Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India chose the visages of the PM and Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah to represent demon king Ravan.
Clashes broke out in Srinagar on Friday between police and people protesting against the Jammu and Kashmir high court order to implement 150-year-old law banning sale of beef in the state with some youth displaying Pakistani and ISIS flags.
Pakistan will remain on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until it further demonstrates that action is being taken against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar who are listed as global terrorists by the United Nations, the global anti-money laundering and terror financing watchdog said on Thursday.
Mir was called "project manager" of the Mumbai attacks.
"The difference between the state and non-state actors will come to an end after this statement," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters.
Taking a swipe at the Centre following release of a tape claiming Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Karachi, the Shiv Sena on Monday dared the government to undertake an operation to capture the evasive underworld don just as United States forces eliminated terror leader Osama Bin Laden.
The Goa declaration didn't refer to Pakistan-based terrorist groups or cross-border terrorism.
Rashid was arrested on August 9 last year, since he was unable to give any convincing answers to the questions, the NIA said.
The priest-turned-politician is not someone who minces his words.
Born as Ajay Singh, the diminutive shaven headed politician is known for his provocative speeches and mass following across Uttar Pradesh.
Musharraf said that the present conflict between India and Pakistan was not an ideology based issue of a particular ruling party, but due to an 'individual'.
'The fact that this happened and the fact that we were not able to bring it down, we were not even able to trace from where it came from and where it went, certainly raises questions on our level of preparedness.'
Sharif said, "Today we are observing Black Day to express solidarity with Kashmiris and are giving a strong message to the world that Pakistanis are with them (Kashmiris) for their struggle to get their rights."
Swamy demanded to dismiss the AAP government in Delhi and asked for President Rule.
Home Ministry officials have suggested that slapping of the serious charge of sedition against Kumar could be an act of "over enthusiasm" on the part of some Delhi Police officers.
BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi claimed Shah Rukh Khan had aired views about growing intolerance following an "ED notice" even as her party distanced itself from similar comments by Yogi Adityanath.
Former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha Pasha knew of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed was in regular contact with the slain Al Qaeda chief, a media report said on Wednesday.
Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism issued on Thursday, said that regionally, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan.
An NIA court on Thursday convicted Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik after he pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, before the court in a case related to alleged terrorism and secessionist activities that disturbed the Kashmir Valley in 2017.
The world today sees them (Pakistan) as the epicentre of terrorism, Jaishankar said.
The recent sanctions imposed by the US on Lashkar front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa completely expose Pakistan that has consistently maintained that JuD is a charity organisation. The ban will also limit the donations to JuD, a major chunk of which is pumped into terror funds. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
In the audio clip, he is heard directing the attack on Chabad House during Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.
Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is living in relative luxury inside a jail cell.
Devika survived a bullet injury on her leg and was one of the eye-witnesses to identify the lone-captured terrorist of the attacks -- Ajmal Kasab.
Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said on Thursday that "there was no pressure on Pakistan at all regarding the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan."
On Thursday, four members of the Hindu Sena, a fringe right-wing group, ransacked the fifth floor office of Pakistan International Airlines in New Delhi.
China has put a hold on a proposal by the United States and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar and a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror organisation.
The "24" star feels intolerance always existed in the country and is not happening for the first time.
The global agency said there are "serious deficiencies" on the part of the country in checking terror-financing and it lacks an effective system to deal with it.
Pakistan's zero tolerance policy against terrorism is questionable given its reluctance to take action against Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attack, a US expert has s
Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley on Tuesday continued his deposition for the second consecutive day before a court in Mumbai.
"When we asked the US, to play facilitating role...Why do we ask? Simply because we are not engaging bilaterally," he said.
Pakistan on Monday reacted sharply to India's assertion that terrorists from across the border were responsible for the recent deadly attacks in Kashmir and that Islamabad's support to Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed was nothing short of "mainstreaming of terrorism".
Saeed said Pakistan government has added insult to the wounds of Kashmiris by welcoming Singh.
Here are the revelations made by Headley so far in the deposition
"First, is Azhar a terrorist? Second, was the Pathankot attack perpetrated by the Jaish-e-Mohammed group? To the first question, the answer should be yes," he said.
The Delhi chief minister is scheduled to address a public rally at Varachha in Surat on Sunday evening.
The anti-terror watchdog has decided to give respite of four months to Pakistan to help her implement remaining recommendations of the task force.
A senior Afghan interim government official on Monday confirmed that strikes in the Afghanistan provinces of Paktika and Khost along the Pakistan border have taken place.
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