ATS has found that Labhshankar Maheshwari, a native of Pakistan who was granted Indian citizenship in 2005, had agreed to be part of the conspiracy to expedite the visa process for him, his wife and two other family members wanting to visit the neighbouring country to meet relatives.
American intelligence agencies have for the first time directly linked the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence and indicated that it might have been authorised by the top officials as those involved in assisting militants were not renegades, a media report said in New York on Friday.
A massive manhunt has been launched for the four terrorists
Calling Pakistani intelligence's failure to detect Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad a "massive slip-up," ex-President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that "rogue" members of the Inter-Services Intelligence and military may have helped the al-Qaeda chief hide in plain sight in the garrison city.
Pakistani intelligence officials have arrested Indonesian Al-Qaeda operative Umar Patek, suspected to be involved in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Patek, a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, was captured by the Inter-Services Intelligence recently, an unnamed officer of the spy agency told The News.
A female agent working for the Pakistani intelligence from Mangalore oversees hawala transactions that help pump money to terror outfits. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Wednesday.
Three terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.
For India, it is a symbol of will and a successful feat of arms.
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard intercepted a boat off the Porbandar coast on Monday that came from Pakistan.
Singh said India has the strength to take stern action against cross-border terrorism and Pakistan has started realising it.
Pakistan has arrested Iranian Jundullah leader Abdul Malik Rigi, citing his ties with the Al Qaeda network, intelligence sources said.
Notwithstanding the recent arrest of high-value Taliban leaders in Pakistan in which the Inter Services Intelligence played a key role, top US Senators and officials have indicated that they continue to remain suspicious about the real intentions of the Pakistani intelligence agency in view of its links to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and other terror outfits.
The spy Bodh Raj has been accused of passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan.
Pakistanis on Wednesday reacted with revulsion and anger to the "silencing" of investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose body was found days after he went missing in the wake of authoring a report that alleged al-Qaeda had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy.
For three years now, Lashkar cadres have been pressurising their higher ups in Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence to battle American troops, but they have always been pulled back. The reason? The ISI does not want the only outfit that it has complete control over to go out of hand.
The government and our officers who have been talking to the media do not realise the importance of keeping the Pakistani intelligence guessing as to what Madhuri Gupta has been telling her interrogators. As for the media, it has converted the case into a slapstick serial, writes security expert B Raman.
In a new dimension to the sensational case of an Indian woman diplomat arrested on charge of spying for Pakistan, a high-ranking Army officer and an external intelligence agency official have come under the scanner of security agencies.
The Madhuri Gupta episode shows Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau is back from a relatively long hibernation, writes security expert B Raman
Sources in the Indian Intelligence Bureau told rediff.com that Madhuri Gupta, who was working in the press wing of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan, was passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence agencies for kickbacks.
'We have never had a policy regarding Pakistani artistes working in India.' 'We welcome them with open arms and that remains the official policy of the Indian government, including the current dispensation.'
A key militant of the banned Lashker-e-Tayiba and his 34 Afghan followers have been arrested by Pakistani authorities in the Nowshera area in the country's northwest. LeT leader Matiullah alias Abu Tallah and his followers were arrested during a pre-dawn raid on his madrassa or seminary at New Dagai village in Nowshera district on Tuesday, police told the media. From the same district, Pakistani intelligence had captured some top Taliban commanders.
Two alleged agents of Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence were sentenced ten and five years of rigorous imprisonment respectively for spying in India.
An estimated 14 terrorists, in the guise of preachers, have sneaked into the federal capital and Lahore to carry out strikes on state targets, Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned authorities.
The controversy over the killing of two Pakistanis by a United States consulate employee in Lahore took a new turn on Monday with a media report stating that the dead men were believed to be "intelligence operatives".
United States official Raymond Davis, who was arrested on charges of gunning down two men in Lahore, is a CIA agent. This may complicate US efforts to seek the release of Davis, who claimed that he fired in self-defence when the two men attempted to rob him.Davis was engaged in espionage and surveillance activities. The Pakistani government was aware of Davis's CIA status but had kept quiet in the face of intense US pressure.
Biden is not risking his reputation in a crucial election year, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The development comes amidst officials of the foreign ministries from the two sides exchanged goodwill messages.
An official of the home ministry has been questioned by the police and other agencies in connection with an espionage case in Rajasthan. The official, who works with the foreigners division of the home ninistry, has been questioned for his alleged links with a suspected ISI agent arrested in Pokhran in February, sources said.
One-time watch for all those wear their patriotism up their sleeve, don't bother about checking the facts, and want to enjoy a dramatic mix of fact and fiction, notes Prasanna D Zore.
Reacting to the reports, an Indian diplomat in Islamabad told PTI that "these are baseless and mischievous allegations and we reject them entirely."
Trusting Nasseruddin, who introduced Shabbir as a businessman, Khan got his daughter married to him in 1996. The couple has two sons aged 11 and 9 years.
'Nine missiles from India had been pointed towards Pakistan, to be launched any time that day'
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari secretly met the director of America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Hayden on his recent US visit, a media report said on Monday.
An American national said to be a member of Al Qaeda was captured in a raid in Karachi, but Pakistani officials later changed their version that the man picked up was the terror outfit's US-born spokesman.
Pakistan on Saturday released former Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, meeting a long-standing demand of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to advance peace efforts in the war-ravaged country.
The Pakistani actor's tweet came after violence that broke out in many cities of the neighbouring country following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan for alleged corruption.
'If push comes to shove, Pakistan does have the capability to make it difficult for the US and NATO forces to make even a withdrawal of troops out of Afghanistan in orderly fashion,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
After Muneer's release, Pakistan did not respond to extradition requests by the Indian government.
After receiving many queries from readers asking for his comments on the security implications of normal economic relations with Pakistan, B Raman categorises them.
