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New Delhi: In a significant development from Pakistan, Mohammad Tahir Anwar, the elder brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, has died under circumstances that remain unclear, according to sources within Indian intelligence agencies. Anwar, who was reportedly a key figure within the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, passed away in Bahawalpur. While officials have confirmed his death, the exact cause has not yet been disclosed, raising speculation and prompting security agencies to closely monitor the situation. Mohammad Tahir Anwar was believed to be closely associated with the functioning of Jaish-e-Mohammed and played a pivotal role within the organisation. Intelligence sources suggest he was actively involved in operational and logistical aspects of the group and was considered a trusted aide within the inner circle led by his brother, Masood Azhar. Though he maintained a relatively low public profile compared to Azhar, Anwar's influence within the group's structure made him a person of interest for security agencies tracking terror networks in the region. According to information emerging from Pakistan, Anwar's funeral prayers (Namaz-e-Janaza) are scheduled to be held at the outfit's headquarters in Bahawalpur. The funeral is expected to take place at Jamia Usman-o-Ali, located near the city's railway station on Heavy Industries Road. Notably, the location where Anwar reportedly died has drawn further attention from intelligence agencies. It is said to be the same site where Jaish-e-Mohammed's women's wing, Jamaat-un-Mominat, was launched on October 25, 2025, following what has been referred to as 'Operation Sindoor'. As of now, Pakistani authorities have not issued any official statement clarifying the cause of death.
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 >
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, 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 >
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, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has been indulging in a fake narrative campaign against India. While Pakistan is known to sponsor terror groups to strike India, in recent months, it has been fighting another battle, which involves spreading false information against its neighbouring country The cause for this sudden rise in the number of fake stories being planted in India is Field Marshal Asim Munir's failure and his desperation to build his own legacy. The big blow for Asim Munir was Operation Sindoor, during which the terror infrastructure was blown up by the Indian Armed Forc ...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], October 26 (ANI): Operation Sindoor, the Indian military strike carried out in May this year in response to the Pahlgam terror attack, was a "game changer" that sent a powerful message to Pakistan according to former Indian diplomat Yash Sinha. Speaking to ANI, Sinha said the operation "took the mickey out of them" by hitting Pakistan's key air bases and terror strongholds deep inside its territory. Also Read | Thailand-Cambodia Sign Peace Deal in Presence of Donald Trump and Anwar Ibrahim, Pledge Regional Stability. He said the attacks targeted major sites in Bahawalpur ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (PTI) The Gujarat ATS has foiled a terror conspiracy to target individuals in Uttar Pradesh and arrested a person alleged to be operating as a "lone wolf" after being influenced by extremist ideologies linked to the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, Faizan Shaikh, was in the final stages of planning targeted killings across Uttar Pradesh for 'insulting' Prophet Mohammed, according to officials. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) recovered a pistol and six cartridges from his possession, which he reportedly intended to use for high-pr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Fifteen years before the arrest of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for alleged espionage, India witnessed a shocking betrayal from within its diplomatic ranks. In 2010, Madhuri Gupta, a mid-level diplomat posted at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was arrested for leaking classified defence information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in one of the most high-profile honeytrap espionage cases of the decade. A mole in the mission The alarm was first raised in early 2010, less than two years after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Internal alerts pointed to Gupta, an Indian F ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "PM @narendramodi concludes a productive visit to Brazil and emplanes for Namibia. A memorable visit t ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday raided 10 locations in different districts of Kashmir in connection with the investigations into a terror recruitment case. Officials said that the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) is carrying out searches at 10 locations in four places in the Valley in connection with the investigation into a terror recruitment case. "These raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) comm ...Read More >
India's demands for Pakistan were clear. Pakistan had retaliated against India's pre-emptive counterterrorism action. It had responded by attacking military targets. It had captured an Indian pilot and violated the Geneva Conventions. India would expect the pilot not to come to any harm. Pakistan should exercise restraint and responsibility; any provocation along the LoC would not be tolerated. India had activated multiple diplomatic channels to deal with the crisis. Pakistan on its part was trying to drag the matter to the UN, as an issue that threatened regional peace and stability. Foreign ...Read More >
Delhi: In a major revelation that has come to light in the Delhi blast case, investigators probing the Jaish-e-Mohammed link in the blast and the Faridabad explosives haul have found that Dr Shaheen Saeed was in touch with Afirah Bibi, the wife of Jaish commander and Pulwama attack mastermind Umar Farooq, according to NDTV. Umar Farooq, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, was killed in an encounter in the wake of the 2019 Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Umar's wife, Afirah Bibi, is reportedly a key figure in Jai ...Read More >
'No Hurdle If India Cooperates': Pakistan Open To Handing Over Hafiz, Azhar, Says Bilawal Bhutto Sunday, July 06, 2025 by Indian Defence News Pakistan's former foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has publicly stated that Islamabad is open to the extradition of terror suspects, including Hafiz Saeed (Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind) and Masood Azhar (Jaish-e-Mohammad founder), to India as a goodwill gesture. However, this willingness is explicitly contingent on India's cooperation, particularly in providing evidence and witnesses required for ongoing cases in P ...Read More >
Bathinda: The twin blasts at a home in a village in Punjab's Bathinda district on Wednesday were triggered after a law student attempted to mix a chemical-type material he had ordered online after watching videos of UN-designated global terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar on YouTube, according to Punjab Police.Multiple agencies, including Punjab Police's counter-intelligence wing and an Intelligence Bureau team, are looking into the case that took a new turn after it emerged that Gurpreet Singh, a first-year LLB student at Bathinda Law College, used a fake ID to log on to YouTube to access incrimin ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 28: The Bihar Police Headquarters on Thursday issued a statewide high alert after intelligence inputs suggested the entry of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives into the state through the Nepal border. According to a senior official of Bihar Police, three suspected terrorists -- Hasnain Ali (Rawalpindi), Adil Hussain (Umerkot) and Mohammad Usman (Bahawalpur) -- allegedly reached Kathmandu in mid-August and crossed into Bihar last week. Following the inputs, police have circulated the suspects' passport details across border districts, including Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Su ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar has been placed on the high security alert after intelligence inputs suggested that three Pakistani terrorists linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed slipped into the state through the porous India-Nepal border. Police have released their photographs and passport details and announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for information leading to their capture. The alert coincides with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's ongoing 'Voter Adhikar Yatra', which in recent days has traversed several districts along the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 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 (R&AW), officials said here on Saturday. 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 week, officials said. Before this, Jain was the ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: Mohammad Tahir Anwar, a senior figure within the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the brother of the outfit's chief, Masood Azhar, has died in Pakistan. The group's official communication channels confirmed the development on Tuesday, stating that funeral proceedings were scheduled to take place at Jamia Masjid Usman Wali in Bahawalpur late Monday night. While the death has been verified by the organisation, there has been no official disclosure regarding the specific cause of death. The lack of information concerning any prior illness or specific incident has led to widespread sp ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is planning to radicalise youth as well as minors in Bangladesh to carry out terror strikes in India, intelligence agencies have warned. LeT chief and UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed is seriously exploring the possibility of creating an operational hub in Bangladesh, it has now been revealed. Saeed has an axe to grind against India since missile strikes during Operation Sindoor caused major destruction to the outfit's headquarters in Muridke, killing several terrorists, including his relatives. A video of a rally held in Khairpur Tamewali, Pakistan, h ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 28: The Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department has achieved a remarkably high score of 92.97% for Dachigam National Park in Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) exercise, conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. Minister for Forest, Ecology & Environment, Javed Ahmed Rana, has praised the officers of the Wildlife Department for this outstanding achievement in conservation of protected areas in ecologically sensitive Jammu and Kashmir. He referred to the accomplishment as a benchmark to be emulated in ot ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has raised concerns about the exploitation of e-commerce platforms and online payment services to fund terrorist activities, citing cases from India, including the 2019 Pulwama attack, in which the Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) bought on Amazon a chemical that was added to the RDX used to kill CRPF troopers.In a report, FATF also said the lone accused in the 2022 attack on security personnel at UP's Gorakhnath temple had transferred funds to the Islamic State using PayPal.These cases, it said, illustrated the growing trend ...Read More >
Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov 14 (Maxim News): Sensational details are coming to light in the NIA's investigation into terrorist Dr. Shaheeen Saeed, who was arrested in the Faridabad explosives case. The investigating agencies suspect that she has links with Apira Bibi, the wife of Pulwama attack mastermind Umar Farooq. There are also suspicions that she was in contact with the sister of jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Just hearing the word Pulwama attack makes the heart of India heavy. In 2019, 40 jawans were martyred in this attack by the terrorist organization Jais ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ten people have been detained by the counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday. The officials said these people were detained for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications to coordinate, finance, and execute terror activities on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers.The detentions were made following the searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) across 10 locations in Budgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, and Srinagar districts. The action is linked to a 2-year-old terror-related case registered under various sections of the Unlawful Act ...Read More >
New Delhi: For the first time, a top commander of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has spoken of the ferocity of India's strike on May 7 that marked the start of Operation Sindoor. In a video that has now gone viral, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by armed guards, is seen acknowledging the deaths of family members of the outfit's chief Masood Azhar in Bahawalpur. Azhar's family were "torn to pieces" in the May 7 attack on the Jaish headquarters - Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah - in Bahawalpur, Kashmiri is heard as saying. "After sacrificing everything, Maulana Masood Azhar's family was t ...Read More >
The report said that Pakistan is being used for both as a base and as a target ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Pakistan shelters terrorist groups targeting India, says US Congressional report * Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed remain active on Pakistani soil * Groups operate with Islamist extremist ideology, including Al Qaeda and IS-Khorasan Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Pakistan continues to shelter a range of terrorist organ ...Read More >
New Delhi: Months after India destroyed several terror establishments in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under "Operation Sindoor", a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander has admitted that the family of Masood Azhar, the terror group's top commander, was "ripped apart" in strikes on Bahawalpur. In a video that has now gone viral, a top Jaish commander, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by security personnel, is seen acknowledging the losses suffered by the terror outfit and explaining how the Indian armed forces entered their hideouts and attacked them. Kashmiri said Azhar's family had ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar's brother Hakim Mohammad Tahir Anwar has widened the vacuum within the leadership of the terror outfit. An Intelligence Bureau official said that Anwar was no ordinary figure in the Jaish-e-Mohammad. He led the armed cadres of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and his death would deal a deadly blow to the ground operations of the outfit. The official added that Anwar's death comes at a time when the outfit is struggling to re-group. Multiple attempts have been made to revive the terror group, which was badly hit ...Read More >