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BJP accuses K'taka govt of backing Umar Khalid-linked Bengaluru event

BJP accuses K'taka govt of backing Umar Khalid-linked Bengaluru event

Rediff.com28 Apr 2026

The BJP has accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of supporting Umar Khalid by allowing an event linked to him in Bengaluru, despite objections. The BJP highlighted Khalid's legal status, noting he has not been granted relief by courts in cases related to the Delhi riots and faces charges under the UAPA.

Pahalgam Terror Attack: Hard Lessons For India

Pahalgam Terror Attack: Hard Lessons For India

Rediff.com24 Apr 2026

We, Indians, forgot that for Pakistan, Kashmir dispute and blood feud with India is the raison detre for its existence. It is also the excuse with which the Pak army keeps its grip over the state. Peace in Kashmir and between India and Pakistan is against the interests of the Pak army, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (Retd).

'Khalid bigger catch than Osama'

'Khalid bigger catch than Osama'

Rediff.com10 Mar 2003

'Khalid bigger catch than Osama'

Murdered ISI official's son accuses Hamid Mir

Murdered ISI official's son accuses Hamid Mir

Rediff.com27 May 2010

The son of a former Inter Services Intelligence official, who was abducted and killed by militants, has filed an application with the Pakistani police in which he has held popular TV anchor Hamid Mir and a Punjabi Taliban leader responsible for the murder.

REVEALED: ISI officer who sold Osama's location to the CIA

REVEALED: ISI officer who sold Osama's location to the CIA

Rediff.com20 May 2015

Brigadier Usman Khalid also persuaded the doctor to conduct a fake polio campaign, which led to the terrorist's assassination.

Indian Muslims hail Osama's killing but doubt US

Indian Muslims hail Osama's killing but doubt US

Rediff.com2 May 2011

Leading Islamic clerics in Lucknow on Monday hailed the elimination of Osama Bin Laden as a "major blow to terrorism" and a sigh of relief for billions of peace loving people.

The inspiration behind Osama's 9/11 terror attack

The inspiration behind Osama's 9/11 terror attack

Rediff.com3 Feb 2016

Osama bin Laden got inspiration for the deadly 9/11 attacks from a 1999 plane crash in which an Egyptian airline pilot deliberately downed his plane in the Atlantic Ocean, the Al Qaeda has claimed.

Osama's son married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker: Report

Osama's son married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker: Report

Rediff.com6 Aug 2018

Hamza, 29, has assumed a senior position within Al Qaeda and was aiming to avenge the death of his father, who was shot dead during a covert US military raid in Pakistan's Abbottabad seven years ago, Osama's half-brothers Ahmad and Hassan al-Attas were quoted as saying.

Osama warns US against executing 9/11 mastermind

Osama warns US against executing 9/11 mastermind

Rediff.com25 Mar 2010

World's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden on Thursday warned that the Al Qaeda will kill American soldiers if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is executed. "The day America will take such a decision [to execute Khalid Mohamed and any others] it would have taken a decision to execute whoever we capture," bin Laden said in the latest audio record.He also said that Obama was "following the footsteps of his predecessor".

REVEALED: How Osama moved to Pak in mid-2002

REVEALED: How Osama moved to Pak in mid-2002

Rediff.com8 Jul 2013

Osama bin Laden's family had entered into Pakistan way back in October/November 2001, just around 9/11 while the then Al Qaeda chief joined them in Peshawar in mid-2002, a media report today said quoting the findings of the Abbottabad Commission Report in Islamabad.

Osama effect: Pak general cancels US visit

Osama effect: Pak general cancels US visit

Rediff.com13 May 2011

Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne, who was scheduled to travel to the US on May 22, had called off his visit, unnamed military officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels. Wynne contacted his US counterpart, Admiral Mike Mullen, and informed him that the visit could not go ahead under the prevailing circumstances, the military officials were quoted as saying

Former US Navy Seal describes the moment he 'shot dead Osama bin Laden'

Former US Navy Seal describes the moment he 'shot dead Osama bin Laden'

Rediff.com1 May 2017

It's been six years since United States Navy Seals entered a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the dreaded 9/11 attacks and the head of the Al Qaeda group. Six years later, Robert O'Neill, a Navy Seal, who became known as the man who killed Bin Laden, has for the first time published a detailed account of the mission that lead to the 9/11 mastermind being gunned down in a secure compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.

Obama relives the night Osama was killed

Obama relives the night Osama was killed

Rediff.com3 May 2016

Five years after Operation Neptune Spear took out Osama bin Laden, US President Barack Obama relives the historic night with television channel CNN's Peter Bergen at the Situation Room of the White House.

The attack on Parliament and Osama's escape

The attack on Parliament and Osama's escape

Rediff.com31 Aug 2017

'Jaish aided by LeT attacked Parliament knowing mobilisation of Indian military assets would be the consequence.' 'That mobilisation happened, necessitating a military response from Musharraf who moved troops guarding back doors out of Tora Bora, facilitating Osama's escape.'

Bihar's 'Osama bin Laden' to contest against Modi from Varanasi

Bihar's 'Osama bin Laden' to contest against Modi from Varanasi

Rediff.com18 Apr 2014

Meraj Khalid Noor, who is popularly known as Bihar's Osama bin Laden for his uncanny resemblance with slain most-wanted Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, has said that he will contest the Lok Sabha polls against the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi.

Osama aide sentenced to life in US

Osama aide sentenced to life in US

Rediff.com16 May 2015

A close lieutenant of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to life in prison for multiple terrorism offences relating to his participation in the terror group's conspiracy to kill Americans overseas.

Osama's son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat

Osama's son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat

Rediff.com20 Mar 2014

In a surprise testimony in a US court, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law recounted meeting him in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan hours after the 9/11 attack which was claimed by the slain Al-Qaeda chief.

Is the net closing in on Osama?

Is the net closing in on Osama?

Rediff.com7 Mar 2003

What makes 'Lady Al Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui special for terrorists

What makes 'Lady Al Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui special for terrorists

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

Aafia Siddiqui, also known as 'Lady Al Qaeda', is a Pakistani national who was convicted in 2010 by a New York City federal court of attempting to kill US military personnel. She is currently serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Paris attacks key suspect arrested in Belgium

Paris attacks key suspect arrested in Belgium

Rediff.com9 Apr 2016

Mohamed Abrini was arrested in the borough of Anderlecht, in Brussels, next to the western district of Molenbeek, while two other suspects were detained at the same time as Abrini, and two further arrests made in an undisclosed location in Brussels.

Spy reveals back-door deals of ISI, US, Taliban

Spy reveals back-door deals of ISI, US, Taliban

Rediff.com26 Apr 2010

Former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja, considered to be a close friend of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has exposed the murky deals between the spy agency, the Pakistan army, the militants.Khawaja, a former air force squadron leader, claims that he was captured by militants while trying to finalise a deal between them and the army. According to him, the ISI had sent him to North Waziristan to broker a deal between the militants and the Pakistan army.

Laden warns Americans, yet again

Laden warns Americans, yet again

Rediff.com26 Mar 2010

In a new audio recording, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has threatened to capture and kill Americans if Washington decides to execute the alleged 9/11 masterminds Khalid al Sheikh Mohammed or any other Al Qaeda suspects.

'Pakistani national confesses role in 9/11 plot'

'Pakistani national confesses role in 9/11 plot'

Rediff.com15 Mar 2007

Mohammad and a few of his cohorts are under closed door military proceedings at the Guantanamo Bay Naval station in which no access to the media has been permitted.

Top Al Qaeda leader captured in Pak

Top Al Qaeda leader captured in Pak

Rediff.com4 May 2005

Wanted in connection with the two attempts on the life of President Pervez Musharraf, Abu Faraj al-Libbi is said to be number three in Al Qaeda heiarchy after Osama Bin Laden and Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri.

Original 9/11 plot called for 10 hijackings

Original 9/11 plot called for 10 hijackings

Rediff.com24 Sep 2003

Besides New York and Washington, the tallest tower in Los Angeles was also on a list of targets discussed by Mohammed and Osama bin Laden back in 1996.

Disastrous Decisions, Achievements: Pervez Musharraf's Mixed Legacy

Disastrous Decisions, Achievements: Pervez Musharraf's Mixed Legacy

Rediff.com6 Feb 2023

Learning perhaps from the Kargil debacle, Musharraf tried hard to evolve as a statesman in his dealings with India, recalls Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.

Belgium identifies 'man in hat' at Brussels airport bombing

Belgium identifies 'man in hat' at Brussels airport bombing

Rediff.com10 Apr 2016

Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini was charged on Saturday with "terrorist murders" and confessed he was the man in the hat seen with the suicide bombers at Brussels airport.

34 LS nominations rejected in Varanasi; 44 left in fray

34 LS nominations rejected in Varanasi; 44 left in fray

Rediff.com25 Apr 2014

Election authorities have rejected nomination papers of 34 candidates out of 78 contestants in this high-profile Lok Sabha seat, leaving 44 persons in the fray including BJP's Narendra Modi and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal.

Intel agencies trying to verify reports on Masood Azhar's death

Intel agencies trying to verify reports on Masood Azhar's death

Rediff.com3 Mar 2019

The officials said they had no information other than that Azhar was undergoing treatment at an army hospital after suffering renal failure.

Dialogue and terrorism can't happen at the same time

Dialogue and terrorism can't happen at the same time

Rediff.com25 Jul 2019

Pakistan's 'approach is one of getting even, an eye for an eye, or death by a thousand cuts.' 'The entire effort is to be the equal of India. Unfortunately, the reality is that this can never be the case.' 'India will always be the bigger, economically stronger, technologically more self-reliant country.' 'Therein, lies the dilemma Pakistan faces which leads it to perennial enmity with India,' notes Ambassador Gautam Bambawale in the Air Marshal Y V Malse Memorial Lecture 2019.

'Zaira Wasim episode is taking Islam backward'

'Zaira Wasim episode is taking Islam backward'

Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

'Why should she involve Islam in it?' 'We are living in a secular democracy and she has the right to do what she wants. but why bring Islam into it?'