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Security forces in Pakistan have killed at least 22 militants linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a major intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Thursday. The raid was launched in Dera Ismail Khan after reports emerged about the presence of members of the group referred to by authorities as “Fitna Al-Khawarij”….
NEW DELHI: Investigators are still grappling with three central mysteries surrounding the Nov 10 suicide bombing near Red Fort that had killed 15 people. The first mystery concerns the logistics: where and when the bomber, Dr Umar Un Nabi, assembled the improvised explosive device. Another critical question is how he managed to detonate the device….
NEW DELHI: Fresh CCTV footage has provided a close-up look at car bomber Umar Un Nabi days before the Monday blast near Red Fort, confirming that he was using two mobile phones. Another footage captures him at a tea shop in north Delhi’s Wazirpur on the day of the blast.The first footage, captured on Oct…
NEW DELHI: Investigators probing Monday’s Delhi blast suspect that triacetone triperoxide aka TATP could be one of the key components of the IED that was in the car that exploded on Monday evening near Red Fort. At least two-three kg ammonium nitrate and fuel oil might also have been used along with other chemicals, which…
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: An “accidental explosion” at Nowgam police station late Friday night, caused by substances seized during raids in an NCR city and transported to Kashmir by police, killed 9 people and injured 30.J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat said at a press briefing in Srinagar on Saturday morning a huge cache of explosive substances, chemicals and…
Dr Adil Ahmad (File photo) NEW DELHI: Days after the Delhi bomb blast that claimed 13 lives and injured over 20, a flight ticket recovered from a garbage pile in Saharanpur has added a new twist to the investigation. The ticket revealed that Dr Adil Ahmad, a Jammu and Kashmir native arrested last week had…
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (PTI photo/File) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that “not every resident of Jammu and Kashmir is a terrorist,” as the probe into the Red Fort car blast widened to Kashmir.“Not every resident of Jammu and Kashmir is a terrorist. It is…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday slammed the central government for taking 48 hours to officially call the Delhi car blast near Red Fort a “terrorist incident.” Addressing a press conference in the Indira Bhavan, Khera questioned the government’s handling of national security and demanded accountability for what he termed a serious intelligence…
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort as a “terrorist incident”.“The country has witnessed a heinous terrorist incident perpetrated by anti-national forces through a car explosion near Red Fort on 10th November,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during a Cabinet briefing, which began shortly after…
People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged investigating agencies not to “harass” the parents of the doctors arrested in connection with the Delhi blast and the Faridabad explosives recovery.Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Mufti condemned the blast near…
