News for 'most-wanted terrorists'

Jaish chief living in posh Pak locality as state guest: News channel

Jaish chief living in posh Pak locality as state guest: News channel

Rediff.com1 Aug 2021

According to Times Now Navbharat channel, it has 'accessed undeniable visual evidence' that confirms Pakistan's 'deep state is still providing a safe haven to terror masterminds' including Masood Azhar, who heads Jaish-e- Mohammed terror group.

What will Al Qaeda do next?

What will Al Qaeda do next?

Rediff.com2 May 2011

Al Qaeda terrorists have threatened to unleash a 'nuclear hellstorm' on the West if their leader and world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is nabbed.

Wanted list: After goof-ups, the blame game begins

Wanted list: After goof-ups, the blame game begins

Rediff.com20 May 2011

Following the death of Osama bin Laden, India hastily sent a list of most wanted terrorists to Pakistan hoping to build up pressure on them. But much to the embarrassment of the home ministry, two accused on the list were traced in Mumbai and around. Home Minister P Chidambaram admitted that the first blunder was a lapse on the part of the Mumbai police and the Intelligence Bureau, but after the second error each one is pointing fingers at the other. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

US used R9X Hellfire missile to eliminate Qaeda chief

US used R9X Hellfire missile to eliminate Qaeda chief

Rediff.com2 Aug 2022

According to one American analyst, the "house that was struck was owned by a top aide to Sirajuddin Haqqani," who is now the interior minister in the Taliban government in Kabul.

Batla House encounter: HC to decide on Ariz Khan's death penalty on Thursday

Batla House encounter: HC to decide on Ariz Khan's death penalty on Thursday

Rediff.com12 Oct 2023

The court will also rule on Khan's appeal against the trial court verdict that said his offence fell under the "rarest of the rare category", warranting the maximum sentence and that he be "hanged by the neck" till death.

Pak to stay on terror financing 'grey list' till Feb 2021

Pak to stay on terror financing 'grey list' till Feb 2021

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

Pakistan failed to fulfil six of the 27 mandates so far as a result of which the country continues to be in the grey list of the FATF.

Obama administration resists release of Osama photos

Obama administration resists release of Osama photos

Rediff.com11 Jan 2013

Even almost two years after the world's most wanted terrorist was slain by American special forces, President Barack Obama's administration is refusing to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body, warning that this would risk "grave damage" to national security.

Obama administration targets Pak terror

Obama administration targets Pak terror

Rediff.com3 Dec 2010

The US Department of Treasury on Thursday designating two of Pakistan's most wanted terrorists, Lashkar-e Jhangvi senior leader Amanullah Afridi for acting for or on behalf of the LeJ and LeJ chief operational commander Mati ur-Rehman for acting for or on behalf of the Al Qaeda. The Treasury also designated a third individual, Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of Jaish-e Mohammed.

US slaps sanctions on Osama's son-in-law

US slaps sanctions on Osama's son-in-law

Rediff.com25 Aug 2010

Slapping the sanctions, US Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey said, "The designation of al Khayr by the US and the UN will help to ensure that the Al Qaeda remains in severe financial straits." Al Khayr appears on a 2009 list of 85 persons wanted by the government of Saudi Arabia, in part because of his role as an Al- Qaeda financial facilitator

Pak panel on Osama bin laden submits report to PM

Pak panel on Osama bin laden submits report to PM

Rediff.com3 Jan 2013

A judicial commission that probed world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan submitted its report today to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf though the findings of the panel were not made public.

We don't know where Osama is: US defence secy

We don't know where Osama is: US defence secy

Rediff.com6 Dec 2009

The United States has not received reliable intelligence on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for years and does not know where the world's most wanted terrorist is hiding, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. "Well, we don't know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is. If we did, we'd go get him," Gates told ABC News when asked whether the Pakistan government was doing enough to catch the terrorist mastermind.

Brown asks Pak to 'take out' Osama

Brown asks Pak to 'take out' Osama

Rediff.com29 Nov 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday stepped up pressure on Pakistan to "take out" the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden and 'break' his Al Qaeda's network.

Hizb chief's son, Bitta Karate's wife among 4 employees sacked by JK admin

Hizb chief's son, Bitta Karate's wife among 4 employees sacked by JK admin

Rediff.com13 Aug 2022

Syed Abdul Mueed is the third son of the Hizb chief to have been sacked from the government job.

Pak doctor gave key info on Osama to US

Pak doctor gave key info on Osama to US

Rediff.com28 Jan 2012

Bolstering his hunch, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency at the time when US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad town, said there were intelligence reports of Pakistani military helicopters passing over the compound where the Al Qaeda chief was hiding.

Hizb chief's sons, 9 others sacked from govt jobs in J-K

Hizb chief's sons, 9 others sacked from govt jobs in J-K

Rediff.com10 Jul 2021

Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Shahid Yousuf, who are sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief and one of the most wanted terrorists, Salahuddin, were also dismissed from service for allegedly being involved in terror funding, the officials said.

Navy SEAL: 'Shot Osama twice in the forehead. Bap! Bap!'

Navy SEAL: 'Shot Osama twice in the forehead. Bap! Bap!'

Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

The SEAL, who decided to remain anonymous, in an interview to the Esquire magazine, said 54-year-old Osama looked taller than he had thought when he encountered the Al Qaeda chief on the third-floor mansion-like hideout in the garrison city of Abbottabad in May, 2011.

India rejects Pak's list of terrorists involved in 26/11 attacks

India rejects Pak's list of terrorists involved in 26/11 attacks

Rediff.com12 Nov 2020

In a strongly-worded reaction on the issue, Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said India has repeatedly called on Pakistan to give up its 'obfuscation and dilatory tactics' in discharging its international obligations in the trial of Mumbai terror attacks.

Jaitley defends release of terrorists to end Kandahar plane hijack crisis

Jaitley defends release of terrorists to end Kandahar plane hijack crisis

Rediff.com18 Mar 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jailtey on Tuesday defended the Vajpayee government's releasing the three most wanted terrorists in return for the safety of passengers of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Kandahar in 1999, saying the lives of all Indians were "more precious" than the release of the terrorists.

No evidence Pakistan knew Osama's location: US

No evidence Pakistan knew Osama's location: US

Rediff.com16 Nov 2012

There has been no evidence that Pakistan leadership knew of the presence of Osama bin Laden inside their country, a top Pentagon commander has said citing post-raid analysis of the secret operation that killed the most wanted terrorist of the world.

REVEALED! The truth behind Osama's ISI connection

REVEALED! The truth behind Osama's ISI connection

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

The May 2 raid was conducted only after the Americans got hold of credible and actionable intelligence about the identity of the high value target from a senior ISI official, ultimately killing the world's most wanted terrorist, reports Amir Mir

US had planned air strike to level Osama's hideout

US had planned air strike to level Osama's hideout

Rediff.com9 Sep 2012

The United States was initially planning a massive air strike using B-2 Spirit bombers to level the Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden but chose an assault by its elite commandos who killed the world's most wanted terrorist a year ago.

India's most wanted: Criminals who were caught abroad and deported

India's most wanted: Criminals who were caught abroad and deported

Rediff.com27 Oct 2015

Rediff.com takes a look at some instances of underworld dons and terrorists detained or arrested in a foreign country and deported or extradited back to India.

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.

Act now, India tells Pak as tapes trace Dawood to Karachi

Act now, India tells Pak as tapes trace Dawood to Karachi

Rediff.com27 Dec 2014

India asked Pakistan to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim saying enough evidence have been given to it on the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.

'ISI helped Mullah Omar get treated in Karachi'

'ISI helped Mullah Omar get treated in Karachi'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

Elusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was treated in a Karachi hospital with the help of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence after he suffered a heart attack, a private intelligence agency has claimed.

US bounty on Saeed worries Pakistan's powers-that-be

US bounty on Saeed worries Pakistan's powers-that-be

Rediff.com3 Apr 2012

Pakistan's promise to contain its activities has simply failed to affect the LeT at all as the group's activities have intensified, observes Amir Mir

CIA killed Al Awlaki via 'Croatian marriage plot'

CIA killed Al Awlaki via 'Croatian marriage plot'

Rediff.com16 Oct 2012

The Central Intelligence Agency managed to kill one of its most wanted terrorists in the world -- Al Qaeda leader Anwar al Awlaki -- in a drone strike attack in September 2011 after hatching a fake marriage plot with a Croatian woman. Al Awlaki was linked with 2009's Fort Hood shooting and the foiled airplane underwear bomb that happened later in the same year.

IN PICS: Osama's safehouse is RAZED to the ground

IN PICS: Osama's safehouse is RAZED to the ground

Rediff.com27 Feb 2012

Bulldozers on Monday razed to the ground the three-storey house in Pakistan, where the most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden hid for more than five years, dogging the biggest manhunt in the world.

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 10-year jail term

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 10-year jail term

Rediff.com19 Nov 2020

Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans.

Canada expels Indian envoy over Khalistani leader's killing

Canada expels Indian envoy over Khalistani leader's killing

Rediff.com20 Sep 2023

Canada has expelled an Indian diplomat as it was investigating what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called 'credible allegations' of the involvement of 'agents of the Indian government' in the killing of a Sikh extremist leader in Surrey in June, claims outrightly rejected by New Delhi as 'absurd' and 'motivated'.

How CIA spied on Osama's mansion for months

How CIA spied on Osama's mansion for months

Rediff.com6 May 2011

America's Central Intelligence Agency maintained a safe house near Abbottabad town for a small team of spies who conducted extensive surveillance on slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound for months before President Barack Obama signed an order to kill the most wanted terrorist on April 29.

Osama killing: One down, 9 more to go

Osama killing: One down, 9 more to go

Rediff.com3 May 2011

Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of most wanted terrorists got shorter with the slaying of its most prominent face, Osama bin Laden and now has only nine names from the original 22 compiled after 9/11 attacks. Nine still more highly sought include Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Eyptian eye surgeon expected to replace bin Laden as the new leader of al Qaeda.

Bollywood cheers Osama's death

Bollywood cheers Osama's death

Rediff.com2 May 2011

Stars tweet their reactions on the big news.

Osama killing: Why Musharraf's surprised and upset

Osama killing: Why Musharraf's surprised and upset

Rediff.com2 May 2011

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the American operation against Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil was a 'violation of our sovereignty' and felt the Gilani government should have been kept in the loop.

Osama's death: Terror groups turn 'deathly silent'

Osama's death: Terror groups turn 'deathly silent'

Rediff.com2 May 2011

A hushed silence has descended on the terror groups in their hotbed in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt close to Afghanistan after the slaying of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden, with US intelligence saying that militant chatter lines had gone dead.

US forces have killed Osama bin Laden: Obama

US forces have killed Osama bin Laden: Obama

Rediff.com2 May 2011

In a major development, media reports in United States reported that Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda founder and world's most wanted terrorist, is dead.

End of the road for Dawood Ibrahim? Maybe not!

End of the road for Dawood Ibrahim? Maybe not!

Rediff.com17 Nov 2011

While India still hopes that the end could be in sight for fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, there are indications that the going may not be so tough for the man who still has friends in high places in the Pakistani establishment, reports eminent Pakistani journalist Amir Mir.

Bhatkal and Bilal's life followed similar path

Bhatkal and Bilal's life followed similar path

Rediff.com12 Jan 2011

Riyaz Bhatkal's story was very similar to that of Shahid Bilal, who belonged to the Harkat-ul-Jihade Islami. Bilal wanted for his role in the deadly twin blasts in Hyderabad. Both Bhatkal and Bilal were products of the Inter-Services Intelligence's drive to setup a terror module in south India.

US announces $10-mn bounty on 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed

US announces $10-mn bounty on 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Rediff.com3 Apr 2012

The United States has announced a bounty of $ 10 million for the capture of or information leading to the capture of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Osama's widows get into a catfight in Pak prison

Osama's widows get into a catfight in Pak prison

Rediff.com15 Mar 2012

Two of Osama bin Laden's widows were involved in a vicious catfight in a Pakistani prison over the youngest wife's suspicion that the eldest had betrayed the slain Al Qaeda leader, a media report said today.