News for 'Lashkar-e-Tayiba'

LeT activist arrested with family in JK

LeT activist arrested with family in JK

Rediff.com13 Jun 2012

The army on Wednesday apprehended a Lashkar-e-Tayiba activist in the Mendhar area of district Poonch while he was trying to cross over to India. Mukhtiar Ahmed, who originally hails from Surankot area, had crossed over to Pakistan in 2002 and joined LeT there, officials said.

LeT militant killed in encounter in Kashmir

LeT militant killed in encounter in Kashmir

Rediff.com25 May 2011

A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant was killed in an overnight encounter in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

'LeT strike in India can destabilise S Asia, threaten US'

'LeT strike in India can destabilise S Asia, threaten US'

Rediff.com25 May 2011

Another major terror attack in India by Lashkar-e-Tayiba has the potential to destabilise the region, a powerful American lawmaker has said, adding that this Pakistan-based militant outfit has increased its threat potential to the United States too.

On Day 2, Headley reveals plot to kill Thackeray

On Day 2, Headley reveals plot to kill Thackeray

Rediff.com24 May 2011

Giving his testimony on the second day of the trial of 26/11 co-accused Tawahhur Rana, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, Headley, a Pakistani-American, talked about the hatred against Shiv Sena among his Pakistani handlers. 166 people were killed in the November 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Pakistan must be de-nuclearised: BJP

Pakistan must be de-nuclearised: BJP

Rediff.com24 May 2011

Bhartiya Janata party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar, has urged the government expose Pakistan after David Headly told the Chicago trial court about the links between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and various terror groups during the preliminary hearing of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's Mumbai attack.

Is Lashkar commander Lakhvi enjoying prison stay?

Is Lashkar commander Lakhvi enjoying prison stay?

Rediff.com28 Nov 2012

Lakhvi is a top-ranking prisoner in Pakistan. It does not appear as though he is in judicial custody, but looks like he is living a normal life. Vicky Nanjappa reports

26/11 trial: Lashkar commander's lawyers to visit India

26/11 trial: Lashkar commander's lawyers to visit India

Rediff.com10 Dec 2011

Khwaja Sultan, the counsel for Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main accused in the Mumbai attacks case, informed anti-terrorism court judge Shahid Rafique that defence lawyers would go to India as part of the judicial commission.

I dislike India; LeT boss motivated me: Headley

I dislike India; LeT boss motivated me: Headley

Rediff.com24 May 2011

Headley also said that LeT boss Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the November 2008 attack that killed 166 persons, motivated him for carrying out a 'jihad'. Saeed told him that the satisfaction of one second of 'jihad' is equal to "100 years of worship."

E-mail planning revenge strike for Kasab traced to B'luru

E-mail planning revenge strike for Kasab traced to B'luru

Rediff.com27 Nov 2012

A special team of Jammu and Kashmir police has traced an e-mail threatening terror attacks in the wake of Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging to Bengaluru.

Threat of another 26/11-type attack is very real

Threat of another 26/11-type attack is very real

Rediff.com26 Nov 2012

The fact that the likes of Sajid Mir are roaming free in Pakistan is worrying. Vicky Nanjappa reports

LeT planning 26/11 style attack on CWG ceremony: Report

LeT planning 26/11 style attack on CWG ceremony: Report

Rediff.com13 Oct 2010

Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba is planning to attack Delhi on Thursday during the build-up to the closing ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, according to Indian intelligence agencies.

Phone hacking racket funded terror in India: Investigators

Phone hacking racket funded terror in India: Investigators

Rediff.com2 Dec 2011

Investigations in to the recent AT&T network hacking incident in Philippines have revealed that the funds were indeed used for terror operations by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which in turn used it to fund the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

NIA to file chargesheet against Headley soon

NIA to file chargesheet against Headley soon

Rediff.com1 Dec 2011

The National Investigation Agency will soon file a charge sheet against Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley, a mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

IB hands over fresh Dawood dossier to CIA

IB hands over fresh Dawood dossier to CIA

Rediff.com12 May 2011

Dawood Ibrahim, the second most wanted terrorist in India after Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed, is hiding in Pakistan, according to the Indian administration. But Pakistan has denied reports about granting refuge to Dawood. The Intelligence Bureau has now prepared a fresh dossier on the underworld don -- the mastermind of the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai -- and handed it over to the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is reportedly tracking the underworld don.

Al Qaeda planning terror strike on Delhi's CWG?

Al Qaeda planning terror strike on Delhi's CWG?

Rediff.com1 Oct 2010

Al Qaeda and a North Waziristan-based terror group 'Brigade 313' have reportedly prepared a plan to launch an attack on the 19th Commonwealth Games, which are due to be held in New Delhi from October 3 to October 14.

Will Pakistan ever hand over Hafiz Saeed? BAH!

Will Pakistan ever hand over Hafiz Saeed? BAH!

Rediff.com29 May 2012

Indian officials know that the more they seek Saeed's detention, the more Pakistan will try to protect him, says Vicky Nanjappa

The American behind 26/11-- and how the US did not stop him

The American behind 26/11-- and how the US did not stop him

Rediff.com24 Nov 2011

In the first of a four-part series ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella reveals how David Coleman Headley turned from a United States Drug Enforcement Administration to a Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative, who played a key role in launching the most dreadful terror attack on Indian soil on November 26, 2008, and how America botched up chances to stop him.

'Headley moved towards ISI after CIA dumped him'

'Headley moved towards ISI after CIA dumped him'

Rediff.com24 Nov 2011

A recent ProPublica investigation termed Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley as a double agent working for both the American Central Intelligence Agency and the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence.

Top LeT commander killed in encounter in J-K

Top LeT commander killed in encounter in J-K

Rediff.com1 Jun 2014

A top terrorist commander of Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was killed in a fierce gunfight in north Kashmir frontier Kupwara district on Sunday morning.

'Warning of French judge could have prevented 26/11 attacks'

'Warning of French judge could have prevented 26/11 attacks'

Rediff.com22 Nov 2011

The 26/11 Mumbai attacks could have been averted if the then Bush Administration had taken seriously the warning and threat perception of Lashkar-e- Tayiba's global operations by a renowned French judge, a media report has claimed.

Is HuJI training women for suicide attacks?

Is HuJI training women for suicide attacks?

Rediff.com23 May 2012

There have been many reports in the past to show how terrorist outfits have preferred recruiting women into their fold in order carry out subversive activities. It was the Al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Tayiba which had started using women for their activities and most of the times it was seen that these women acted as carriers. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

I will fight for my husband's honour: Vinita Kamte

I will fight for my husband's honour: Vinita Kamte

Rediff.com21 May 2012

For Vinita Kamte, wife of the late Additional Commissioner of police Ashok Kamte who was gunned down during the 26/11 Mumbai attack, the battle has been a long one. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa talks to Vinita, who in her book 'To the Last Bullet', has pieced together information about the sequence of events that preceded her husband's death at the hands of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists

Jundal remanded in Ahmedabad crime branch custody

Jundal remanded in Ahmedabad crime branch custody

Rediff.com6 Nov 2012

A local court in Gujarat on Tuesday remanded Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal in one-day crime branch custody for his alleged involvement in spreading terror to avenge 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Hafiz Saeed prime suspect behind Attari threat letter

Hafiz Saeed prime suspect behind Attari threat letter

Rediff.com19 May 2012

The ameer of the banned jihadi organisation Jamaatul Daawa Hafiz Mohammad Saeed seems to be the prime suspect behind a threat letter, apparently sent by Lashkar-e-Tayiba and warning the Pakistani authorities to blow up the recently inaugurated Attari check post at Wagah border near Lahore. Amir Mir reports

'For the US, Pakistan's ISI a terrorist organisation'

'For the US, Pakistan's ISI a terrorist organisation'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2011

United States authorities have described Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency as a terrorist organisation and considered it as much of a threat as the Al Qaeda and the Taliban, according to a secret document which also names Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.

US charges 4 more Pakistanis for Mumbai attacks

US charges 4 more Pakistanis for Mumbai attacks

Rediff.com26 Apr 2011

Evidently on the strength of continuing information provided by Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and Pakistani American David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, who was an integral protagonist in the conspiracy that led to the horrific 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, four new Lashkar handlers of Headley have been chargesheeted in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago).

Man assaulted at Geelani's Sopore rally was ours: Army

Man assaulted at Geelani's Sopore rally was ours: Army

Rediff.com12 Nov 2011

The Indian Army on Saturday said that the person manhandled by a mob in north Kashmir's Sopore town during the rally of hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday was 'part of the covert team of security forces'.

Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Rediff.com16 May 2012

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with United States Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages.

Why Pakistan will never act against LeT's Hafiz Saeed

Why Pakistan will never act against LeT's Hafiz Saeed

Rediff.com11 Nov 2011

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that India has not provided any "credible evidence" against 26/11 mastermind and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. Prasanna D Zore reports.

Botched IB terror alert is a LOUD call for NCTC

Botched IB terror alert is a LOUD call for NCTC

Rediff.com11 May 2012

The botched terror alert by the Intelligence Bureau has once again put the spotlight on the need for a National Counter Terrorism Centre, which could act as a pool of information. Vicky Nanjappa reports

ED cracks down on trader-terror nexus across LOC

ED cracks down on trader-terror nexus across LOC

Rediff.com1 Nov 2011

In the first such case, four traders engaged in business across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir have been booked by Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged hawala racket for Lashkar-e-Tayiba terror outfit.

Kasab plea: Govt rejects it, Pranab to take final call

Kasab plea: Govt rejects it, Pranab to take final call

Rediff.com23 Oct 2012

The mercy plea of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, has been rejected by the government which has sent its recommendation to the President. A top home ministry official said Kasab's mercy petition has been dismissed as he was involved in waging war against India that led to the killing of 166 people.

Pak court to decide Lakhvi's bail plea on Monday

Pak court to decide Lakhvi's bail plea on Monday

Rediff.com28 Aug 2010

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks reserved till Monday, its decision on a bail petition filed by Lashkar-e-Tayiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Twin grenade attacks: Two Lashkar operatives arrested

Twin grenade attacks: Two Lashkar operatives arrested

Rediff.com27 Oct 2011

Police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the twin grenade attacks that took place at Batamaloo and Baramulla in Kashmir in August this year by arresting two Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) operatives.

NIA has a water-tight case against Headley

NIA has a water-tight case against Headley

Rediff.com21 Oct 2011

India's case against Lashkar-e-Tayiba operatives Tawwahur Rana and David Coleman Headly are in limbo since no decision has been taken on whether a team of the National Investigating Agency would be sent to the United States to question them. Rana and Headly were both accused of helping plan the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai, in which several Americans were killed. While Headley turned into a prime witness for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Rana was acquitted.

Abu Jundal gets more time to scrutinise chargesheet

Abu Jundal gets more time to scrutinise chargesheet

Rediff.com12 Oct 2012

Mumbai 26/11 terror attack's key handler and Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Abu Jundal on Friday got more time from a court in New Delhi for scrutiny of the chargesheet filed against him the Delhi police.

Saeed begins campaign against NATO supply route reopening

Saeed begins campaign against NATO supply route reopening

Rediff.com21 Apr 2012

Saeed has pledged to tour the country to mobilise the people against any decision by the government to reopen the supply routes, which were closed after a cross-border NATO air strike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November.

Saeed asks HC to stop Pak from taking action against him

Saeed asks HC to stop Pak from taking action against him

Rediff.com18 Apr 2012

Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed has moved the high court in Lahore, asking it to stop Pakistani authorities from taking any "adverse action" against him under pressure from the United States and provide security to him as his life was "not safe" and any "mishap" could happen.

NIA looks to Headley's wife Faiza to fill in the blanks

NIA looks to Headley's wife Faiza to fill in the blanks

Rediff.com17 Apr 2012

Faiza Outlaha, the estranged wife of arrested Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and 26/11 conspirator David Coleman Headley, is likely to be questioned by the National Investigating Agency; and for that a request has been sent out to Morocco, the country where she resides.

'26/11 attackers were trained in paramilitary courses'

'26/11 attackers were trained in paramilitary courses'

Rediff.com14 Apr 2012

The 26/11 Mumbai attack was carried out by highly-trained terrorists who were given training into paramilitary courses by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a United States attorney has said.