Terrorism

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Home minister Amit Shah last week rightly reminded India’s investigation agencies fighting terrorism should be a collaborative effort

09 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a memento by the Interpol Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi during the inaugural ceremony of the 90th General Assembly of the Interpol in New Delhi (Money SHARMA / AFP)

End all safe havens for terrorists: PM Modi

PM Modi called for a global response to combat threats and urged Interpol to speed up red corner notices against fugitive offenders

19 Oct 2022 6:59 AM

Union home minister Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

Terrorism biggest form of human rights violation: Amit Shah

Amit Shah said the Narendra Modi government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism and was working to root out the menace

21 Apr 2022 12:07 PM

PM Modi emphasised the centuries-old people-to-people ties between India and Afghanistan and mentioned that over the last two decades, India has contributed to promoting socio-economic development and capacity building of youth and women in Afghanistan. (PTI)

Afghanistan should not become source of terror: PM Modi at G-20

The G-20 grouping comprises 20 of the world’s major economies, including India

13 Oct 2021 6:40 AM

Taliban, which had a horrific record of governance from 1996 to 2001, seems intent on convincing the world that it has turned a new leaf. (AFP file photo)

Won't allow anti-India terror from Afghan soil, Taliban assures Delhi

Foreign policy watchers are pointing increasingly to the powerful role played by Qatar on mediation between the Taliban and world powers

01 Sep 2021 7:23 AM

A paramilitary soldier (L) stands guard next to a board showing KSE-100 Index information at the Pakistan Stock Exchange a day after a gunmen attack in Karachi on June 30, 2020. (AFP)

Pakistani PM accuse India of Karachi stock exchange attack

Khan offered no evidence for his allegation, but he said there had been intelligence reports warning of attacks in Pakistan

01 Jul 2020 10:10 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister addresses the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo released by the Press Information Department)

Not in favour of escalating tensions with India, says Pakistan

Pakistan's foreign office claims India had committed 1,440 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in six months

26 Jun 2020 9:45 AM

Floral tributes are seen at a police cordon at the Abbey Gateway near Forbury Gardens park in Reading, west of London, on June 21, 2020 following a fatal stabbing incident the previous day. (AFP)

Britain says stabbing 'atrocity' in town park was terrorism

An unnamed 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder and held in police custody

22 Jun 2020 9:05 AM

Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

End to terrorist safe heavens key for Afghan peace: India to US

India currently has extremely close ties with Afghanistan under president Ghani

08 May 2020 12:11 PM

Surely it’s time to recall how appeasing terrorism culminated in the horrific disaster of 2007. That’s when Islamabad became a battlefield above which thick smoke filled the sky for days. (Photo: ANI)

Lal Masjid: Is Pakistan’s govt beginning to appease terror again?

The mosque’s clerics had attracted around them a core of banned militant organisations including Al Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammad.

24 Feb 2020 3:23 AM

According to Afghan media citing local officials, the Taliban had a mole among the checkpoint's 14 officers who helped carry out the attack. (Representational Image)

Afghanistan: 8 policemen killed in Taliban attack in Balkh

A group of Taliban terrorists attacked and seized control of a police checkpoint on the Mazari Sharif -- Sheberghan highway.

01 Jan 2020 2:56 PM

Hafiz Saeed and his aides were brought to the ATC under tight security and journalists were not allowed to enter the court to cover the proceedings. (Photo: File)

Lahore anti-terror court begins Hafiz Saeed's trial in terror financing case

Since his indictment, the day to day hearing of the case was halted because of the country-wide strike of lawyers.

21 Dec 2019 8:59 AM

The Joint Statement was issued at the end of the second India-US 2+2 dialogue between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Secretary Mark Esper and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the State Department on Wednesday amidst the historic impeachment vote against President Donald Trump. (Photo: MEA Twitter)

Take 'immediate, irreversible action' against terrorists: India, US to Pakistan

The first 2+2 dialogue was held in New Delhi in September last year after the mechanism was approved by PM Modi and Trump.

20 Dec 2019 8:30 AM

European Union ambassador to India, Ugo Astuto on Tuesday said that Pakistan must take action against terrorists operating from its soil. (Photo: File)

'Pakistan must take action against terrorists operating from its soil': EU envoy

India has repeatedly asked Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups operating from its soil.

10 Dec 2019 6:46 PM

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that Pakistan has made terrorism its 'state policy' and is not 'mending its ways'. (Photo: ANI)

Pak made terrorism its 'state policy', prepare yourself to face it: Rajnath to cadets in passing out parade of IMA

Defence Minister further added that the Cente has adopted a multi-pronged strategy against terrorism, which has given positive results.

07 Dec 2019 2:04 PM

Pakistan has submitted the compliance report before the joint group of FATF to show its efforts to change anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws. (Photo: File)

Pakistan submits compliance report to Financial Action Task Force

There will be a response from them and then (there will be) face-to-face meeting.

04 Dec 2019 12:29 PM

The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the knife-attack in central London where a convicted terrorist killed two people before being shot dead by police. (Photo: File)

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly London knife attack

The profile of Khan dating back to his conviction in 2012 reveals his links with terror groups.

01 Dec 2019 12:53 PM

Ordinary Londoners who showed "breath-taking heroism" in disarming a knife-wielding attacker were praised by politicians and members of the public alike after they intervened to stop an attack which injured several people at London Bridge on Friday. (Photo: File)

'Breath-taking heroism': Praise for Londoners who tackled knife attacker

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said those who confronted the attacker would not have known that a bomb device strapped to his body was a hoax.

30 Nov 2019 9:45 AM

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted of terrorism offences and was released from prison last year. (Photo: File)

London knife attacker named, was convicted of terror offences in 2012

In addition to the man and the woman who were killed, a man and two women were injured and remain in hospital, Basu said.

30 Nov 2019 9:21 AM

Stressing that India is a part of the SCO dialogue mechanisms in counter-narcotics, Akbaruddin said that New Delhi is looking forward to organising an SCO event in the country on combating illegal financial flows related to narcotics trafficking in 2020. (Photo: ANI)

'Terror-crime nexus an existential global threat,' says Syed Akbaruddin

Akbaruddin highlighted nefarious activities of terror outfits designated by world body including Islamic State, LeT and JeM.

20 Nov 2019 10:02 AM

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