10 held in J&K for using encrypted apps to aid terror; Pak handlers guiding them, say officials; Police seize digital evidence in UAPA case | India News

NEW DELHI: Ten people have been detained by the counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday. The officials said these people were detained for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications to coordinate, finance, and execute terror activities on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers.The detentions were made following the searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir…

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What is The Resistance Front? Lashkar’s proxy who claimed responsibility for Pahalgam attack; now, a US-designated terror group | India News

Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam (File photo) The United States on Thursday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The TRF — the group responsible for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.The US department of…

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26/11 attack probe: Plotter Tahawwur Rana’s judicial custody extended; NIA files supplementary chargesheet | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till August 13 the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was extradited from the United States in April.Special judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced Rana through video conference after the expiry of his judicial…

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Bilawal Bhutto’s extradition ‘offer’ sparks LeT row | India News

Bilawal Bhutto (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto’s comments on offering extradition of wanted Pakistani terrorists to India seems to have hit a raw nerve with Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s son Talha. Reacting sharply to remarks Bhutto made in a recent interview, Talha accused him of making an “irresponsible offer”.Instead of…

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Why Bilawal Bhutto’s Masood, Hafiz extradition offer is a sham – no power, no credibility, no trust; just a desperate bluff? | India News

NEW DELHI: Every time Pakistan offers a gesture of peace, it falls short on one crucial element. Trust. India has faced repeated betrayals at critical moments, from the 1947-48 invasion of Kashmir, the 1965 war after Operation Gibraltar, to Pakistan’s role in the 1971 crackdown in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).Thereafter came the sponsorship of insurgency…

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SCO summit in China: Ajit Doval urges nations to ‘shun double standards against terrorism’; pitches for ‘joint information operation’ | India News

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday called for “shunning double standards in the fight against terrorism” at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held in China.Doval urged the SCO to hold the perpetrators, organisers, financiers, and sponsors of cross-border terrorism accountable, in a call widely…

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