NEW DELHI: Even as the Lashkar-e-Taiba assault team that attacked Mumbai in November was waiting for its final orders at a Karachi safehouse, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed had issued a declaration of war.
The only language India understands is that of force, a press release issued by the Jamaat-ud-Dawa recorded his telling the organisation’s leaders on October […]
Meena Menon
MUMBAI: A high-power committee appointed to examine any official lapses in responding to the November 26, 2008 terror strike here has concluded that Maharashtra had not received any direct intelligence information prior to the attack. The report, submitted to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday, a day and six months after the attacks, lauds […]
Staff Reporter
Mumbai: Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam in the special court at the Arthur Road jail trying the Mumbai terror attack case, in his opening address on Friday, outlined the capture of Kashmir and crippling the financial lifeline of India as the motives behind the attacks. The capture of Kashmir was a definite object of […]
Staff Reporter
Mumbai: Ajmal’s new lawyer Abbas Kazmi, in his address to the media after the court proceedings, spoke of his client’s flippant attitude. “From my meeting with Ajmal, I can say that he does not understand the gravity, the importance, of the situation,” he said, referring to Ajmal’s relentless smiling on the first day of […]
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for claiming that the evidence provided on the Mumbai terror attack was not sufficient, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying Islamabad should act as “enough” information has been given.
“We have given enough information for them to act and it is for them to act,” Dr. Singh told reporters […]
Islamabad: Contending that the information provided by India on the Mumbai attacks is not sufficient, Pakistan on Monday sought further details, including the statement of the lone captured terrorist, Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab,’ for the “successful prosecution” of suspects arrested by it.
Curiously, Islamabad also sought the statement of the former Mumbai ATS chief, Hemant Karkare, who […]
Mumbai: Anjali Waghmare, defence lawyer in the Mumbai terror attacks case, will fight the case for Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ after the Special Sessions Court here ordered a security cover for her. The court’s decision to provide security to Ms. Waghmare comes a day after a mob of Shiv Sainiks attacked her house and pressured […]
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said Pakistan should show “visible results” in its probe into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack if it wanted the composite dialogue process to resume.
“Pakistan should show visible results with regard to investigation in the 26/11 event and show that the government of Pakistan is doing everything […]
Special Correspondent
Leon Panetta
NEW DELHI: Terrorism, post-26/11 Mumbai terror strike, the security scenario in South Asia, the situation in Pakistan and Bangladesh and cooperation in operational areas of security were some of the topics that came up for discussions which the visiting United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief, Leon Panetta, had on Thursday with Union […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said he expected Islamabad to follow up on its commitment with “tangible action.”
India on Friday handed over to Pakistan more evidence regarding the Mumbai terror attacks.
“Words and commitments should be followed by tangible action,” Mr. Mukherjee told journalists here to a question whether he was satisfied […]