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Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Rediff.com13 Jan 2021

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him spread his tentacles. A revealing excerpt from Khaled Ahmed's Pakistan's Terror Conundrum.

Coming up: May Movie Releases

Coming up: May Movie Releases

Rediff.com1 May 2019

Blank, SOTY 2, India's Most Wanted...

India slams Pak for sheltering 'first accused' of Pulwama attack

India slams Pak for sheltering 'first accused' of Pulwama attack

Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also slammed Pakistan's flip-flop on the presence of Dawood Ibrahim in the country, saying it 'lays bare the insincerity' of Islamabad in responding to legitimate expectations of the world that it will track down international terrorists operating from its soil.

What if LTTE's Prabhakaran were alive...

What if LTTE's Prabhakaran were alive...

Rediff.com14 Feb 2023

The Indian authorities have to reconfirm that Prabhakaran is dead. It may require seeking assistance from Interpol and also involve the re-opening of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, and more so, the investigations, formally or otherwise, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Batla House encounter: Delhi court awards death penalty to Ariz Khan

Batla House encounter: Delhi court awards death penalty to Ariz Khan

Rediff.com15 Mar 2021

A Delhi court Monday awarded death penalty to Ariz Khan for the murder of decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in connection with the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case, saying the offence fell under the 'rarest of the rare category' warranting the maximum sentence.

Congress readies two weapons to target Modi

Congress readies two weapons to target Modi

Rediff.com24 May 2014

Down and out Congress is all set to use 'Modi's doublespeak on CAG reports' and invitation to Nawaz Sharif as weapons to target the prime minister-designate. Renu Mittal reports.

Chhota Rajan's sisters want to meet him on 'Bhai Dooj'; court tells CBI to consider

Chhota Rajan's sisters want to meet him on 'Bhai Dooj'; court tells CBI to consider

Rediff.com13 Nov 2015

A Delhi court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to consider the plea of underworld don Chhota Rajan's sisters, who sought its permission to meet their brother currently in the probe agency's custody, on the occasion of 'Bhai Dooj', saying they have not met him for the past 27 years and wanted to bless him.

Rajnath says more surgical strikes can't be ruled out

Rajnath says more surgical strikes can't be ruled out

Rediff.com4 Feb 2017

He also dismissed as 'a mere eye wash' the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba chief Hafiz Saeed.

Rise of Yasin Bhatkal: From businessman to IM leader

Rise of Yasin Bhatkal: From businessman to IM leader

Rediff.com29 Aug 2013

A dossier on the terrorist, who regrouped the Indian Mujahideen, reveals that investigators have announced a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on any informationon him, Vicky Nanjappa reports

How Shakeel Afridi nailed Osama bin Laden

How Shakeel Afridi nailed Osama bin Laden

Rediff.com24 May 2012

Amir Mir reports how a physician became a CIA mole and helped locate the most wanted man in the world.

Both India, Pak underplay Dr Singh-Sharif summit in New York

Both India, Pak underplay Dr Singh-Sharif summit in New York

Rediff.com24 Sep 2013

However much one underplays the meeting between India and Pakistan's top leaders, it can never be undervalued, reports Sheela Bhatt.

Dawood not in Pakistan, says Pak High Commissioner

Dawood not in Pakistan, says Pak High Commissioner

Rediff.com11 May 2015

India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is not in Pakistan, Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit said on Monday

Rahul calls journalist who met Hafiz Saeed an 'RSS man'

Rahul calls journalist who met Hafiz Saeed an 'RSS man'

Rediff.com15 Jul 2014

Describing journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik as a "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh man", Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned whether the Indian high commission in Islamabad had facilitated the meeting between him and Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Inside Yasin Bhatkal's dangerous mind

Inside Yasin Bhatkal's dangerous mind

Rediff.com4 Mar 2014

A jailbreak bid, a strike at Narendra Modi's heartland, Indian Mujahideen's hand in the Syria civil war and its attempts to reach out to Al Qaeda and Taliban. Once India's most wanted, Yasin Bhatkal reveals his chilling plans in his confessions to the NIA

Part of funding for 9/11 came from India, says ex-top cop

Part of funding for 9/11 came from India, says ex-top cop

Rediff.com17 Nov 2015

Part of funding for 9/11 attacks in the United States had originated from India, according to a former top police officer Neeraj Kumar, who has based his claim on the "revelation" made by a terrorist.

Hafiz Saeed remains defiant; protests in Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed remains defiant; protests in Pakistan

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's detention may help ease India-Pakistan tension, media reports in Islamabad said on Tuesday even as supporters of the Mumbai attack mastermind launched protests across major cities against the government's decision which they say was taken under pressure from the US and India.

Underworld don Dawood's name surfaces in IPL fixing scam

Underworld don Dawood's name surfaces in IPL fixing scam

Rediff.com4 Jun 2013

The spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League turned murkier with the names of global terrorist and India's most wanted man Dawood Ibrahim and his close aide Chotta Shakeel surfacing in the case.

India's 'Osama' who masterminded 2008 Gujarat blasts arrested

India's 'Osama' who masterminded 2008 Gujarat blasts arrested

Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

He was arrested after a 'brief exchange of fire'.

Rise of Yasin Bhatkal: From businessman to IM leader

Rise of Yasin Bhatkal: From businessman to IM leader

Rediff.com14 Dec 2012

A dossier on the terrorist, who regrouped the Indian Mujahideen, reveals that investigators have announced a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on any informationon him, Vicky Nanjappa reports

Delay in $75bn investment fund due to India, says UAE

Delay in $75bn investment fund due to India, says UAE

Rediff.com24 Jan 2017

"There has been one meeting (on this). It is a matter of setting up the governance structures. Now ball is in the court of the Indian side to finalise the governance of the setting up of the fund. We are ready for it," the UAE ambassador Dr Ahmed Al Banna said.

Captured Paris attack suspect was planning more attacks

Captured Paris attack suspect was planning more attacks

Rediff.com21 Mar 2016

Abdeslam, Europe's most wanted man, was arrested on Friday during a police raid as he returned to his family home in Molenbeek after being undetected since the November 13 attacks that killed 130 people and left several injured.

India's last terror module shut down, but...

India's last terror module shut down, but...

Rediff.com23 May 2014

Wednesday's arrest of four terror suspects including that of SIMI mastermind Haider Ali signals the end of the road for organised terror modules in India, claims the Intelligence Bureau. But what's worrying is thatthe Al Qaeda and Taliban are taking keen interest in the terror operations in India. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Dawood Ibrahim's aide Iqbal Mirchi dies in UK

Dawood Ibrahim's aide Iqbal Mirchi dies in UK

Rediff.com15 Aug 2013

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Mirchi, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, died of a heart attack in London on Wednesday night.

Did ISI aid Ilyas Kashmiri's killing?

Did ISI aid Ilyas Kashmiri's killing?

Rediff.com6 Jun 2011

Pakistan apparently aided the killing of the dreaded Al Qaeda-linked terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri, who had come to figure as the most wanted militant for the security establishment.

Catch Kashmiri, Omar by July: US warns Pak

Catch Kashmiri, Omar by July: US warns Pak

Rediff.com1 Jun 2011

The United States has given Pakistan a deadline till July to launch a military offensive in the restive North Waziristan tribal region for capturing five most wanted al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, including Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mullah Omar and Ilyas Kashmiri.

It was Olatunde, not Tunda: Kenyan police

It was Olatunde, not Tunda: Kenyan police

Rediff.com24 Jul 2006

Olatunde is a British national, said Kenyan police.

'No request to US from India to track down Dawood Ibrahim'

'No request to US from India to track down Dawood Ibrahim'

Rediff.com19 Feb 2014

Government on Wednesday said it has not made any request to the US to track down the country's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim.

Pakistan wasn't informed about Osama raid: Zardari

Pakistan wasn't informed about Osama raid: Zardari

Rediff.com3 May 2011

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari says the raid by United States special forces to kill the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden deep inside his country was "not a joint operation."

'Impossible to get access to Dawood in Karachi'

'Impossible to get access to Dawood in Karachi'

Rediff.com2 Apr 2010

Pakistan has stringently denied the fact that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is running his terror operations from Karachi. But terrorists arrested by Indian intelligence agencies have repeatedly admitted that India's most wanted man has taken refuge in Pakistan, with active assistance from the ISI. Ahmed Khwaja, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant in the custody of the Hyderabad police, recently revealed that the fugitive is protected by an impenetrable layer of security.

Somebody in Pak govt knows where Osama is: Clinton

Somebody in Pak govt knows where Osama is: Clinton

Rediff.com20 Jul 2010

Elements in the Pakistan government, particularly its intelligence establishment, know where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding inside the country, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said, declaring America will not be satisfied till it gets the world's most wanted fugitive.

3 Ways To Be A Super Spy!

3 Ways To Be A Super Spy!

Rediff.com8 Oct 2014

Bang Bang, at its core, is really an educational film, informs Paloma Sharma.

'BJP interested in electoral gain and not Ram mandir'

'BJP interested in electoral gain and not Ram mandir'

Rediff.com21 Aug 2013

In the past four years, neither the BJP nor the VHP has shown any interest in the mandir or Lord Ram. Now that elections are nearing, it is attempting to whip up communal passions, says Minister of State for Home R P N Singh in an interview to Anita Katyal

7/11 accused involved in terror strikes: IB

7/11 accused involved in terror strikes: IB

Rediff.com9 Dec 2008

The investigations into the Mumbai terror attacks indicate the role played by one of the country's most wanted fugitives. Rahil Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai serial train blasts on July 11, 2006, provided the Lashkar-e-Taiyba vital information about the targets, Intelligence Bureau sources told rediff.com

Why India can't ask Interpol to trace Bhatkal

Why India can't ask Interpol to trace Bhatkal

Rediff.com4 Sep 2009

Riyaz Bhatkal's name crops up in almost every terror investigation in India, but Indian security agencies are yet to issue an Interpol red corner notice against the terrorist because of a legal loophole.

Delhi Police's massive catch: LeT's 'bomb expert' arrested

Delhi Police's massive catch: LeT's 'bomb expert' arrested

Rediff.com17 Aug 2013

The Delhi Police have finally managed to get their man -- Abdul Karim Tunda, the answer to several questions regarding the Lashkar-e-Tayiba network in India.

US slaps sanctions on Dawood Ibrahim

US slaps sanctions on Dawood Ibrahim

Rediff.com2 Jun 2006

The US slaps sanctions on Dawood Ibrahim

Pak won't discuss India's criminal list

Pak won't discuss India's criminal list

Rediff.com21 Sep 2006

Pakistan will not discuss India's list of most wanted persons, including Dawood Ibrahim, under the proposed joint institutional mechanism on anti-terrorism, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmed Khan has said.

When Arjun Kapoor would have told you, 'Chal jhoota'

When Arjun Kapoor would have told you, 'Chal jhoota'

Rediff.com21 May 2019

'Ishaqzaade released on May 11, 2012. It has been seven years. But if you had spoken to me on May 10, 2012, and said that I would do 13 films with so many good directors and actors, I would have said, 'Chal jhoota.''

Aseemanand: Many aliases, one saffron identity

Aseemanand: Many aliases, one saffron identity

Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

Wearing multiple identities of religious preacher, science student and terror accused, the saffron robed Aseemanand, once known as the most wanted man in India, was the alleged link between the series of three bombings that ripped through India in 2007.

'I've been damaged so much'

'I've been damaged so much'

Rediff.com29 Jul 2021

'I don't know why I haven't broken down.'