A Pakistani official, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, said that Sheik Mohammed Rehan, an alleged member of JeM -- a banned terror group having close relations with the Al-Qaeda -- drove with Shahzad from Karachi to Peshawar in July 2009, The Los Angeles Times reports.
With the role of India-focused terror outfits such as the Laskhar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed likely to come under scanner in the Times Square bombing plot, Pakistan's response would be a "litmus test" for future engagement with the US as Islamabad has been reluctant to act against these groups, a top American expert has said.
The United States is now focusing on investigations into Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad's terror links in Pakistan, following his revelation that he attended a terrorist training camp in Waziristan.
A T-shirt vendor, who was a Vietnam veteran, alerted the police when he noticed smoke coming out of a car at the Times Square.
An accomplice of Al Qaeda associate Najibullah Zazi has pleaded guilty to a plot that involved bombing New York City subways and also admitted to a conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Faisal Shahzad, son of a retired Pakistani Air Vice Marshal, has admitted to attending a terrorist training camp in restive Waziristan before his failed bid to explode a car bomb at the Times Square in New York.
Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad's bid to flee the United States did not raise any red flag as the airline whose flight to Dubai he boarded had not refreshed its information on the Pakistani-American being tailed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A middle-aged individual who is suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other investigating agencies for being involved in the failed Times Square car bombing is a naturalised US citizen of Pakistani origin, media reports said on Tuesday.
Police probing the Times Square car bomb case have zeroed in their search on a white man in his 40s who was seen on surveillance videos shedding his shirt and walking away from the area where the explosive-laden vehicle was found. Over 45 kgs of fertilizer, with fireworks and wires fitted around was found with the bomb, police said, but it was not the ammonium nitrate grade that can explode.
US President Barack Obama has said that his administration would do whatever necessary to find those responsible for the failed terrorist attempt to blow up a car bomb at the Times Square in New York on Saturday.
The New York police on Sunday defused a car bomb in the heart of New York's famous tourist hub of Times Square after evacuating thousands of visitors, residents and theatre-goers from the area, averting what could have been a "very deadly event" in the US.
On Thursday afternoon, Bollywood is all set to take over the media capital of America -- Times Square in New York City -- in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month.
Carols, joyful tidings, presents, beautifully decorated trees, bright lights and a time for a heartfelt prayer. As the world readies for the festival of Christmas, we bring you glimpses.
The 61-year-old star will release the next part of the blockbuster series on January 25.
At least 11 Indian citizens have joined the US Army as part of a new programme titled Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI.)
They have mastered the art of winning. And sometimes they give us a peek into how they do it. In this series, we bring you your weekly shot of wisdom from super achievers.
Hundreds of people marched through Times Square in New York City to protest the deaths this week of Philando Castile and Alton.
Moments that show it's an odd, odd world we live in.
The letters were sent to ten Democratic Congressman soon after the low-intensity bomb went off outside a military recruitment centre in Times Square in New York City, Analysts think the blast may be linked to the bombings of the British Consulate in 2005 and the Mexican Consulate in 2007.
The source said the thieves '100 per cent' planned the heist to coincide with the ball drop.
The event from 8:30 to 11 am on June 21 would feature an exclusive video message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The RBI is of course fighting tooth and nail to hold interest rates while every constituency, political, business and economic is baying for lowering them. So far, the RBI has held on admirably. Whether it will manage to hold on is a question mark. I strongly feel it should, because high interest rates are the last reason growth will be affected. The good news is that an economic slowdown may exert pressure on asset prices, both in the commercial and non-commercial space.
IIT alumni will be meeting in New York this year to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding. IITians will discuss their future in US and the various options that they can consider for themselves and their families.
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The actress' wax figure will be launched in August.
June 14, celebrated five years of Rediff.com as a Nasdaq listed company.
June 14, celebrated five years of Rediff.com as a Nasdaq listed company.
Close to 200 webcams are likely to be installed across the country
Mumbai is also on the top-10 'improvers' list.
The 37th India Day Parade organised by the Federation of Indian Associations.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud and three others were killed in the US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border on Friday.
Rahul would know that fealty can be a fickle thing, and that if the Congress bucks the trend and actually wins the next national election, selfies with him would find their way from phones to walls, replacing those taken with Modi.
Big cities are the breeding grounds for romance this year.
Even as February 2017 will be remembered for the fight Americans have put up for the rights of immigrants, South Asian Americans recall the February of 1923 when the US Supreme Court barred South Asians from becoming citizens.
The pieces will be made in China using the world'sbiggest 3D printer and then assembled in place in TrafalgarSquare in London and Times Square in New York.
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