Security forces recovered 40 bodies in the first four floors of the six-storeyed Taj Hotel. National Security Guard sources add that four fidayeen (suicide bombers) have been killed in the assault. National Security Guard commandos and personnel of the Mumbai Police are carrying out systematical floor-to-floor cleaning up operations. Most of the hotel has been sanitised by now.
Exercising self-defence is a nation's primary right when a situation demands 'immediate and proportionate action' and applies also to attacks by non-state actors, India told a United Nations meeting, highlighting several proxy cross-border and state-supported terrorist attacks like the 26/11 Mumbai assault the country was subjected to from its neighbour.
The dogs, who are fed regularly by the CRPF personnel, continued to bark, giving the personnel an idea that there were people hiding in a particular area.
Suicide attacks by terrorists in the name of Islam are "un-Islamic", the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e Hind a prominent Muslim body, said on Monday. The body, which has its association with the Darul Uloom Deoband also announced holding of a meeting of religious leaders in Mumbai on February 14 to denounce acts of violence.
Suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Fahim Ansari is the key to cracking the Mumbai terrorist attack case, investigators believe. Ansari who was arrested in connection with the Fidayeen attack on the Central Reserve Police Force camp at Rampur on January 1, has given out a lot of details regarding the Mumbai terror plot.
Pakistan will have to face the consequences if the ISI does not explain properly its stand on terrorism and its position on the fidayeen attack on Mumbai, former joint director, Intelligence Bureau, M K Dhar told rediff.com.
Fahim Ansari, the prime accused in the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur, has told officials of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad that he had been trained in Pakistan and the deadly 26/11 attacks had been planned by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba.Ansari revealed that apart from the Taj and Trident hotels, the terrorists had also planned to attack the airport. He said that the fidayeens had planned to seize partial control of the airport.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani said the Mumbai attack was nothing less than a fidayeen attack.
The terror cycle on India was complete the day Mumbai was attacked. In terror circles, the ultimate is achieved when a fidayeen (suicide) attack is carried out. There seems to be no end to terror and it only seems to be getting worse by the day. While the Indian government steps up the pressure on Pakistan to hand over some men, the question is whether handing them over would put an end to the problem.
According to reports, two boats are from Okha and three from Porbander.
The operation had to be suspended on Thursday evening because of darkness as the security forces maintained a tight cordon around the hotel building to ensure that the holed up militants did not escape.
The Centre will provide a close proximity cover of elite "Black Cat" commandos from the National Security Guard (NSG) to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the wake of threat perception from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist, believed to be nephew of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was on Thursday gunned down by security forces in an encounter in north Kashmir's Bandipora district.
The module was in touch with foreign handlers, whose identity is yet to be established, NIA Inspector General Alok Mittal told reporters.
This has been done, taking note of threat of 'fidayeen' attacks on key installations.
Police officials said they have "general" intelligence inputs about terrorist plans to subvert the R-Day celebrations but have not received any "specific threat" so far to target the capital.
A lesser-known militant outfit 'Shohada Brigade' on Thursday claimed responsibility for the twin attacks in Jammu region which left eight persons, including a Lt Colonel of the army, dead.
'Jaish is known for its fidayeen activities.' 'This well trained human resource backed by military-based training makes the JeM an obvious choice over the LeT and HM.'
This was Parrikar's first visit after the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on terrorist camps across the Line of Control
Mudasir has revealed certain details about the LeT and the direct hand of the Pakistani agencies in training terrorists and organising subversive activities in Kashmir.
Pakistan on Monday condemned the terror attack in India in which three fidayeen, believed to have come from Pakistan, attacked passengers in a moving bus and stormed a police station in Punjab, killing seven persons.
To support the widows and orphaned children of the killed ultras, Jammu and Kashmir Council for Rehabilitation of Militancy Victims on Thursday widened its area of action and included dependants of militants killed over 15 years
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, a multi-tier security has been put in place in Udhampur in view of the terrorist attack that left 10 people, including 3 civilians, dead.
Terming the detection a major success, the IG said if not detected in time, Pakistan would have succeeded in pushing in 'fidayeen' and other terrorists inside the Indian territory.
'In both the attacks last week, terrorists had come equipped for a prolonged fight and were eventually prepared to die. This is a new breed of fidayeen Pakistan has invested in.'
The plea sought a ban on wearing face veils including burqas, helmets, hoods etc at public places on the ground of threat from terror activities.
Manzoor Zahid Choudhry was a self-styled chief coordinator of Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
The army foiled the infiltration bid -- the first such attempt this year -- by the Pakistan-based outfit in an overnight operation
The Uri brigade was given pinpoint intelligence warnings about an impending attack. Yet, the Uri camp was taken by surprise.
'Mufti Mohammed Sayeed says nothing can deter him from his "healing touch" policy. Can people who constantly fear acts of terror ever be "healed" by any potion at all until terror itself is killed at the roots?' asks Arvind Lavakare.
In an interview to Kashmir daily The Rehmat the outfit's spokesman Junaid-ul-Islam claimed the Hizb was not carrying out suicide attacks.
As many as 313 fidayeens, out and about in Pakistan, plan to strike in India during the Lok Sabha elections.
