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In Srinagar, police detained ten individuals. They are suspected of using encrypted apps. These apps allegedly coordinated terror activities. Instructions came from handlers in Pakistan. Searches occurred across Kashmir. The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted the operation. The suspects are linked to terror groups like LeT and JeM. Authorities seized documents and devices. The operation aims to prevent youth radicalization.
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved the order on an application moved by Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid seeking custody parole to attend ongoing parliament session amidst jurisdictional row. However, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), while opposing the custody parole, stated that Rashid Engineer does not need to respond to any questions. They emphasized that this request is generic and pointed out that Engineer has no speech to deliver. Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra appeared for NIA also argued that taking an oath and campaigning are separate m ...Read More >
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar forcefully stated that India will not be deterred by nuclear blackmail and will hold both terrorists and the governments that support them accountable for their actions. Speaking at a Newsweek event in New York, he asserted that the era of treating cross-border terror attacks with impunity is over. No More Free Passes for Terror Proxies Jaishankar declared that India will no longer spare governments that finance, support, and motivate terrorist organizations that target India. "We will not allow nuclear blackmail to prevent us from respondin ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United States' recent decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed proxy of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) has drawn sharp reactions from Indian Defence experts, who view the move as delayed and diplomatically motivated. Wing Commander Praful Bakshi (Retd.), speaking to IANS, expressed skepticism over the US' true stance on terrorism. "America is trying to clarify its position in the context of terrorism at this time. It wants to show the world t ...Read More >
Mathura, Jul 19 (PTI) Six people died and two were injured when a mini-van collided with a truck on the Yamuna Expressway here, police said on Saturday. "The accident took place at milestone 140 at around 3 am. The Agra-bound mini-van rammed into a heavy vehicle, possibly due to the driver falling asleep at the wheel," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar said. "Six people died on the spot, while two have sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a hospital," he added. The family members of the deceased have been informed, and further action is being taken, he said. In a ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local SP office. District Magistrate Anuj Singh said the property is needed for housing officers and other ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a vibrant welcome from the Indian community upon his arrival in Brazil, with on of the highlights being a cultural dance inspired by Operation Sindoor. The room in Rio de Janeiro came alive with the traditional Indian dance and folk music as members of the Indian diaspora celebrated the Prime Minister's visit. The stirring rendition themed on Operation Sindoor stood out- with the song"Saugandh Mujhe Iss Mitti Ki" playing in the background, the performance drew praises and applause from the PM. The Prime minister also took pictures with the dance ...Read More >
New York/New Delhi, July 8 (UNI) India has abstained from voting on the UN Resolution on Afghanistan, and said the international community must direct its coordinated efforts towards ensuring that entities and individuals designated by the UN Security Council along with their regional sponsors who facilitate their operations, no longer exploit the Afghan territory for terrorist activities. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P Harish, in his statement on the Resolution, welcomed the strong condemnation by Afghanistan of the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22 and said Ind ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Criticising the BJP-led NDA government, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India's foreign policy has collapsed. In a post on X, Gandhi raised three questions to the central government. "Will JJ explain, Why India has been hyphenated with Pakistan? Why didn't a single country back us in condemning Pakistan? Who asked Trump to "mediate" between India & Pakistan?" the LoP said. Reposting a video of S Jaishankar's interview with a media outlet, he said, "India's foreign policy has collapsed," he added. Earlier, Gandhi q ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided and subsequently searched 32 locations across Kashmir Valley as part of its "continuing investigations against terror conspiracy by Pakistan backed proscribed terrorist organisations and their offshoots to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir". The locations, it claimed, were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers associated with The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and ot ...Read More >
Srinagar: Before towering cranes and cutting-edge engineering transformed the Himalayan landscape, the monumental dream of connecting "Kashmir to Kanyakumari" by rail began with the plodding footsteps of humble mules. This extraordinary backstory underpins the official realization of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6, 2025, a project crowned by the awe-inspiring Chenab Bridge. According to Afcons Infrastructure Limited, the company behind the Chenab Bridge, the earliest and most formidable hurdle wasn't just the design of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 28: Parag Jain, one of the brains behind the meticulous planning of 'Operation Sindoor', has been appointed as the new Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), officials said here on Saturday. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The two-year tenure of Jain, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 1989 batch of the Punjab cadre, officially begins on July 1. He takes over from Ravi Sinha, who retires on June 30. The decision to appoint Jain as chief of the external intelligence agency was made by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet earlier this w ...Read More >
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has refuted US President Donald Trump's assertion of using trade as leverage to negotiate a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during a military showdown in May. Trump has repeatedly said that the US mediated between the South Asian neighbors when they were involved in a 4-day confrontation and offered more trade with both countries if they ceased hostilities. "I think the trade people are doing what the trade people should be doing, which is negotiate wi ...Read More >
Patna, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption, the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Putul Kumari, the SHO of the Women's Police Station in Samastipur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. Her driver was also arrested in the case. The arrest has created a stir within the police department. According to an official, Putul Kumari was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Chhatauna village under Mufassil police station limits, in connection with an assault case. Rajiv Ranjan had filed a written complaint with ...Read More >
Pune: The Indian Gig Workers' Front on Saturday evening suspended the ongoing strike of cabs and autorickshaws operating on applications till Tuesday, after leaving many commuters, including those arriving at the airport on Saturday morning, hassled. Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the front, said, "We have a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials of the state transport department. If its decisions don't meet our expectations, the strike will resume." Several commuters had a harrowing experience on roads on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. Cabs and autos were hard to come by. T ...Read More >
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will be on a three day visit to China starting July 13, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) revealed on Friday. They stated that EAM Jaishankar will begin his China visit from Beijing and then visit Tianjin for the Foreign Minister's Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries. China is the current Chair of the grouping. While the External Affairs Minister has met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of multilateral events, this would be his first trip to China since bilateral relations wer ...Read More >
S Jaishankar NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday welcomed the United States' decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), calling it a "strong affirmation" of counter-terrorism cooperation.TRF, a proxy of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, was behind the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which killed 26 civilians.In a post on X, Jaishankar called the move a strong show of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation. He thanked US Secretary Marco Rubio and the St ...Read More >
BIG WIN For India: US Officially Tags Pahalgam Attack Outfit TRF As Terrorist Group | Op Sindoor The United States has officially designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. TRF, believed to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba affiliate, had claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists. The US State Department linked TRF to multiple recent attacks against Indian security forces. In response to the Pahalgam massacre, India launched Operati ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
The gunfight continued between security forces and terrorists in the upper mountain belt of Harwan. In a major breakthrough, the security forces killed a wanted terrorist, who was responsible for terror attack in Ganderbal, during an ongoing encounter in the upper reaches of Dachigam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The Kashmir Zone Police in a social media post announced the killing of the terrorist, identified as Junail Ahmed Bhat. The Police said that Bhat was an A category terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit and was involved in the killing of civilians in Ganderbal, Gagangir and o ...Read More >
JAMMU, June 28: Destroyed by the Indian Armed Forces during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan army backed by the Government, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and top terrorist commanders has started rebuilding the terror training centres using sophisticated technology this time to save them from future strikes by India. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Moreover, the terror facilities are now being raised by Pakistan to accommodate small number of terrorists like 20 to 30 like previously when 70 to 80 terrorists used to be trained in one centre. This too is being done to keep the ter ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5 (UNI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed that Islamabad is not aware about the whereabouts of UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar as Pakistan is unable to identify Jaish-e-Mohammed chief. He further asserted that the country would be "happy to" arrest him if India provides information about terrorist's presence on Pakistani soil. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Bhutto, whose party is part of the ruling coalition in the country, said Hafiz Saeed is not a free man in Pakistan and Masood Azhar may be in Afghanistan. Masood Azhar is one o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF has for the first time introduced the concept of state sponsored terrorism in its latest report, highlighting that such funding is a longstanding threat to international peace and security, stability of regional financial, and political systems. State sponsored terrorism means a state actively financing terrorist activities as part of its state policy. Before this, India had raised and identified state sponsored terrorism from Pakistan as a source of Terrorist Financing risk in its ML/TF risk asses ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS senior leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday strongly condemned Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's "baseless and misleading" statements regarding irrigation and water rights in Telangana. Harish Rao accused Revanth Reddy and his Congress government of "mortgaging Telangana's rightful share of water resources and attempting to mislead people with fabricated data and staged presentations." Expressing outrage over the Chief Minister's closed-door meeting with Congress legislators at Praja Bhavan, Harish Rao asserted, "Revanth Reddy, your government deserves to be lashed for betraying Telan ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi's Patiala House Court has reserved the decision on the demand to release terror funding case accused Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid on custody parole to participate in the upcoming session of Parliament. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jeet Singh has reserved the decision after hearing the arguments of both the sides. Engineer Rashid has demanded custody parole to participate in the monsoon session of Parliament starting from July 21. The lawyer appearing on behalf of Engineer Rashid said that Engineer Rashid is an MP from Baramulla and the population of Baramulla is 45 percen ...Read More >
The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a foreign terrorist organization after it claimed responsibility for the deadly Pahalgam attack in 2025. This move, hailed by India, strengthens counter-terrorism cooperation between the two nations. India can now push for Pakistan's relisting on the FATF grey list. The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba which had initially claimed responsibility f ...Read More >
Jammu- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the ongoing restoration work of the historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which was the power centre of the Dogra kings in Jammu, and stressed on enhancing its heritage appeal. The Mubarak Mandi Complex is one of Jammu's most significant architectural heritage sites and is envisioned as a comprehensive cultural centre, housing museums, conference venues and heritage hospitality services. Accompanied by Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani and MLA Yudhvir Sethi during the visit, the chief minister was briefed in detail on the multi-phas ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The United States Department of State on Thursday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a front group of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the group behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, as a as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Founded in 2019, shortly after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), TRF is a part of broader Pakistan ISI-backed disinformation and hybrid warfare and targets civilians, minorities, tourists and security forces, according to sourc ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 19 (PTI) The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained 10 people for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications for coordinating, financing and executing terror activities on the instructions of handlers from Pakistan, officials on Saturday said. The detentions were carried out during searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) at multiple locations in the valley, they said. The officials said that searches were conducted at 10 locations across Kashmir by the CIK officers in a two-year-old terror-linked case registered under vario ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that India has demonstrated a successful strategy to defeat terrorism, laying out five key positions on how the global community can uproot such activities, and assured retaliation against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism while showing zero tolerance against this menace. In an article titled 'We've shown how to defeat terror,' published in an English Daily, Singh reflects on India's response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and India's subsequent response through Operation Sindoor, emphasising the nation's ...Read More >