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Antony wants action, not words, from the world

Jan 24th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

NEW DELHI: The world community must cooperate with India in its effort to get Pakistan act against the terror outfits operating from its soil.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony told this to correspondents on the sidelines of a function here.
He said that besides expressing solidarity or sympathy with India, the world should work so that New Delhi […]



Pakistan law allows transfer of fugitives

Jan 19th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles, News

New Delhi: Pakistan, which is claiming it has no legal arrangement with India for handing over terror suspects following the Mumbai attacks, is forgetting one of its own Acts which provides for transfer of such people to a country with which it has not signed an extradition treaty. (Full Story)



Pakistan has a long way to go: U.S., India

Jan 9th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

NEW DELHI: Islamabad has assured New Delhi that the material it provided on the involvement of Pakistani nationals in the Mumbai terror attacks is under “serious consideration.” However, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher noted that the steps taken by Pakistan had not eliminated the terrorist […]



Manmohan points the finger at Pakistan

Jan 7th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles, News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday squarely blamed the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai terror strike and pointed out that there was enough evidence to show that the attack, executed with military precision, had the support of some official agencies of Pakistan.
The Prime Minister said terrorism was largely sponsored from outside the country, […]



Telephone trail key part of evidence shared with Pakistan

Jan 7th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

New Delhi: The evidentiary dossier given to Pakistan on Monday marks the first systematic Indian presentation of what ongoing investigations into the Mumbai terrorist attacks have revealed so far.
Though many of the facts about how the attacks were staged have been known for some time now, the 69-page document — a copy of which is […]



FBI team visited Faridkot?

Jan 2nd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani media have reported that a team of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation visited Faridkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province but could find no evidence that the surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks came from there. The News said Rehman Malik, who heads the Interior Ministry, however, denied the report.
U.S. embassy spokesman Lou […]



Ajmal booked under three more Acts

Jan 1st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: News

MUMBAI: The Mumbai police on Wednesday booked Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone terrorist caught alive during last month’s terror strikes here, under three more Acts.
“Ajmal has been booked under Customs Act, Foreigners Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act [UAPA] in addition to sections of Indian Penal Code applied on him,” Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner […]



Anti-terror laws come into force

Jan 1st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles, News

Vinay Kumar
New Delhi: With President Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving her assent to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, the new anti-terror regime came into force on Wednesday, about a month after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai that claimed nearly 200 lives.
The Bills were passed by Parliament in […]



Bring terrorists to justice: India

Dec 28th, 2008 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: India has told Pakistan that reports it was mobilising troops along its western border were without basis but has once again pressed the Zardari government to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice and take steps to prevent further terrorist attacks from Pakistani territory.
On Friday, Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal told […]



Antulay issue must be “allowed to rest”

Dec 24th, 2008 | By Editor | Category: News

Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the Antulay matter should be “allowed to rest.”
Dr. Singh was replying to queries of reporters outside the Parliament House on the controversy over remarks of Minister for Minority Affairs A.R. Antulay on the death of the former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare during the terror […]