India firmly believes that no matter how difficult the circumstances the path of peace is the only option for the good of humanityRecalling that India is the land of Lord Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi he said We have no place for war and violenceIndia supports every effort that takes the world away from division and conflict and leads us towards dialogue cooperation and coordination and increases solidarity and trustPM Modi also offered the hand of cooperation and partnership with all friendly countries in this endeavour IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hesitancy-in-condemning-all-acts-of-terrorism-betrayal-of-humanity-pm-modi-624737.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:15:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/murder-of-humanity-ncp-backs-pahalgam-terror-attack-condemnation-at-brics-624778.html New Delhi July 7 After BRICS leaders condemned the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam which killed 26 people NCPSCP MLA Rohit Rajendra Pawar supported the resolution and called it a murder of humanity while emphasising the universal responsibility to oppose terrorism in all its forms It is indeed a murder of humanity Whenever a citizen of any country becomes a victim of terrorism or any such act it is an attack on humanity Terrorism cannot be supported in any form What was said is true the recent attack that happened in India was definitely an attack on humanity said Rohit PawarThe attack orchestrated by Pakistanbacked terror group The Resistance Front TRF continues to evoke sharp condemnation from political leaders including the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro which reaffirmed global stand against terrorismOn the other hand Congress leader Manoj Kumar voiced frustration over handling of the situation during Indias counterstrikes against terrorism and alleged external interference in reaching an agreement with PakistanThe entire world condemned it But I want to ask when our Army was advancing strongly to eliminate these terrorists why was it stopped he askedWho gave the order to halt Why did Trump tweet and pressure the operation to pause And what is more shameful than seeing Pakistan the epicentre of terrorism chairing the UN Security Council This is not how a sovereign nation should operate It feels like Trump is running the country now not our Prime Minister The Pahalgam attack was horrifying and the world will not forgive those responsibleThe Rio de Janeiro Declaration adopted by BRICS leaders strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack reaffirming their commitment to combat crossborder terrorism its financing and safe havensWe condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025 We reaffirm our commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms including the crossborder movement of terrorists terrorism financing and safe havens read Paragraph 34 of the declarationBRICS leaders also emphasised that terrorism should not be linked to any religion ethnicity or nationality and called for all perpetrators and their supporters to be held accountable under international law IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/murder-of-humanity-ncp-backs-pahalgam-terror-attack-condemnation-at-brics-624778.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-landmine-claims-life-of-young-elephant-in-jharkhands-chaibasa-624706.html Chaibasa Jharkhand July 6 A landmine planted by Maoists in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhands West Singhbhum district has claimed the life of a young male elephant Forest Department officials said on Sunday The sixyearold wild elephant affectionately called Gadru by local villagers sustained grievous injuries after stepping on an IED in the Digha area of the Saranda forest on June 24The powerful blast severely damaged the animals hind left leg which left it immobilised and bleeding Locals later found the wounded pachyderm collapsed near a streamVillagers then alerted the forest officials who subsequently located the elephant using drone surveillanceEfforts to rescue Gadru began immediately with forest personnel closely monitoring the animals condition for several daysFollowing a request from the Forest Department a specialised veterinary team from Gujaratbased wildlife rescue organisation Vantara arrived in Saranda on SaturdayThe team tranquillised the elephant and transported it to Jhariakela for treatment late on Saturday evening Despite roundtheclock medical intervention Gadru succumbed to its injuries on Sunday officials saidAccording to veterinarians a widespread infection had made recovery impossibleThe death of Gadru has cast a pall of gloom over the residents of Saranda and adjoining villages where the young elephant used to roam and had become a familiar figureSaranda forest is one of the most severely Maoistaffected regions in Jharkhand Security agencies have repeatedly warned that Maoist insurgents have placed landmines at every step to target police and paramilitary forces However innocent civilians and wildlife often fall victim to themIn the past two years alone IED blasts in the region have killed 14 civilians and five members of the security forces Wildlife casualties though less reported are becoming increasingly frequent raising serious concerns among conservationistsWildlife authorities are now planning increased surveillance and coordination in conflictprone zones to prevent such tragedies in the future IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoist-landmine-claims-life-of-young-elephant-in-jharkhands-chaibasa-624706.html Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/police-in-srinagar-attach-property-worth-rs-15-crore-under-uapa-624543.html Srinagar July 5 Continuing its drive against terrorism Jammu and Kashmir JampK Police in Srinagar district on Saturday attached property worth Rs 15 crore under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA A police statement said on Saturday In a decisive move against the terror ecosystem and to dismantle its supporting infrastructure Srinagar Police has attached a residential property comprising 8 marlas and 202 sq ft of land along with the building structure estimated to be worth approximately Rs 15 croreThe property located at Mir Masjid Mohalla Shallabagh Khanyar and falling under Survey Nos 36741147 and 36771148 is recorded in the name of Mohammad Yousuf Shah son of Hafiz Waliuallah ShahThe police statement added It is currently in the possession of Masood Hussain Shah son of Mohammad Yousuf Shah The attachment has been carried out under the relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA in connection with FIR No 482024 under Sections 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS 727 of the Indian Arms Act and Sections 16 18 19 20 and 39 of the UAP Act registered at Police Station KhanyarInvestigations have established that the property was acquired through illegal proceeds linked to terrorist activities Acting under Section 25 of the UAP Act the immovable property has been formally seized and attached following due legal procedureThrough this attachment notice the owner is prohibited from selling leasing or transferring the said property in any manner This action is part of the sustained campaign of Srinagar Police to dismantle the terror ecosystem in a systematic mannerBy targeting and crippling the financial networks of terrorist organisations Jammu amp Kashmir Police aims to curb acts detrimental to the security and integrity of the nation Srinagar Police reiterates its unwavering commitment to eradicating terrorism and safeguarding public peace IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/police-in-srinagar-attach-property-worth-rs-15-crore-under-uapa-624543.html Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-renew-call-for-peace-talks-amid-heavy-losses-govt-stands-firm-624571.html Raipur July 5 The banned CPI Maoist has once again extended an olive branch to the government expressing willingness to engage in peace talks In a letter issued by Central Committee spokesperson Abhay the group acknowledged the loss of over 85 senior cadres in recent antiLWE operations conducted by security forces in ChhattisgarhThe letter also alleged that in some instances innocent villagers were wrongly branded as Maoists and killed in staged encountersAbhay said that the Maoist organisation is fully prepared for dialogue and urged the government to create a conducive environment for talksThis is the fourth such appeal since March 2025 reflecting the groups increasingly precarious position amid intensified security operationsHowever the governments response remains unyieldingDuring his recent visit to Chhattisgarh Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated the Centres zerotolerance policy towards LWEThere will be no talks with those who continue to bear arms we will not let the Maoists sleep this monsoon season HM Shah had said while reviewing antiMaoist operations in Raipur earlier last monthHe had emphasised that the Centres goal is to eliminate leftwing extremism LWE nationwide by March 2026 and that development and peace can only follow the cessation of violenceChhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma had echoed this stance stating that the state government will not entertain any dialogue until Maoists surrender unconditionallyThis is not the time for appeasement The people of Chhattisgarh have suffered enough Talks will only happen when they lay down arms Sharma said during a recent visit to a rehabilitation centre for surrendered Maoists in SukmaThe state has witnessed a sharp escalation in counterinsurgency efforts over the past year According to official data more than 400 Maoists have been killed and over 700 have surrendered since January 2025The government has also launched skill development and reintegration programmes for former insurgents signalling a dual approach of force and rehabilitationWhile the Maoists latest appeal signals a shift in tone the governments firm posture suggests that any peace process remains distant unless insurgents abandon violence entirely IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-renew-call-for-peace-talks-amid-heavy-losses-govt-stands-firm-624571.html Sat, 05 Jul 2025 20:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gunfight-continues-for-2nd-day-in-jampks-kishtwar-624129.html Jammu July 3 A gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists continued for the second day on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmirs Kishtwar district Security forces had started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district on Wednesday evening after intelligence reports about the presence of terrorists in the areaAs the security forces closed in on the hiding terrorists they fired triggering an encounterLatest reports from the area said that the encounter continued in the area with intermittent firing from the two sidesArmys Nagrota headquartered WhiteKnight corps said on X on Wednesday Based on specific intelligence a joint search operation was underway in Kanzal Mandu Kishtwar Contact has been established with the terrorists and operations are in progressOn June 26 one terrorist was killed in a gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur districtWednesdays gunfight between the terrorists and the security forces started on a day when the first batch of this years annual Amarnath Yatra reached the two base camps of Pahalgam and BaltalOn April 22 Pakistan backed LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists killed 26 civilians in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam after segregating them on the basis of faith The entire country was outraged by the dastardly terror attackPrime Minister Narendra Modi gave a free hand to the armed forces to avenge the terror attackThe Indian Armed Forces targeted nine terror infrastructures deep inside Pakistan and also in Pakistan occupied Kashmir PoKThe targetspecific strikes were carried out by the armed forces in Muridke near Lahore in Bahawalpur and Kotli and Muzaffarabad in PoKAfter escalation 11 defence bases of Pakistan were also attacked by the Indian Armed ForcesIn retaliation Pakistan shelled heavy mortars on civilian facilities in Poonch Rajouri Baramulla Bandipora and Kupwara districts of Jammu and KashmirEighteen civilians were killed in Pakistans shelling on civilian facilities in the union territory 13 of them in Poonch districtScores of homes and shops in addition to a temple a Gurudwara and a church were also destroyed in Pakistans shelling on civilian facilities IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gunfight-continues-for-2nd-day-in-jampks-kishtwar-624129.html Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-doesnt-impinge-on-india-us-relations-eam-jaishankar-624111.html Washington July 3 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar has dismissed the notion that Pakistan impinges on the relations between the US and India which are based on their complementarity and not on third countries He also dismissed the claims of US President Donald Trump that he forged the ceasefire between the two neighbours after Operation Sindoor saying the record speaks for itselfI would really urge you to get over the idea that we need to define ourselves regarding third countries in order to forge ahead in ties with the US EAM Jaishankar told a questioner who asked if there was a change in the relations because of PakistanBig relationships are not forged in terms of third countries and where they fit he emphasisedThe central factor in the relationship between India and the US is India and the US It is our complementarity In many ways it is the benefits that we get from closer relationship that is actually driving it EAM Jaishankar saidAddressing a news conference here on Wednesday he added that given the size and influence of India there has to be a commensurate sense of selfconfidence and not measure ties in relation to othersWe are a big country We are among the top five economies of the world We are the most populous country in the world Our influence is growing he saidWe must have that confidenceHe said that Indias relations with the US progressed on bigger matters that benefit each other and will be what matters in the futureIts about trade It is about investment It is about technology It is about mobility It is about energy the EAM addedAsked about Trump claiming credit for the ceasefire with Pakistan after Operation Sindoor EAM Jaishankar said he did not have a roleThe record of what happened was very clear he addedThe ceasefire was something that was negotiated between the DGMOs Directors General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai of India and Major General Kashif Abdullah of Pakistan he said adding Id leave it at thatEAM Jaishankar was in Washington to attend the Quad Ministerial meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Ministers Penny Wong of Australia and Takeshi Iwaya of Japan on TuesdayHe noted the Ministers condemned the Pahalgam massacre carried out by The Resistance Front an adjunct of the Pakistanbased LashkareToibaEAM Jaishankar met individually with Rubio and the two Foreign Ministers as well as with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Energy Secretary Chris WrightWith Rubio he said we essentially did a stocktaking of the last six months And you know what do we do to go a look aheadThis included a discussion on trade and investment on technology on defence and security on energy and on mobility the EAM addedDefence and energy are two subjects that are substantive enough to warrant a separate meeting with Hegseth and Wright he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-doesnt-impinge-on-india-us-relations-eam-jaishankar-624111.html Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hamas-says-conducting-consultations-over-gaza-ceasefire-proposals-624114.html Gaza July 3 Hamas has said that it is conducting consultations to discuss Gaza ceasefire proposals put forward by mediators The Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday in a statement that it is acting with a high sense of responsibility and holding consultations on the mediators proposals to reach an agreement that ensures an end to Israeli aggression the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the delivery of urgent humanitarian relief to the Gaza StripThe mediators are making intensive efforts to bridge the gap between the parties reach a framework agreement and begin a new round of serious negotiations it addedUS President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60day ceasefire and urged Hamas to accept the dealI hope for the good of the Middle East that Hamas takes this Deal because it will not get better IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE Trump wrote in a post on Truth SocialTrump also said he would be very firm with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who will visit Washington next week on the need to end the 20month conflictOn Wednesday however Netanyahu making his first public remarks since Trump spoke called for the elimination of HamasThere will not be a Hamas There will not be a Hamastan Were not going back to that Its over Netanyahu saidHamas and Israel have held several rounds of indirect negotiations over the past months but no final ceasefire agreement has been reachedIn previous talks Hamas demanded a complete end to the war while Israel insisted on a temporary ceasefireIsrael resumed its military campaign in Gaza on March 18 ending a twomonth ceasefireSince then at least 6454 Palestinians have been killed and 22551 others injured according to data released by Gazas health authorities on WednesdayThe total Palestinian death toll since the conflict erupted in October 2023 has risen to 57012 with 134592 others wounded the health authorities said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hamas-says-conducting-consultations-over-gaza-ceasefire-proposals-624114.html Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/operation-sindoor-authorised-under-unsc-statement-demanding-action-against-pahalgam-terrorists-jaishankar-623733.html United Nations June 30 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made the case on Monday that Operation Sindoor was authorised under the Security Council statement demanding action against those who carried out the Pahalgam massacre The Council statement on April 25 demanded that its perpetrators be held accountable and brought to justice Jaishankar said We have since seen that happenOperation Sindoor took out the terrorist site and leaders hosted by Pakistan who were behind terrorist attacks before Islamabad decided to escalate itWhat that response underlines is of larger significance the message of zero tolerance for terrorism he saidJaishankar was speaking at the inauguration of the exhibition The Human Cost of Terrorism at the UNThe interactive digital exhibition comes a day ahead of Pakistan becoming the president of the Council for the month of July and will be the first thing top diplomats coming into the UN building will seeIt portrays 40 years of terrorism from the 1985 downing of Air India flight by Canadabased terrorists to the Pahalgam killings by The Resistance Front an affiliate of the Pakistanbased LashkareTaibaThe 29 incidents on display take a panoramic view of the horrors across continents from the 911 attack on the US and the London bombings in 2005 to the 2003 Baghdad attacks the 2002 Bali attack and the Crocus City Hall killings last year in MoscowJaishankar did not directly mention Operation Sindoor or Pakistan but the reference to the Council statement made clear what he was referring toThe statement said The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators organisers financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justiceIt added that the Council members stressed that those responsible for these killings should be held accountable and urged all states in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regardPakistan an elected member of the Council signed on to the statement that was issued unanimously because of the pressure from the other membersExplaining the rationale for the exhibition Jaishankar said that terrorism is the antithesis of what the UN stands for and when terrorism is supported by a state against its neighbour and when the bigotry of extremism drives a whole host of illegal activities it is imperative to call it outOne way of doing so is to display the havoc it has wreaked on the global society he saidTodays exhibition is not merely a presentation of images videos and histories it is a statement of our shared responsibilities to fight terrorism he addedIndias Permanent Representative P Harish said the exhibition is a statement of our shared humanity to the gallery of human courage each moment each memory each artefact and every word tells the story of ordinary men and women IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/operation-sindoor-authorised-under-unsc-statement-demanding-action-against-pahalgam-terrorists-jaishankar-623733.html Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-wont-yield-to-nuclear-blackmail-or-spare-terror-sponsors-eam-jaishankar-623773.html Washington July 1 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar reiterated Indias firm stance against terrorism and nuclear intimidation asserting that New Delhi will not be deterred by concerns over Pakistans nuclear arsenal in responding to crossborder terror attacks In a strongly worded statement during an interview with Newsweek at its headquarters in One World Trade Centre near the 911 Memorial in Manhattan Jaishankar said that India would not give a free pass to either terrorists or the states backing them and that nuclear threats would not prevent India from acting in its national interestWe are very clear there will be no impunity for terrorists that we will not deal with them any longer as proxies and spare the government which supports and finances and in many ways motivates them We will not allow nuclear blackmail to prevent us from responding Jaishankar saidThe EAM directly addressed the longstanding global cautionary view that conflict between India and Pakistan must be carefully handled due to the nuclear capabilities of both nationsWeve also heard this for too long that both India and Pakistan are nuclear countries and therefore the other guy will come and do horrible things but you mustnt do anything because it gets the world worried Jaishankar saidNow we are not going to fall for that If he is going to come and do things we are going to go there and also hit the people who did this he added drawing applause from the audienceSo no yielding to nuclear blackmail no impunity to terrorists no more free pass that they are proxies And we will do what we have to do to defend our people he saidWe believe that terrorism is actually a threat to everyone No country should use it as an instrument to further its policies because at the end of the day it comes to bite everyone he said adding that the message to the world is that there should be zero tolerance for terrorismHe said that for India even though the experience of terrorism has become intense in the last four decades it started soon after the country gained IndependenceTerrorists were sent into Kashmir with an idea that they were proxies and tribal invaders and soon enough the Pakistani Army followed he said recalling the 2611 Mumbai terror attacks and the 2001 Parliament attackHe specifically referenced the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 innocent tourists were killed describing it as a calculated attempt to inflict economic damage by targeting the tourism sector in KashmirIt was an act of economic warfare It was meant to destroy tourism in Kashmir which was the mainstay of the economy It was also meant to provoke religious violence because people were asked to identify their faith before they were killed Jaishankar saidHighlighting the long pattern of crossborder terrorism he noted a growing national sentiment that enough is enoughHe stressed that the infrastructure supporting these terrorist groups is not hidden but exists openly in Pakistans urban areasThese are terrorist organisations who have the equivalent of their corporate headquarters in the populated towns of Pakistan Jaishankar saidEverybody knows what the headquarters of Organisation A and Organisation B are and those are the buildings the headquarters that India destroyed he addedIndia destroyed highvalue terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK after it launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-wont-yield-to-nuclear-blackmail-or-spare-terror-sponsors-eam-jaishankar-623773.html Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/odisha-police-neutralises-two-maoist-in-gunfight-623709.html Bhubaneswar June 30 The Odisha Police on Monday neutralised two hardcore Maoists during an exchange of fire in Puranajiaba Reserved Forest at Baliguda in Kandhamal district The slain Maoists were identified as Manku and Chandan who belong to the KalahandiKandhamalBoudhNayagarh KKBN division of the proscribed Communist Party of IndiaMaoist CPIMaoist organisation Manku works as an Area Committee Member ACM in KKBN of the CPIMaoist while Chandan is a member of the banned outfit Notably the Kandhamal district Police received an intelligence input that some Maoists were hiding in the Puaranajiaba Reserve Forest under the Baliguda Police station area Subsequently following the orders of the Superintendent of Police Harish BC the jawans of District Voluntary Force DVF launched an antiMaoist operation in the area An exchange of fire began between the jawans of DVF and Maoists on Monday at around 12 PM in which Manku and Chandan were neutralised The jawans intensified operations in the area after seizing the bodies of the Maoists YB Khurania the Director General of Police of Odisha congratulated Kandhamal SP Harish BC and the DVF team for the success The Odisha Police in a press statement on Monday declared it a major success in its operation against the Maoists Two dreaded CPIMaoist cadres each carrying a reward of Rs 3 lakh on their heads were arrested by the Malkangiri Police earlier on June 13 As per reports as many as six Maoists were killed by the security forces while the cops arrested eight other ultras in 2024 in Odisha Police sources revealed that 24 Maoists have surrendered in 2024 The Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public programme in Telangana on Sunday reiterated the governments firm resolve to eradicate Maoism from the country by March 2026 He appealed to the Maoists to drop their guns and join the mainstream IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/odisha-police-neutralises-two-maoist-in-gunfight-623709.html Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/odisha-police-neutralise-two-maoists-in-gunfight-623710.html Bhubaneswar June 30 The Odisha Police on Monday neutralised two hardcore Maoists during an exchange of fire in Puranajiaba Reserved Forest at Baliguda in Kandhamal district The slain Maoists were identified as Manku and Chandan who belong to the KalahandiKandhamalBoudhNayagarh KKBN division of the proscribed Communist Party of IndiaMaoist CPIMaoist organisationManku works as an Area Committee Member ACM in KKBN of the CPIMaoist while Chandan is a member of the banned outfitNotably the Kandhamal district Police received an intelligence input that some Maoists were hiding in the Puaranajiaba Reserve Forest under the Baliguda Police station areaSubsequently following the orders of the Superintendent of Police Harish BC the jawans of District Voluntary Force DVF launched an antiMaoist operation in the areaAn exchange of fire began between the jawans of DVF and Maoists on Monday at around 12 PM in which Manku and Chandan were neutralised The jawans intensified operations in the area after seizing the bodies of the MaoistsYB Khurania the Director General of Police of Odisha congratulated Kandhamal SP Harish BC and the DVF team for the successThe Odisha Police in a press statement on Monday declared it a major success in its operation against the MaoistsTwo dreaded CPIMaoist cadres each carrying a reward of Rs 3 lakh on their heads were arrested by the Malkangiri Police earlier on June 13As per reports as many as six Maoists were killed by the security forces while the cops arrested eight other ultras in 2024 in OdishaPolice sources revealed that 24 Maoists have surrendered in 2024 The Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public programme in Telangana on Sunday reiterated the governments firm resolve to eradicate Maoism from the country by March 2026He appealed to the Maoists to drop their guns and join the mainstream IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/odisha-police-neutralise-two-maoists-in-gunfight-623710.html Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-rejects-pak-armys-claims-on-waziristan-suicide-attack-says-statement-deserves-contempt-623432.html New Delhi June 29 The Ministry of External Affairs MEA on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistan Armys claim that India was behind the Waziristan suicide bomber attack which killed 13 soldiers We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack on Waziristan on 28 June We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement on XAs many as 13 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 29 others injured including 19 civilians in a suicide attack early Saturday morning in the Khadi area of North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PakistanCiting security agencies Pakistani media stated that a suicide bomber crashed an explosiveladen vehicle into a mineresistant Improvised Explosive Device IED vehicle belonging to the Bomb Disposal Unit amid a curfew imposed due to military movement in the areaThe powerful blast resulted in the killing of 13 military personnel and injuring 29 people including 19 civilians There were reports of indiscriminate firing also which caused injuries to 19 civilians including women and children in the areaThe Usud alHarab organisation a subfaction of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group affiliated with TehreekeTaliban TTP Pakistan has reportedly taken responsibility for the suicide attackThe Pakistani media said the attack came just days after two soldiers were killed and 11 terrorists were eliminated during an intelligencebased operation IBO in South WaziristanThe incident is termed as the deadliest attack in North Waziristan in recent months raising serious concerns over the deteriorating security conditions in the areaLast month a car bomb exploded in the Gulistan Area of Qila Abdullah a border area of Pakistans Balochistan province with Afghanistan killing at least four people and injuring more than 20 others eight of them critically injured The explosion occurred in Jabbar commercial market situated on the QuettaChaman National Highway in Gulistan town adjacent to the fort of Pakistans Frontier Corps FC IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-rejects-pak-armys-claims-on-waziristan-suicide-attack-says-statement-deserves-contempt-623432.html Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/time-has-finally-come-for-victims-of-terror-ecosystem-to-get-justice-jampk-l-g-623535.html Srinagar June 29 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that time has finally come when the families of victims of terrorists and terror ecosystem in the union territory will get the muchawaited justice Addressing a large number of family members of terror victims in Anantnag town on Sunday the LG said Jammu and Kashmir administration especially the security forces have created a peaceful atmosphere so that the victims of terror ecosystem can share their pain and get the much awaited justice I am here to tell you today that finally your wait for justice has ended To begin with all those victims of terrorism who did not get compassionate appointment in government service must submit their applications to concerned district magistrates within the next few daysIf some victim family has not received compassionate appointment so far such a family would get compassionate appointment for a member within the next 30 days If any youth of such a family wants to start a business of hisher own heshe will get financial assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana without any collateral The administration will do their hand holdingLG Sinha also said If some of the victim families feel that the killer of their father or brother is still at large and employed in government job IGP Kashmir is here today Such a family member should give application to the IGP the involved person would he booked and dismissed from government service if he is a government employee If terrorists or their sympathisers have occupied your house or property please come forward and the administration will help you claim your right on such properties so that these are restored to youI appeal to you to come forward and submit your grievance against terrorists or their sympathisers I am also instructing the IGP that people of different districts should be able to file such grievances before the concerned district magistrate and the SSP The country that has made terrorism its state policy is unable to provide two square meals to its citizens while India is progressing by leaps and boundsThe LG further said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserving people in every part of the country including Jammu and Kashmir are getting food and medical care free of costKashmir has been connected through rail link new roads and highways have been made places without electricity have got electricity and based on merit and without favour deserving youth have got government jobs others have got selfemploymentFruits of development have reached poor families and I have been witness to such families whose destiny has been changed under the leadership of the Prime Minister Our neighbouring country is supporting terrorism while its citizens are starving Pakistan is rated as the biggest beggar country today while our country is rated as the 4th biggest economy Our youth are excelling in academics and different professions while Pakistan is sending its youth to terror training campsAfter April 22 Pahalgam terror attack under Operation Sindoor our armed forces went deep into Pakistan and destroyed 9 terrorist infrastructures When things escalated we destroyed 11 armydefence bases of Pakistan Pakistan stands warned that any future act of terrorism will be treated as an act of war by India It is time that you families of terror victims gather courage and come forward to expose those who have now changed faces and are living as respectable citizens in JampK the Jammu and Kashmir LG saidSpeaking further he said We have heard and felt the pain of those families whose dear ones were killed since 1990 at the behest of those against whom even routine FIRs in many cases were not registered Large processions would be carried out during the funerals of terrorists and the terror ecosystem had established and entrenched itself well in KashmirThose killed by terrorists would get no mourners and even burial ground became difficult for victims of terrorists to find This also we heard from the families we met here today A false narrative was created which said the terrorists are victims while police and the army are the enemies of the people Under pressure from Pakistan and its sponsored terrorists the cries of the victims were suppressed and those cries we have heard today hereWe have heard some stories of human sufferings today Others would have perhaps more painful stories to narrate those were suppressed through the then prevailing terror ecosystem I am thankful to Save Youth Save Future organisation that organised todays function This organisation has taken appreciable effort to trace the victims of terrorism from different parts of JampK so that the truth is told to the nation and also to the international communityBefore the address of the Lt Governor in Anantnag town where he met the families of terror victims since 1990 at the local degree college members of victim families narrated horrifying stories of their sufferings at the hands of terrorists and terror ecosystem in Kashmir IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/time-has-finally-come-for-victims-of-terror-ecosystem-to-get-justice-jampk-l-g-623535.html Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/links-with-isis-former-simi-operative-saquib-nachan-dies-623383.html New Delhi June 28 Former member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India SIMI Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan died during brain stroke treatment Tihar Jail authorities said on Saturday Nachans death has also been confirmed by the National Investigation Agency NIAAccording to reports Nachan 65 notorious for his links with the Islamic State ISIS and his role in several terror attacks suffered a brain stroke while in custody following his December 2023 arrest and was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital before being shifted to SafdarjungHe first came under the scanner back in 1991 and was later arrested for plotting terror strikes in Gujarat linked to Khalistani networksIn the late 1990s the Supreme Court convicted him of terrorist activities He again captured the national headlines and was convicted for orchestrating three bomb blasts in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003 in Mumbai Central Vile Parle and MulundThe terror attacks resulted in multiple fatalities and injuriesFound guilty of several acts including murder arms and explosives possession he received a 10year sentence until 2017He was also accused of declaring a village in Maharashtras Thane district as Al Sham referring to it as an independent Islamicruled territorySeveral reports claimed his links with ISIS and for brainwashing the youth and personally administering the oath to recruitsNotably several reports also claim that he travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and has close links with ISIS top leaders based in those countriesThe body is likely to be handed over to his family members after all the procedures are completedHis death is being seen as a final nail in the coffin of SIMI networks within the country which are facing flak from the concerned agencies and are on their last leg IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/links-with-isis-former-simi-operative-saquib-nachan-dies-623383.html Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/former-simi-operative-saquib-nachan-who-has-links-with-isis-dies-623384.html New Delhi June 28 Former member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India SIMI Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan died during brain stroke treatment Tihar Jail authorities said on Saturday Nachans death has also been confirmed by the National Investigation Agency NIAAccording to reports Nachan 65 notorious for his links with the Islamic State ISIS and his role in several terror attacks suffered a brain stroke while in custody following his December 2023 arrest and was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital before being shifted to SafdarjungHe first came under the scanner back in 1991 and was later arrested for plotting terror strikes in Gujarat linked to Khalistani networksIn the late 1990s the Supreme Court convicted him of terrorist activities He again captured the national headlines and was convicted for orchestrating three bomb blasts in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003 in Mumbai Central Vile Parle and MulundThe terror attacks resulted in multiple fatalities and injuriesFound guilty of several acts including murder arms and explosives possession he received a 10year sentence until 2017He was also accused of declaring a village in Maharashtras Thane district as Al Sham referring to it as an independent Islamicruled territorySeveral reports claimed his links with ISIS and for brainwashing the youth and personally administering the oath to recruitsNotably several reports also claim that he travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and has close links with ISIS top leaders based in those countriesThe body is likely to be handed over to his family members after all the procedures are completedHis death is being seen as a final nail in the coffin of SIMI networks within the country which are facing flak from the concerned agencies and are on their last leg IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/former-simi-operative-saquib-nachan-who-has-links-with-isis-dies-623384.html Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/search-operation-to-track-down-3-jem-terrorists-underway-in-j-ks-basantgarh--623206.html Jammu Jun 27 PTI A search operation by a joint team of security forces is underway to track down three Pakistanbased JaisheMohammad JeM terrorists in a forested area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday officials said on FridaynbspA Pakistanbased JeM terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday and three of his associates remain trapped in the forested area of the Basantgarh beltnbspBacked by drones and sniffer dogs the operation resumed afresh this morning with the cordon further strengthened with additional reinforcements to eliminate the remaining terrorists of the group they addedSpeaking to reporters here Inspector General of Police Bhim Sen Tuti said In the ongoing operation at Basantgarh we had an encounter with terrorists around 830 AM yesterday Due to poor weather the operation faced challenges This group consisted of four terrorists He further said that one terrorist has been successfully neutralised and the search is on to track down the remaining three The weather has now improved in the area An operation is underway way he saidnbspThe group of four terrorists had been tracked for a year They were confronted by a joint search party of the Army and police in the remote Bihali area of Basantgarh on Thursday morning officials saidThe four terrorists were found hiding near Karoor Nallah and were engaged by the joint search party led by the Armys Para Commandos resulting in an encounternbspOne of the terrorists killed in the encounter has been identified as Haider codenamed Maulvi from PakistannbspSupported by over ground workers OGWs they had been moving from one area to another using forests and natural caves to hide officials said Five OGWs have been arrested during last several months in the belt for providing food and shelter to terroristsnbspIt is also believed that a local terrorist who had returned from Pakistan after several years is actively supporting terroristsBasantgarh lies on a traditional infiltration route of Pakistani terrorists who enter from the International Border in Kathua and move via higher reaches to Doda and Kishtwar districts in Jammu region and further into the Kashmir Valley It has witnessed several encounters and terror incidents in the pastnbspOn April 25 Havaldar Jhantu Ali Shaikh of the Armys 6 PARA was killed in an encounter with terrorists in the Basantgarh areanbspOn April 9 an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the JopherMarta belt of Basantgarh in Udhampur districtOn September 11 last year two terrorists affiliated with the JeM were killed in an encounter in the upper reaches of BasantgarhnbspA CRPF inspector was killed in another encounter with terrorists at Dudu on August 19 2024nbspOn July 11 2024 the Sang police post in Udhampurs Basantgarh came under attack by terrorists but was foiled by alert copsnbspOn April 28 2024 a village defence guard Mohammad Sharief was killed in an encounter with terrorists in BasantgarhAgencies https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/search-operation-to-track-down-3-jem-terrorists-underway-in-j-ks-basantgarh--623206.html Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-gunfight-four-terrorists-trapped-in-udhampurs-bihali-623049.html Jammu June 26 Police said on Thursday that four terrorists are trapped inside the cordonedoff area in Jammu and Kashmirs Udhampur district where a gunfight started earlier in the day Inspector General of Police IGP Jammu Zone Bhim Sen Tuti said that four terrorists are believed to be trapped in the ongoing encounterSpeaking with reporters the IGP said the contact with the terrorists was established around 830 am but the weather is unfavourableThe situation will become clear once the weather improves As per our assessment a group of four terrorists is holed up he saidEarlier the Army said an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Bihali area of Basantgarh following specific inputsOfficials said that after suspicious movement was reported in the Basantgarh area of the district security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in the area this morningThe security forces came under heavy automatic gunfire which was returned triggering an encounter which is now going on Reinforcements have been rushed to the spot officials saidAfter the Pahalgam attack on April 22 in which Pakistanbacked terrorists of LashkareTaiba LeT killed 26 civilians in Baisaran meadow security forces are on maximum alert in the union territoryAdditional companies of BSF CRPF and SSB have been made available to Jammu and Kashmir to provide security to the upcoming Amarnath Yatra that starts on July 3 and concludes on August 9 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festivalThe pilgrims approach the cave shrine either through the longer traditional Pahalgam route or the shorter Baltal route to reach the cave shrine situated 3888 metres above sea level in the Kashmir HimalayasA mock security drill was held successfully on Wednesday in all the districts through which the Yatris will pass to reach the cave shrineAll mountain tops are being dominated by the security forces to prevent the terrorists from moving to the hinterland In addition to the two base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal district and Nunwan Pahalgam in Anantnag district several transit camps have been set up on the two routes to the base campsThe successful and peaceful conduct of this years Amarnath Yatra is a challenge faced by the security forces and the local police as this Yatra is being held after India and Pakistan engaged in hostilities during which the Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir PoK IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-gunfight-four-terrorists-trapped-in-udhampurs-bihali-623049.html Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bomb-threat-at-jaipurs-esic-hospital-email-in-ajmal-kasabs-name-alleges-fake-passport-racket-623066.html Jaipur June 26 A bomb threat sent via email to Jaipurs ESIC Hospital sparked a major security scare on Thursday prompting a swift and coordinated response from multiple agencies The email signed in the name of 2611 terrorist Ajmal Kasab went beyond the threat of violence alleging a broader conspiracy involving fake passports issued to former LTTE membersThe hospital administration immediately alerted authorities after receiving the mail Soon teams from the local police fire department bomb disposal squad civil defence and cyber cell reached the hospital and conducted a thorough searchNo suspicious items were found and the operation was later called offWhat raised alarm was the content of the email It accused Tamil Nadu IPS officer Davidson Devasirvatham of facilitating the issuance of fake passports to exLTTE operatives through a travel agency allegedly run by his wifeThe email further claimed that these individuals had been recruited by Pakistan and were travelling in a biobubble car equipped with mobile phones and fuses to trigger chemical attacksIt also warned that if their plan appeared to fail the suspects might detonate a nerve gas IED inside the hospitalThe email urged authorities to immediately inform the AntiTerrorism Squad ATS and investigate the officers roleIt also suggested that the fake passports could be verified from the Intelligence Departments Madurai office Claiming authenticity the sender stated that they were personally involved in the conspiracy insisting it was not a hoaxThis incident adds to a string of recent hoax threats in Jaipur On May 8 12 and 13 similar bomb threats targeted the Sawai Mansingh Stadium with one email also demanding justice for a rape victim A woman from Ahmedabad was later arrested in connection with those threats having allegedly sent four to five such emailsAnother threat was reported on May 9 when the Jaipur Metro received an email referencing the socalled Operation Sindoor No explosives were found in that case eitherThe latest threat email has been forwarded to the cyber cell for further investigation particularly due to its possible links with previous hoax messages and the grave accusations made against a serving IPS officer IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bomb-threat-at-jaipurs-esic-hospital-email-in-ajmal-kasabs-name-alleges-fake-passport-racket-623066.html Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-one-terrorist-killed-in-ongoing-udhampur-gunfight-623096.html Jammu June 26 One terrorist was killed on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists in JampKs Udhampur districts Basantgarh area Inspector General of Police IGP Jammu Zone Bhim Sen Tuti said that four terrorists are believed to be trapped in the ongoing encounterSpeaking with reporters the IGP said the contact with the terrorists was established around 830 am but the weather is unfavourableThe situation will become clear once the weather improves As per our assessment a group of four terrorists is holed up he saidEarlier the Army said an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Bihali area of Basantgarh following specific inputsOfficials said that after suspicious movement was reported in the Basantgarh area of the district security forces started a CASO Cordon and Search Operation in the area this morningThe security forces came under heavy automatic gunfire which was returned triggering an encounter which is now going on Reinforcements have been rushed to the spot officials saidAfter the Pahalgam attack on April 22 security forces are on maximum alert in the union territory Additional companies of BSF CRPF and SSB have been made available to Jammu and Kashmir to provide security to the upcoming Amarnath Yatra that starts on July 3 and concludes on August 9 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festivalThe pilgrims approach the cave shrine either through the longer traditional Pahalgam route or the shorter Baltal route to reach the cave shrine situated 3888 metres above sea level in the Kashmir HimalayasA mock security drill was held successfully on Wednesday in all the districts through which the Yatris will pass to reach the cave shrine All mountain tops are being dominated by the security forces to prevent the terrorists from moving to the hinterland In addition to the two base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal district and Nunwan Pahalgam in Anantnag district several transit camps have been set up on the two routes to the base campsThe successful and peaceful conduct of this years Amarnath Yatra is a challenge faced by the security forces and the local police as this Yatra is being held after India and Pakistan engaged in hostilities during which the Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-one-terrorist-killed-in-ongoing-udhampur-gunfight-623096.html Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pfi-had-hit-list-of-950-in-kerala-including-judge-reveals-nia-probe-622862.html Kochi June 25 In a startling revelation made by the National Investigating Agency NIA it has surfaced that the banned Popular Front of India PFI had prepared a hit list of 950 people in Kerala The list which surfaced in the media on Wednesday included a nowretired district judgeIncidentally this list was submitted early this month by the NIA at a special court here when the bail applications of four accused in the murder of RSS leader Sreenivasan came up for hearing The NIA opposed the bail strongly The four accused identified as Muhammad Bilal Riyasudheen Ansar KP and Saheer KV were arrested for murdering Sreenivasan at Palakkad Kerala in 2022The list of 950 was compiled after getting confirmed inputs from different places by the NIA probe team It includes eight documents seized from the 51st accused Sirajudheen which contain a list of 240 people from other communitiesThen while conducting a search held at Periyar Valley Campus at Aluva NIA was able to get the details of five targeted persons from the purse of the 15th accused Abdul Wahad who is presently on the runIt was in this list that the name of a former district judge was foundAnother document seized from an accused who turned approver later contained a hit list with the names of 232 peopleSimilarly a search held at the home of the 69th accused Ayoob a hit list containing the names of about 500 people was foundWhen the NIA was probing the Sreenivasan case the PFI link emerged It was later found that PFI had sinister plans to create unrest in the countryDuring the investigation the antiterror agency got details of the PFI carrying out physical and arms training for its cadresThe NIA has now claimed that it has voice clips and witness statements that reveal the India 2047 plan of setting up Islamic rule in IndiaThe special court after hearing both sides and going through the documents produced before it observed that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the accusation against the petitioners was prima facie true and rejected the bail petition IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pfi-had-hit-list-of-950-in-kerala-including-judge-reveals-nia-probe-622862.html Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/idf-delivers-another-blow-to-hezbollah-funding-channels--622893.html Tel Aviv June 25 Israeli Defense Forces IDF on Wednesday announced that they have eliminated Haytham Abdullah Bakri the head of the AlSadiq Currency Exchange in South Lebanon Haytham Abdullah Bakri the head of the AlSadiq Currency Exchange who operated with Hezbollah to transfer funds for Hezbollah terrorist activities was eliminated by the IDF in southern Lebanon the IDF posted on XThe IDF stated that this currency exchange functions as a fund storage and transfer mechanism for Hezbollah for funds originating from the Iranian Quds ForceThese funds are used by Hezbollah for military purposes including purchasing weapons manufacturing means and providing salaries to operatives and are diverted for terrorist purposes and to finance the continuation of Hezbollahs terrorist activities said the IDFThe IDF detailed that Bakri consciously worked together with the terrorist organization Hezbollah and transferred funds for their activities including military purposes which again included purchasing weapons production means and transferring salaries to operativesThe IDF had eliminated Behanam Shahriari Commander of Unit 190 of the Iranian Quds Force last weekShahriari was assassinated in a targetted strike on his car when he was traveling in western IranAccording to the IDF Shahriari exclusively handled and managed the mechanisms to maintain the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars which was again channeled annually to the Quds Force and its branchesIt added that Shahriari managed the mechanisms of the channels used for transferring money from the Quds Force to Hezbollah through offsets between exchanges in Turkey Iraq and the United Arab Emirates UAE along with Lebanese exchanges He worked directly with Hezbollah and Hamas to supply weapons rockets and missiles that were being used against IsraelAnalysts reckon that these two assassinations are a severe blow to the Iranian funding channels for Hezbollah IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/idf-delivers-another-blow-to-hezbollah-funding-channels--622893.html Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/un-chief-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-syrian-capital-622621.html United Nations June 24 UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres condemned the terrorist attack on a church in Damascus Syria said his spokesman The secretarygeneral reiterates that all perpetrators of terrorism must be held accountable He takes note that the Syrian interim authorities have condemned Sundays attack and after a preliminary investigation attributed it to the Islamic State He calls for a full investigation said Stephane Dujarric the spokesman in a statementGuterres expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a swift recovery to those injured He reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to supporting the Syrian people in their pursuit of peace dignity and justice said the statementA suicide attack during the Sunday evening Mass at the St Elias Orthodox Church in the predominantly Christian Dweilaa neighbourhood of Damascus killed at least 22 people and wounded 63 others Xinhua news agency reportedThe blast ripped through the Mar Elias Church in the Dweilaa district a predominantly Christian neighbourhood on the eastern outskirts of Damascus leaving behind bloodstained pews shattered icons and scenes of chaos according to eyewitnesses and local mediaThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacker opened fire inside the packed church before blowing himself up causing severe human losses The monitoring group reported that the toll may rise given the critical condition of many of the injured IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/un-chief-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-syrian-capital-622621.html Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/kanishka-bombing-anniversary-eam-reiterates-call-for-zero-tolerance-to-terrorism-extremism-622457.html New Delhi June 23 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday paid homage to the 329 victims of the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing marking the 40th anniversary of one of the deadliest acts of aviation terrorism in history He stressed the need for global zero tolerance towards terrorism and violent extremism calling the tragedy a grim reminder of the consequences of allowing such ideologies to persistOn the 40th anniversary of Air India 182 Kanishka bombing we honour the memory of the 329 lives lost in one of the worst acts of terrorism A stark reminder of why the world must show zero tolerance towards terrorism and violent extremism Jaishankar wrote on XAir India Flight 182 was en route from Montreal to Mumbai via London and Delhi when it was destroyed midair over the Atlantic Ocean on June 23 1985 after a bomb exploded in its cargo holdThe Boeing 747 aircraft named after Emperor Kanishka of the Kushan dynasty had just made a scheduled stop at Montreals Mirabel airport where additional passengers boardedThe flight resumed its journey toward London Heathrow before it vanished from radar shortly after establishing contact with Shannon Air Traffic Control in IrelandThe explosion which occurred off the Irish coast killed all 329 people on board including 22 crew members The investigation revealed that the bomb had been placed in luggage originating from Vancouver pointing to a transnational terror conspiracyThe attack was largely attributed to the Khalistani extremist outfit Babbar Khalsa Inderjit Singh Reyat a BritishCanadian national pleaded guilty in 2003 for his role in assembling the explosive deviceAnother key conspirator Talwinder Singh Parmar a founding member of the extremist group Babbar Khalsa was believed to be the mastermind behind the attackTo mark the solemn anniversary a highlevel Indian delegation led by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri arrived in Ireland on Sunday to participate in the memorial service at the Ahakista Memorial in CorkThe delegation includes BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh and elected representatives from five Indian states Arvinder Singh Lovely Delhi MLA Baldev Singh Aulakh Minister from Uttar Pradesh Gurveer Singh Brar MLA from Rajasthan Trilok Singh Cheema MLA from Uttarakhand and Narinder Singh Raina MLA from Jammu amp KashmirThe commemorative event is being held on Monday at the memorial site in the presence of Irelands Prime Minister Micheal Martin Canadian Minister Gary Anandasangaree and several international dignitaries IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/kanishka-bombing-anniversary-eam-reiterates-call-for-zero-tolerance-to-terrorism-extremism-622457.html Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-surrendered-maoists-kidnapped-killed-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur-622354.html Raipur June 22 The shadow of insurgency deepened once again in Chhattisgarhs conflicthit Bijapur district as Maoist rebels executed two civilians who had surrendered earlier The two were murdered in a latenight assault on Saturday Both the victims were recently surrendered Maoists They had laid down arms only months ago in hopes of rebuilding a peaceful lifeThe attack occurred in Empur village under the Pamed police station area where a group of armed Maoists abducted the men from their homes Their bruised and lifeless bodies were later found in the nearby area The victims have been identified as Samaiya a former Maoist who surrendered earlier this year and Veko Deva a resident of Empur village Chandrakant Governa Additional Superintendent of Police Bijapur told IANSBoth men were abducted from their homes in the Naxalaffected villages of Sendrabor and Empur by a group of armed Maoists the officer saidAccording to local sources they were brutally assaulted before being executed Their bodies were later dumped in the village triggering panic among residentsA group of armed Maoists stormed the residence of a surrendered cadre late Saturday evening The victim along with another villager was forcibly taken away and later executed on suspicion of being a police informer they saidThe bodies were discovered early Sunday prompting the Bijapur police to dispatch a verification team to the site the police officer saidThis latest act of violence comes amid intensified antiMaoist operations across the state Security forces have recently launched coordinated offensives such as Operation Black Forest and Operation Kagar resulting in the elimination of several highranking Maoist leaders including CPIMaoist General Secretary Nambala Keshava Rao alias BasavarajuThis marks the fifth targeted killing in the district in just seven days underscoring a dangerous escalation in retaliation tactics as Maoists react to intensified security operations in the region These successes however appear to have provoked retaliatory attacks by the insurgents who have increasingly targeted civilians and surrendered cadresThe killings also coincide with Union Home Minister Amit Shahs twoday visit to Chhattisgarh during which he is expected to review the states counterinsurgency strategy and meet with security personnel in NarayanpurPolice officials have reiterated their commitment to bringing the perpetrators to justice and ensuring the safety of civilians in conflictaffected zones Investigations are ongoing and additional security measures are being considered in vulnerable areas IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-surrendered-maoists-kidnapped-killed-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur-622354.html Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-cadre-from-chhattisgarh-surrender-in-telangana-622028.html Raipur June 20 In a significant sign of dwindling Maoist activity in central India 12 members of the banned CPIMaoist from Chhattisgarh surrendered before Superintendent of Police B Rohit Raju at the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police headquarters in Telangana The group included two Divisional Committee Members four Area Committee Members and two each from the partys militia political ranks and the Revolutionary Peoples CommitteeTheir surrender reflects a growing internal churn within the Maoist framework and a broader shift away from violent extremismThis development is part of an accelerating trend in 2025 where 294 Maoists have already surrendered in Bhadradri Kothagudem district a police official saidMany of them hail from neighbouring Chhattisgarh underlining the regions significance as a key Maoist corridorAccording to police their exit from the outfit is a direct result of sustained efforts under Operation Cheyutha a flagship initiative by the Telangana PoliceThe programme prioritises rehabilitation and reintegration of former cadres through financial incentives skillbuilding and community supportPolice officials said the surrendered cadres cited ideological disillusionment fatigue from life underground and a desire to reunite with their families as primary reasons behind their decisionThe Telangana governments welfare and livelihood schemes have been particularly persuasive in winning over insurgentsEach of the 12 individuals received interim relief of Rs 25000 and further assistance is expected based on their hierarchy and past roles within the organisationThe surrender of two senior divisional leaders signifies a crack at the command level This loss of experienced operatives is likely to hamper the groups tactical capabilities and demoralise its grassroots baseWith a total of 1260 Maoist cadres laying down arms nationwide in 2025 so far 566 of them in Telangana security agencies believe the momentum is steadily building toward a decisive shift in insurgent zonesThe BhadradriKothagudem district owing to its strategic location along the interstate border has evolved as a frontline in the states deradicalisation effort Police supported by local communities continue to encourage surrenders while maintaining pressure on the remaining armed elements The latest development marks not just a security success but a renewed chance at peace and development in affected regions IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-cadre-from-chhattisgarh-surrender-in-telangana-622028.html Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalistanis-using-canada-to-promote-anti-india-activities-canadian-intel-agency-621854.html Ottawa June 19 Canadas top intelligence agency the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS has officially made a public disclosure for the first time that Khalistani extremists continue to use Canadian soil as a base for promoting fundraising and planning acts of violence primarily targeting India The agencys latest report categorically states Khalistani extremists continue to use Canada as a base for the promotion fundraising or planning of violence primarily in IndiaThis revelation part of CSISs latest annual report has reignited concerns about foreign interference and extremist activity within Canada particularly in the context of its sensitive diplomatic relationship with IndiaSince several years India has been raising concerns over Khalistani extremists operating from Canadian soil but Canada had largely turned a blind eye towards this issueHowever now Canadas own intelligence security has confirmed what New Delhi has long maintained Canada has become a safe haven for antiIndia elementsEven more telling this is the first time the term extremism has been officially used by Canada in relation to KhalistanisSince the mid1980s the politically motivated violent extremism PMVE threat in Canada has manifested primarily through Canadabased Khalistani extremists CBKEs seeking to use and support violent means to create an independent nation state called Khalistan largely within Punjab in IndiaPMVE encourages the use of violence to establish new political systems or new structures or norms within existing systems PMVE actors engage in the planning financing and facilitating of attacks globally in order to establish new political systems or entitiesWhile there were no CBKErelated attacks in Canada in 2024 ongoing involvement in violent activities by CBKES continue to pose a national security threat to Canada and Canadian interestsCSIS investigates activities that fall within the definition of threats to the security of Canada as outlined in the CSIS ActIn a parallel revelation the CSIS and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians NSICOP have raised alarms about Pakistans involvement in foreign interference within Canada A May 2024 initial report by the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference PIFI and NSICOPs June 2024 Special Report both identified Pakistan as a state actor that attempted to influence Canadas democratic institutionsThere is a long history of India arguing that Canada is a haven for antiIndia activity with the separatist Khalistan movement being a particular focus of Indias concern which is rooted in the aftermath of the 1985 Air India bombing and subsequent terrorist activity in IndiaThe government of Canadas investigation into the 2023 killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar continued in 2024Four individuals were arrested in May 2024 in connection with Nijjars killing and charged with firstdegree murder and conspiracy to commit murderThese revelations by CSIS come just as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney met for the first time in person at the G7 summit in Canada Their meeting marked an important step toward mending strained diplomatic relations that had deteriorated following the killing of proKhalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in 2023According to official statements both leaders agreed to appoint new High Commissioners and resume longstalled trade negotiations The talks which took place on the sidelines of the G7 summit emphasised a commitment to constructive and balanced partnership grounded in mutual respect for concerns and sensitivities as per New Delhis statement IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/khalistanis-using-canada-to-promote-anti-india-activities-canadian-intel-agency-621854.html Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/three-top-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-police-in-andhra-621730.html Visakhapatnam June 18 Three top leaders of CPIMaoist were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradeshs Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday The exchange of fire between the personnel of the elite antiMaoist force Greyhounds and Maoists occurred in the Devipatnam forest area on the AndhraOdisha borderThe Greyhounds personnel engaged in a combing operation in the forests spotted the Maoists and asked them to surrender When the Maoists opened fire the security personnel retaliated killing the three Maoists The encounter occurred near Kondamodalu in the forests between Rampachodavaram and Maredumilli mandalsThe slain Maoists were identified as Andhra Odisha Border AOB Special Zone Committee secretary Gajarla Ravi alias Uday Special Zone Committee member Aruna and Special Zone Committee ACM Anju Ravi was also a member of the CPIMaoist Central CommitteeThe security forces recovered three AK47 rifles from the scene of the encounterAruna was the wife of Ramachandra Reddy alias Chalapathi a Central Committee member who was among 14 Maoists gunned down by security forces in January this year in Chhattisgarh near the border with OdishaAruna was involved in the killing of Araku MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma The Maoists had gunned down the two leaders of the TDP in 2018 in the Visakhapatnam district Aruna was a native of Karakavanipalem in Pendurthi mandal of Viskhatpatnam district and carried a reward of Rs 25 lakh on her head Uday carried a bounty of Rs 25 lakh on his headThe bodies of the slain Maoists have been shifted to the Rampachodavaram Area HospitalSenior police officials visited the scene of the encounterThe killing of three Maoist leaders is seen as a major blow to the banned outfit in the AOB regionThe AOB was seen by Maoists as a safe corridor between the Dandakaranya region in Chhattisgarh and the forests of JharkhandThe latest blow to the Maoists in AOB came close on the heels of the killing of several Maoists by the security forces in Chhattisgarh under Operation Kagar IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/three-top-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-police-in-andhra-621730.html Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-sia-attaches-property-of-pakistan-based-terrorist-in-kupwara-621507.html Srinagar June 16 As part of its continuing operation against terrorism JampKs Special Investigation Agency SIA attached the property of a Pakistanbased terrorist in Kupwara district on Monday officials said A statement by SIA said that the attached property belongs to Abdul Hamid Lone son of Abdul Aziz Lone resident of Mawar Bala Qalamabad Handwara in KupwaraThe immovable property attached comprises land bearing Khasra No 110min 02 Kanal 03 Marlas and Khasra No 115min 01 Kanal 16 Marlas The attachment has been made after following due legal process and with proper authorisation from the Honble NIA Court Kulgam it saidIt said that the accused Abdul Hamid Lone is an absconding terrorist wanted in FIR number 022023 of Police Station CIKSIA Kashmir for his involvement in multiple offences under Sections 13 17 18 21 39 40 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code IPCHe has been evading arrest to avoid legal proceedings following his active participation in terrorist activities The property attachment was executed in the presence of an Executive Magistrate ensuring full compliance with statutory procedures the SIA statement saidThis action represents a significant milestone in the continuing investigation into unlawful and antinational activities in the region It also reflects the SIAs unwavering commitment to neutralise terrorist threats safeguard national security and uphold peace and rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir the agency said adding that it in collaboration with other security and intelligence agencies remains steadfast in its resolve to take stringent actions against individuals and entities involved in activities that threaten the sovereignty integrity and unity of the nationThe SIA has been investigating some high profile terrorism linked crimesIt also investigated and subsequently presented a charge sheet in the court against the murder of advocate Babar Qadri who was killed in his house in Srinagar city by terrorists on September 24 2020The SIA arrested and later charged the High Court Bar Associations former President in Qadris murder IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-sia-attaches-property-of-pakistan-based-terrorist-in-kupwara-621507.html Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/any-terror-attack-in-jk-will-be-treated-as-act-of-war-l-g-manoj-sinha-621372.html Jammu June 16 IANS Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha reiterated on Monday that any terrorist attack in the state will be treated as an act of warnbspHe said this while addressing the passing out parade of Jammu and Kashmir police officers and added that India has sent a strong message to Pakistan and its sponsored terroristsnbspWe have given them a lesson he addednbspComplete eradication of terrorism from the soil of Jammu and Kashmir is our top priority Our mighty warriors of JampampK Police must adopt a multipronged approach and harness the power of intelligence and community engagement technology he saidnbspThe Lieutenant Governor said the local police must use innovative tools to enhance their capabilities in countering disinformation and crossborder cyber threatsThe LG reviewed the passing out parade of probationary deputy superintendents of police DySPs and probationary subinspectors PSIs at the Udhampur Police academynbspExtending best wishes to all the officers who were passing out LG Sinha said My best wishes to all the police officers passing out today I wish them victory in every missionnbspDuring his address LG Sinha highlighted the significant role of the JampampK Police saying JampampK Police working under extremely challenging circumstances is playing a significant role in the countrys internal security ensuring the integrity of the nation and the safety of the citizens of the Union TerritoryHe commended the officers for their unwavering commitment to securing the regionnbspLG Joshi also acknowledged the growing role of technology in enhancing security operationsnbspModern technology like AI tools has changed the security landscape Challenges of disinformation and deep fakes remain major concerns JampampK Police must use the innovative tools to enhance its capabilities in countering disinformation and dealing with crossborder cyber threats I am proud of our valiant personnel and officers of JKP The entire nation looks at our police force with admiration and respect for professional competence for successful handling of security challenges on multiple fronts and for ruthlessly combating terrorism he saidHe said that our ancient values focus on truth justice morality law and good governance and need to be protected and nurtured in the society by JampampK Police The brave personnel must protect the whole society in every possible way to ensure peace development and stability he saidnbspA total of 49 DySPs and 1112 PSIs passed out at the parade to join practical training in the field before they are inducted into regular duties https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/any-terror-attack-in-jk-will-be-treated-as-act-of-war-l-g-manoj-sinha-621372.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/any-terror-attack-in-jampk-will-be-treated-as-act-of-war-l-g-manoj-sinha-621443.html Jammu June 16 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha reiterated on Monday that any terrorist attack in the state will be treated as an act of war He said this while addressing the passing out parade of Jammu and Kashmir police officers and added that India has sent a strong message to Pakistan and its sponsored terroristsWe have given them a lesson he addedComplete eradication of terrorism from the soil of Jammu and Kashmir is our top priority Our mighty warriors of JampK Police must adopt a multipronged approach and harness the power of intelligence and community engagement technology he saidThe Lieutenant Governor said the local police must use innovative tools to enhance their capabilities in countering disinformation and crossborder cyber threatsThe LG reviewed the passing out parade of probationary deputy superintendents of police DySPs and probationary subinspectors PSIs at the Udhampur Police academyExtending best wishes to all the officers who were passing out LG Sinha said My best wishes to all the police officers passing out today I wish them victory in every missionDuring his address LG Sinha highlighted the significant role of the JampK Police saying JampK Police working under extremely challenging circumstances is playing a significant role in the countrys internal security ensuring the integrity of the nation and the safety of the citizens of the Union TerritoryHe commended the officers for their unwavering commitment to securing the regionLG Joshi also acknowledged the growing role of technology in enhancing security operationsModern technology like AI tools has changed the security landscape Challenges of disinformation and deep fakes remain major concerns JampK Police must use the innovative tools to enhance its capabilities in countering disinformation and dealing with crossborder cyber threats I am proud of our valiant personnel and officers of JKP The entire nation looks at our police force with admiration and respect for professional competence for successful handling of security challenges on multiple fronts and for ruthlessly combating terrorism he saidHe said that our ancient values focus on truth justice morality law and good governance and need to be protected and nurtured in the society by JampK Police The brave personnel must protect the whole society in every possible way to ensure peace development and stability he saidA total of 49 DySPs and 1112 PSIs passed out at the parade to join practical training in the field before they are inducted into regular duties IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/any-terror-attack-in-jampk-will-be-treated-as-act-of-war-l-g-manoj-sinha-621443.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/fatf-condemns-pahalgam-attack-to-soon-release-case-reports-on-state-sponsored-terror-funding-621469.html New Delhi Jun 16 Condemning the brutal Pahalgam terror attack in April global watchdog FATF on Monday said it has enhanced its focus on the steps that the countries have taken to combat terror financing and will soon release a report on terror financing cases including statesponsored terrorism The rare condemnation by the Financial Action Task Force FATF shows that the international community has felt the severity of the attack which killed 26 people in Pahalgam Kashmiron April 22 and spotlights that such attacks will not go unpunished sources said adding the terror attack was done by Pakistantrained terroristsTerrorist attacks kill maim and inspire fear around the world The FATF notes with grave concern and condemns the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025nbsp This and other recent attacks could not occur without money and the means to move funds between terrorist supporters the FATF said in a statementnbspSources said FATF rarely issues condemnation of terrorist acts It is only the third time in last decade that they have issued condemnation of a terrorist attacknbspIt had earlier issued condemnations once in 2015 and then in 2019 in severe cases of terrorist attacksnbspThe FATF statement comes in the backdrop of Indian authorities highlighting Pakistans persistent support for terrorism and its funnelling of multilateral funds for arms procurementAccording to sources such action by Pakistan warrants that the country be put in the grey list of the FATFnbspIndia has consistently held that Pakistan has given safe haven to designated terrorists and the same was evident when senior military officials were present at the funeral of the terrorists killed in Indian military attacks of May 7nbspAhead of the next meeting of the Asia Pacific Group APG of FATF on August 25nbsp and the next FATF plenary and working group meeting on October 20 India is preparingnbsp a dossier on the omissions and commissions by Pakistan with respect to FATF antimoney laundering and terror financing normsnbspIndia will be submitting to the FATF for grey listing of PakistanThe FATF which is a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog and sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities also said that it will soon release a comprehensive analysis of terrorist financing compiling cases provided by its global network consisting 200 jurisdictionsnbspIt will also host a webinar to help public and private sectors understand the risks and stay alert to emerging threats it addednbspSources said the report on terror financing risks would be released in a months time This is the first time the concept of state sponsored terrorism is being acknowledged by FATF as a funding sourceOnly Indias National Risk Assessment NRA recognises statesponsored terrorism from Pakistan as a key TF risk The inclusion of state sponsored terrorism as a concept in the report demonstrates international recognition of statesponsored terrorism by Pakistan sources addednbspPakistans history with FATFs grey list dates back to February 2008 when it was placed in the monitoring list In June 2010 it was removed from the list only to be brought back in February 2012 and then removed again in February 2015nbspIt was brought back in the list again for the third time in June 2018 and was later removed in October 2022 with FATF asking Pakistan to continue to work with APG to further improve its antimoneylaunderingcombating the financing of terror AMLCFT systemCurrently there are 24 countries in FATF grey list These countries are under increased monitoring and they have to address strategic deficiencies to counter money laundering terrorist financing and proliferation financingnbspThe FATF statement further said that as terrorism continues to threaten societies and citizens around the world the global watchdog is supporting over 200 jurisdictions within its global network to build and enhance their counterfinancing of terrorism CFT measures including through the strategic use of financial intelligence making this one of the most powerful instruments for dismantling terrorist financing networksIn addition to setting out the framework for combating terrorist financing the FATF has enhanced its focus on the effectiveness of measures countries have put in place That is how through our mutual evaluations we have identified gaps that need to be addressed it addednbspThe FATF has been working for 10 years to help countries stay ahead of terrorist financing risk for example relating to abuse of social media crowd funding and virtual assetsnbspFATF President Elisa de Anda Madrazo at the recent No Money for Terror Conference in Munich had said No single company authority or country can combat this challenge alone We must be unified against the scourge of global terrorism Because terrorists need to succeed only once to achieve their goal while we have to succeed every time to prevent itnbspAgencies https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/fatf-condemns-pahalgam-attack-to-soon-release-case-reports-on-state-sponsored-terror-funding-621469.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:30:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-airstrike-hits-houthi-leaders-secret-meeting-place-in-yemeni-capital-source-621264.html Sanaa June 15 An Israeli airstrike hit a house in Yemens capital Sanaa where a secret meeting of senior Houthi leaders was allegedly taking place according to a source close to the Houthi group The house located in southern Sanaa was cordoned off by heavy Houthi security forces as ambulances rushed to the scene Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday eveningLocal antiHouthi media reported on social media that the meeting was chaired by Mahdi alMashat head of the Supreme Political Council and Abdulkarim alGumari the Houthi military chief of staffOther media sources reported that the secret meeting was also attended by top Houthi leader AbdulMalik alHouthi the head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali alHouthi and the Houthi military intelligence chief Abu Ali alHakimThe Houthis have yet to issue an official statementA Yemeni security official has told Ynet that alGumari is also the head of the Houthis missile programSaudibased Al Hadath reported that the strike targeted a residential complex housing Houthi leaders near the Lebanese Hospital just south of alSabeen Square in the Yemeni capital Sanaa The area is known for hosting large weekly demonstrations against IsraelResidents living near the targeted house told Xinhua they saw at least 10 charred bodies at the sceneThe Houthi group who controls much of northern Yemen has been targeting Israel since November 2023 in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians amid the ongoing IsraelHamas war in GazaThe group has strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on Iran vowing in a statement that it would intensify longrange missile attacks against IsraelThe Houthis who control much of western Yemen and receive backing from Iran have launched dozens of missiles toward Israel in recent months claiming solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza In early May one of their missiles evaded interception and struck near Ben Gurion International Airport significantly disrupting air trafficThe Houthis are part of Irans Axis of Resistance against Israeli and US interests in the Middle East which also includes Hamas and Lebanons HezbollahWhile Israel has weakened those groups by assassinating top leaders and destroying military infrastructure since the Gaza war began the Houthis are still a force to be reckoned with IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-airstrike-hits-houthi-leaders-secret-meeting-place-in-yemeni-capital-source-621264.html Sun, 15 Jun 2025 06:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/delhi-hc-rejects-shabir-shahs-bail-plea-in-jampk-terror-funding-case-620804.html Srinagar June 12 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in a terror funding case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency NIA A division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur pronounced the verdict affirming the trial courts decision of July 7 2023 which had denied bail to ShahThe present appeal is dismissed the bench stated briefly adding that a detailed order will be issued laterShabir Shah currently in judicial custody had moved the high court in August 2023 challenging the trial courts refusal to grant him bail His counsel had argued that the case lacked substantial material evidence and that the charges were politically motivatedHowever the NIA had strongly opposed the bail plea maintaining that the accusations against Shah were serious in nature and part of a larger conspiracy involving funding of militant activitiesShabir Shah was arrested and moved to Delhis Tihar Jail by the NIA in June 2019 in a terror funding case being investigated by the agencyKashmiri separatist leaders including Yasin Malik Shabir Shah Nayeem Khan and others have been booked by the NIA in different cases including terror funding waging war against the state and stoking sentiments among youth to resort to violence It was after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 2019 that the separatist leaders were prevented from propagating secession and violence publicly through speeches and through hostile press statementsKashmiri separatist leaders supported armed insurgency and even glorified terrorists killed in encounters with the security forcesProIndia and nationalist elements and also those working for the security forces would be threatened by the terrorists and the separatist leaders always glorified the actions of terrorists against the JampK Police and the security forcesThese separatist leaders would attend the funerals of terrorists and stoke the youth to join the terrorist ranks to carry forward the socalled Jehad Holy War IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/delhi-hc-rejects-shabir-shahs-bail-plea-in-jampk-terror-funding-case-620804.html Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-demand-rs-5-lakh-from-local-medicine-trader-in-bihars-arwal-district-620844.html Patna June 12 In a shocking turn of events a handwritten pamphlet allegedly issued by a Maoist organisation has surfaced in Bihars Arwal district demanding Rs 5 lakh from a local medical shop owner on Thursday The pamphlet was found pasted at Bhagat Singh Chowk a highsecurity area located near the Superintendent of Polices SP office in Arwal townThe incident has triggered widespread panic among traders particularly in Arwal Baidrabad and adjoining marketplacesThe pamphlet allegedly issued in the name of a Maoist outfit demanded that the amount be paid within five daysThe warning in the pamphlet stated that if the demand was not met within the stipulated time the trader would face action in the form of bomb explosions or deathThis is not the first such threat to surface in the areaEarlier such a note was pasted at the Arwal court premises demanding levy from traders but no concrete action was taken by the authoritiesFollowing the incident district police swiftly removed the pamphlet and began an investigationHowever concerns are mounting over the apparent ease with which such material could be displayed in a highly sensitive areaReacting sharply Arwal MLA Mahanand Singh lashed out at the Bihar government accusing it of deliberate inaction and trying to spread fear during the election seasonThis is a wellplanned conspiracy by the ruling BJP to create panic in the region Singh saidDespite such a serious threat being pasted near the SPs office no one has been arrested How can a pamphlet like this go unnoticed in such a busy and sensitive area he askedHe further alleged that Maoist elements were being protected by leaders of the ruling party adding that the administration has completely failed to uphold law and order in the districtThe SHO of Arwal police station confirmed the incident and stated The pamphlet was probably pasted in the night and we heard about it on Thursday morning The investigation is currently underwayThe SHO said that the pamphlet is under forensic examination and a probe has been launched to verify the authenticity of the threatWe have urged locals not to panic The security measures have been intensified across sensitive areas he saidThe incident has reignited debate around the resurgence of Maoist threats in central Bihar and raised serious questions about the preparedness of the administration IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/maoists-demand-rs-5-lakh-from-local-medicine-trader-in-bihars-arwal-district-620844.html Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-bats-for-global-action-in-fighting-terrorism-during-key-east-asia-summit-meeting-620713.html Kuala Lumpur June 11 India on Wednesday called for collective action in addressing the menace of terrorism that poses a serious threat to peace security and development of the entire region Addressing the East Asia Summit Senior Officials Meeting EAS SOM in Malaysias Penang P Kumaran Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs underlined the important role of EAS towards promoting free open inclusive and rulesbased IndoPacificKumaran who led the Indian delegation at the summit shared New Delhis position on regional and international issues as the premier leadersled mechanism marks its 20th anniversary this yearSecretary East P Kumaran also met with Amran Mohammed Zin Secretary General at Malaysias Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit EAS and ASEAN Regional Forum ARF SOM in PenangHeld discussions to fully realise the IndiaMalaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established during the visit of PM YAB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia to India in August 2024 Congratulated Secretary General on successful adoption of ASEAN Community Vision 2045 under Malaysias chairmanship of ASEAN Also discussed ways to widen Indias engagement with ASEAN in the context EAS and ASEANIndia Summit framework to strengthen the ASEANIndia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and exchanged views on other regional and multilateral issues the Ministry of External Affairs MEA posted on XThe MEA official also met Chung Byungwon Deputy Minister of Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit Senior Officials Meeting He congratulated the Deputy Minister on the successfullyconducted Presidential elections in South Korea and discussed ways to strengthen IndiaSouth Korea Special Strategic Partnership and impart renewed momentum to the bilateral agendaOn Tuesday Kumaran met Hajah Johariah Binti Abdul Wahab Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam on the margins of the meeting with the two sides discussing ways to further deepen the enhanced partnership between India and Brunei Darussalam bilaterally as also cooperation under ASEAN and other frameworksKumaran also held discussions on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest with Australias Michelle Chan who heads the Office of Southeast AsiaEarlier on Monday he interacted with Ambassador Kung Phoak Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Underlining the close partnership between India and Cambodia the two sides discussed ways to further strengthen cooperation bilaterally and under the ASEAN frameworkThe East Asia Summit EAS Senior Officials Meeting attended by EAS Senior Officials and the Deputy SecretaryGeneral of ASEAN for ASEAN PoliticalSecurity Community reviewed the progress of implementation of the EAS Plan of Action 20242028 and exchanged views on regional and international developments The meeting also discussed preparations for the 15th EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting in July and the 20th East Asia Summit in October 2025The EAS is the premier leadersled forum in the AsiaPacific Since its inception in 2005 it has played a significant role in the strategic geopolitical and economic evolution of East Asia It comprises 18 participating countriesApart from the 10 ASEAN Member states namely Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam the EAS includes India China Japan South Korea Australia New Zealand United States and Russia IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-bats-for-global-action-in-fighting-terrorism-during-key-east-asia-summit-meeting-620713.html Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/operation-sindoor-gave-the-world-a-new-india-maha-cm-620734.html Akola June 11 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that Operation Sindoor gave the world a new India in which terrorist camps as well as the military runways in Pakistan were also destroyed Earlier if there was a war we used to look abroad Now under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi India has become selfreliant The strength of the country was shown through Operation Sindoor he addedPakistan had to request Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and after that there was a ceasefire he remarked and thereby rejected the US President Donald Trumps claim of mediationHe was speaking at the Vikas Samvad organised in Akola On this occasion State Public Works Minister Shivendraraje Bhonsle BJP Working President Ravindra Chavan Guardian Minister Akash Fundkar MP Anup Dhotre and legislators Randhir Savarkar Harish Pimple Prakash Bharsakale Vasant Khandelwal and Kishore Jorgewar along with BJP office bearers of Akola and Washim districts were presentCM Fadnavis laid the foundation stone and dedicated 19 development works worth Rs 2700 crore In his speech the Chief Minister presented an overview of a slew of development works carried out by the Central and state governmentsThe country has undergone a transformation in 11 years According to the World Bank report in 2013 the number of poor people in the country was 27 per cent Now it has come down to five per cent PM Modi implemented the concept of welfare of the poor The Narendra Modi government has given three lakh houses to Maharashtra Due to this not a single person in the state will remain homeless he saidThe MahaYuti government has achieved success in the state The first 100day action plan was implemented which showed changes in government offices In the coming period all government services will be made online An agreement was reached with WhatsApp By December all services will be available on WhatsApp the Chief Minister added He said that this will make the administration dynamic and transparentOn the commencement of air service from Akola the Chief Minister added The promise made in Amravati has been fulfilled as the AmravatiMumbai air service has started The issue of the runway of Shivneri airport in Akola will also be resolved soon and after that the aircraft will also fly from AkolaMeanwhile CM Fadnavis said that the MahaYuti government comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party will complete its fiveyear tenure We will stay together and the MahaYuti government will complete its fiveyear term he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/operation-sindoor-gave-the-world-a-new-india-maha-cm-620734.html Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/dont-think-it-as-conflict-between-india-and-pakistan-it-is-india-vs-terroristan-eam-jaishankar-620563.html Brussels June 10 Reiterating that India will not give in to any kind of nuclear blackmail External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Tuesday reaffirmed that the country strongly believes in zero tolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestations This is not a conflict between two states per se This is actually a response to the threat and to the practice of terrorism So I would urge you to dont think of it as IndiaPakistan think of it as India and Terroristan you would then appreciate Jaishankar said while addressing a joint press conference with European Union High Representative and VicePresident of the European Commission Kaja Kallas in BrusselsAsserting that terrorism is a shared and interconnected challenge for the global community the EAM mentioned that it is imperative that there must be strong international cooperation and understanding on the matterEAM Jaishankar and Kallas were addressing the media after holding the first strategic dialogue between India and the European Union where both sides held an open and productive meeting with discussions focused on defence and security including maritime cyber and spaceNuclear threats cannot pay off This is a mutual concern We see different actors in the world using it In this global changing world we need more partners and therefore we are working to intensify our cooperation regarding security and defence Kallas statedEAM Jaishankar highlighted that both sides exchanged views on global order including the situation in Europe the Ukraine conflict the Middle East the Indian subcontinent and IndoPacificMy visit to Brussels is taking place three months after that of the EU College of Commissioners to India Even in that time it was apparent that the world order was in the midst of a profound change These trends have intensified in many ways We have entered an era of multipolarity and strategic autonomy which are two important forces for India and the EU to forge deeper ties Working towards that goal requires intensified cooperation in many domains he statedThere will be situations when our perspectives will not be entirely identical and which is understandable But what is important is that we expand common ground and understanding and enhance levels of trust he addedJaishankar also mentioned that India aims to conclude the ambitious IndiaEU Free Trade Agreement FTA by the end of the yearStabilising and derisking the international economy today is a strategic priority for us This has many dimensions including more resilient and reliable supply chains as well as increasing trust and transparency in digital interactions Creating stronger economic and technology partnerships between major players acquires greater value It is with that perspective that we support the goal of concluding an ambitious and balanced IndiaEU FTA by the end of this year the EAM remarked IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/dont-think-it-as-conflict-between-india-and-pakistan-it-is-india-vs-terroristan-eam-jaishankar-620563.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/five-left-parties-write-to-pm-modi-opposing-anti-maoist-operation-in-chhattisgarh-620412.html Kolkata June 10 Five Left parties have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the encounter killings of Maoist leaders in Operation Kagar being carried out in the Chhattisgarh region In the joint letter the five Left parties have written to the Prime Minister to put an immediate halt to the extrajudicial killings in the region around Chhattisgarh in the name of Operation KagarThere are several reports that several senior Maoist leaders are currently in the custody of the security forces We demand that they should all be produced in court and dealt with as per the rule of law the letter saidIn the letter the five Left parties have argued that the normal lives of the tribal people in the region have been completely disrupted following the action by the security forces thereThe Adivasi rights enshrined in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution are being systematically violated and the forest and minerals of Chhattisgarh are being subjected to indiscriminate corporate exploitation with disastrous implications for environmental safety and livelihood of the local people We urge upon you to stop this militaristic approach that treats the Adivasis with unmitigated hostility the letter addedIn the letter the Union government has also been accused of not handing over the bodies of those killed in the encounters to their families and thus being denied a dignified farewellThe Maoists have repeatedly urged the government to consider their appeal for dialogue Unfortunately the Union government and the BJPled Chhattisgarh government have chosen not to pursue a solution through talks Instead they are following an inhuman policy of killings and annihilation the letter saidAccording to the Left parties the recent statements by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah too made it evident that the Union government was not ready to pursue a solution through talks IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/five-left-parties-write-to-pm-modi-opposing-anti-maoist-operation-in-chhattisgarh-620412.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 02:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-belgium-eam-jaishankar-exposes-nefarious-designs-of-rogue-state-pakistan-620507.html Brussels June 10 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar apprised the Indian community in Belgium and Luxembourg about the efforts being made by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in countering crossborder terrorism and ensuring the progress and prosperity of the country In a lively interaction with the Indian diaspora residing in the European nations the EAM also discussed with them the steady progress of IndiaBelgium ties and engagement with the European UnionTerrorism is not a particular countrys problem This is a challenge for everyone But what distinguishes this challenge from India is that often in various countries a group or set of forces does it It is very rare to have a country that openly uses it as a state policy Terrorism happens in Europe but no neighbouring European countries do terrorism as a declared state policy he said during the interactions exposing the Pakistansponsored crossborder terrorismHe stressed that the menace of terrorism has affected India more than any other country in contemporary times adding that India is more determined to fight against terrorismReflecting on the message of Operation Sindoor EAM said Focus of Operation Sindoor was to hit Muridke and Bahawalpur the two most prominent and openly declared notorious centres of terrorism in Pakistan For decades from these two places terror attacks were launched against India But this time India was determined to send the message that India will find the terrorists and eliminate them wherever they areAdditionally during the address EAM also asserted the significance of the enhancement of ties between India and EuropeTo give you a context of what I am doing I think all of you living in Belgium living in almost the center of Europe will understand today that lots of things are happening in the world particularly in respect to Europe itself and there is much sharper interest in Europe to build stronger ties with India Jaishankar saidWe always had a good political understanding as it was one of the earliest countries to establish diplomatic relations with India Politically things have always been smooth for us but our effort now is not just to be satisfied with what we have but to intensify our cooperation with different countriesparticularly I would say the economic cooperation the peopletopeople linkages and also the wellbeing of the community he addedHe highlighted that much like India Europe is also moving towards the Indian concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat trying to address their problems on its ownI think a part of it is the direction in which the world is going There is an increase in the sense that look all countries in a way used to speak about Aatmanirbhar Bharat I think there is also Aatmanirbhar Europe now in the makingEurope which realises that there are many problems of Europe that have to be addressed by Europe itself he addedThat they have to stand more on their own feet and therefore they need stronger relationships with other countries and I think that is very much the kind of thinking which is there in the process he statedFurthermore EAM Jaishankar lauded the Indian community for their contribution in various parts of the worldI take the opportunity to underline that in the last decade under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi the Government of India has put special value on the Indian diaspora We see you as a key to our interaction with the world he statedThe External Affairs Minister is on an official visit to France EU and Belgium from June 8 to 14 to further deepen Indias friendly relations and give renewed momentum to ongoing cooperation in diverse areasIndiaBelgium collaboration currently spans various domains like trade and investment green energy technology pharmaceutical diamond sector and strong peopletopeople tiesDuring his visit to Belgium the EAM also met his Belgian counterpart besides interacting with the members of the Indian community IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-belgium-eam-jaishankar-exposes-nefarious-designs-of-rogue-state-pakistan-620507.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-sia-raids-house-in-poonch-in-narco-terrorism-case-620516.html Jammu June 10 State investigation agency SIA of JampK Police on Tuesday raided a house in Poonch district in connection with a narcoterrorism case being investigated by the agency Officials said that SIA this morning carried out a raid at a residential house in the Sawjian area of the district as part of its ongoing probe into a narcoterrorism caseThe raid was carried out in the morning today at the residence of Mohd Jameel son of Mohd Latief resident of Ward No 06 Gagrian B The operation was carried out in the presence of the Naib Tehsildar Sawjian and Chowki Incharge Sawjian police post said the officialsThe action is linked to FIR No 022022 registered at SIA Jammu which reportedly involves the use of crossborder drug smuggling by terror groups to finance their activities the officials saidIn addition to aggressive operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisers security forces are carrying out operations against drug smugglers and peddlers since intelligence agencies believe that the funds generated through the smuggling are finally used to sustain terrorism in Jammu and KashmirA majority of antidrug trafficking operations have found that smuggling rackets are ultimately linked to mafias operating across the borderThe SIA of the JampK Police has been investigating some highprofile crimes The SIA also investigated the murder of Advocate Babar Qadri a lawyer and political activist in Srinagar who was murdered in 2020He was critical of Mian Qayoom the former president of the High Court Bar Association and had expressed fears about being targeted Qadri was killed at his residence in Srinagar by terroristsThe SIA said during the investigation into the murder of advocate Babar Qadri It was revealed during the indepth investigation conducted by the Special Investigation Team SIT that Mian Qayoom who had an inimical relation with the deceased got Babar Qadri eliminated through terrorists of TRF The Resistance Front and their handlers in Pakistan by hatching a criminal conspiracy IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-sia-raids-house-in-poonch-in-narco-terrorism-case-620516.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-welcomes-eus-strong-condemnation-of-pahalgam-terror-attack-620539.html Brussels June 10 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday called on the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels appreciating her strong condemnation of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and solidarity with India in fighting terrorism Both sides acknowledged the benefits of enhancing cooperation in trade technology connectivity and security to deepen the IndiaEuropean Union partnership Pleased to call on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this morning Welcomed her strong condemnation of terrorist attack in Pahalgam and solidarity in combatting terrorism Discussed efforts underway to deepen the IndiaEU partnership Agreed on the potential benefits of stronger cooperation in trade technology connectivity and security for both our regions the EAM posted on X after the meetingUrsula von der Leyen also warmly welcomed EAM Jaishankar highlighting a stronger partnership between the European Union and IndiaWelcome to my friend S Jaishankar The EUIndia strategic partnership is getting stronger Were working on a Strategic Agenda based on growth with an ambitious Free Trade Agreement technology and innovation and security and defence I look forward to adopting it with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at our next Summit the EU chief posted on XThe External Affairs Minister is on an official visit to France EU and Belgium from June 8 to 14 to further deepen Indias friendly relations and give renewed momentum to ongoing cooperation in diverse areasAs he left New Delhi the Ministry of External Affairs MEA highlighted the IndiaEuropean Union strategic partnership which has strengthened over the years across diverse sectors and got a big boost with the firstever visit of the EU College of Commissioners to India in February this yearDuring the visit EAM will be holding a Strategic Dialogue with the EU High Representative and Vice President Kaja Kallas and will engage with the senior leadership from the European Commission and the European Parliament besides interacting with think tank and media read a statement issued by the MEA on the EAMs visitLast week addressing the ItalyIndia Business Forum during his official visit to Italy Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal reiterated Indias shared commitment to speed up the IndiaEU FTAThe European Union EU and its 27 member states earlier unequivocally condemned the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack and backed Indias strong response stating that every state has the duty and the right to lawfully protect its citizens from acts of terror Asserting that terrorism can never be justified the EU said that those responsible for the attack must be brought to justiceEarlier this year Ursula von der Leyen accompanied by the European Union College of Commissioners visited India from February 27 to 28 This was the firstever visit of the EU College of Commissioners together to India The EU and India reinforced strategic ties during the landmark visit of the European Commission delegation to IndiaAs Von der Leyen emphasised stronger EUIndia ties in an increasingly complex world stressing that both sides interests coincide more often than not Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the European Commission also agreed to expedite the conclusion of the IndiaEU FTA by the end of the yearDuring the Commissions visit both leaders affirmed that the EUIndia Strategic Partnership has delivered strong benefits for their peoples and the larger global good They committed to raising this partnership to a higher level building upon 20 years of IndiaEU Strategic Partnership and over 30 years of IndiaEC Cooperation Agreement IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-welcomes-eus-strong-condemnation-of-pahalgam-terror-attack-620539.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-in-7-bengal-districts-on-high-alert-over-bangladesh-based-jmbs-plans-for-modules-620186.html Kolkata June 8 Security and intelligence networks both by Central and state agencies are on high alert following intelligence inputs about plans of Bangladeshbased fundamentalist group JamaatulMujahideen Bangladesh JMB to set up modules in minoritydominated pockets in seven districts of West Bengal Sources said the intelligence inputs about the twophase module creation plan were collected primarily through interrogation of the three recently arrested JMB associates Last month two were nabbed from Birbhum Aazmal Hossain and Saheb Ali Khan and one from South 24 Parganas named Abasuddin MollaBesides information has also been gathered through onfield inputs from sleuths of Central and state intelligence agenciesSources added that in the first phase the Bangladeshi fundamentalist group targeted the three districts of Malda Murshidabad and North Dinajpur for this module creation After completing the process in these three districts their next four targets would be North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas Nadia and Birbhum districtsAn insider in the state police said that the plan had been done in such a manner that it covers the most sensitive pockets in North Bengal and South BengalWhile North Dinajpur and Malda districts are located in the northern sector of the state the other five districts are in the southern sector Barring Birbhum all the other six districts have international borders with BangladeshBirbhum though does not have any international border but acts as an important connecting route between South Bengal and North Bengal via Murshidabad To recall the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI investigation on the multicrore cattlesmuggling case revealed that in that scam Birbhum acted as the main transit route to Bangladesh via MurshidabadThe modus operandi for the creation of the modules was first to brainwash youths including minors and subsequently include them in the sleeper cells The police have secured the information about some of these youths who were targeted by the three arrested JMB activistsThe investigation officials have been able to track the Pakistan links of Abasuddin Molla one of the three Indian associates of JMB who were arrested by the special task force STF of West Bengal Police earlier this monthAs per findings of the sleuths the coded encrypted messages recovered from the mobile phones of Aazmal Hossain and Saheb Ali Khan showed their links with the associates of Bangladeshbased fundamentalist outfits namely JMB HizbutTahrir HUT and Ansarullah Bangla Team ABTHowever similar coded and encrypted messages recovered from the mobile phones of Molla showed his regular communication with some individuals based out of Pakistan as well as with some associates of the Jammu and Kashmirbased fundamentalist group Ansar GhazwatulHind IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-in-7-bengal-districts-on-high-alert-over-bangladesh-based-jmbs-plans-for-modules-620186.html Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:30:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/arambai-tenggol-member-arrested-by-cbi-over-criminal-activities-linked-to-manipur-violence-620200.html Imphal June 8 Radical Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol AT member Kanan Singh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI from Imphal Airport on Sunday an agency statement said The CBI statement said that Singh was involved in various criminal activities related to Manipur violence in 2023 The information related to his arrest has been given to his family membersThe central agency is investigating Manipur violence cases as per the direction of the Supreme Court and the trials of these cases have been shifted from Manipur to Guwahati in view of the law and order situation in ManipurThe arrested AT member has been brought from Imphal to Guwahati and he will be produced before the competent court for police remandInvestigation is continuing the CBI saidA Manipur Police official said that AT member Kanan Singh and four other cadres were arrested for their involvement in various illegal activitiesAfter the news of the arrest of the AT members spread violence broke out in several Manipurs valley districts especially in Imphal East and Imphal West districtsThe protestors set fire to some vehicles including those belonging to the security forcesTen people were injured in clashes between security personnel and protestors A journalist also sustained injury in the meleeProtesting the arrest of Arambai Tenggol members a large number of men and women protesters burnt tyres and old furniture in the important roads at Kwakeithel and Uripok in Imphal West district demanding the immediate release of the detaineesProtesters also laid siege to some important installationsIn a few places Arambai Tenggol activists poured petrol over themselves in symbolic protests against the arrestLocal people claimed that several gunshots were heard at Kwakeithel but they could not confirm who fired the shots or whether anyone was injuredArambai Tenggol has called a 10day shutdown in Manipur from Sunday to protest against the arrest of their leader Kanan Singh and four other members by central security agenciesTo control the situation the state government has banned mobile internet on Saturday midnight and data services for five days and imposed an indefinite curfew in five Imphal valley districts Imphal West Imphal East Thoubal Bishnupur and Kakching A large contingent of Central and state forces led by senior officials has been deployed in the five districts especially in Imphal East and Imphal West districts to bring the situation under control IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/arambai-tenggol-member-arrested-by-cbi-over-criminal-activities-linked-to-manipur-violence-620200.html Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/govt-holds-meeting-with-four-manipur-militant-outfits-in-guwahati-619828.html GuwahatiImphal June 6 The government has held a meeting with the leaders of four Kuki militant outfits of Manipur with whom the government earlier signed Suspension of Operation accord officials said A senior official said on Thursday that the meeting was held at the Assam Polices Special Branch headquarters at Kahilipara in GuwahatiThe outcome of the crucial meeting is not yet known as all concerned remained tightlippedThursdays meeting was held within two days after the visit of Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan in ManipurThe Union Home Secretary accompanied by Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Kumar Deka visited Manipur for two days Monday and Tuesday and they visited tribalinhabited Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts and Imphal East districtUnion Home Secretary Mohan and Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla held a highlevel meeting on Monday and discussed ongoing fencing work along the IndiaMyanmar border as well as the law and order situation in the stateA Raj Bhavan official had said that the Governor Bhalla and the Union Home Secretary Mohan held highlevel review meeting with top civil Army paramilitary and security officials and the discussion focussed on key issues concerning the state including ongoing fencing work along the 398km IndiaMyanmar border with Manipur as well as the law and order situation in the stateThe review meeting deliberated the progress of the border fencing along the International Border and the law and order situation in the state Maintenance of public order and developmental efforts were the highlights of these meetings the official saidThe Union Home Secretary during his visit to several relief camps in three districts supervised the wellbeing of the violencehit displaced peopleMeanwhile last month some MLAs and leaders of the KukiZo communities in Manipur held a crucial meeting in Guwahati and demanded the Central government to resume talks with the Kuki militant outfits with whom the government earlier signed the Suspension of Operation accordUnited Peoples Front and Kuki National Organisation which are conglomerates of 23 underground outfits signed a Suspension of Operation with the Central government on August 22 2008 and then there are 2266 Kuki cadres who have been staying in different designated camps in ManipurThe Congress was in power in Manipur when the Suspension of Operation was signedMore than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valleybased Meiteis and hillsbased KukiZo groups since May 2023 IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/govt-holds-meeting-with-four-manipur-militant-outfits-in-guwahati-619828.html Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/encounter-between-security-forces-and-militants-along-arunachals-border-with-myanmar-619829.html Itanagar June 6 An encounter took place between the militants and the security forces in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Myanmar officials said A defence spokesman said late Thursday night that upon receiving specific information about the movement of cadres of an unidentified militant outfit in the Pongchau Circle areas of Arunachal Pradeshs Longding district along the IndiaMyanmar border security forces launched a patrol to dominate the border areas earlier in the dayWhile moving through the thick forests the security forces observed the movement of unknown individuals and challenged themIn response the security forces faced heavy and indiscriminate fire from heavycalibre weapons which was effectively retaliated by the security forces the spokesman addedHe said that during the intense firefight the unknown cadres withdrew across the International Border towards MyanmarThe area was thoroughly searched by the security forces however the cadres of the unknown militant outfit had managed to cross the border taking cover of the dense surrounding forest the spokesman addedMeanwhile on May 14 10 militants were killed during an encounter with the Assam Rifles in southern Manipurs Chandel district which shares the border with MyanmarA defence spokesman giving details of the May 14 encounter had said that a patrol of the Assam Rifles was fired upon heavily by suspected cadres near New Samtal village along the Myanmar border in Chandel districtDemonstrating exceptional composure and combat readiness the troopers responded in a precise measured and calibrated manner and the operation resulted in the neutralisation of 10 individuals in camouflage fatigues the spokesman saidPreliminary assessments suggest that the neutralised individuals were known for involvement in crossborder insurgent activity and efforts are underway to confirm their identities he addedA thorough combing operation of the area was carried out wherein a significant cache of weapons and other material was recovered from the New Samtal village which is 130 km from the state capital and has scant human habitationThe cache comprised seven AK47 rifles a rocketpropelled grenade launcher a M4 rifle and four singlebarrel breechloading rifles ammunition and other warlike storesThe situation along the IndiaMyanmar border remains under heightened surveillance the spokesman had said adding that the security forces are maintaining a robust posture and are in coordination with the civil administration and intelligence agencies to ensure peace and stability in the regionFour northeastern states Arunachal Pradesh 520 km Manipur 398 km Nagaland 215 km and Mizoram 510 km share 1643km unfenced border with Myanmar IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/encounter-between-security-forces-and-militants-along-arunachals-border-with-myanmar-619829.html Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/central-asian-countries-stood-by-india-after-heinous-pahalgam-terror-attack-eam-jaishankar-619953.html New Delhi June 6 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Friday expressed his appreciation for the solidarity shown by Central Asian countries in condemning the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 I appreciate that your countries stood by India and condemned the heinous terrorist attack that took place in April in Pahalgam the EAM said in his opening remarks at the 4th IndiaCentral Asia Dialogue in New Delhi Kazakhstans Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev and Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov took part in the dialogueAddressing the session EAM Jaishankar stated that India deeply cherishes its millenniaold civilisational and cultural ties with Central AsiaThese ageold bonds forged through trade exchange of ideas and peopletopeople contacts have strengthened over time evolving into a partnership defined by shared aspirations shared opportunities and common challenges he saidThe EAM said that Indias cooperation with the Central Asian countries received a quantum boost with Prime Minister Narendra Modis backtoback visits to all five Central Asian capitals in July 2015We have marked three decades of our contemporary diplomatic ties with our Central Asian partners in 2022 We have worked together and laid down the legal and institutional framework which has provided a foundation to further our mutually beneficial cooperation with each other individually and collectively he addedHe emphasised that India remains a trusted development partner for all the Central Asian countries and highlighted that that trade economic and investment ties between India and Central Asia have strengthened significantly over the last decadeTogether with the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation ITEC training slots and Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR scholarships which are the most wellknown form of our development partnership we have also started providing High Impact Community Development projects as Indian grants for socioeconomic development the EAM mentionedAsserting on the fruitful discussions during the India Central Asia Business Council meeting held on Thursday Jaishankar stated that it focused on to remove impediments and add cooperation in digital technology fintech interbank relations and to the existing list of areas which would help both India and Central Asian region to realise the full potential of the economic cooperationBoth India and our Central Asian partners are committed to advancing mutually beneficial cooperation across all sectors particularly trade and investment defence agroprocessing textiles pharmaceuticals regional connectivity security education culture peopletopeople exchanges as well as new and emerging technologies he statedThe IndiaCentral Asia Dialogue launched in January 2019 in Samarkand serves as a key platform for strengthening ties between India and Central Asia The second meeting took place virtually in October 2020 and focussed on regional security counterterrorism and infrastructure development The third meeting was held in New Delhi in December 2021 and emphasised connectivity to further deepen the ties between India and Central Asia IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/central-asian-countries-stood-by-india-after-heinous-pahalgam-terror-attack-eam-jaishankar-619953.html Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-and-germany-discuss-joint-role-in-ensuring-global-peace-and-security-619981.html Berlin June 6 IANS The allparty Parliamentary delegation from India led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday held a productive interaction with Omid Nouripour VicePresident of Bundestag the German Parliament deeply appreciating Germanys strong and unequivocal support for Indias principled stand against terrorismnbspThe delegates conveyed Indias firm response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and briefed about Operation Sindoor reiterating the countrys zero tolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestationsLater the delegation also met Bundestags Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee Armin Laschet and other members and former ministers including Ralph Brinkhaus and Hubertus Heil The delegation conveyed Indias unwavering stand for zero tolerance for terrorism and outlined its resolve to not give in to nuclear blackmailnbspThe leaders noted growing momentum in strategic partnership between IndiaGermany and joint role in ensuring global peace and securitynbspFollowing the conclusion of a productive and impactful visit to Belgium the delegation had arrived in Germany late Thursday for the final leg of their engagements in Western EuropeThe delegation is a part of the Indian governments ongoing diplomatic outreach under Operation Sindoor and its unwavering adherence to a zerotolerance policy towards terrorismnbspDuring their stay in Germany the delegation will also be interacting with representatives from various think tanks and the Indian community in the countrynbspEarlier Indias Ambassador to Germany Ajit Gupte received the Indian delegation on their arrival in Berlin and briefed them about IndiaGermany relations with a focus on expanding strategic partnerships and growing cooperation across several sectorsThe discussions included an overview on IndiaGermany relations with a focus on expanding strategic partnership and growing cooperation in trade and investment defence science and technology and mobility the Indian Embassy in Berlin posted on XnbspThe ninemember delegation includes a diverse political representation with Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP Daggubati Purandeswari BJP Priyanka Chaturvedi Shiv SenaUBT Ghulam Ali Khatana BJP Amar Singh Congress Samik Bhattacharya BJP M Thambidurai AIADMK former Union Minister MJ Akbar and former Ambassador Pankaj SarannbspAfter concluding visits to France Italy Denmark the UK and Belgium the Indian delegation is in Germany marking the continuation of Indias strategic outreach to garner international support against crossborder terrorism emanating from the soil of Pakistan https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-and-germany-discuss-joint-role-in-ensuring-global-peace-and-security-619981.html Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-raids-32-places-in-jampk-against-terror-ecosystem-619781.html Srinagar June 5 The National Investigation Agency NIA on Thursday conducted a series of searches across the Kashmir Valley as part of its continuing investigations against terror conspiracy by Pakistanbacked proscribed terrorist organisations and their offshoots to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir an official said A statement by NIA said Thirtytwo locations in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir were searched as part of todays crackdown The locations were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers associated with these Pakistan based offshoots such as The Resistance Front TRF United Liberation Front Jammu amp Kashmir ULFJampK Mujahideen GazwatulHind MGH Jammu amp Kashmir Freedom Fighters JKFF Kashmir Tigers PAAF and others which are affiliated to proscribed terrorist organisations such as LaskareToiba LeT JaisheMohammed JeM AlBadr etcThe cadres and workers whose premises were searched are under the NIAs scanner for their involvement in supporting terrorist activities such as facilitating terrorists collection and distribution of sticky bombsmagnetic bombs IEDs funds narcotic substances and armsammunitionsThe statement further said The abovementioned organisations supported by their leaders in Pakistan have been conspiring to commit acts of terror and violence by radicalising local youth and mobilizing overground workers to disturb peace and communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir Investigations have revealed that Pakistanbased operatives were using social media online apps to facilitate and promote terror Drones were being used by them to deliver armsammunition explosives narcotics etc to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir ValleyTwo Live cartridges one fired bullet head and one bayonet have been recovered during the searches Apart from this several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data amp documents have been recovered by NIA in these searches These will be subjected to a thorough scrutiny by the agency to unravel the details of the terrorist conspiracy NIA is continuing its investigation in the case the NIA statement mentioned IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/nia-raids-32-places-in-jampk-against-terror-ecosystem-619781.html Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/chhattisgarh-hardcore-maoist-sudhakar-eliminated-in-gunfight-with-security-forces-619789.html Raipur June 5 Sudhakar also known as Nar Singhachalam a central committee member of the group has been killed in a fierce gunbattle in the dense forest of Bijapur Chhattisgarh on Thursday He was a highly wanted Maoist figure in Telangana Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra with authorities having placed Rs 1 crore bounty on himConfirming his death officials said he was eliminated in a fierce battle against Maoists which is going on in the dense forests of Bijapur ChhattisgarhGunfire has been raging since Thursday morning with forces having moved in on intelligence indicating the presence of top Maoist leaders in the National Park regionTop Maoist Central Committee member Sudhakar was active for 30 years in Bastars Indravati Tiger Reserve BijapurIn the last six months security forces have eliminated three Central Committee members Maoist chief Basavaraju and over 150 highprofile Maoists across Chhattisgarh Jharkhand and OdishaSudhakars elimination is a big success for the ongoing mission of the Union government to make India LWEfree by early 2026Bastar IG Inspector General P Sundarraj has acknowledged the ongoing encounter The operation is being spearheaded by a joint force comprising DRG STF and Cobra unitsWhen security personnel ventured into the area for reconnaissance they were met with an ambush officials saidThe Maoists lying in wait unleashed a volley of bullets upon the advancing team The forces responded in kind igniting an intense exchange of fireThe combing operation remains active as reports suggest that highranking members of the Maoists group may be in the vicinityKey officials overseeing the operation include Bijapur SP Jitendra Kumar Yadav and othersAdditionally senior officers such as ADG Naxal Ops Vivekanand Sinha Bastar IG P Sundarraj and CRPF IG Rakesh Agarwal are closely monitoring the situation This latest encounter underscores the ongoing battle between state forces and the insurgent groupJust weeks ago on May 21 a major operation resulted in the elimination of 27 Maoists including Basavaraju who carried a reward of Rs 15 croreSeven days ago security forces unveiled details of the Karregutta operation a prolonged effort spanning 24 days along the ChhattisgarhTelangana border that culminated in the deaths of 31 insurgentsThe campaign against Maoist elements continues relentlessly with repeated intelligence pointing to their presence in critical areas like the Indravati Tiger ReserveActing on such information security personnel were dispatched to Bijapur where yet another intense battle is unfolding Gunfire continues to ring out across the forests marking another chapter in this longrunning conflict IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/chhattisgarh-hardcore-maoist-sudhakar-eliminated-in-gunfight-with-security-forces-619789.html Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/enough-is-enough-vice-prez-jagdeep-dhankhar-on-indias-response-to-terror-619791.html New Delhi June 5 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday hailed Indias new antiterror normal saying enough is enough No more tolerance of terrorism Addressing students at a Sainik School in Rajasthans Chittorgarh Dhankhar said Those who will commit barbarity use terrorism as a weapon will be taught the lesson of their life like Bahawalpur and Muridke Complementing the armed forces for the success of Operation Sindoor the Vice President said As a proud Indian I can say the recent lesson we taught the enemy across the border we are proud of our defence forcesPahalgam barbarity has been avenged to the accolade of the entire world Time for us to salute our defence forces What they achieved has never been done before he saidHe said the hubs of JaisheMohammed and LashkareTaiba who defined terrorism were destroyed in Bahawalpur and Muridke deep inside the territory of Pakistan beyond the international borderYou must have seen coffins being escorted by terrorists their Army and their politicians That was the greatest success of our defence forces he saidThe Vice President also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for opening Sainik Schools for girls as wellI must appreciate Prime Minister Modi for achieving something which did not happen for three decades earlier an epochal development a gamechanging development onethird reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures And I must also commend that earlier we used to have allboys Sainik Schools Now we have at Mathura allgirls Sainik Schools a big development he saidHe described the opening of Sainik Schools for girls as a big change During our times and decades thereafter Sainik Schools were meant only for boys Fifty per cent of humanity was ignored Can you succeed in the world without 50 per cent of the talent not being recognised IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/enough-is-enough-vice-prez-jagdeep-dhankhar-on-indias-response-to-terror-619791.html Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-thanks-kyrgyzstan-for-support-and-solidarity-in-countering-terrorism-619749.html New Delhi June 5 IANS External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Thursday held a meeting with Kyrgyzstan Foreign Affairs Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev Moldokanovich discussing ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries and also thanking him for Bishkeks support and solidarity in countering terrorismnbspA productive meeting with FM Zheenbek Kulubaev of Kyrgyz Republic Thanked him for their support and solidarity in countering terrorism Discussed our cooperation in banking education energy health connectivity and capacity building Todays signing of Programme of Cooperation is a step forward in deepening our bilateral ties EAM Jaishankar posted on X after the meetingAlong with Kulubaev four other Central Asian foreign ministers including Bakhtiyor Saidov Uzbekistan Rashid Meredov Turkmenistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin Tajikistan and Murat Nurtleu Kazakhstan are in New Delhi to attend the twoday 4th IndiaCentral Asia Dialogue as India continues to put a strong foot forward in enhancing antiterror and deradicalisation partnerships across the regionnbspEarlier in the day Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman and the visiting Kyrgyz Foreign Minister signed the Protocol and exchanged Instrument of Ratification of the Bilateral Investment Treaty BIT between both countriesThe Bilateral Investment Treaty BIT signed on June 14 2019 in Bishkek between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic enters into force with effect from Thursday and replaces the earlier agreement enforced in May 2000 ensuring continuity in the protection of investments between the two nationsnbspThe IndiaKyrgyz BIT marks a significant milestone in strengthening bilateral economic relations and fostering a secure and predictable investment environment The BIT aims to promote and protect interests of investors of either country in the territory of the other country read a statement issued by the Ministry of FinanceThe BIT balances the investor rights with the sovereign regulatory powers of both countries and reflects a shared commitment to create a resilient and transparent investment climate It is expected to further encourage crossborder investments and deepen economic cooperation between India and KyrgyzstannbspDuring the meeting held within the framework of the 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Central AsiaIndia Dialogue both countries discussed the current state and prospects of KyrgyzIndian cooperation in the financial and investment sectorsParticular attention was paid to the establishment of direct correspondent relations between banks of Kyrgyzstan and India and the development of investment cooperation in priority areas The meeting concluded with confirmation of the parties mutual willingness to strengthen cooperation between the financial institutions of the two countries stated Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-thanks-kyrgyzstan-for-support-and-solidarity-in-countering-terrorism-619749.html Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/unsc-ends-imbroglio-over-chairs-of-terrorism-committees-619460.html United Nations June 4 Ending an imbroglio over leadership of United Nations Security Council panels dealing with terrorism Algeria has been appointed chair of the 1267 Sanctions Committee that has been dealing with Pakistanbased terrorist groups like LashkareToiba LeT and JaisheMohammed JeM According to the list of chairs of the 24 committees and groups released on Tuesday Denmark has been appointed head of the influential Counterterrorism Committee CTCPakistan which held up the appointments for five months with its demands to head the Counterterrorism and 1267 committees was kept away from those two panels and given as a compromise the chair of the 1988 Taliban Committee which effectively deals with Afghanistan now run by the TalibanGuyana and Russia will be the cochairs of the committeeConsensus governs many of the functions of the Council and taking advantage of it elected member Pakistan was able to block the appointment of the chairs of the committees until a compromise was struckDiplomatic sources said the Western countries on the Council opposed Pakistan becoming the chair of any of the main terrorismrelated panels the CTC and the 1988 and 1267Those countries pointed out that Islamabad had a conflict of interest because it harboured terrorist organisations like the LeT and JeM and its leaders and had contentious relations with the Taliban ruling neighbouring AfghanistanAmong other appointments South Korea heads the Peacekeeping Working Group Panama the 1540 NonProliferation Committee and Slovenia the 2231 Iran Committee and also act as the facilitator for the nuclear deal which may get a second life under US President Donald Trumps initiativeNearly halfway into the year the compromise was struck with Pakistan to allow the panels that had been leaderless to function effectivelyPakistan was also given the vice chairmanship of the CTC along with Russia and FranceAlgeria was also appointed chair of the 1566 Counterterrorism Working Group which was set up under a 2004 Council resolution to recommend measures against terrorist groups not covered by other panelsIn other appointments Pakistan was made a cochair with Greece of the Informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions which makes recommendations on making sanctions more effective but has no direct say on imposing or lifting sanctionsIt also was made cochair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Procedural MattersThe 1267 Sanctions Committee which gets its name from the Councils resolution and deals with the affiliates of alQaeda and the Islamic State that covers Pakistanbased terrorist outfits like LeT and JeMHeading the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee which is named for the number of the 2011 Council resolution on sanctions against the Taliban will allow it to exert influence on AfghanistanWhen India was on the Council during 2020 to 2022 it headed the CounterTerrorism Committee and Indias Permanent Representative to UN Ruchira Kamboj even arranged for the panel to meet in Mumbai at the sites of the 2611 terror attacks by Pakistanbased terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/unsc-ends-imbroglio-over-chairs-of-terrorism-committees-619460.html Wed, 04 Jun 2025 01:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bilawal-bhutto-concedes-pakistan-faces-hurdles-in-its-kashmir-campaign-619474.html United Nations June 4 Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has conceded that his country hasnt made headway in its Kashmir campaign at the United Nations and elsewhere in general As far as the hurdles we face within the UN and in general as far as the Kashmir cause is concerned that still exists Bilawal who is leading a delegation of Pakistani parliamentarians said at a news conference here on TuesdayHe asserted that in his meetings with UN officials and diplomats he found receptiveness on issues like terrorism and water but it did not extend to KashmirBilawal who is the Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party dismissed an attempt by a Palestinian journalist to equate Kashmir and Gaza a familiar ploy that some Pakistanis have also usedLet me emphasise from the outset there is theres no meaningful comparison that I can make between the plight of the Palestinians and the plight of Pakistan the plight of Kashmir he saidWhat were seeing in Gaza what were seeing in Palestine is uniquely outrageous inhumane and condemnable in all shapes forms and terms he addedBut he went on to allege that India was drawing its inspiration from Israel and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to model himself on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but was nowhere near himBilawals delegation was modeled by Islamabad after the allparty delegations India has been sending around the world to explain its policy of zerotolerance for terrorism and the Operation Sindoor that was launched against terrorist facilities in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied Kashmir after the massacre of 26 people in Jammu and Kashmirs PahalgamAfter arriving in New York on Monday the Pakistani delegation met UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres General Assembly President Philemon Yang Security Council President Carolyn RodriguesBirkett and permanent representatives of the US China Russia France to the UN and the nonpermanent members of the CouncilThey are due to be in Washington on Wednesday when the Indian Parliamentay delegation led by Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor will also be there IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/bilawal-bhutto-concedes-pakistan-faces-hurdles-in-its-kashmir-campaign-619474.html Wed, 04 Jun 2025 04:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-will-now-think-100-times-before-raising-its-voice-against-india-bjp-on-dossier-report-619386.html New Delhi June 3 Following the revelation of a Pakistani dossier report BJP National Spokesperson Tuhin A Sinha said that Pakistans own report confirms Indias deep and widespread strikes under Operation Sindoor going beyond what was officially acknowledged Pakistan has submitted a dossier stating that India attacked eight more locations on the night of the 10th While we had claimed to have destroyed their PAF airbases Pakistan has named other locations including Peshawar Gujranwala and areas in Sindh which we supposedly targeted Sinha told IANSNow how do we interpret this Its quite a peculiar situation Pakistan is a country that habitually lies But if they are telling the truth this time then this should serve as a resounding answer to Indias opposition parties who constantly question the government and our armed forces This is proof of the might of Indias military capabilities The damage we inflicted may be even greater than we claimed and Pakistan is so deeply wounded demoralised and pained that it may think a hundred times before raising its voice against India againSinhas statement comes after a media outlet accessed a confidential Pakistani dossier on its internal military operation Bunyan un Marsoos The dossier reveals India carried out at least eight additional airstrikes during Operation Sindoor that were not publicly disclosed by Indian defence officialsMaps within the dossier indicate strikes in key cities including Peshawar Jhang Hyderabad Sindh Gujrat Gujranwala Bahawalnagar Attock and Chor none of which were mentioned during official Indian briefingsThe new details shed fresh light on the scale of Operation Sindoor and are being viewed as a significant factor behind Pakistans urgent call for a ceasefireOperation Sindoor was launched by India against the nine highvalue terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK following the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed The dossier contradicts Islamabads earlier claims of having inflicted heavy losses on India and instead underscores the depth of damage suffered on Pakistani soilIndian defence sources had already outlined the strikes magnitude including the targeting of key terror hubs across Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-will-now-think-100-times-before-raising-its-voice-against-india-bjp-on-dossier-report-619386.html Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/egyptian-foreign-minister-reiterates-solidarity-with-india-in-fight-against-terrorism-619414.html Cairo June 3 IANS The highlevel multiparty delegation from India led by Nationalist Congress Party NCPSP Supriya Sule on Tuesday called on Egypts Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirming Indias collective resolve and steadfast commitment to counter terrorism while conveying deep appreciation for Cairos strong condemnation of April 22 Pahalgam terror attacknbspDuring the meeting Abdelatty reiterated Egypts solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism and welcomed further strengthening of bilateral collaboration on counter terrorism Both sides acknowledged the growing momentum of strategic partnership between India and EgyptEarlier in the day the delegation called on League of Arab States SecretaryGeneral Ahmed Aboul Gheit underscoring Indias unified stance and collective determination to combat terrorism The leaders stressed that countering terrorism is a priority for both the Arab League and IndianbspThe discussions also focused on Indias wideranging political economic and cultural engagement with the Arab StatesnbspThe League of Arab States with its seat in Cairo is an intergovernmental organisation encompassing all Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa established in Cairo on March 22 1945 following the adoption of the Alexandria Protocol in 1944Currently it includes 22 Arab countries Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia the United Arab Emirates and YemennbspThe delegation also had an engaging interaction with the vibrant Indian community in EgyptnbspThe community welcomed the visit of the delegation and the message carried by them to combat terrorism the Indian Embassy in Cairo postednbspOn Monday the delegation was briefed by Indian Ambassador to Egypt Suresh Reddy on the strong IndiaEgypt Strategic Partnership Egypts strong stance against terrorism solidarity with India after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and the close bilateral collaboration on counterterrorismLater the delegation had a fruitful engagement at the Egyptian Senate House with Senator Hossam AlKhouly of Mostaqbal Watan Party and MP Hazem Omar including the Chairmen and members of other Parliamentary CommitteesnbspThe Senate reaffirmed solidarity with India and reiterated the importance attached to the close Strategic Partnership between India and EgyptnbspThis was followed by productive discussions with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman MP Karim Darwish and other distinguished members of the Egyptian House of RepresentativesnbspThe Indian parliamentarians also had insightful discussions with key interlocutors in Egypt including former Ministers distinguished authors and thought leadersThe discussions facilitated an enhanced understanding and appreciation of Indias commitment to economic growth equitable development and zero tolerance to terrorismnbspThey also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the AlHorreya Park in Zamalek CaironbspThe delegates a part of Indias diplomatic outreach on Operation Sindoor and carrying forth Indias strong message on zerotolerance against terrorism reached Egypt after concluding a successful visit to Ethiopia South Africa and QatarThe delegation led by Supriya Sule comprises BJP leaders Rajiv Pratap Rudy Anurag Thakur and V Muraleedharan Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Anand Sharma Telugu Desam Partys Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu Aam Aadmi Party leader Vikramjeet Singh Sawhney and former diplomat Syed AkbaruddinnbspThe visit marks a continuation of Indias strategic outreach to garner international support against crossborder terrorism emanating from the soil of Pakistan https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/egyptian-foreign-minister-reiterates-solidarity-with-india-in-fight-against-terrorism-619414.html Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorism-and-state-machinery-work-together-in-pakistan-indian-delegation-in-uk-619197.html London June 2 BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad who is currently leading an allparty Parliamentary delegation to the United Kingdom said on Monday that terrorism and state machinery operate handinhand in Pakistan Addressing a packed gathering at the India House in London Prasad highlighted Indias strong stand against terrorism and the significance of the Operation Sindoor launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attackThe interaction saw participation of a large number of Indian diaspora members who expressed unwavering solidarity with IndiaThe delegation briefed the community on the circumstances surrounding the Pahalgam attack and Indias subsequent countermeasures reaffirming the countrys firm resolve to combat terrorism in all its manifestationsPrasad described the Pahalgam attack as a conspiracy to disrupt peace and development adding that Indias firm response through Operation Sindoor is aimed at dismantling Pakistanbacked terror campsIndia is in favour of peace but terrorists will have to pay the price for killing innocent Indians he said Terrorism and the state machinery work together in Pakistan so every terror incident will be seen as a war he addedEmphasising Indias consistent policy on national security Prasad declared that the countrys stance on terrorism is uncompromisingUnderlining Indias strong resolve against terrorism the Indian parliamentarians reiterated that any act of terror would be met with the utmost severityPrasad also drew attention to the ongoing human rights violations in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK and BalochistanDo you know what kind of mistreatment is happening with people in the PoK They are crying to come to India Women in Balochistan are being treated most barbarically People in Pakistan are very upset today he saidReflecting on IndiaPakistan conflicts in the past Prasad added We fought four conventional wars none of which were started by India we only responded and Pakistan lost all the wars Jinnah made Pakistan it became the General shopTaking to social media after the interaction Prasad posted on X Today alongside my esteemed colleagues from the allparty delegation I engaged with representatives of the vibrant and diverse Indian Diaspora at India House in London We conveyed Indias unwavering stance against terrorism shedding light on the tragic Pahalgam attackAdditionally we briefed them on Operation Sindoor underscoring Indias resolute policy of combating terrorism in all its forms We emphasised Indias united stance and unwavering commitment to decisively counter terrorism making it clear that any acts of terror will be punished with utmost resolve he addedThe diaspora members lauded Operation Sindoor and measures undertaken by the government led by PM Narendra Modi in confronting crossborder terrorismThe visiting allparty delegation also comprises BJP MPs Daggubati Purandeswari and Samik Bhattacharya Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi Congress MPs Gulam Ali Khatana and Amar Singh former Union Minister MJ Akbar and former diplomat Pankaj SaranOn Sunday the delegation paid floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square Garden and visited the Dr BR Ambedkar MuseumAt the museum Prasad said We paid emotional tributes to revered Dr Ambedkar We are proud to visit this historic building where Dr Ambedkar lived for two years The Government of India has acquired and preserved this important residence which is now carefully maintained by the Indian High Commission We paid our tribute to this great Indian leader and revered reformer by laying flowersIt is notable that all five sites associated with the life and work of Dr Ambedkar have been preserved as Smriti Sthal reflecting his enduring legacy I pay my deep tribute to his remarkable contribution he addedFollowing visits to France Italy and Denmark the delegation arrived in London as part of Indias global diplomatic outreach campaign to spotlight Operation Sindoor and the continued fight against Pakistansponsored terrorism IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorism-and-state-machinery-work-together-in-pakistan-indian-delegation-in-uk-619197.html Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/former-danish-envoy-praises-pm-modi-for-op-sindoor-calls-him-true-defender-of-india-619027.html New DelhiCopenhagen June 1 Indias firm and resolute crackdown on crossborder terrorism in response to the barbaric and savage terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam won it global praise Denmarks top diplomat became the latest proponent of Indias war against terror as he heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for steering Indias strong retaliation against Pakistansponsored terrorFreddy Svane the former Danish Ambassador to India described PM Modi as the true defender of India and also welcomed Indias diplomatic offensive to expose Pakistan globallySvane in a special interaction with IANS said India has shown that it has grown as a global and very very important player and that it can take action You need a strong leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi who can steer that kind of direction and make it clear to the world that I am the man and I am the true defender of IndiaHe also lauded Indias diplomatic push in the wake of Operation Sindoor to name and shame Pakistan globally for its brazen support to terrorists and said that the move to allparty delegations to various parts of the world will surely achieve its purposeThe exenvoy to India also slammed Pakistan for its constant abetment and instigation of terror on foreign soil including India and said that it was important for all countries of the world to speak in one voice against itSvane further said that the popularity of PM Modi who is the leader of the fourth largest democracy of the world is on the rise after Operation Sindoor and also called it a positive signPM Modi is being seen across the world as a very very important strong and strategic thinking leader who is so important for all of us he saidHe said that the world is welcoming the emergence of New India as a strong power centre in Asia under the stewardship of PM Modi However he lamented that this came against the backdrop of the deadly Pahalgam incidentWhen times are bad and things have to be dealt with you also need someone who can move from words to actions That has happened he remarked IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/former-danish-envoy-praises-pm-modi-for-op-sindoor-calls-him-true-defender-of-india-619027.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/journalists-vehicle-attacked-by-gunmen-in-jampks-budgam-619070.html Srinagar June 1 Unidentified gunmen fired at the vehicle of a journalist in JampKs Budgam district on Sunday evening but he escaped unhurt officials said Officials said that the gunmen fired at the vehicle of local journalist Manzoor Ahmad Bhat in Jawalapora village in BudgamTwo bullets hit the journalists bulletproof vehicle but he escaped unhurt The area has been cordoned off to trace the gunmen Police have taken cognisance of the incident an official saidJournalists have been targeted by terrorists in the past as wellThe most recent case was of Shujaat Bukhari the editor of a local daily who was killed along with his two security guards by terrorists in the Residency Road area of Srinagar city on June 14 2018On February 19 1990 Lassa Kaul director of the Srinagar Doordarshan station was shot dead by militants in the Bemina area The killing prompted the stations closure for three years On March 1 1990 P N Handoo Assistant Director of Information was shot dead inside his office at Balgarden in SrinagarOn April 23 1991 the murder of AlSafa editor in chief Mohammad Shaban Wakil served to mute local journalists criticism of Kashmiri militants whom many suspect killed him According to reports some gunwielding men entered the office of Vakil and fired at him indiscriminatelyOn October 16 1992 Syed Ghulam Nabi Joint Director of Information was kidnapped and held captive for four days before his body bearing torture marks was found On October 3 1993 the slaying of Radio Kashmir newsreader Mohammad Shafi Bhat sparked a wave of resignations by his colleaguesThe August 29 1994 murder of freelance journalist Ghulam Mohammed Lone had a chilling effect on stringers working in outlying areas of the Kashmir Valley He was killed by a group of masked gunmen who also fatally shot his sevenyearold son in their home in Kangan KashmirPhotojournalist Mushtaq Ali was fatally injured in a parcel bomb explosion in the office of the thenBBC reporter Yusuf Jameel on September 7 1995 Mushtaq died in the hospital on September 10 1995 The parcel bomb was delivered at the office of Yusuf Jameel by a burqaclad woman Jameel and another photojournalist Habib Naqash were inside the office when Mushtaq Ali opened the parcel However Jameel and Naqash escaped the explosionOn January 1 1997 Doordarshans Srinagar anchor Altaf Ahmed Faktoo was shot dead by militantsOn March 16 the same year freelance journalist Saidan Shafi was killed with his bodyguard in Srinagar Shafi a reporter for Doordarshan TVs Kashmir File a weekly news programme and Eyewitness a fiveminute nightly news capsule was fatally shot in an ambush by two gunmenApril 8 1997 Tariq Ahmad a private television producer was killedOn August 10 2000 a grenade attack at Residency Road in Srinagar brought a hive of journalists to cover the spot Moments later a car parked in a lane exploded in which Hindustan Times photojournalist Pradeep Bhatia was killedParvaz Muhammad Sultan editor of a local news agency was killed by unidentified gunmen in 2003 He was the editor of the independent news wire service News and Feature Alliance NAFA based in SrinagarSenior reporter of the regions Information department Abdul Majid Bhat was killed in a blast in Doda town in Jammu on May 9 2004Asiya Jeelani a freelance journalist who contributed to local newspapers and a human rights activist who worked with the Coalition of Civil Society JKCCS was killed in a landmine blast in Kupwara on April 20 2004 The driver of the vehicle was also killedPhotojournalist Ashok Sodhi then chief cameraman of Daily Excelsior was killed on May 11 2008 in the Samba district when he was caught in a crossfire close to the border with PakistanOn August 13 2008 Javed Ahmed Mir 35 was shot dead while covering a demonstration near BagheMehtab in Srinagar IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/journalists-vehicle-attacked-by-gunmen-in-jampks-budgam-619070.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-army-confirms-killing-of-hamas-leader-in-gaza-2-senior-commanders-618955.html Jerusalem June 1 Israels military has confirmed the killing of Mohammed Sinwar a senior Hamas commander and head of the groups military wing in Gaza in an airstrike earlier this month In a joint statement the Israel Defense Forces IDF and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency said on Saturday that Sinwar was killed on May 13 in a targeted strike on an underground command centre located beneath the European Hospital in southern GazaThe military accused Hamas of using the medical facility as cover putting civilians at risk Xinhua news agency reportedSinwar 49 was described by the IDF as one of Hamas most senior and longserving military leaders with a key role in planning the October 7 2023 attack on Israel that ignited the current conflictPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had disclosed Sinwars death earlier this week in a speech to the Israeli ParliamentThe strike also killed two other senior Hamas commanders Muhammad Shabana who led the groups Rafah brigade and Mahdi Quara head of the Khan Younis battalionThe IDF said both men were involved in the October 7 assault and later directed attacks against Israeli troops including the management of hostages and rocket fireGazas health authorities previously said the strike killed at least six people and wounded 40Hamas has not issued an official statement confirming Sinwars deathMohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar the former Hamas leader in Gaza who was killed during a clash with the IDF in October 2024Separately on Saturday the IDF reported rocket fire from Gaza with several projectiles landing in open areas near the southern communities of Ein Hashlosha and NirimNo casualties were reported according to Israels emergency medical service Magen David AdomIsraeli media outlet Channel 12 said three rockets were firedGaza health officials said the death toll from Israels military campaign since October 7 has reached 54381 with 124054 woundedSince the resumption of hostilities on March 18 4117 people have been killed and 12013 injured the authorities said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-army-confirms-killing-of-hamas-leader-in-gaza-2-senior-commanders-618955.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/all-party-delegation-arrives-in-spain-to-present-indias-zero-tolerance-policy-on-terrorism-618956.html Madrid June 1 The AllParty Parliamentary Delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi arrived in Madrid early Sunday to present Indias zerotolerance policy toward terrorism During their visit the delegation will meet with members of the Spanish government the Indian diaspora and civil society representativesThe AllParty Parliamentary Delegation led by MP Ms kanimozhidmk and comprising members RajeevRai CaptBrijesh GUPTAPC50and DrAshokKMittal arrived in Madrid today Over the next two days the delegation will meet with members of the Spanish government the Indian diaspora and civil society representatives to present Indias stance of ZeroToleranceForTerrorism the Indian embassy in Spain posted on XThe Kanimozhiled parliamentarians include Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai BJP MP Captain Brijesh Chowta Retd RJD MP Prem Chand Gupta AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal and Former Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN Ambassador Manjeev Singh PuriEarlier on Saturday the delegation met Parliamentarians of Latvia highlighting that India will not tolerate any nuclear threat and will respond accordingly to any act of terrorism by PakistanDuring the visit we had the opportunity to meet Ingrida Circene Chairperson of the Group for Promoting Cooperation with the Parliament on India and HE Ms Inara Murniece Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee along with other esteemed members of both committees of the Saeima In our discussions we conveyed Indias unified and unwavering stance of zero tolerance towards terrorism Ashok Mittal posted on X on SaturdayThe delegation also met Latvian State Secretary Andzejs Vilumson and Ambassador Andrejs Pildegovics Special Envoy for Latvias UNSC Candidacy and shared facts on the Pahalgam terrorist attackVilumson reiterated Latvias strong condemnation of the terror attack in Pahalgam in April and its unequivocal opposition to terrorism in all its formsThe delegation a part of Indias global diplomatic outreach campaign to highlight the significance of Operation Sindoor and Indias continued fight against Pakistansponsored crossborder terrorism reached Spain following successful engagements in Latvia Greece Slovenia and Russia reaffirming Indias firm stance on combating terrorism IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/all-party-delegation-arrives-in-spain-to-present-indias-zero-tolerance-policy-on-terrorism-618956.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 09:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/aap-mp-raghav-chadha-exposes-pak-terror-link-at-ideas-for-india-conference-in-london-618757.html New Delhi May 30 Aam Aadmi Party AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Friday exposed Pakistans terror links urging the world to stop viewing Islamabad as a victim but as the perpetrator and cease all aid Speaking at the prestigious Ideas for India Conference 2025 at the Royal Lancaster London Chadha said Lies and loans cannot go together Diplomacy and duplicity cannot go hand in hand Terror and tolerance cannot coexist Blood and water cannot flow togetherHe also lauded Indias Operation Sindoor as a shining example of strategic precision and moral clarity in the fight against crossborder terrorismWe offer hand of friendship but that can change to a fist of retribution in case of any misadventure he addedThe AAP MP said In the aftermath of the most cowardly attack in Pahalgam where 26 civilians were brutally killed India did not go around seeking consent to retaliate India told its worthy partners in the world Look we are all for peace but dont mistake our peacefulness for weaknessAs a result India responded with a nonescalatory precise measured calculated and swift response carrying out crossborder strikes to destroy terror infrastructure across the border not civilian or military bases but terror infrastructure he addedHosted by a leading UKbased thinktank Bridge India the conference is a flagship event of India Week an influential global forum focused on Indias economic and geopolitical journeyIndia Week brings together more than 1100 global changemakers including policymakers business leaders investors academics and members of the Indian diasporaChadha participated in a discussion on India in a Multipolar World where he shared his perspective on Indias strategic autonomy growing global influence and the countrys position as a bridge between the Global North and SouthHe also highlighted Indias recent achievements in defence and diplomacy including the success of Operation Sindoor and the role of technology and youthled governance in shaping Indias futureAhead of participating at the event the AAP MP said As global economic dynamics shift and the world adjusts to new geopolitical realities India continues to stand out as a key driver of growth At a time when nations are rethinking trade relationships and supply chain resilience the UK and India have a unique opportunity to deepen their partnership in meaningful futureoriented ways With renewed dialogue particularly around the UKIndia Free Trade Agreement feels both timely and essential Im looking forward to engaging with leaders across sectors at Ideas for India 2025 to explore how we can collectively shape this next chapter of Indias developmentHighlighting Indias military power in Operation Sindoor Chadha said Indias recent defence advancements exemplified by the successful execution of Operation Sindoor have showcased the nations growing selfreliance and technological prowess The operation not only demonstrated Indias tactical military success but also served as a powerful endorsement of its indigenous defence capabilities IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/aap-mp-raghav-chadha-exposes-pak-terror-link-at-ideas-for-india-conference-in-london-618757.html Fri, 30 May 2025 20:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/union-minister-kishan-reddy-slams-telangana-cm-for-belittling-indian-armed-forces-victory-618781.html Hyderabad May 30 Union Coal and Mines Minister and BJP leader G Kishan Reddy on Friday criticised Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for what he called belittling the victory of Indian Armed Forces against Pakistan He said that when the entire nation is celebrating the victory of armed forces Revanth Reddy is trying to project it as a BJP programmeAddressing a press conference in New Delhi Union Minister Kishan Reddy reacted strongly to the remarks made by Revanth Reddy during Congress Jai Hind yatra in Hyderabad on ThursdayKishan Reddy who is the State BJP President said that cutting across party lines the MPs are going around the world explaining why India had to conduct Operation SindoorOn Revanth Reddys claim that PakistanOccupied Kashmir POK would have been integrated into India if Rahul Gandhi were the Prime Minister Kishan Reddy asked him who gave POK to PakistanThe BJP leader alleged that because of the policies of Congress POK remained a complicated problemKishan Reddy said that unlike the previous governments which were confined to consoling victims of terrorist attacks the Narendra Modi government gave a befitting replyThe government entered into Pakistan soil to conduct surgical strikes The entire world has seen how India showed hell to Pakistan after Pahalgam terrorist attackEarlier the BJPs Telangana unit posted on X that Revanth Reddy didnt just echo Pakistans narrative on Rafale and Operation Sindoor but he went a step further to call it Mana Pakistan Our PakistanThe BJP alleged that from questioning surgical strikes and Balakot airstrikes to mocking armed forces and opposing Agnipath scheme standing against India is in Congress partys DNAThe BJP advised the Chief Minister to stick to Miss World photo opportunity saying national security is not his rampRevanth Reddy on Thursday lashed out at the BJPled NDA government for not calling an allparty meeting before announcing a ceasefire with PakistanHe questioned the Union governments unilateral approach and accused it of lacking strategy courage and transparencyThe Chief Minister also asked the Narendra Modi government why it abruptly announced ceasefire with PakistanHe also accused the Union government of declaring ceasefire at the behest of the US President Donald TrumpHe wanted the Union government to clarify how many Rafale jets the country lostMeanwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy has also slammed Revanth Reddy for what he called his irresponsible remarks on the Indian ArmyHe found fault with the Chief Minister for questioning the Indian militarys might to please the Congress High CommandDismissing Revanth Reddys claim that POK would have been merged with India if Rahul Gandhi was the Prime Minister he reminded the Chief Minister that Congress is responsible for the Kashmir issue IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/union-minister-kishan-reddy-slams-telangana-cm-for-belittling-indian-armed-forces-victory-618781.html Fri, 30 May 2025 22:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/amit-shah-directs-security-forces-to-ensure-peaceful-amarnath-yatra-zero-tolerance-to-terrorism-618596.html Jammu May 30 Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed all security agencies to ensure a completely peaceful upcoming Amarnath Yatra while maintaining utmost vigil and alertness Amit Shah reached here late Thursday evening and immediately chaired a security review meeting at the Raj BhawanThe highlevel security review meeting was attended by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi JampK Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo DGP Nalin Prabhat and other top officials of MHA Army paramilitary forces Jammu and Kashmir Police civil administration and Intelligence agencies from the Centre and the UTUnion Home Minister took a threadbare review of the security arrangements and the preparedness for the upcoming Amarnath YatraHe instructed to maintain utmost vigilance and ensure peaceful completion of the Yatra He said both the Central and UT administrations will leave no stone unturned to facilitate the pilgrims with all necessary facilitiesChaired a review meeting for the Amarnath pilgrimage and evaluated security arrangements and preparedness meant for the pilgrims Instructed to maintain utmost vigilance and ensure seamless completion of the sacred journey Central Government and JampK administration will leave no stone unturned to facilitate pilgrims with all necessary facilities Amit Shah said on X after chairing the meeting Thursday eveningThe meeting lasted nearly one hour and 30 minutesThe Home Minister will visit the border district of Poonch on Friday where he will address the civilians who were hit by Pakistans shelling He will also address the BSF soldiers at their Unit Headquarters at Khanetar visit damaged religious places and distribute appointment letters to the next of kin of those killed in the shellingThe focus of Thursdays meeting was on the security and other arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra in addition to zero tolerance to infiltration and terrorism The latest security in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22 came up for thorough discussion as police and security agencies gave an update to the Union Home MinisterSources said that the home minister directed security agencies to ensure that terrorists including those involved in the Pahalgam killings are brought to justice without any delayA strategy to step up search operations against the terrorists including the upper reaches of the Jammu region has also been devised There has been the presence of the terrorists mainly Pakistanis in the hills of Kathua Udhampur Doda Kishtwar Rajouri and Poonch During the past couple of months several contacts have been established by security forces with terrorists in these areasThe Union home minister also discussed various facilities being made available for the pilgrims by the civil administration sources addedAmarnath Yatra 2025 begins on July 3 and will end on August 9 after 38 days IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/amit-shah-directs-security-forces-to-ensure-peaceful-amarnath-yatra-zero-tolerance-to-terrorism-618596.html Fri, 30 May 2025 08:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-polices-counter-intelligence-wing-raids-multiple-locations-in-kashmir--618609.html Srinagar May 30 IANS The counterintelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday carried out searches at multiple locations across Kashmir as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected terror linksnbspA statement issued by the counterintelligence wing said Todays operations are part of a larger probe to track individuals suspected of having ties with terrorist outfitsnbspCounterintelligence teams carried out coordinated raids at undisclosed locations to seize evidence related to terror networks operating in the regionnbspSecurity in sensitive areas was also tightened as a precautionary measure the statement addedFridays operation came amid increased efforts by security agencies to root out terrorrelated activities in Kashmir following several incidents in the recent past that raised concerns over renewed attempts to destabilise peace in the regionnbspThe counterintelligence wings raids come at a time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a visit to Jammu and KashmirnbspOnly last week in a significant operation targeting the terror ecosystem in Jammu province the State Investigation Agency SIA of Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out coordinated raids at 18 locations across four districts resulting in the recovery of substantial incriminating materialThe meticulously planned raids were executed simultaneously by specialised SIA teams supported by local police and magistrates as part of the agencys ongoing campaign to dismantle sleeper cells and disrupt terror networks in the regionnbspOf the 18 locations raided 12 were in Surankote subdivision and three in Haveli tehsil of Poonch district Additional operations were conducted at one location each in Rajouri town Rajouri district Ramnagar Udhampur district and Ramban A considerable quantity of incriminating material has been seized which has been secured in accordance with established legal protocols it saidThe seized material is currently under detailed scrutiny and further investigation is underwaynbspSeveral suspects have been summoned to join the investigation at SIA JammunbspThese actions follow the development of actionable intelligence and inputs gathered during the SIAs sustained efforts to uncover and neutralise terrorsupport structures operating covertly within Jammu province https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jk-polices-counter-intelligence-wing-raids-multiple-locations-in-kashmir--618609.html Fri, 30 May 2025 11:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-polices-counter-intelligence-wing-raids-multiple-locations-in-kashmir-618610.html Srinagar May 30 The counterintelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday carried out searches at multiple locations across Kashmir as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected terror links A statement issued by the counterintelligence wing said Todays operations are part of a larger probe to track individuals suspected of having ties with terrorist outfitsCounterintelligence teams carried out coordinated raids at undisclosed locations to seize evidence related to terror networks operating in the regionSecurity in sensitive areas was also tightened as a precautionary measure the statement addedFridays operation came amid increased efforts by security agencies to root out terrorrelated activities in Kashmir following several incidents in the recent past that raised concerns over renewed attempts to destabilise peace in the regionThe counterintelligence wings raids come at a time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a visit to Jammu and KashmirOnly last week in a significant operation targeting the terror ecosystem in Jammu province the State Investigation Agency SIA of Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out coordinated raids at 18 locations across four districts resulting in the recovery of substantial incriminating materialThe meticulously planned raids were executed simultaneously by specialised SIA teams supported by local police and magistrates as part of the agencys ongoing campaign to dismantle sleeper cells and disrupt terror networks in the regionOf the 18 locations raided 12 were in Surankote subdivision and three in Haveli tehsil of Poonch district Additional operations were conducted at one location each in Rajouri town Rajouri district Ramnagar Udhampur district and Ramban A considerable quantity of incriminating material has been seized which has been secured in accordance with established legal protocols it saidThe seized material is currently under detailed scrutiny and further investigation is underwaySeveral suspects have been summoned to join the investigation at SIA JammuThese actions follow the development of actionable intelligence and inputs gathered during the SIAs sustained efforts to uncover and neutralise terrorsupport structures operating covertly within Jammu province IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/jampk-polices-counter-intelligence-wing-raids-multiple-locations-in-kashmir-618610.html Fri, 30 May 2025 11:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/we-targeted-terrorists-pakistan-accepted-that-as-attack-on-itself-amit-shah-618646.html Jammu May 30 IANS Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that by accepting Indias airstrikes on terror infrastructure as an attack Pakistan has exposed itself as a terroristharbouring countrynbspAddressing a public meeting in Poonch town Amit Shah said We attacked terrorists and Pakistan called it an attack on itself thereby accepting that they are a country harbouring terrorists Not a single soldier or civilian was killed in our targeted strikes But on the very second day Pakistan started shelling our civilian areas along the LoC The biggest damage was caused in Poonch which witnessed such shelling first time after IndependenceDamage also happened elsewhereToday the entire World condemns Pakistans attack on civilians After this our armed forces reacted and destroyed 11 Pakistani airfields This forced them to come forward for a ceasefire he saidnbspAmit Shah started his address by offering heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families He said that he has come to condemn the Pakistani attack on civilians and religious placesnbspA programme is being held here today to give appointment letters to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in recent Pakistan shelling in civilian areas I know these appointment letters cannot fill the void created in your lives by the loss of your loved ones This is just a token from the nation to express solidarity with you and to assure you that the country stands with you in this hour of grief The bravery shown by the people of Poonch and also by people from the Valley to the Kathua district has further strengthened the morale of the country the minister saidThe cowardly attack in Pahalgam was retaliated against under Prime Minister Narendra Modis policy to match the terror attacks with greater retaliatory force During the night of May 7 our armed forces destroyed terror infrastructure deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir Due to the efficiency of our intelligence agencies and the bravery of our armed forces scores of terrorists were killed he saidnbspIndia will not tolerate aggression of any kind and next time we will respond with even greater might Lt Governor Sahib has informed me that the JampampK government has provided assistance to the sufferers in Poonch The Central government will soon announce a relief package for the victims of Poonch I have come to assure that the progress of JampampK will continue at the same pace with which it started in 2014 when Narendra Modi came to power I am thankful to the Lt Governor the CM and the local administration for standing by the people in the trying times A senior civil servant also sacrificed his life during his service to the affected people HM Shah saidPeople were moved to safer places otherwise our losses would have been much greater After Narendra Modi came to power we constructed more than 9500 bunkers for border people During the three days of hostilities these bunkers saved many lives Today morning I spoke to the Lt Governor and the local administration More bunkers will be constructed for the future safety of our people he said while assuring the peoplenbspPrime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that terror and trade blood and water cannot go together The defence of our country will be further strengthened The present halt in JampampKs progress is a temporary one Soon progress will resume at the same pace with which it started in 2014 HM Shah said https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/we-targeted-terrorists-pakistan-accepted-that-as-attack-on-itself-amit-shah-618646.html Fri, 30 May 2025 15:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-didnt-just-win-on-battlefield-it-nailed-technology-referendum-during-operation-sindoor-us-warfare-expert-618529.html WashingtonNew Delhi May 29 The rapid multidomain military campaign Operation Sindoor not only dismantled crossborder terror networks but became a fullscale validation of Indias defence transformation a leading American defence analyst said on Thursday In his extensive analysis titled Indias Operation Sindoor A Battlefield Verdict on Chinese Weapons And Indias Victory top urban warfare expert John Spencer reckoned that Operation Sindoor wasnt just a military campaign but a technology demonstration a market signal and a strategic blueprintIndia showed the world what selfreliance in modern warfare looks like and proved that Atmanirbhar Bharat works under fire Spencer wroteOperation Sindoor pitted Indias indigenously developed weapons systems against Chinesesupplied platforms fielded by Pakistan And India didnt just win on the battlefield it won the technology referendum What unfolded was not just retaliation but the strategic debut of a sovereign arsenal built under the twin doctrines of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat he addedSpencer currently the Chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute and a CoDirector of the Urban Warfare Project stated that Pakistans proxy dependency was no match to Indias sovereign power during Operation Sindoor which demolished terror infrastructure deep inside Pakistan after the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror attackIndia fought as a sovereign power wielding precision tools it designed built and deployed with unmatched battlefield control Pakistan fought as a proxy force dependent on Chinese hardware that was built for export not for excellence When challenged these systems failed exposing the strategic hollowness behind Islamabads defence posture Spencer wroteSpencer also detailed how Indias transformation into a modern defence power began in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Make in India initiativeThe goal he said was clear reduce dependence on foreign arms imports and build a worldclass domestic defence industryThe policy incentivized joint ventures opened defence to foreign direct investment up to 74 per cent and encouraged both public and private sector manufacturers to build sophisticated military hardware at home Within a few years systems like the BrahMos missile K9 Vajra howitzer and AK203 rifle were being produced inside Indiamany with technology partnerships but increasing domestic control he statedHeaping praise on PM Modi he highlighted how Atmanirbhar Bharat or a selfreliant India became a national security doctrine than just an economic policy following the combined shock of the Covid19 pandemic and the Galwan Valley clash with ChinaIndia imposed phased bans on key defence imports gave the armed forces emergency procurement powers and poured investment into indigenous research design and production By 2025 India had increased domestic content in defence procurement from 30 per cent to 65 per cent with a goal of 90 per cent by the decades end he saidIndias new doctrine the leading expert reckons was tested under fire on April 22 when Pakistanbacked militants killed 26 Indian civilians in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Baisaran ValleySpencer then goes on to explain in detail how Indias arsenal proved just too much for PakistanJointly developed with Russia and now largely manufactured in India the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles was used to strike highvalue targets like radar stations and hardened bunkersIts speed and low radar crosssection make it nearly impossible to intercept says SpencerThe Akash surfacetoair missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO Indias premier military research and development agency and Bharat Dynamics enabled coordinated response to multiple airborne threats including drones cruise missiles and aircraft It was integrated with the Akashteer Command amp Control System an AIenhanced air defence network that provides realtime data fusionIndias first indigenously developed antiradiation missile Rudram1 was also deployed to silence Pakistani groundbased radars and degrade situational awareness in key sectors of the Line of Control LoCSpencer also mentioned how Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control AEWampC also built by DRDO on an Embraer platform provided realtime tracking of enemy aircraft and missiles vectoring Indian jets for deepstrike missionsIts effectiveness was evident when Pakistans Swedish Saab 2000 AEWampC was destroyed by a longrange missile said SpencerIndia also deployed Harop and SkyStriker drones precisionguided Kamikaze munitions that loiter over the battlefield and dive onto enemy targets Harop is manufactured under license by Israel Aerospace Industries IAI and Bharat Electronics Limited BEL while SkyStriker is assembled domestically through an Elbit joint venture They were used to destroy mobile radars convoys and highvalue enemy infrastructure with minimal collateral damageAt the same time Indias Drone Detect Deter and Destroy System D4S neutralised dozens of Chinesemade Pakistani drones The system reflects Indias transition from reactive air defence to proactive electronic warfare dominanceImported from the US but integrated into Indian mountain warfare doctrine the M777 UltraLight Howitzer was used with Excalibur precisionguided shells to strike terrorist camps without crossing the LoC Spencer mentioned how its airliftability and rapid deployment made it ideal for highaltitude operationsIndia also deployed upgraded T72s along the LoC for overwatch roles The Zorawar a new light tank optimized for highaltitude terrain is under development and these systems signal Indias continued investment in mobility and firepower in challenging Himalayan terrain Specner wroteWriting on Indias deployment of some of its most advanced fighter jets during Operation Sindoor Spencer said that the Rafales led deep precision strikes using SCALP longrange cruise missiles to hit fortified enemy positions It also carried Meteor airtoair missiles capable of hitting targets over 100 kilometers awaygiving India a decisive edge in air combatMeanwhile the Su30MKI a Russiandesigned twinengine heavy fighter built under license in India and the Mirage 2000 another versatile French jet provided firepower and flexibility launching multiple strike packages and ensuring airspace controlThese jets flew under the protective umbrella of the Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control AEWampC system which acted like an eye in the skytracking enemy aircraft and coordinating the battlespace Meanwhile Rudram antiradiation missiles were used in Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses SEAD missions disabling enemy radar and air defence systems to ensure safe air operations the expert on military operatons detailedOn the other hand Spencer gave a detailed Pakistans strategic failures also giving a detailed account of failure of Chinese systemsDuring Operation Sindoor he wrote the JF17 Thunder aircraft produced in Pakistan but designed and built by Chinas AVIC failed to gain air superiority or contest Indian strikesTheir limited payload outdated radar and poor survivability were evident under Indian EW and air defence pressure said SpencerWith the F16 Fighting Falcons sidelined by US enduser agreements during Operation Sindoor Pakistan was left without a frontline air dominance platformChinese imitations of Russias S300 and Buk systems the HQ9 and HQ16 were deployed to intercept Indian air and missile attacks However they failed under Indias jamming and deception operations These systems were easily bypassed by BrahMos and loitering drones revealing critical weaknessesThe LY80 and FM90 air defence systems also Chinesemade were unable to detect or stop Indias lowflying drones and precision munitionsThis said Spencer forced Pakistan to rely on passive air defence rather than any credible kinetic responseAlso used extensively by Pakistan for ISR and light strike roles the CH4s were repeatedly downed or jammed underperforming in terrain and electronic environments dominated by Indias D4S systemReports emerged that Turkish drone operators had to be brought in to manage UAVs revealing both equipment and personnel dependency said SpencerPakistans key airborne early warning platform Swedish Saab 2000 AEWampC was destroyed likely by an S400 system crippling Pakistans airspace awareness and blinding command and control functionsBy the end of the campaign Pakistan had lost key radar stations its premier AEWampC aircraft dozens of drones and its ability to contest Indian airspace concluded SpencerHe also mentioned how Indias defence stocks surged in May gaining investor trust while in contrast the Chinese defence stocks fell sharply after Operation Sindoor with AVIC NORINCO CETC all taking hits as the battlefield disproved their marketing IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-didnt-just-win-on-battlefield-it-nailed-technology-referendum-during-operation-sindoor-us-warfare-expert-618529.html Thu, 29 May 2025 16:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-hybrid-terrorists-arrested-with-weapons-in-jampks-shopian-618493.html Srinagar May 29 Police said on Thursday that it has arrested two hybrid terrorists along with arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmirs JampK Shopian district Police said that two hybrid terrorists were arrested with arms and ammunition by the Armys 44 Rashtriya Rifles Police and 178 battalion of the CRPF at Baskuchan Imam Sahib in Shopian districtTwo 56 rifles 4 AK magazines 102 AK rounds and 2 hand grenades were recovered from their possession A FIR under relevant sections has been registered against the arrested terrorists police saidArmy police and the CRPF have aggressively intensified antiterrorist operations in JampK after April 22 when Pakistan sponsored and aided LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists killed 26 innocent people including 25 tourists and one local pony owner in Baisaran meadow of PahalgamThe entire country was outraged by this cowardly attack carried out by terrorists after segregating the civilians on the basis of their religionThe local pony owner Syed Adil Hussain was killed when he tried to snatch the rifle of one of the terrorists after arguing with the terrorists that no religion permitted massacre of unarmed innocent civilians belonging to any religion or faithTo avenge the blood of the innocent people the Indian armed forces carried out precisionguided targetspecific attacks on terror infrastructure in Muridke near Lahore Bahawalpur and Kotli and Muzaffarabad in PakistanoccupiedKashmir PoKIn retaliation Pakistan resorted to heavy mortar shelling on civilian facilities in JampK and 28 civilians were killed in Pakistani shelling 13 of them in Poonch districtThe districts of Poonch Rajouri Baramulla Kupwara and Bandipora were affected by Pakistani shelling The worst damage to civilian lives and infrastructure were suffered in the Poonch districtDuring his April 23 visit Union Home Minister Amit Shah had instructed the Army CAPFs and police to spare no effort in bringing those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack to justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/two-hybrid-terrorists-arrested-with-weapons-in-jampks-shopian-618493.html Thu, 29 May 2025 10:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-pm-says-hamas-leader-in-gaza-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-618471.html Jerusalem May 28 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday confirmed that Mohammed Sinwar Hamas leader in Gaza and brother of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this month Speaking in parliament Netanyahu said Israel was at a dramatic turning point in its war against Hamas and that the military had eliminated Mohammad SinwarHe added that recent Israeli operations were focused on dismantling Hamas governing capabilities in GazaThere was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or independent sources regarding Sinwars deathIt marked the first official acknowledgment of his killing following a joint Israeli military and Shin Bet strike on May 13 that targetted a bunker beneath the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis Xinhua news agency reported The airstrike killed 26 people according to the Gaza health authorities but Mohammed Sinwars fate had remained unconfirmedMohammad Sinwar 49 was a senior Hamas political and military figure who assumed leadership of the groups Gazabased operations and its armed wing the Izz alDin alQassam Brigades in October 2024 after the killing of his brotherNetanyahu also provided an update on the hostages held in Gaza saying that according to Israeli intelligence 20 are still alive and 38 are believed to be deadMeanwhile Hamas said in an official statement on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on a general framework for Gaza ceasefireAccording to Hamas the framework includes the release of 10 Israeli hostages and several bodies in exchange for the release of an agreedupon number of Palestinian prisoners guaranteed by mediatorsHamas said it is awaiting a final response to this framework adding that it is making significant efforts to halt the brutal war on the Gaza Strip IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israeli-pm-says-hamas-leader-in-gaza-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-618471.html Wed, 28 May 2025 23:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/for-75-years-we-tolerated-proxy-wars-pm-modi-618241.html Gandhinagar May 27 On the second day of his Gujarat visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued hammering Pakistan over its support to terrorism and said that for 75 years India has tolerated proxy wars but not any more PM Modi said this on Tuesday while attending the celebrations commemorating 20 years of Gujarats Urban Growth Story at Gandhinagars Mahatma Mandir marking two decades of structured and sustainable urban transformation in the stateAs part of the occasion PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of development projects worth Rs 5536 crore These include housing health urban planning and infrastructure initiatives aimed at boosting the states future readinessRecalling his launch of the Urban Development Year 2005 as the then Chief Minister of Gujarat PM Modi formally announced the Urban Development Year 2025 a new phase of the urban transformation initiative The plan aims to further strengthen urban infrastructure sustainable living and civic amenities across GujaratBeginning his address with chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai the Prime Minister reflected on his recent visit across Gujarat Yesterday I was in Vadodara Dahod Bhuj Ahmedabad and today in Gandhinagar I could feel the patriotic fervour everywhere every hand held a Tricolour and every heart was filled with nationalism It was an unforgettable sight not just in Gujarat but across the nationIn a significant and emotionally charged portion of his speech PM Modi addressed the longstanding issue of terrorism stemming from PakistanIn 1947 when Maa Bharati was divided the chains of colonial rule should have been broken but instead the country was split into three parts On that very night the first terror attack began in Kashmir A part of our nation PoK was taken away under the cover of terrorism Sardar Patel had wanted the army not to stop until PoK was taken back But no one listened to him he saidPM Modi sharply criticised decades of tolerance towards terrorism saying For 75 years we tolerated proxy wars Tourists pilgrims civilians wherever they found a chance they attacked Tell me should we keep tolerating this Goli ka jawab gole se dena chahiye Or should we respond to bullets with bombsReinforcing Indias commitment to peace the Prime Minister added We believe in Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam the world is our family We want peace for our neighbours too But when provoked repeatedly India has to remind the world that this India is also a land of warriorsAmong the key announcements was the efoundation laying of a 1800bed hospital in Ahmedabads Civil Medical campus to be built at a cost of Rs 588 crore significantly enhancing healthcare capacity in the regionAdditionally health infrastructure worth Rs 672 crore was inaugurated including a satellite centre of the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in GandhinagarThe Rs 84 crore facility located within the Gandhinagar Civil Hospital campus will serve patients from North Gujarat and neighbouring regions with stateoftheart cardiac and neurocare servicesThe event in Gandhinagar reinforced PM Modis longterm vision of inclusive modern and resilient urban development integrating infrastructure health and heritage while responding to the evolving challenges of the nation IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/for-75-years-we-tolerated-proxy-wars-pm-modi-618241.html Tue, 27 May 2025 12:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/man-killed-in-blast-in-amritsar-terror-link-suspected-618263.html Chandigarh May 27 An explosion in a residential colony on the Majitha Road Bypass in Punjabs Amritsar city on Tuesday killed a man who was there to collect a consignment The police are probing a terror angle and suspect the man of being linked to a terrorist organisationThe incident took place near Decent Avenue Colony on the Majitha Road BypassEyewitnesses heard a loud sound of the blast As locals rushed to the spot and informed the police officials from Sadar police station and a bomb disposal squad reached the spotThe man who was killed in the explosion has yet to be identifiedDeputy Inspector General of Police Border Range Satinder Singh said The person who was injured is a member of a terrorist organisation and he had come to retrieve the explosive consignment We have received a lot of clues Further investigation is underway Babbar Khalsa and the ISI are active in Punjab and most likely he is a member of Babbar KhalsaA team from the Forensic Science Laboratory was at the spot to collect samples of the explosive he saidAccording to media reports the mans arms were blown off in the blastInitially treated as a case of mishandling explosive material officials are probing a terror angle too However the police are suspecting that the man believed to be a scrap dealer might have been attempting to dismantle an old bomb found among metal waste which exploded during the processThe injured man was rushed to the hospital in critical conditionSenior Superintendent of Police Amritsar Rural Maninder Singh said the man was retrieving some explosive material when the blast occurred possibly due to mishandling However he said the man might be linked to a terror outfitAs the probe continued panic gripped the areaMore details were awaited IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/man-killed-in-blast-in-amritsar-terror-link-suspected-618263.html Tue, 27 May 2025 14:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/wars-never-solve-any-problem-talks-do-says-farooq-abdullah-in-pahalgam-618288.html Srinagar May 27 IANS Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the ruling National Conference NC Dr Farooq Abdullah said on Tuesday that wars have never solved any problem and all problems can be resolved through talks onlynbspSpeaking to reporters at the Pahalgam tourist resort Dr Abdullah said If I speak in favour of talks I am labelled as a Pakistani or an American agent I belong to this country and this is my country We have seen many wars but no solutions have been reached through those wars Be it Ukraine or Palestine or any other international problem talks are the only way to reach a solutionHe said the situation is very peaceful in Kashmir and the air is pure and clean in places like PahalgamnbspCome and enjoy the air and the beauty of this place The situation is very peaceful and while the temperature outside the Valley is 37 degrees Celsius it is soothing 25 degrees here he saidnbspAfter an overnight stay in Pahalgam Dr Abdullah played a game of golf at the picturesque Pahalgam golf course on TuesdaynbspDr Abdullah is in Pahalgam when his son Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is chairing a special cabinet meeting in Pahalgam as a symbolic gesture to convey that JampampK cannot be cowed down by violence and terrorismThe special cabinet meeting the first such meeting outside Srinagar or Jammu since Omar Abdullah took over as the chief minister in October 2024 is being held to send a powerful message that Pahalgam is peaceful and tourists are welcome herenbspThe chief minister will also meet some stakeholders in Pahalgam to express his support for the revival of the shattered tourist industry in KashmirnbspThe tourist town has been deserted since April 22 when LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists killed 26 innocent civilians including 25 tourists and a localnbspThe heinous attack outraged the country and the Indian Armed Forces carried out precisionguided targeted strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir PoK https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/wars-never-solve-any-problem-talks-do-says-farooq-abdullah-in-pahalgam-618288.html Tue, 27 May 2025 16:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-will-not-tolerate-nuke-blackmail-sanjay-jha-led-delegation-in-singapore-618289.html Singapore May 27 IANS The allparty parliamentary delegation led by Janata Dal United MP Sanjay Jha on Tuesday conveyed that India will give a fitting reply if there is a terrorist attack on its soil and will not tolerate any nuclear blackmailnbspDuring their meeting with Sim Ann Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs of Singapore the parliamentarians highlighted the importance of Operation Sindoor and the fight against Pakistansponsored crossborder terrorismCondemning all acts of terrorism Sim Ann extended Singapores support to India in the fight against terrorism She further stated that Singapore and India are close partners and will continue efforts to further strengthen bilateral cooperation according to the Indian High Commission in SingaporenbspMeanwhile during the engagement Jha briefed the Singaporean side on Indias stance on the events following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack the subsequent launch of Operation Sindoor and the new normal in strategy against terrorismnbspHe highlighted that the Indian delegation brings representatives of different political parties together to convey the nations united resolve against terrorismThe delegation members conveyed that the terrorist attack in Pahalgam was an attempt to disturb the trajectory of peace development and normalcy in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir The Government of India deemed it essential that the perpetrators and planners of the April 22 terror attack be brought to justice In response to this heinous act of terror India launched Operation Sindoor specifically targeted against the terrorist infrastructure Indias response was measured nonescalatory proportionate and responsible said the Indian High Commission in Singapore in a statementThe delegation members requested Singapores support in the fight against terrorism particularly at multilateral fora like the United Nations and Financial Action Task Force As close friends and partners India and Singapore will continue to work closely on regional and global issues including on the issue of terrorism the statement addednbspLater in the day the Jhaled delegation met with senior representatives from the Singaporean government academia media and businesses briefing the interlocutors on the developments since the Pahalgam attacknbspThe delegates appreciated the presence of Singapores Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and Members of Parliament Vikram Nair and Saktiandi Supaat and their support towards India in fighting terrorismOur allparty parliamentary delegation held wideranging discussions with senior representatives from the Singaporean government academia media and business We briefed interlocutors on developments following the Pahalgam terror attack Operation Sindoor and Indias resolute new normal in combating terrorism We thank Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and MPs Vikram Nair and Saktiandi Supaat for their presence and support in strengthening bilateral cooperation in the global fight against terrorism Jha posted on XnbspThe delegation led by Jha includes BJP MPs Aparajita Sarangi Brij Lal Hemang Joshi and Pradan Baruah Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee CPIM Rajya Sabha member John Barittas senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid and Former Indian Ambassador to France Mohan Kumar https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/india-will-not-tolerate-nuke-blackmail-sanjay-jha-led-delegation-in-singapore-618289.html Tue, 27 May 2025 16:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorism-is-pakistans-deliberate-war-strategy-india-to-respond-accordingly-pm-modi--618290.html Gandhinagar May 27 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said terrorism was not a proxy war but a deliberate war strategy adopted by Pakistan and India will respond to it accordingly Refusing to make any distinction between nonstate and state actors in Pakistan Modi said the neighbouring country is engaging in war by continuing to support terrorismnbspVasudhaiva Kutumbakam the world is one family is our sanskar value imbibed through tradition we want happiness for our neighbours too but if you challenge our strength then India is also a land of heroes Modi said speaking at an urban development programme of the Gujarat government hereWe can not call this a proxy war as those who were killed after May 6 during Operation Sindoor were given state honors in Pakistan Pakistani flags were draped over their coffins and their military saluted them This proves that these terrorist activities are not just a proxy war this is a deliberate war strategy on their part the prime minister saidnbspIf they are engaging in war then the response will be accordingly he saidnbspModi was on his first visit to Gujarat after Operation Sindoor undertaken by the Indian armed forces to strike terrorism bases in Pakistan in response to the terrorist attack in PahalgamDuring his visit to Vadodara Dahod Bhuj Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar he experienced fervour of patriotism with the roar of success of Operation Sindoornbsp he said adding that this feeling could be seen across the countrynbspnbspA single thorn can cause constant pain even if a body is strong otherwise the prime minister said adding India made up its mind to remove the thorn of terrorism and did it with utmost convictionnbspWe should have killed the Mujahideens who entered Kashmir in 1947 and then the present situation would not have arisen he said referring to the incursions in Kashmir immediately after IndependencenbspnbspDuring Partition Maa Bharati Mother India was divided into two and that very night the first terror attack on Kashmir was launched by Mujahideens Modi said adding that with the help of these terrorists Pakistan captured a part of Mother IndianbspSardar Patel was of opinion then that the Indian army should not have stopped until PakistanOccupied Kashmir PoK was reclaimed Howevernbsp Patels advice was not heeded They Pakistan and terrorists backed by it tasted blood said the prime ministernbspThis legacy of terrorism has continued for the last 75 years and the terror attacks in Pahalgam was another horrific form of it Despite playing diplomatic games Pakistan repeatedly faced Indias military strength in war On three occasions Indias armed forces decisively defeated Pakistan making it clear that Pakistan could not triumph in a direct military conflict with India Modi saidnbspRealizing its limitations Pakistan resorted to proxy warfare pushing trained terrorists into India and targeting innocent and unarmed civilians including pilgrims he saidIndia has only kept the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and Pakistan is already feeling the heat the prime minister further saidnbspIndia has always pursued progress and welfare of all offering assistance to its neighbours in times of crisis However despite these efforts the nation has often faced violent attacks he saidnbspnbspWhile dams were constructed on rivers falling under the Indus Water Treaty on our side they were not maintained properly and desilting was neglected for sixty years Modi said adding that gates meant for regulation of the water flow were left unopened leading to a drastic reduction in storage capacity to merely two to three percentnbspIndian people must receive their rightful access to water he said adding that while significant steps are yet to be taken initial measures have been initiatednbspIndia seeks no hostility and aspires to peace and prosperity The country is committed to progress and is contributing to global wellbeing With firm determination India remains dedicated to the welfare of its citizens he saidnbspWhen he took over as prime minister in 2014 India was the 11th largest economy and it rose to the fourth position over the last 11 years despite facing challenges such as the COVID19 pandemic difficulties with neighboring countries and natural calamities Modi notednbspAgencies https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/terrorism-is-pakistans-deliberate-war-strategy-india-to-respond-accordingly-pm-modi--618290.html Tue, 27 May 2025 16:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-commander-manish-yadav-killed-in-jharkhand-encounter-617991.html Latehar Jharkhand May 26 CPI Maoist commander Manish Yadav carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh was killed in an encounter with police and security forces in the forests of Latehar district Jharkhand officials said on Monday Another top Maoist Kundan Kharwar who carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh was arrested during the operationThe encounter took place in the Dauna and Karamkhar forest area under the Netarhat police station limits and lasted from late Sunday night to early Monday morningAccording to Latehar SP Kumar Gaurav police had received intelligence inputs about the movement of armed Maoist squads in the regionActing on this a joint team of district police and security personnel launched a search operation late Sunday nightAs the team advanced Maoists opened fire Security forces retaliated leading to a fierce gun battle that continued intermittently for nearly three hours After the firing ceased the body of a slain Naxalite was recovered later identified as Manish YadavDuring the combing operation Kundan Kharwar another senior Maoist with a Rs 10 lakh bounty was apprehended Several weapons were also seized from the encounter sitePolice said the Maoist group had gathered in the forest to plan a major attackThis marks the second major success for Latehar Police in their ongoing antiMaoist operations within the past three daysOn May 24 in an encounter in the Ichwar forest two Maoists Pappu Lohara Rs 10 lakh bounty and Prabhat Lohara Rs 5 lakh bounty were gunned down and another injured rebel was capturedThese militants were reportedly affiliated with the banned outfit Jharkhand Sangharsh Mukti MorchaEarlier on April 21 eight Maoists including commander Prayag Manjhi who carried a reward of Rs 1 crore were killed in an encounter with police and security forces in the Lugu Hills of Bokaro district IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/top-maoist-commander-manish-yadav-killed-in-jharkhand-encounter-617991.html Mon, 26 May 2025 11:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/stand-united-in-shared-commitment-against-terrorism-says-baijayant-panda-after-meeting-kuwaits-deputy-pm--618060.html Kuwait City May 26 IANS The Indian delegation led by BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda met Kuwaits Deputy Prime Minister Sherida Abdullah Saad AlMaousharji on Monday apprising him of Indias recent actions to combat crossborder terrorismnbspBoth sides reaffirmed their zerotolerance approach to terrorismnbspIndia and Kuwait stand united in our shared commitment against terrorism Along with our allparty delegation colleagues called on His Excellency Sherida Abdullah Saad Al Maousharji Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs to brief him on Indias recent actions to combat crossborder terrorism and reaffirm our joint zerotolerance approach Panda posted on XThey also paid floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian EmbassynbspPaying tribute to Gandhijis enduring message of peace nonviolence and tolerance the Embassy posted on XnbspAfter concluding a successful and productive visit to the West Asian country of Bahrain the allparty delegation led by Panda arrived in Kuwait for a twoday visit earlier in the day as part of the Operation Sindoor outreach campaign to highlight Indias continued fight against Pakistansponsored crossborder terrorismThe delegation led by Panda includes BJP MP Nishikant Dubey BJP MP Phangnon Konyak BJP MP Rekha Sharma All India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi BJP MP Satnam Singh Sandhu former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and former Indian diplomat Harsh Vardhan ShringlanbspIndian Ambassador to Kuwait Adarsh Swaika welcomed the delegation at the airport on their arrival in KuwaitThe delegation will be interacting with the senior officials from the government of Kuwait as well as prominent members of civil society influencers think tanks media professionals and representatives of the Indian diaspora during their stay in KuwaitnbspPreviously during their Bahrain visit the delegation interacted with several quarters of the Bahraini society to brief them on the significance of Operation SindoornbspThey also interacted with the Indian diaspora as well as conveyed Indias unified and unwavering stand against terrorism https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/stand-united-in-shared-commitment-against-terrorism-says-baijayant-panda-after-meeting-kuwaits-deputy-pm--618060.html Mon, 26 May 2025 16:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/guyana-stands-unequivocally-with-india-vice-president-bharrat-jagdeo-617969.html Georgetown May 26 Guyana stands unequivocally with India the nations VicePresident Bharrat Jagdeo told the visiting delegation of Indian Members of Parliament on Sunday We are against terrorism and we believe that all those who perpetrate terrorist acts must be brought to justice Jagdeo said after meeting with the team of MPs led by Shashi TharoorIt was an excellent visit and I assured the delegation that Guyana stands unequivocally with you he addedIn a post on social media platform X Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who is leading a ninemember delegation here echoed that it was an excellent meeting and said that he expressed strong sympathy and understanding for Indias concerns in the wake of recent events the terrorist massacre of 26 people at Pahalgam by Pakistanlinked terrorists and Indias Operation Sindoor against terrorism infrastructure based in Pakistan and in areas it occupies in KashmirMonday is Guyanas 59th Independence Day and we will be present at the midnight speech by the President Irfaan Ali tonight Tharoor said on Monday in an X postEmphasising national unity across the political spectrum against terrorism the team is headed by Tharoor from the opposition Congress Party and includes Shambhavi of the Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Sarfaraz Ahmad of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Milind Murli Deora of the Shiv Sena as well as Shashank Mani Tripathi Bhubaneswar Kalita and Tejasvi Surya of the Bharatiya Janata Party and GM Harish Balayogi of the Telugu Desam Party a National Democratic Alliance partnerThe delegation now in Guyana is one of the seven teams of members of Parliament fanning out across the world to convey Indias position in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front an affiliate of the Pakistanbased LashkareToibaAfter Indias Operation Sindoor struck the terrorist headquarters Pakistan launched an attack on India that also hit civilian targets like places of worship including temples gurdwaras and a convent and a medical facility escalating the conflictThe Tharoorled delegation had a meeting with the Indian diasporaBJP Tejasvi Surya said on X Members of the Indian community at Georgetown Guyana welcomed our Parliamentary delegationWe also met with representatives of many spiritual organisations like the Art of Living ISKCON and the Brahma Kumaris he wroteThey serve as the spiritual and cultural anchor for the Indian community hereDuring the meeting with Guyanese VicePresident Jagdeo Tharoor said they also discussed economic cooperation between India and Guyana a fastdeveloping country whose rise is fueled by the discovery of oil in its watersOur conversation also spanned a range of topics relating to Guyanas recordbreaking 30 per cent annual economic growth and development plans following the discovery of oil and gas he said on XIndias High Commisson in Guyanas capital Georgetown said on X that the MPs delegation elaborated Indias position on Pahalgam OperationSindoor and the Indus Water Treaty underlining Indias resolute policy of ZeroToleranceForTerrorismJagdeo offered Guyanas unwavering support to Indias fight against terrorism it added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/guyana-stands-unequivocally-with-india-vice-president-bharrat-jagdeo-617969.html Mon, 26 May 2025 07:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/kanimozhi-led-delegation-arrives-in-slovenia-to-convey-indias-message-on-counter-terrorism-617982.html Ljubljana May 26 The allparty parliamentary delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has arrived in Slovenia as part of Indias Operation Sindoor global outreach campaign The delegation was briefed by Indian Ambassador to Slovenia Amit Narang on Monday regarding Indias relations with the European country and stance against crossborder terrorismIndia and Slovenia share a warm and friendly relationship marked by mutual trust and shared values As a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council Slovenia is also playing an important role in global discussions on counterterrorism and the promotion of global peace Indias message of national unity on zero tolerance for crossborder terrorism will further strengthen bilateral cooperation on ending terror globally the Indian Embassy posted on X on MondayThe delegation a part of Indias global diplomatic outreach campaign to highlight the significance of Operation Sindoor and Indias continued fight against Pakistansponsored crossborder terrorism was received by Ambassador Amit Narang and Embassy officials on their arrival in SloveniaThe Kanimozhiled parliamentarians include Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai BJP MP Captain Brijesh Chowta Retd RJD MP Prem Chand Gupta AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal and Former Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN Ambassador Manjeev Singh PuriThe delegation reached Slovenia following a successful visit to Russia reaffirming Indias firm stance on combating terrorismOur visit to Moscow Russia has been highly successful We received unwavering support from all quarters government legislature think tanks and media Russia has firmly stood by India in its stand against terrorism and clearly stated that it will not tolerate terror in any form from any soil said Ashok Mittal in a post on XAs we now engage with Slovenia a peaceloving progressive nation we carry forward Bharats strong stance Terrorism anywhere affects peace everywhere India as the worlds 4th largest economy cannot be isolated from global consequences and neither can any other nation We look forward to Slovenias solidarity in this global fight for peace and prosperity the post further added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/kanimozhi-led-delegation-arrives-in-slovenia-to-convey-indias-message-on-counter-terrorism-617982.html Mon, 26 May 2025 10:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mps-team-led-by-tharoor-starts-anti-terrorism-peace-mission-617862.html New York May 25 Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor began on Saturday the peace mission with an allparty team of MPs to proclaim the message that we will not be silenced by terrorism Carrying forth to the world Indias strong message of zerotolerance against terrorism AllParty Delegation led by Dr Shashi Tharoor ShashiTharoor welcomed by Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra AmbVMKwatra in New York NeverForgetNeverForgive OpSindoor the Indian Embassy said in a statement on XThe eight MPs and Taranjit Singh Sandhu the former Indian Ambassador to the US arrived here on the starting leg of the mission across the Americas including the CaribbeanThey were to start with a visit to the 911 memorial at the World Trade Centre to pay tribute to the victims of the worst terror attack on the USThey will also meet there with members of the diasporaThe team will go from here to Guyana Panama Colombia and Brazil before returning to the US for meetings with leaders lawmakers and opinionmakersBefore the team left India Tharoor said The reason we are going is to speak for the nation to speak about this horrendous crisis we were subjected to in which our country was attacked by terrorists in the cruelest possible wayWe need to speak up with clarity and conviction for our country for our response and to give the world the message that we will not be silenced by terrorism he addedIn a display of the nation uniting against terrorism the team is headed by Tharoor from the opposition Congress Party and includes Shambhavi of the Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Sarfaraz Ahmad of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Milind Murli Deora of the Shiv SenaThe other members are Shashank Mani Tripathi Bhubaneswar Kalita and Tejasvi Surya of the BJP and GM Harish Balayogi of the Telugu Desam Party a National Democratic Alliance partnerAfter terrorists from The Resistance Front an affiliate of the Pakistanbased LashkareToiba massacred 26 civilians in Pahalgam India struck terrorist centres in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied KashmirPakistan attacked India targeting civilian structures like places of worship including gurudwaras temples and convents and medical facilities in India leading to an escalation of the conflictStarting the teams tour at the World Trade Centre memorial emphasises the message of Tharoor that we dont want the world to look away either We dont want indifference to try and forward the truthIn the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11 2001 that had links to Pakistan 2731 people were killedOsama bin Laden the leader of alQaeda which carried out the attack was given asylum and government protection by the Pakistan government and was killed in Abottabad by US Navys Elite Seals unitColombia is a country torn by years of terrorism where the antiterrorism message will resonateIts a mission that will one day remind the world that India stands for all the values we need to preserve in the world today of peace of democracy freedom and not of hatred of killing and on terror Tharoor said IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/mps-team-led-by-tharoor-starts-anti-terrorism-peace-mission-617862.html Sun, 25 May 2025 08:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punishment-for-terrorists-amp-sympathisers-should-be-same-jampk-l-g-617877.html Srinagar May 25 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has asserted that the punishment for terrorists and their sympathisers should be the same While laying the foundation stone for a guest house at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar city on Saturday the Lt Governor appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to ensure that elements aiding and abetting terrorists are uprooted from the societyWe need to strike hard at the terror ecosystem Terrorists aides should be identified and they should be given the same punishment as terrorists for inflicting wounds on the soul of Jammu and Kashmir he saidOperation Sindoor avenged the murder of innocent civilians and we avenged the terror attack by punishing the terror state of Pakistan the LG saidThis has enforced our zero tolerance to terrorism Brave soldiers of our armed forces have not only destroyed the terror factories deep inside Pakistan but have also drawn a new red line Now any terror attack will be considered an act of war and Pakistan will be given the harshest punishment for it he assertedLG Sinha added that the kind of protests seen in Jammu and Kashmir against Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack were historicThe Valley echoed with slogans against terrorism he saidThe Lt Governor called for collective efforts to foster the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat and promote unity across communitiesI appeal to those in positions of responsibility in Jammu and Kashmir to stop using terms like local and nonlocal We are all Indians Stop dividing Indians into locals and outsiders You should work to unite people so that a united society can take Jammu and Kashmir to greater heights of growth he advisedIt must be mentioned that among the many previous governors and the Lt governors Manoj Sinha is the first constitutional head of Jammu and Kashmir who speaks of a holistic approach to tackle terrorismHe always speaks of eradicating the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir and not just the number approach to dealing with terrorism by counting the number of terrorists killedAccording to Manoj Sinha the countrys war is against the terror ecosystem which includes the terrorists their over ground workers OGWs and sympathisersThe three offshoots of terrorism are complementarysupplementary to each other and one cannot be finished without weeding out the other twoIn all reviewsecurity meetings he heads Manoj Sinha always talks of dealing with the terror ecosystem as the main tree whose branches are terrorists their OGWs and sympathisers IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/punishment-for-terrorists-amp-sympathisers-should-be-same-jampk-l-g-617877.html Sun, 25 May 2025 11:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/fairpoint-pak-spies-and-rahul-operation-sindoor-churns-out-the-truth-about-them-617917.html New Delhi May 25 There can be no better analogy than the Samudra Manthan to describe Indias Operation Sindoor against terrorpromoting Pakistan Samudra Manthan a significant event in Sanatan Dharma refers to the churning of the ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality It symbolises a cosmic struggle between good and evil ultimately won by the righteousJust as the mythological Manthan yielded nectar for the virtuous Operation Sindoor has unearthed truths that are proving to be eyeopening not only for the world but also for the nation It has exposed Pakistans duplicity regarding terrorism and unmasked individuals working against Indias security and interestsWhile Pakistan is being held accountable for fostering terrorism in India hidden operatives all Indian citizens are being exposed one by one These individuals have been covertly working for Pakistan discreetly passing on sensitive informationThen there are also those on the political spectrum who have made statements that seem to be aimed at undermining Indias antiterror actions Operation Sindoor an unprecedented action has indeed produced mindboggling resultsIt has unmasked individuals within India who were gnawing at the nations security framework Around 15 men and women have been arrested for spying for the neighbouring country These include a YouTuber a security guard a businessman an app developer students and even ordinary peopleAll they needed was a mobile phone to shoot and transmit pictures data or any other information related to defence establishments religious sites railways airports tourist spots or even random locations For most of them money was the primary motivation In some cases honey traps were employed but the demand was always for realtime and archived informationThese accused individuals were recruited into the spy network through various methods social media monetary incentives false promises messaging apps and even personal visits to PakistanMost of these spies fall within the 2040 age group and several were being groomed as longterm assets This is evident in the case of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra from Hisar Haryana who has 385 lakh YouTube subscribers and has travelled to several countries including Pakistan and ChinaEarlier this year she visited Pahalgam in Kashmir where she recorded several videosHer case underscores how Pakistan is leveraging social media influencers for espionage against India Since Operation Sindoor began almost daily a new face has been unmasked people who would otherwise have gone undetectedWhile Operation Sindoor has exposed spies it has also revealed peculiar behaviour from some in the political arena Even as the operation continues Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been persistently attacking the government raising questions such as how many Indian aircraft were shot down He has criticised the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan and questioned who sought mediationNot stopping there Gandhi has also claimed that New Delhis foreign policy has collapsed even as allparty delegations are touring 33 countries to present Indias case that Pakistan sponsors terrorism He even referred to Pakistans shelling in Jammu and Kashmir as a tragedy rather than calling it an act of terrorFollowing his lead other Congress leaders have made statements that have earned praise from Pakistan Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge described Operation Sindoor as a chutput yudh small warThese statements have been widely circulated by Pakistani media and used by its establishment to attack India on international platformsWhy Rahul Gandhi would make such statements while the nation is engaged in counterterror operations is puzzling While scrutiny is essential in a democracy timing and intent are what matter mostOperation Sindoor a successful military operation launched on May 7 to avenge the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack targeted nine terror bases in Pakistan and was carried out jointly by Indias triservicesIt demonstrated Indias military prowess and Pakistans continued support for terrorismThe precision strikes hit only terror bases avoiding civilian and military targets underscoring Indias strategic intent and capabilities However Pakistan retaliated with a sinister move launching swarms of drones into Indian territory and shelling residential areas in Jammu and KashmirOn May 10 in retaliation India destroyed 11 Pakistani airbases shocking its army and government Reports suggest that even some of Pakistans nuclear facilities were damaged in these airstrikesFacing massive destruction Pakistan swiftly pleaded for a ceasefireThis operation has instilled newfound confidence in Indias people and stunned the worldPakistans complicity in terrorism is totally exposed today It has been shown that it is on the side of terrorism From attending the funeral rites of terrorists and giving them state honours the establishment in Pakistan has for the first time exhibited its deep terror networkOperation Sindoor has forced Pakistan to show its true colours to reveal its intent to nurture terrorist factories and spread extremism not only in India but across the globeJust as the mythological Samudra Manthan led to a momentous gain so too has this Operation Sindoor unveiling truths some bitter and some overwhelmingly positive and encouragingDeepika Bhan can be contacted at deepikabiansin IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/fairpoint-pak-spies-and-rahul-operation-sindoor-churns-out-the-truth-about-them-617917.html Sun, 25 May 2025 17:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/imf-likely-to-review-pak-funding-in-2025-second-half-amid-11-new-conditions-617744.html New Delhi May 24 The International Monetary Fund IMF is expected to conduct the next funding review for Pakistan in the second half of 2025 According to an official IMF statement it would maintain ongoing discussions with Pakistani authorities to reach an agreement on the 2026 fiscal year budget termsThe next mission associated with the next Extended Fund Facility EFF and Resilience and Sustainability Facility RSF reviews is expected in the second half of 2025 according to the IMFAn IMF mission led by Nathan Porter has concluded its staff visit which focused on recent economic developments programme implementation and the budget strategy for fiscal year FY 2026We held constructive discussions with the authorities on their FY2026 budget proposals and broader economic policy and reform agenda supported by the 2024 EFF and the 2025 RSF said PorterThe authorities reaffirmed their commitment to fiscal consolidation while safeguarding social and priority expenditures aiming for a primary surplus of 16 per cent of GDP in FY2026 he addedDiscussions also covered ongoing energy sector reforms aimed at improving financial viability and reducing the highcost structure of Pakistans power sector as well as other structural reforms which will help foster sustainable growth and promote a more level playing field for business and investment the IMF statement addedIndia has said it is thankful for the 11 additional conditions imposed by the IMF on Pakistan while clarifying that it is not opposed to financial assistance meant for genuine developmental purposesAt the same time New Delhi has raised serious concerns over the timing of the recent bailout package suggesting that the funds may have indirectly supported Pakistans rising defence spendingThe bailout came when Pakistan was retaliating to Indias Operation Sindoor a military strike on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoKIndia had asked it to reconsider the bailout as Pakistan allows terrorists to use its soil for launching statesponsored attacks against Indian citizensThe IMF has imposed 11 new conditions on Pakistan for the release of the next tranche of its bailout package as the country continues to harbour terrorists IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/imf-likely-to-review-pak-funding-in-2025-second-half-amid-11-new-conditions-617744.html Sat, 24 May 2025 11:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/congress-backs-eam-jaishankars-india-will-never-succumb-to-nuclear-blackmail-remarks--617774.html New Delhi May 24 Congress on Saturday fully backed the External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar who delivered a strong message during his official visit to Germany asserting that India will never yield to nuclear threats and will continue to handle issues with Pakistan on a bilateral basis Jaishankars statement received rare bipartisan support back home with leaders across party lines endorsing his firm diplomatic toneCongress leader Sandeep Dikshit welcomed the statement saying Absolutely right We have always had this right and I would also expect that when we are engaging with countries like Germany we seek their support against Pakistan as well What Pakistan does what its economy is like thats their concern Weve always said that we want good relations with all our neighboursHe added that for the past 3035 years the way Pakistan has promoted terrorism these are outright criminal acts crimes against humanity These countries should also identify Pakistan as a rogue state and act accordingly he saidMeanwhile echoing a similar sentiment Shiv Sena UBT spokesperson Anand Dubey said that EAM Jaishankar is Indias External Affairs Minister and an expert in diplomatic affairs If he is stating in Germany that India will not tolerate terrorism at any cost and wont succumb to Pakistans repeated nuclear threats then this reflects not just the stand of the opposition but the sentiment of the entire nation and our armed forces he saidEAM Jaishankars remarks came days after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 and Indias decisive response through Operation SindoorSpeaking alongside German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul during a joint press conference EAM Jaishankar said I come to Berlin in the immediate aftermath of India responding to the Pahalgam terror attack India has zero tolerance for terrorism India will never give in to nuclear blackmail and India will deal with Pakistan purely bilaterally There should be no confusion in any quarter in that regard We also value Germanys understanding that every nation has the right to defend itself against terrorismGermany also expressed solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism with Minister Wadephul affirming Berlins support and acknowledging Indias right to defend its citizens and sovereignty IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/congress-backs-eam-jaishankars-india-will-never-succumb-to-nuclear-blackmail-remarks--617774.html Sat, 24 May 2025 14:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lebanon-pushes-ahead-with-local-elections-despite-border-conflict-displacement-617829.html Beirut May 24 Lebanon is moving forward with municipal elections in its conflictravaged south on Saturday pressing ahead despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes widespread displacement and severe logistical challenges The vote is held in the governorates of South Lebanon and Nabatieh even as large parts of the border region remain under sporadic fire Tens of thousands have been displaced since the crossborder conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began in October 2023 and basic services have collapsed in many townsInterior Minister Ahmad AlHajjar this week reiterated the governments commitment to asserting sovereignty across all Lebanese territory He said discussions were underway with international mediators to help ensure a calm election day but stressed that Beirut does not wait for guaranteesStill organisers face daunting challenges According to the Southern Border Villages Association the displacement of residents has made voting logistics nearly unmanageable The Interior Ministry says 37 out of 60 border villages remain empty with polling stations relocated to safer areas The association also cited the reluctance of election supervisorslegally required to come from outside the regionto travel to volatile zones due to the threat of Israeli drone strikesThe lack of security coupled with the absence of water electricity and telecom services has created an atmosphere of fear the group said in a statementDespite these hurdles the elections are seen as a key test of Lebanons ability to uphold democratic practices amid escalating conflict Analysts say the vote is also a symbolic assertion of state authority in areas where Hezbollah and its allies wield significant influenceThese elections are not just symbolic said Refaat Badawi a political analyst and former adviser to the late Prime Minister Salim elHoss Municipalities are on the front lines of service delivery aid distribution and reconstruction efforts especially in the neartotal absence of a functioning central governmentThe vote takes place in Hezbollah and Amal strongholds offering a crucial measure of their grassroots support after months of Israeli bombardments Badawi said the results may signal trends ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri also leader of the Amal Movement has urged residents of the south to vote in large numbers in support of his party Xinhua news agency reportedNidal Issa a resident of the border village of Kfarchouba said more than 100 towns have already formed municipal councils unopposed with efforts underway to increase that number to 150 In Marjayoun Bint Jbeil and Hasbaya districts alone 35 councils were created through consensusIn many places parties avoided electoral contests by brokering deals with influential families and clans Issa said It eases tensions and strengthens their grip on local power especially in sensitive border areasIssa also appealed for international monitoring Voting under airstrikes robs people of their right to choose freely he said calling on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the fivenation ceasefire committee to press Israel to halt attacks during the voteAlthough a French and USbrokered ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel has been in place since November 2024 sporadic Israeli strikes have continuedIsrael says its strikes are aimed at neutralizing threats from Hezbollah However the Lebanese government and several Arab states have accused Israel of repeatedly violating the agreement Despite provisions in the ceasefire requiring a full Israeli withdrawal Israeli forces continue to occupy several strategically important positions in southern Lebanon IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/lebanon-pushes-ahead-with-local-elections-despite-border-conflict-displacement-617829.html Sat, 24 May 2025 22:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/shiv-sena-leader-demands-suspension-of-mumbai-turkey-flights-617720.html Mumbai May 24 Shiv Sena Social Media Incharge Rahool Kanal in letters addressed to the Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has made a strong plea for the suspension of flights from Mumbai to Istanbul until Turkey clarifies its stand on terrorism and distances itself from supporting Pakistan He expressed concern on Friday over Turkeys recent actions in supporting Pakistan against Indias fight against terrorism Given the gravity of the situation I strongly believe that India should revaluate its relationship with Turkey he saidMumbai being a significant contributor to Indias tourism industry 36 per cent of total tourism has a substantial impact on international relations Indians are among Turkeys biggest visitors and spenders However until Turkey publicly denounces its support for Pakistan in Indias fight against terrorism I urge the government to consider banning all flight services from Mumbai to Turkey Kanal addedHe said the three flights from Mumbai to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines and one flight by Indigo on May 29 should be suspended Banning these flights would be befitting response to Turkeys actions demonstrating Indias commitment to national security and sovereignty he addedThe potential measures which were suggested were Diplomatic Action immediate suspend of diplomatic relations with Turkey Economic sanctions by restricting trade and investment between the countries Raising the issues on international forums to build global consensus against Turkeys actions and imposing a tourism banAccording to Kanal India accounts for 30 per cent of total tourists in turkey with more than three lakh people visiting the country in 2024Earlier on May 22 Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India expects Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to crossborder terrorism We expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to crossborder terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each others concerns Jaiswal added Following Turkeys alleged support for Pakistan the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security revoked the security clearance of a Turkish firm Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd citing national security concerns Celebi has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against the decision IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/shiv-sena-leader-demands-suspension-of-mumbai-turkey-flights-617720.html Sat, 24 May 2025 03:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/shiv-sena-demands-suspension-of-mumbai-turkey-flights-617721.html Mumbai May 24 Shiv Sena Social Media Incharge Rahool Kanal in letters addressed to the Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has made a strong plea for the suspension of flights from Mumbai to Istanbul until Turkey clarifies its stand on terrorism and distances itself from supporting Pakistan He expressed concern on Friday over Turkeys recent actions in supporting Pakistan against Indias fight against terrorismGiven the gravity of the situation I strongly believe that India should revaluate its relationship with Turkey he saidMumbai being a significant contributor to Indias tourism industry 36 per cent of total tourism has a substantial impact on international relations Indians are among Turkeys biggest visitors and spenders However until Turkey publicly denounces its support for Pakistan in Indias fight against terrorism I urge the government to consider banning all flight services from Mumbai to Turkey Kanal addedHe said the three flights from Mumbai to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines and one flight by Indigo on May 29 should be suspendedBanning these flights would be befitting response to Turkeys actions demonstrating Indias commitment to national security and sovereignty he addedThe potential measures which were suggested were Diplomatic Action immediate suspend of diplomatic relations with Turkey Economic sanctions by restricting trade and investment between the countries Raising the issues on international forums to build global consensus against Turkeys actions and imposing a tourism banAccording to Kanal India accounts for 30 per cent of total tourists in turkey with more than three lakh people visiting the country in 2024Earlier on May 22 Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India expects Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to crossborder terrorismWe expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to crossborder terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each others concerns Jaiswal addedFollowing Turkeys alleged support for Pakistan the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security revoked the security clearance of a Turkish firm Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd citing national security concernsCelebi has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against the decision IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/shiv-sena-demands-suspension-of-mumbai-turkey-flights-617721.html Sat, 24 May 2025 03:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pahalgam-attack-was-done-to-create-fear-psychosis-destroy-tourism-and-create-religious-discord-says-eam-jaishankar-in-berlin-617724.html Berlin May 23 Reiterating Indias zerotolerance for terrorism Indias External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar has said that the Pahalgam terror attack was meant to create fear psychosis in the minds of people destroy tourism economy flourishing in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as well as create a religious discord between communities living in the country EAM Jaishankar made the remarks while speaking at the DGAPs Centre for Geopolitics Geoeconomics and technologyHe also added that no country in the world has approves of terrorism but rather condemned itThe EAM said that Germany also condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and said that India only targeted terrorists headquarters and training centres emanating from its neighbouring country Pakistan and the latter has used terrorism as a statesponsored policy to pressurise IndiaGermany recognises Indias right to defend itself against terrorism EAM Jaishankar saidIndia has zero tolerance for terrorism and will never give in to nuclear blackmail he added on Friday after briefing Germanys top leadership on the new approach to combating crossborder terror backed by PakistanEAM Jaishankar signalled there will be no room for thirdparty mediation in Indias dealings with Pakistan while addressing a news conference with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in BerlinHe shared his remarks on how India and Germany can upgrade their ties as the two countries mark 25 years of their strategic partnership He offered suggestions on collaboration in several areas to take the ties aheadHe said To be here early in the tenure of this government so that we really lose no time in forging a pathway towards taking after 25 years to look at the next 25 years and see where we can take our relationshipListing down the challenges which the modern world has brought forth such as the chips war climate change poverty damage done by the Covid pandemic among othersThe EAM expressed confidence in the IndiaGermany ties to face themHe said The global picture is very challenging for that I would argue that the partnership between India and Germany and India and the European Union of which Germany is a crucial and invaluable member has acquired an importance and a salience much more than it has had beforeSharing his engagements in Germany the EAM noted that the time is ripe to think about the next 25 years and how we can fully realise the potential of IndiaGermany tiesSharing his thoughts on what can be done to upgrade the relationship EAM listed down areas of collaboration The first area he highlighted was A good start would be defence and security Weve had sort of an off and on relationship here There have been times decades ago when there were actually active defence ties between us Then for whatever reason theres a certain conservatism about taking it forward But I have seen that in the last few years once again there is a realisation in both countries that there is something that we have to offer to each other And the defence and security of both countries would be very much stronger through our cooperation And we see this reflected We see this reflected in exercises in the visits of German ships to the IndoPacific and to Indian ports We see it reflected in enhanced export licensing practices in discussions whether there can be further technology and equipment collaboration between our countriesThe second area he brought to attention was talent and mobility to meet demand and demographicsHe highlighted that Indias demographic curve is in the right place to fashion a global workforceThe third area was technology and digital AI and the fourth area being sustainability and green growthHe expressed optimism for trade ties to g to grow between the two countries and an Free Trade Agreement with the EU would help in that regardHe also shared the snippets from the event in a post on X A good interaction dgapev this evening Spoke about India and Germany coming closer to promote global stability security and prosperity Discussed new opportunities in the bilateral relationship as well as with the European Union Preparing for a stronger partnership in a multipolar worldEarlier on Friday morning EAM Jaishankar also conveyed to Chancellor Friedrich Merz Indias appreciation for Germanys solidarity at the time when the country was responding to the Pahalgam attackIndia has zero tolerance for terrorism India will never give in to nuclear blackmail And India will deal with Pakistan purely bilaterally EAM Jaishankar saidThere should be no confusion in any quarter in that regardWadephul said Germany was appalled by the brutal terrorist attack at Pahalgam last month and had condemned this attack on civilians in the strongest termsHe added Germany will support any fight against terrorism Terrorism must never have a place anywhere in the world and this is why we will support everyone who has to fight terrorismEAM Jaishankar said he spoke to Wadephul on May 7 the day Operation Sindoor was launched to target terrorist infrastructure on Pakistani soil and said India values Germanys understanding that every nation has a right to defend itself against terrorismDefence and security was a key part of the talks between the two Foreign Ministers and EAM Jaishankar emphasised Germanys importance as an important partnerWadephul said the two countries share the joint goal of maintaining the rulesbased world orderIndia has a very special importance as a strong actor in security policy in a strategically important region Wadephul saidEAM Jaishankar who is on a threenation tour of Europe that has already taken him to the Netherlands and Denmark met members of the German Bundestag or Parliament on Thursday and discussed Indias firm commitment of combating terrorism in all forms and manifestations IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pahalgam-attack-was-done-to-create-fear-psychosis-destroy-tourism-and-create-religious-discord-says-eam-jaishankar-in-berlin-617724.html Sat, 24 May 2025 07:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-terrorists-cannot-hide-behind-claim-that-they-are-civilians-india-617725.html United Nations May 24 India has declared that Pakistanbased terrorists cannot claim immunity from antiterrorism action by asserting that they are civilians Let us be clear Protection of civilians should not serve as an argument for protection of UNdesignated terrorists Indias Permanent Representative to the UN P Harish told the UN Security Council on Friday Pakistan has repeatedly used the civilian cover to advance the cause of terrorism he said Speaking at a Security Council debate on emerging threats to civilians and protecting them Ambassador Harish dismissed Pakistans claims that civilians were targeted during Operation Sindoor by drawing attention to the open nexus between terrorists and the Pakistani government and military A nation that makes no distinction between terrorists and civilians has no credentials to speak about protecting civilians Harish said We just recently saw senior government police and military officials pay respects at the funeral of noted terrorists targeted by Operation Sindoor he added Pakistan militarys top brass including Lieutenant General Fayyaz Hussain Shah and Major General Rao Imran and Punjab Police Inspector General Usman Anwar were among those who attended the funerals of terorrists killed in the Operation Sindoor strikes including Hafiz Abdur Rauf a senior leader of the LashkareToiba LeT who is designated a terrorist by the US government Pakistan retaliated to the strikes on terrorists by deliberately shelling Indias border areas killing more than 20 civilians Ambassador Harish said There was intentional targeting of places of worship including gurudwaras temples and convents as well as medical facilities he added To preach at this body after such behaviour is grossly hypocritical he saidRegrettably during armed conflict civilians including women and children are used as human shields for military operations and terrorist activities Therefore it is paramount that the international community resolves to take concrete actions towards the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions that have been previously adopted he addedIndia underscored that any attack on civilians and humanitarian workers is a grave violation of International Law in particular International Humanitarian Law The existing legal framework concerning the protection of civilians cannot be overlookedRespect for principles of the UN Charter including sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States should remain the basis for all actions taken by the Council for the protection of civilians IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pakistan-terrorists-cannot-hide-behind-claim-that-they-are-civilians-india-617725.html Sat, 24 May 2025 08:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-2nd-missile-from-yemen-in-one-day-617518.html Jerusalem May 23 Israels military has said that a missile launched from Yemen had been intercepted by the countrys aerial defence system marking the second missile attack by Houthi forces on Israel within the same day The missile launched around Thursday noon triggered air raid sirens in the Jerusalem area several settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Dead Sea region Israeli police saidIsraels Magen David Adom rescue service reported that no injuries were sustained Xinhua news agency reportedA missile launched from Yemen was intercepted the military said in a statement adding that sirens were activated in accordance with protocolOvernight between Wednesday and Thursday the military also intercepted another missile launched from Yemen toward IsraelHouthi forces in Yemen have pledged to cease attacks on US vessels but have continued firing missiles at Israel citing solidarity with Palestinians in GazaThe ongoing Israeli offensive which began 19 months ago has resulted in the deaths of more than 53000 people according to Gaza health authoritiesIsrael has conducted a series of retaliatory airstrikes in Yemen including one in May on the capital Sanaa which damaged the main international airport and left several people deadThe Houthis took responsibility for both missile attacks saying it had targeted Ben Gurion AirportThe Iranbacked group also claimed to have launched two drones at Israel Thursday overnight There were no reports of drones reaching Israel from Yemen on WednesdayOn Friday the Israeli Air Force struck the Houthicontrolled Hodeida and Salif ports in Yemen in response to the Iranbacked groups repeated attacks on IsraelThe Houthis vowed to respondEarlier this month a Houthi missile slipped through air defences and landed in the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport injuring six people none of them seriouslyA slew of international carriers promptly halted services to Israel though some have since said they will resume operationsIsrael responded to that attack with strikes on Sanaa airport causing an estimated 500 million worth of damageThe Houthis whose slogan calls for Death to America Death to Israel and a Curse on the Jews began attacking Israel and general maritime traffic in November 2023 a month after the October 7 Hamas massacreThe Houthis held their fire when a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas in January 2025 By that point they had fired more than 40 ballistic missiles and dozens of attack drones and cruise missiles at Israel including one that killed a civilian and wounded several others in Tel Aviv in July prompting Israels first strike in YemenSince March 18 when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip the Houthis in Yemen have launched 37 ballistic missiles and at least 10 drones at Israel Several of the missiles have fallen short IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-2nd-missile-from-yemen-in-one-day-617518.html Fri, 23 May 2025 03:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pak-army-spokesman-parrots-hafiz-saeeds-comments-warns-india-over-indus-waters-treaty-suspension-617526.html Islamabad May 23 Pakistani military spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has issued a warning to India similar to that used by LashkareToiba LeT terrorist Hafiz Saeed He was speaking at a public gathering over Indias decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance till Islamabad abjures terrorism and stop aiding funding and supporting terrorist groups emanating from its soilChaudhry reportedly made the comments during a speech at a university in PakistanReferring to Indias recent move to suspend the watersharing treaty following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam he said If you block our water we will choke your breathHis statement mirrors the hostile rhetoric used by LeT founder Hafiz Saeed the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks known for his inflammatory speeches against India and the USIn a video making rounds on social media X Hafiz Saeed can be heard saying those same wordsThe statements come as India suspended parts of the Indus Waters Treaty on April 23 a day after the terror attack in Pahalgam killed 26 peopleThe treaty signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank governs the sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries between the two countriesMeanwhile New Delhi has repeatedly said blood and water cannot flow together talk and terror cannot go together signalling a tougher stance on Pakistans alleged support for crossborder terrorismSuspension was a part of countermeasures taken against Islamabad including Operation Sindoor on May 7 that targeted nine terror hideouts in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied KashmirIndias Ministry of External Affairs MEA on Thursday declared that any future dialogue with Pakistan will focus solely on the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory in Jammu and KashmirMEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated firmly that terror and talks cant coexist highlighting that India remains open only to discussions on the extradition of wanted terrorists already listed and shared with IslamabadClarifying Indias stance on the Kashmir issue Jaiswal underlined Any bilateral discussion will only be on the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by PakistanSpeaking on the suspended Indus Waters Treaty IWT Jaiswal confirmed that the agreement will remain in abeyance until Pakistan takes credible and irreversible steps to stop supporting terrorismHe echoed Prime Minister Modis statement Water and blood cannot flow together indicating a hardening of Indias position on the historic watersharing agreementIn a related development two staff members of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi were declared persona non grata for activities deemed inconsistent with their official statusOne has already left India and the other was given 24 hours to do so Jaiswal said underscoring the seriousness of their misconductEarlier on Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Rajasthans Bikaner where he delivered a stern warning to IslamabadHe said Pakistan would have to struggle for every penny if it continued to support terror and that it would not get Indias rightful share of water under the current treaty termsPlaying with the blood of Indians will now cost Pakistan heavily PM Modi added IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/pak-army-spokesman-parrots-hafiz-saeeds-comments-warns-india-over-indus-waters-treaty-suspension-617526.html Fri, 23 May 2025 08:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/only-india-pak-need-to-settle-this-directly-eam-jaishankar-dismisses-trumps-mediation-claim-617528.html New Delhi May 23 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has rejected US President Donald Trumps claim that he played a role in mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and clarified that the recent ceasefire was a result of direct dialogue between the two countries without any thirdparty intervention Speaking on the matter in the Netherlands during a media interview EAM Jaishankar said This is something that only India and Pakistan need to settle directlyHe reiterated that India is open to dialogue with Pakistan but only under serious terms that prioritise an end to crossborder terrorism We are always ready to talk but the talks must be serious and should focus on stopping terrorism he addedJaishankars comments come in response to Trumps earlier remarks where the former US President claimed that the United States had helped broker peace in what he described as a thousandyear conflict between the two South Asian nationsHowever India has consistently maintained that the Kashmir issue and related tensions are bilateral matters and do not require external mediationIn a recent interview Jaishankar delved into the historical complexities of the IndiaPakistan relationship which dates back to the Partition in 1947He stated that Pakistans pattern of hostility began when it sent fighters disguised as tribal militias into Kashmir fighters who were later identified as Pakistani soldiers some in uniform and some notOver many years Pakistan has followed a path of extremism and has used terrorism across the border to put pressure on India Jaishankar remarkedTensions between the two neighbouring nations spiked again following a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 which claimed the lives of 26 people including one Nepali national In response India launched Operation Sindoor a precision counterterror strike targeting nine key terror hubs across Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoKAccording to official sources over 100 terrorists affiliated with notorious outfits like JaisheMohammed LashkareTaiba and Hizbul Mujahideen were neutralised in the operation IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/only-india-pak-need-to-settle-this-directly-eam-jaishankar-dismisses-trumps-mediation-claim-617528.html Fri, 23 May 2025 09:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-in-jampks-kishtwar-no-fresh-firing-617542.html Jammu May 23 Joint security forces continued antiterrorist operations on Friday in Jammu and Kashmirs Kishtwar district even as no fresh firing exchanges were reported from the area The security forces launched the operation against a group of 3 to 4 terrorists reportedly hiding in the Singhpora Chatroo area of Kishtwar district Thursday morningOne soldier was martyred in the encounter between the joint forces and the terrorists while two other soldiers were injuredArmys Nagrota headquartered White Knight Corps said on X on Friday In a solemn ceremony Chief of Staff WhiteKnightIA paid tribute to Braveheart Sep Gaykar Sandip Pandurang who made the supreme sacrifice in the finest traditions of the IndianArmyHis courage and sacrifice will inspire generations of soldiersOfficials said on Friday that firing stopped Thursday evening and there has been no exchange of fire thereafterA massive search operation was launched jointly by the Special Operations Group of JampK Police the Army and paramilitary forces to track down the terrorists hiding in the dense forest Additional troops have been inducted and operations are ongoing to neutralise the terrorists officials saidThe JampK Director General of Police DGP Nalin Prabhat also visited the SinghporaChatroo area where a major antiterrorism operation is currently underwayThe DGP personally visited the dense forests and mountainous terrain encouraged the deployed personnel and issued directions to ensure that all terrorists involved are dealt with strictly and brought to justice said an officialHe said DGP Prabhat lauded the synergy among all security agencies and reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the Jammu and Kashmir Police to maintaining peace and order in the region through sustained and focused operationsIt must be recalled that Joint forces have been involved in aggressive operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisers in Jammu and KashmirThese operations were intensified after April 22 when LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists segregated tourists on the basis of religion and killed 26 civilians including 25 tourists and a local in Baisaran meadow of PahalgamThe cowardly terrorist act outraged the entire nation India launched precisionguided targeted attacks on terrorist infrastructure in Muridke near Lahore Bahawalpur Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoKPakistan responded by heavy mortar shelling on the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IB in JampK targeting civilian facilitiesAt least 200 houses and shops were destroyed in Pakistani shelling while hundreds of border residents were forced to abandon their villages to move to safer locations The border residents have not fully returned to their homes yet as the security forces are still defusing unexploded Pakistan shells in Poonch Rajouri Baramulla and Kupwara districtsIndia responded positively to a ceasefire after the DGMOs of the two countries reached an understanding on June 12But Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has made it clear that the understanding will be respected only as long as Pakistan does not allow any terrorist activity on its soil against India IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/anti-terrorist-operation-continues-in-jampks-kishtwar-no-fresh-firing-617542.html Fri, 23 May 2025 11:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/rahul-gandhi-to-visit-families-affected-by-pak-shelling-in-poonch-tomorrow-617571.html Jammu May 23 Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the families affected by Pakistan shelling in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Saturday Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh said on X Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Shri RahulGandhi will be visiting Poonch tomorrow May 24th to meet the families bereaved during the shelling by Pakistan very recently Earlier on April 25 he had visited Srinagar where he met the injured people and other concerned parties in the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam He also met the Lieutenant Goverand the Chief MinisterPoonch Rajouri Baramulla and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir suffered the worst damage to civilian lives and property due to heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan in retaliation for Indias targeting of terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir PoKOperations against terrorists were intensified after April 22 when LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists segregated tourists on the basis of religion and killed 26 civilians including 25 tourists and a local in Baisaran meadow of PahalgamThe cowardly terrorist act outraged the entire nation India launched precisionguided targeted attacks on terrorist infrastructure in Muridke near Lahore Bahawalpur Kotli and Muzaffarabad in PoK Pakistan responded by heavy mortar shelling on the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IB in JampK targeting civilian facilitiesAround 200 houses and shops were destroyed in Pakistani shelling while hundreds of border residents were forced to abandon their villages to move to safer locationsThe border residents have not fully returned to their homes yet as the security forces are still defusing unexploded Pakistan shells in Poonch Rajouri Baramulla and Kupwara districtsIndia reached an understanding with Pakistan on the ceasefire and the DGMOs of the two countries spoke on June 12But Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has made it clear that the understanding will be respected only as long as Pakistan does not allow any terrorist activity on its soil against India IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/rahul-gandhi-to-visit-families-affected-by-pak-shelling-in-poonch-tomorrow-617571.html Fri, 23 May 2025 12:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/op-sindoor-a-result-of-pm-modis-political-will-intel-inputs-and-armys-striking-potential-amit-shah-at-bsf-event-617583.html New Delhi May 23 IANS Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Operation Sindoor has completely exposed Pakistan before the world and proved that the terrorism in India is PakistansponsorednbspnbspSpeaking at the 22nd Border Security Force BSF Investiture Ceremony and the Rustamji Memorial Lecture he praised the Indian Armed Forces and also credited Prime Minister Narendra Modis leadership for transforming Indias counterterrorism strategy and enabling decisive actions like Operation SindoorHighlighting Indias restraint and precision he said We neither destroyed any Pakistani military installation nor did we ever target an airbase We only and only destroyed terrorist camps those who committed crimes on our landnbspShah credited the success of Operation Sindoor to a combination of leadership intelligence and military capabilitynbspOperation Sindoor is the result of our Prime Ministers firm political will the precise intelligence from our informationgathering agencies and the Armys remarkable display of striking capability When these three come together we get Operation Sindoor he saidShah stated that Pakistan stands completely exposed after Operation SindoornbspDue to Operation Sindoor and the events that followed Pakistan now stands completely exposed The terrorism in India is Pakistansponsored When the terror camps in Pakistan were targeted it was the Pakistani army that responded The world witnessed that when the funerals of the killed terrorist leaders were held senior officers of the Pakistan Army were not only present but were also seen carrying their coffins and participating in the prayers the Home Minister told the BSF gatheringReflecting on Indias evolving security doctrine post2014 Shah said For decades the country has been facing terrorism Pakistan carried out several attacks but there was no appropriate response In 2014 when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister the first major attack happened in Uri targeting our soldiers and we responded with a surgical strike When the Pulwama attack occurred the Indian Army gave a strong response through an airstrike Once again we eliminated terrorist hideoutsThe Home Minister praised the Indian Armed Forces for their swift and strategic response following the terror attack in PahalgamnbspAll over the world many places have responded to terrorist attacks But the response that India has given is in a way different When the attack on Pahalgam happened we launched Operation Sindoor In just few minutes of the operation we destroyed 9 terrorist bases of which 2 were their headquarters Shah saidnbspFurther acknowledging BSFs contribution HM Shah said When it was decided that one force will provide security on one border BSF was given the responsibility of guarding the two most difficult borders Bangladesh and Pakistan and given your capabilities you have secured it very well https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/op-sindoor-a-result-of-pm-modis-political-will-intel-inputs-and-armys-striking-potential-amit-shah-at-bsf-event-617583.html Fri, 23 May 2025 14:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/op-sindoor-outreach-russia-stands-in-solidarity-with-india-for-elimination-of-terrorism-617595.html Moscow May 23 Condemning the heinous April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam Russia on Friday said that it stands in solidarity with India for elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations Moscows stand was conveyed as an allparty delegation from India led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met with senior members of the Russian Federation Council including Andrey Denisov First Deputy Chair of the Committee on International Affairs in the Russian capital to reaffirm the united stand against terrorism During the meeting the Russian side strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam and reiterated its solidarity with India in the global fight against terrorism in all its formsThe AllParty Delegation led by Honble MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation met with First Deputy Chair of the Committee on International Affairs HE Mr Andrey Denisov and other senators The Russian side condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and stated that Russia stands in solidarity with India for elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations Russia and India have shared position in the fight against terrorism the Embassy of India in Russia posted on XTogether in the fight against terrorism the post addedEarlier in the day the delegation was briefed by Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar on various aspects of bilateral relations ahead of their commencement of official engagements highlighting Indias strong resolve in fighting terrorism in all its forms under the global outreach campaign of Operation SindoorAmbassador Vinay Kumar briefs MPs Kanimozhi Rajeev Rai Brijesh Chowta Prem Chand Gupta Ashok Kumar Mittal and Ambassador Manjeev Puri on various aspects of IndiaRussia relations before they start the official engagements the Embassy of India in Russia posted on XEarlier on Friday the third highlevel delegation led by Kanimozhi arrived in Moscow to convey Indias firm stance in combating terrorism and was received by Indian Ambassador Vinay KumarThe delegation led by Kanimozhi Karunanidhi includes Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai BJP MP Captain Brijesh Chowta Retd RJD MP Prem Chand Gupta AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal and former Ambassador of India to the EU Belgium Luxembourg and Nepal Former Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN Ambassador Manjeev Singh PuriOn arrival at Moscows Domodedovo Airport the Members of Parliament Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Rajeev Rai Captain Brijesh Chowta Prem Chand Gupta Ashok Kumar Mittal Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri welcomed by Ambassador of India to Russia Vinay Kumar A busy schedule of meetings and interactions awaits them in Moscow on 2324 May 2025 the Indian Embassy in Russia posted on XTheir visit comes under Indias unprecedented diplomatic campaign to expose Pakistans sustained role in crossborder terrorism following the April 22 Pahalgam attackIn the context of the Indian governments continued efforts under Operation Sindoor and in furtherance of Indias principled and resolute stand against the menace of terrorism an AllParty Delegation comprising Members of Parliament and a senior diplomat is undertaking a visit to Russia from May 22 to May 24 2025 The delegation would carry forth the countrys strong message of zerotolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestations the Embassy of India in Russia said in a statement on Thursday IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/op-sindoor-outreach-russia-stands-in-solidarity-with-india-for-elimination-of-terrorism-617595.html Fri, 23 May 2025 15:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/andhra-police-begin-questioning-terror-suspects-after-bomb-plot-detected-617597.html Visakhapatnam May 23 The Vizianagaram police in Andhra Pradesh on Friday took into custody two men arrested last week in connection with an alleged terror plot and were being questioned A day after the Vizianagaram District Court remanded SirajurRehman and Sayeed Sameer to police custody for a week the police took them into their custody from Visakhapatnam Central Jail and shifted them to Vizianagaram for questioningSenior officials including the incharge Superintendent of Police Madhava Reddy were questioning the accused to probe further the alleged terror plotThe National Investigation Agency NIA which is also investigating the case may also interrogate the accused about their links with terror groups in India and abroadThe duo is likely to be questioned about the plot and the activities of AlHind Ittehadul Muslimeen floated by them The investigating officials will be trying to gather information about their contacts in Andhra Pradesh Telangana and other statesSiraj was arrested by Vizianagaram police following the recovery of explosives at his residence on May 17 The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of a second suspect Sayeed Sameer in HyderabadSameer was brought to Vizianagaram and the duo were sent to judicial custody for 14 daysThey have been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 and also under the Explosive Substances Act of 1908The two suspects had allegedly procured explosives online and were planning a trial of explosions near VizianagaramAccording to police Siraj is an engineering graduate from Vizianagaram while Sameer is a lift operator and is a resident of Bhoiguda in SecunderabadThe two suspects had allegedly formed a group by the name AlHind Ittehadul Muslimeen to carry out their activities The organisation reportedly has 12 members in cities like Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru Hyderabad and WarangalMeanwhile NIA and intelligence officials carried out searches late Thursday night at Tadigadapa in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh They reportedly searched a house in which seven people were stayingThe officials reportedly picked up a few suspects and whisked them away Their identity was not known It was also immediately not clear if the search was related to a terror plot busted by the Vizianagaram policeFollowing the Pahalgam terror attack and its aftermath police and intelligence agencies are maintaining a tight vigil on suspects IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/andhra-police-begin-questioning-terror-suspects-after-bomb-plot-detected-617597.html Fri, 23 May 2025 15:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/condemn-in-strongest-terms-eam-jaishankar-on-killing-of-israeli-diplomats-in-washington-617339.html Copenhagen May 22 IANS External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of two Israeli diplomats outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington expressing heartfelt condolences to the bereaved familiesnbspThe victims a male and a female staff member of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were fatally shot by an unidentified assailant as they exited the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night local time US Homeland Security confirmed the deaths with authorities saying that the lone suspect has been taken into custodyCurrently visiting Denmark EAM Jaishankar took to X to convey Indias solidarity with Israel and called for swift justicenbspCondemn in the strongest terms the killing of Israeli diplomats in Washington DC Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and colleagues The perpetrators must be brought to justice he postednbspAll Israeli missions around the world including in New Delhi also lowered the flag to halfmast expressing grief over the attack and in memory of the deceasedIn profound sorrow we lower the flag today to remember Yaron and Sarah victims of a brutal terrorist act in Washington DC May their memory be a blessing the Embassy of Israel in India posted on XnbspEarlier US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the shooting calling it a senseless actnbspTwo Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share Please pray for the families of the victims We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice she posted on XFormer US President Donald Trump also issued a sharp condemnation of the attack calling it an act rooted in hatred and antiSemitismnbspPosting on Truth Social he said These horrible DC killings based obviously on antisemitism must end now Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA Condolences to the families of the victims So sad that such things as this can happen God Bless You allnbspAuthorities in Washington have launched a multiagency investigation treating the incident as a hate crime motivated by antiSemitismAccording to Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith the suspect identified as 30yearold Elias Rodriguez from Chicago opened fire on a group of four people with a handgun fatally hitting the two Israeli staffersnbspChief Smith added that Rodriguez was observed pacing outside the museum before the attacknbspAfter the shooting the suspect entered the museum and was detained by event security she statednbspOnce in handcuffs the suspect identified where he discarded the weapon and that weapon has been recovered and he implied that he committed the offence she addednbspAccording to police while being taken into custody Rodriguez chanted slogans such as Free Palestine Free Palestine suggesting ideological motives behind the act https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/condemn-in-strongest-terms-eam-jaishankar-on-killing-of-israeli-diplomats-in-washington-617339.html Thu, 22 May 2025 16:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-meets-danish-counterpart-rasmussen-hails-denmarks-support-against-terrorism-617345.html Copenhagen Denmark May 22 External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar met the Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen here on Wednesday local time to discuss India and Denmark relations and also lauded Denmarks strong solidarity and support on combatting terrorism Delighted to meet FM Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Copenhagen this evening Denmarks strong solidarity and support on combatting terrorism has been truly commendable Our wideranging conversation on bilateral ties and global issues testifies to the strength of our relationship EAM Jaishankar said on Wednesday evening in a post on XThe EAM arrived here on Tuesday evening in the second leg of his threenation tour to the Netherlands Denmark and GermanyEarlier in the day the EAM met with the Speaker of the Danish Parliament Folketing Soren Gade expressing appreciation for Denmarks solidarity against terrorismA very warm meeting with Speaker Soren Gade in Copenhagen today Appreciate his solidarity as India resolutely combats terrorism Also value his sustained support for building IndiaDenmark relations EAM Jaishankar said in another post on XLater on Wednesday EAM Jaishankar engaged with the Indian community in Copenhagen noting their role in enhancing cultural connectionsGreat to meet with Indian community representatives in Copenhagen They hold the Indian flag high in Denmark and shape our positive image in this country he addedEAM Jaishankar arrived in Denmark on Wednesday after concluding a successful twoday official visit to the Netherlands from May 19 to 20Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen received the EAM and key discussions focused on advancing the IndiaDenmark Green Strategic PartnershipThis underscored both nations commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation and addressing global challengesFollowing this Jaishankar met with Morten Bodskov the Danish Minister for Industry Business and Financial Affairs in CopenhagenBoth Ministers discussed deepening existing areas of cooperation and exploring new possibilitiesI was Pleased to meet Minister for Industry Business and Financial Affairs Morten Bodskov in Copenhagen today We discussed deepening existing areas of cooperation and exploring new possibilities EAM Jaishankar wrote on XEAM Jaishankar is on an official visit to the Netherlands Denmark and Germany from May 19 to 24In a post on X EAM Jaishankar thanked Prime Minister Frederiksen for warmly receiving him in CopenhagenDuring the meeting EAM Jaishankar also conveyed personal greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-meets-danish-counterpart-rasmussen-hails-denmarks-support-against-terrorism-617345.html Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-projectile-fired-from-gaza-military-617351.html Jerusalem May 22 Israels military has said it intercepted a projectile launched from the Gaza Strip as fighting escalated across the besieged enclave under its widening military campaign In a statement on Wednesday the military said the projectile was fired from northern Gaza and intercepted by the Israeli Air ForceAir raid sirens sounded in the Lakhish area of southern Israel Xinhua news agency reportedThere were no reports of casualtiesNo group has claimed responsibility for the launchThe incident comes days after two rockets were fired from central Gaza on SundayIsraels military said one was intercepted while the other landed in an open areaThe Israeli militarys spokesperson Lt Colonel Avichay Adraee warned residents of the northern areas of Gaza to head south for safety ahead of an imminent attack in response to the rocket fireThe IDF will act with force in the area from which rockets were fired Terror groups especially Hamas are responsible for the suffering of civilians Your your own safety head to the south Adraee said in his postAccording to the Israel Defense Forces a single projectile launched from the northern Gaza Strip was intercepted by the air defence after crossing into Israeli territoryThe IDF confirmed there were no injuries in the incident and said it is continuing to investigate the detailsThe Ashkelon Municipality also reported that one rocket was intercepted and said no unusual incidents or damage were recorded in the cityThe Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack stating it was carried out in response to what it called the Zionist massacre against our Palestinian peopleIn a statement the group said it had bombed Ashdod and Ashkelon with a barrage of rockets as retaliationThe exchanges follow the launch of Israels latest offensive Operation Gideons Chariots which Palestinian health authorities said has killed hundreds in its first five daysThe Gazabased health authorities reported on Wednesday that 53655 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its military campaign more than 19 months ago IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/israel-intercepts-projectile-fired-from-gaza-military-617351.html Thu, 22 May 2025 18:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/if-pak-continues-to-export-terrorists-it-will-have-to-beg-for-every-penny-pm-modi-617392.html Bikaner May 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that if Pakistan continues to foster terrorism the rogue state will have to beg for every penny He mentioned that Pakistan attempted to target the Nal Air Force Station in Bikaner but the Indian armed forces thwarted the attempt and delivered a powerful counterstrike by destroying Pakistans Rahim Yar Khan air baseAddressing a massive public rally in Bikaner Rajasthan the Prime Minister praised the Indian Army Navy and Air Force for their coordinated and courageous response during Operation Sindoor which he described as a strong signal to the world against terrorismWhen I came here from Delhi I landed at Nal Air Force Station Pakistan tried to target this airbase earlier but failed to even touch it Just across the border Pakistans Rahim Yar Khan air base is now in the ICU No one knows when or if it will function again PM Modi declared as crowds enthusiastically chanted ModiModi and Bharat Mata Ki JaiHe reiterated Indias firm stance against terrorism saying there would be no talks or trade with Islamabad unless it relinquishes its illegal occupation of KashmirIf there is to be any talk it will be on PoK If Pakistan continues to export terrorists it will be left begging for every penny It will not get a single drop of Indian water he said asserting that playing with the blood of Indians will cost Pakistan dearlySpeaking during the launch and foundation laying of developmental projects worth over Rs 26000 crore PM Modi said that Indias holistic vision of Viksit Bharat includes both security and developmentReferring to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians he said Terrorists tried to insult the sindoor of our mothers and sisters Those bullets were fired in Kashmir but they pierced the hearts of 140 crore IndiansIn response India acted with unmatched swiftness and strength Within just 22 minutes we destroyed nine highvalue terror hideouts Our government gave full freedom to all three armed forces and they created a strategy that made Pakistan bow he addedIn a powerful conclusion the Prime Minister said The world now knows what happens when sindoor turns into barood gunpowder This is the resolve of 140 crore Indians and no force in the world can stop us from fulfilling it IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/if-pak-continues-to-export-terrorists-it-will-have-to-beg-for-every-penny-pm-modi-617392.html Thu, 22 May 2025 18:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/soldier-killed-two-injured-in-ongoing-gunfight-in-jampks-kishtwar-617425.html Jammu May 22 A soldier was killed and two others injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between the joint security forces amp terrorists in JampKs Kishtwar district officials said Officials said that the soldier was martyred in the encounter in the Singhpora Chatroo area of KishtwarArmy jawan martyred in ongoing Kishtwar encounter has been identified as Sepoy Gaykar Sandip Pandurang resident of village Karandi tehsil Akole Ahmednagar district Maharashtra The injured soldiers have been shifted to the hospital The encounter is going on an official saidEarlier reports had said that two terrorists were killed in this encounter However the report has still not been officially confirmedJoint forces including 2 Para 11 Rashtriya Rifles 7 Assam Rifles and the Special Operations Group SOG of JampK Police started the operation against JaisheMohammad JeM terrorists reportedly three to four in number in the Singhpora Chatroo area in the morningOfficials said that the joint security forces launched a cordon and search operation CASO after getting specific information about the presence of a group of three to four terroristsThe cordon was tightened to engage the terrorists and to ensure that they are unable to escape As the joint forces came closer the hiding terrorists opened fire triggering an encounter which is now going on Three to four JaisheMohammad JeM terrorists are reported to be holed up an official said earlierNaming the operation Op Trashi the White Knight Corps of the Indian Army in a post on its X handle said Contact has been established with terrorists during a joint operation with JmuKmrPolice at Chhatru Kishtwar today morning Additional troops have been inducted and operations are ongoing to neutralize the terroristsJoint forces have started aggressive operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisers in Jammu and KashmirThese operations were intensified after April 22 when LashkareTaiba LeT terrorists segregated tourists on the basis of religion and killed 26 civilians including 25 tourists and a local in Baisaran meadow of PahalgamThe cowardly terrorist act outraged the entire nation India launched precisionguided targeted attacks on terrorist infrastructure in Muridke near Lahore Bahawalpur Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoKPakistan responded by heavy mortar shelling on the Line of Control LoC and the International Border IB in Jammu and Kashmir targeting civilian facilities A total of 200 houses and shops were destroyed in Pakistani shelling while hundreds of border residents were forced to abandon their villages to run to safer locationsThe border residents have not fully returned to their homes yet as the security forces are still defusing unexploded Pakistan shells in Poonch Rajouri Baramulla and Kupwara districtsIndia agreed to a ceasefire arrived at by the DGMOs of the two countries on June 12But Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has made it clear that the understanding will be respected only as long as Pakistan does not allow any terrorist activity on its soil against India He said that this was a probation period for Pakistan IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/soldier-killed-two-injured-in-ongoing-gunfight-in-jampks-kishtwar-617425.html Thu, 22 May 2025 19:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/indus-treaty-will-remain-in-abeyance-until-pakistan-abjures-support-for-cross-border-terrorism-mea-617446.html New Delhi May 22 IANS India on Thursday reiterated that any IndiaPakistan engagement has to be bilateral at the same time making it clear once again that the Indus Waters Treaty IWT will remain in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for crossborder terrorismnbspAny IndiaPakistan engagement has to be bilateral At the same time I would like to remind you that talks and terror dont go together On terrorism itself as I had said earlier we are open to discussing the handing over to India of noted terrorists whose list was given to Pakistan some years ago Ministry of External Affairs MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated during a weekly media briefing in New DelhiI would also like to underline that any bilateral discussion on Jammu and Kashmir will only be on the vacation of illegallyoccupied Indian territory by Pakistan On the question of the Indus Waters Treaty I am again repeating myself it will remain in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for crossborder terrorism As our Prime Minister has said water and blood cannot flow together trade and terror also cannot go together he addedIndias strong response came a few hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif proposed Saudi Arabia as a neutral venue for talks with India stating that the United States could take lead as a mediator between the two countriesnbspTalking to journalists in Islamabad Sharif said that if there are going to be talks between India and Pakistan they will be at the National Security Advisors NSA level adding that the agenda of the talks would be focused on Kashmir water terrorism and tradeShehbaz also said that the tensions between India and Pakistan are deescalating in phases since the Director General of Military Operations DGMO on both sides started engaging with each othernbspIf talks were held between the two arch rivals the National Security Advisor will lead Pakistans side in the process Saudi Arabia can be a neutral venue with the US leading mediations But India has not agreed to any neutral venue for talks till now he saidThe agenda of the talks would be Kashmir water trade and terrorism These will be the key points during PakistanIndia talks Sharif addednbspEarlier in the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated Indias firm stance against terrorism saying there would be no talks or trade with Islamabad unless it relinquishes its illegal occupation of KashmirnbspIf there is to be any talk it will be on Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK If Pakistan continues to export terrorists it will be left begging for every penny It will not get a single drop of Indian water he said while addressing a massive public rally in Rajasthans BikanernbspPM Modi also made it clear that playing with the blood of Indians will cost Pakistan dearly https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/indus-treaty-will-remain-in-abeyance-until-pakistan-abjures-support-for-cross-border-terrorism-mea-617446.html Thu, 22 May 2025 19:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-theatre-of-absurd-pakistan-talks-of-river-issue-while-unsc-debates-maritime-security-617219.html United Nations May 21 While the Security Council was debating maritime security and expressing concern over terrorism on the seas on Tuesday Pakistan tried to bring up a river issue the Indus water That was in keeping with Islamabads total obsession with matters relating to India regardless of the topic of discussion which often makes for a theatre of the absurdWithout directly naming India but referring to it as one major country Pakistans Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said it displayed a concerning propensity to usurp and weaponise shared natural resources including transboundary rivers in flagrant breach of treaty obligations and the principles of good neighbourlinessAfter the terrorist group The Resistance Front based in and backed by Pakistan massacred 26 people in Pahalgam last month India put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyanceSmarting under the action Ahmad said India was leveraging geography to the detriment of the lower riparian state that is PakistanBy avoiding mentioning by name and using innuendos he tried to avoid India using the right of reply to expose the assertionsIndias Permanent Representative P Harish who spoke in the session contemptuously ignored itAhmad pouted over Pakistans exclusion from the Indian Ocean Rim Association IORA a 23member group of nations that besides cooperating on a range of maritime issues also take a strong stand against terrorismThe coercive diplomacy of the one major country has led to the systematic exclusion of neighbouring states from regional maritime security frameworks including the Indian Ocean Rim Association he gripedIndia took the initiative to found the IORA and objects to Pakistans membership because of its terrorism links As Pakistan is unable to afford an aircraft carrier and is dependent on the arms alms of China and Turkey Ahmad also complained about what he called the aggressive naval expansion by the one major country IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/in-theatre-of-absurd-pakistan-talks-of-river-issue-while-unsc-debates-maritime-security-617219.html Wed, 21 May 2025 09:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/important-to-expose-paks-proxy-war-against-india-to-the-world-says-bjps-sanjay-jha-617233.html New Delhi May 21 BJP MP Sanjay Jha on Wednesday stressed the importance of exposing Pakistans longstanding proxy war against India as the rogue nation continues to fuel crossborder terrorism He will head to Japan on Wednesday night leading a multiparty delegation as part of Indias diplomatic counteroffensive highlighting the countrys fight against terrorism and the strategic significance of Operation SindoorJha joined by MPs Aparajita Sarangi and Brij Lal from the BJP Abhishek Banerjee and John Barla from the Trinamool Congress and Salman Khurshid from the Congress will embark on a highlevel mission to five key East and Southeast Asian countries Japan May 22 South Korea May 24 Singapore May 27 Indonesia May 28 and Malaysia May 31Speaking to IANS Jha said There are two things First the country has been facing terrorism for decades This terrorism has always come from across the border from Pakistan This is not a hidden thingIn the past whether it was the 2008 Mumbai attacks or the Pulwama attack India always shared all the information and invited them to join the investigation But if we share data with the thief can we expect justice from them The Pakistan government itself funds the terrorists trains them through the army plans and executes it This is like a proxy war against India he saidReferring to the recent military action he said Now India has clearly said in Operation Sindoor that enough is enough Nine terrorist camps were completely destroyed by our Air Force personnel The pictures that are coming out have all the information Even a state funeral was organised for the terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor and Pakistani Army personnel attended itJha reiterated Indias new approach stating Just like the Prime Minister has said that Operation Sindoor is the new normal India will not tolerate terrorism but it will continue its fight against it and end it from the rootsThanking the government for involving leaders across political lines he added We thank the Prime Minister for involving leaders from across the political spectrum in these seven delegations India stood united during Operation Sindoor be it the government or the Opposition When we go abroad we dont represent our parties but IndiaThis global campaign follows the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam and Indias strong military and diplomatic response India is sending seven delegations to 25 countries aimed at presenting evidence of Pakistans involvement in crossborder terrorism and reaffirming Indias zerotolerance stanceIn parallel to Jhas group another delegation led by MP Shrikant Shinde is set to visit the UAE Congo Sierra Leone and Liberia Meanwhile a third group headed by DMK leader Kanimozhi will begin their mission on Thursday travelling to Russia Slovenia Greece Latvia and SpainThese delegations composed of leaders from various political parties and supported by senior diplomats are tasked with conveying Indias unified and unambiguous message against terrorism and strengthening international cooperation in combating the threat IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/important-to-expose-paks-proxy-war-against-india-to-the-world-says-bjps-sanjay-jha-617233.html Wed, 21 May 2025 11:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/important-to-expose-paks-proxy-war-against-india-to-the-world-says-sanjay-jha-617246.html New Delhi May 21 Janata DalUnited MP Sanjay Jha on Wednesday stressed the importance of exposing Pakistans longstanding proxy war against India as the rogue nation continues to fuel crossborder terrorism He will head to Japan on Wednesday night leading a multiparty delegation as part of Indias diplomatic counteroffensive highlighting the countrys fight against terrorism and the strategic significance of Operation SindoorJha joined by MPs Aparajita Sarangi and Brij Lal from the BJP Abhishek Banerjee and John Barittas from the Trinamool Congress and Salman Khurshid from the Congress will embark on a highlevel mission to five key East and Southeast Asian countries Japan May 22 South Korea May 24 Singapore May 27 Indonesia May 28 and Malaysia May 31Speaking to IANS Jha said There are two things First the country has been facing terrorism for decades This terrorism has always come from across the border from Pakistan This is not a hidden thingIn the past whether it was the 2008 Mumbai attacks or the Pulwama attack India always shared all the information and invited them to join the investigation But if we share data with the thief can we expect justice from them The Pakistan government itself funds the terrorists trains them through the army plans and executes it This is like a proxy war against India he saidReferring to the recent military action he said Now India has clearly said in Operation Sindoor that enough is enough Nine terrorist camps were completely destroyed by our Air Force personnel The pictures that are coming out have all the information Even a state funeral was organised for the terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor and Pakistani Army personnel attended itJha reiterated Indias new approach stating Just like the Prime Minister has said that Operation Sindoor is the new normal India will not tolerate terrorism but it will continue its fight against it and end it from the rootsThanking the government for involving leaders across political lines he added We thank the Prime Minister for involving leaders from across the political spectrum in these seven delegations India stood united during Operation Sindoor be it the government or the Opposition When we go abroad we dont represent our parties but IndiaThis global campaign follows the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam and Indias strong military and diplomatic response India is sending seven delegations to 25 countries aimed at presenting evidence of Pakistans involvement in crossborder terrorism and reaffirming Indias zerotolerance stanceIn parallel to Jhas group another delegation led by MP Shrikant Shinde is set to visit the UAE Congo Sierra Leone and Liberia Meanwhile a third group headed by DMK leader Kanimozhi will begin their mission on Thursday travelling to Russia Slovenia Greece Latvia and SpainThese delegations composed of leaders from various political parties and supported by senior diplomats are tasked with conveying Indias unified and unambiguous message against terrorism and strengthening international cooperation in combating the threat IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/important-to-expose-paks-proxy-war-against-india-to-the-world-says-sanjay-jha-617246.html Wed, 21 May 2025 12:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-forces-eliminate-25-maoists-in-chhattisgarhs-abujhmad-617264.html Raipur May 21 Security forces have reportedly eliminated 25 Maoists in the dense Abujhmad forest of Chhattisgarhs Narayanpur district and were recovering their bodies and weapons The operation is ongoing along the border of Dantewada Narayanpur and Bijapur districts with highranking Maoist cadres among those killed police sources saidThe number may be 26 or even more the police sources said further However speaking to IANS Prabhat Kumar Superintendent of Police Narayanpur said The number of eliminated Maoists is not confirmed as the encounter is going on we will inform laterAuthorities had received intelligence about the presence of Basava Raju a politburo member and general secretary of a Maoist organisation in the Boter area of Abujhmad A bounty of Rs 15 crore had been placed on himSpecial forces including DRG jawans from Dantewada Bijapur Narayanpur and Kondagaon were mobilised for the operation which led to an encounter in the early morning hours the sources saidEarlier the police had shared details of the Karregutta operation in a press conference revealing that security forces had neutralised 31 Maoists over a 24day offensive in the Karregutta mountains on the ChhattisgarhTelangana borderThe casualties included 16 female and 15 male Maoists Among the slain politburo members is Nambala Keshav Rav alias Gaganna 67 from Andhra Pradesh who carried a Rs 15 crore bounty The officer has also not confirmed itMupalla Laxman Rao alias Ganpati 70 from Telangana Kattam Sudarshan alias Anand 68 Malojulla alias Bhupati 60 Mishir Besra 63 from Jharkhand and Thippari Tirupati alias Devji 64 from Telangana are the most wanted Maoists in the area These individuals were senior figures in the Maoist organisation some of them have been either killed or have abscondedAn extensive crackdown in Karregutta hills underscores the sustained efforts of security forces in tackling insurgency marking a significant development in the ongoing conflictOperation in Abujhmad by DRG Narayanpur Dantewada Bijapur and Kondagaon is based on the securing of intelligence regarding the presence of a big cadre of Maoists in the Maad divisionAs many as 26 Maoists including three carrying rewards totalling Rs 45 lakh surrendered to security forces earlier last month alongside five female Maoists in NarayanpurThe five female Maoists who surrendered in Narayanpur were active in various regional committees and carried a reward of Rs one lakh each These women expressed a desire to abandon the path of violence and return to normalcy due to years of hardship in the forests and disillusionment with Maoist ideologyOfficials hailed this as a positive step and hoped it would inspire others to follow suitIn a significant development 24 Maoists including 14 with a combined bounty of Rs 2850 lakh on their heads surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on MondayAccording to a senior official this surrender coincides with an ongoing extensive antiMaoist operation involving approximately 24000 security personnel in the Karregutta hills of Bijapur near the Telangana border since April 21Among those who surrendered were 11 women said the officials The Maoists reportedly expressed disillusionment with the harsh Maoist ideology the atrocities inflicted on local tribal communities by the ultras and internal discord within the outlawed group IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/security-forces-eliminate-25-maoists-in-chhattisgarhs-abujhmad-617264.html Wed, 21 May 2025 13:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/cong-leaders-giving-oxygen-to-pak-with-anti-india-remarks-sudhanshu-trivedi--617273.html New Delhi May 21 IANS The series of controversial statements by Congress leaders in the backdrop of Operation Sindoor is neither a coincidence nor a slip of tongue but rather it is part of a planned and wellcoordinated strategy for fanning antiIndia sentiments said BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi on WednesdaynbspThe BJP national spokesperson speaking to the media scoffed at Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his depiction of Operation Sindoor as chutput small war and said that this shows the depraved mentality of the INDIA blocHe further said that such statements by Mallikarjun Kharge Rahul Gandhi and other members of the INDIA bloc are giving oxygen to Pakistan and also leveraging it to build on its antiIndia rhetoricnbspBy merely keeping the alliance name as the INDIA bloc one doesnt become Indian at heart Their statements are being lapped up by Pakistani media as well as its ruling dispensation and are being used to push antiIndia narrative globally he remarkedThe BJP leader pointing to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifs onrecord acceptance of Indian missiles hitting their Nur Khan airbase and stated INDIA bloc leaders continue to live in denial and are only focused on questioning our own forcesnbspHe alleged that Congress leaders hold scant respect for the forces and their recent conduct and instances show how they have been pandering to antiIndia forcesHe said that leaders of the INDIA bloc including Rahul Gandhi have become popular on Pakistani channelsnbspINDIA bloc is nothing more than a facade The way its leaders are getting space on Pakistani channels it is increasingly turning into Popular Front of Pakistan claimed Sudhanshu TrivedinbspThere is a cutthroat competition in the Congress party to get popular on Pakistani channels Its leaders are in a race to see who can fetch more TRP on Pak channels he added https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/cong-leaders-giving-oxygen-to-pak-with-anti-india-remarks-sudhanshu-trivedi--617273.html Wed, 21 May 2025 14:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hm-amit-shah-lauds-security-forces-effort-to-eliminate-27-maoists-in-chhattisgarh-617284.html Raipur May 21 IANS As security forces have neutralised 27 Maoists in Chhattisgarh Union Home Minister Amit Shah has termed it as a landmark achievement in the battle to eliminate NaxalismnbspSharing the information on his X handle Shah said Today in an operation in Narayanpur Chhattisgarh our security forces have neutralised 27 dreaded Maoists including Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basava Raju the general secretary of CPIMaoist topmost leader and the backbone of the Naxal movementHe further said that this was the first time in three decades of Bharats battle against Naxalism that a general secretaryranked leader has been neutralised by our forces I applaud our brave security forces and agencies for this major breakthrough Also glad to share that after completion of Operation Black Forest 54 Naxalites have been arrested and 84 Naxalites have surrendered in Chhattisgarh Telangana and MaharashtraHM Shah reaffirmed that the Modi government is resolved to eliminate Naxalism before March 31 2026nbspSpeaking to IANS Prabhat Kumar Superintendent of Narayanpur said the encounter had been going on since Tuesday morningnbspAccording to senior police officials security forces eliminated 27 Maoists in the Abujhmad forest in Narayanpur district on Wednesday morning All 27 bodies and weapons have been recovered Basava Raju who had a bounty of Rs 15 crore on his head was also among the Maoists killed A DRG District Reserve Guard jawan was martyred in the firingAn encounter is going on at the border of Dantewada Narayanpur and Bijapur districts The police had received information that Naxalite politburo member and Naxalite organisation general secretary Basava Raju was present in Boter of Abujhmad On this basis the force was dispatched As soon as the jawans reached Boter of Abujhmad the Maoists opened fire on themnbspState Home Minister Vijay Sharma has described this operation of the security forces as a big success HM Shah had earlier last month made an appeal in Bastar to Maoists to return to mainstream and partake in development activities He also clarified that forces will not come back or make any conditional compromise https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/hm-amit-shah-lauds-security-forces-effort-to-eliminate-27-maoists-in-chhattisgarh-617284.html Wed, 21 May 2025 16:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/indias-diplomatic-offensive-against-pak-begins-sanjay-jha-led-delegation-departs-today-617210.html New Delhi May 21 India is set to launch an extensive global outreach campaign aimed at exposing Pakistans alleged role as a hub of international terrorism As part of this initiative the first set of allparty parliamentary delegations will begin their visits abroad starting Wednesday with the team led by JDU leader Sanjay Kumar Jha departing for Japan tonight The delegations primary objective is to present concrete evidence of Pakistansponsored terrorism and articulate the rationale behind Indias recent military action Operation SindoorThis delegation which includes MPs from across the political spectrum Aparajita Sarangi and Brij Lal from the BJP Abhishek Banerjee and John Barla from the Trinamool Congress TMC and Salman Khurshid from the Congress will visit five key nations in East and Southeast Asia Japan May 22 South Korea May 24 Singapore May 27 Indonesia May 28 and Malaysia May 31The global campaign comes in the wake of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam and the subsequent ceasefire announcement under Operation SindoorIndia aims to brief international stakeholders about Pakistans alleged support for crossborder terrorism leveraging a broadbased diplomatic push involving leaders from multiple political partiesIndia will send delegations to all members of the United Nations Security Council UNSC including permanent members such as the US UK France and Russia as well as nine nonpermanent members whose terms are concluding this year or the next However no delegations are being dispatched to Pakistan or ChinaForeign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed three of the seven delegations departing between Wednesday and Thursday Apart from Jhas group another team led by Shrikant Shinde will travel to the UAE Congo Sierra Leone and Liberia A third group headed by DMKs Kanimozhi will begin their mission on Thursday visiting Russia Slovenia Greece Latvia and SpainNotably all seven delegations comprising leaders from different parties and distinguished diplomats will apprise the nations globally about Indias strong message of zero tolerance against terrorism and also the governments firm resolve to combat terrorism in all forms and manifestations IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/indias-diplomatic-offensive-against-pak-begins-sanjay-jha-led-delegation-departs-today-617210.html Wed, 21 May 2025 06:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-meets-dutch-pm-dick-schoof-thanks-netherlands-for-strong-stand-against-terrorism-617092.html The Hague May 20 IANS External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar on Tuesday met with the Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof in The Hague thanking him for the European nations unequivocal condemnation of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir which had resulted in the death of 26 innocent civiliansnbspThe two leaders also discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation across various sectorsFollowing the meeting Jaishankar posted on X Delighted to call on PM Dick Schoof today in The Hague Conveyed the warm greetings of PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for the Netherlands firm and resolute stance against terrorism Appreciate his commitment to taking the IndiaNetherlands partnership to newer heights Assured that our teams will work hard to achieve these goalsThe visit comes as part of Jaishankars sixday official tour to the Netherlands Denmark and Germany from May 19 to 24 The meeting with Schoof marks one of the key highlevel engagements during the Netherlands leg of the tripnbspPM Schoof in his own post on X stated Good to receive the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs S Jaishankar at the Catshuis First of all I expressed my support for Indias fight against terrorism after the terrible attack last month in Pahalgam It is good for all parties that the violence between India and Pakistan has not escalated furtherIn addition we discussed the Strategic Partnership This concerns longterm cooperation between the Netherlands and India in areas such as trade innovative technology agriculture and security In a changing world it is important for both the Netherlands and India that we can continue to count on each other I look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Modi to our country soon to discuss this further he addedEarlier Jaishankar met with the Indian diaspora in The Hague and praised their contributions in strengthening ties between the two nations He also met Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans with whom he discussed shared security concerns and the potential for a bilateral defence partnershipnbspJaishankar also held wideranging talks with Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp in The Hague on Monday focusing on expanding bilateral cooperation and working together more closely with the European UnionThe two foreign ministers exchanged views on global developments in the context of an increasingly multipolar worldnbspIn addition to his official meetings Jaishankar also interacted with leading strategic thinkers and experts in The Hague with the discussions centered around future pathways for deeper IndiaNetherlands engagement across geopolitical economic and defence domains https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/eam-jaishankar-meets-dutch-pm-dick-schoof-thanks-netherlands-for-strong-stand-against-terrorism-617092.html Tue, 20 May 2025 14:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gujarat-ats-arrests-suspect-from-nadiad-in-cyber-terrorism-crackdown-617142.html Ahmedabad May 20 The Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squad ATS has arrested a suspect from Nadiad for alleged involvement in antinational cyber activities The accused identified as Jasim Ansari has been taken into custody along with his associate both suspected to be part of a broader cyber conspiracyAccording to ATS sources the duo was allegedly involved in an attempt to target Indian government websites during Operation SindoorThe suspects are accused of associating with antiIndia groups with the intent to disrupt the official digital infrastructureAmong the sites targeted was the Aadhaar card portal which they allegedly attempted to hack Investigators revealed that both accused are matriculationlevel passouts who reportedly learned hacking through YouTube tutorials and other online platformsDespite limited formal education they are believed to have acquired significant technical knowhow to carry out cyber intrusionsThe Gujarat ATS is currently probing whether any sensitive Indian data was accessed or shared with entities in Pakistan during the operation The investigation into the full extent of the cyber attack and the network involved remains ongoingCybercrime in Gujarat has seen a dramatic surge over the past few years presenting a major challenge for law enforcement agencies and the general publicIn 2023 alone the state recorded approximately 121 lakh cyber fraud complaints averaging about 333 complaints per day These crimes led to financial losses amounting to Rs 65053 crore highlighting the growing sophistication and scale of cyber fraud operations in the regionDespite the high volume of complaints the conversion of these into formal First Information Reports FIRs remains alarmingly lowBetween January 2020 and May 2023 only 1233 FIRs were registered out of over 159 lakh complaints a conversion rate of less than 08 per cent This points to systemic challenges in handling cybercrime cases including a lack of resources training or clarity in processesIn response to this growing cybercrime menace the Gujarat government and Police Department have launched digital tools like the iPRAGATI portal to improve investigation tracking and communication with complainants IANS https://dailyworld.in/terrorism/gujarat-ats-arrests-suspect-from-nadiad-in-cyber-terrorism-crackdown-617142.html Tue, 20 May 2025 18:28:00 +0530