Topic: Jammu and Kashmir

Blast e-mail suspect detained in Indian Kashmir

Police in Indian Kashmir on Friday detained a man suspected of sending an e-mail claiming responsibility for a bomb at New Delhi's High Court that left 13 dead.The unverified e-mail, which said the Pakistan-based militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) carried out Wednesday's ...

Islamists deny links to Pakistani arrested in US

A powerful Islamist militant group Monday denied links to a Pakistani man arrested in the US on charges of providing support to the outfit blamed for the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.Jubair Ahmad, 24, stands accused of providing material support to Pakistan-based ...

Indian PM tackles graft on Independence Day

India's embattled premier Monday used his Independence Day address from Delhi's rain-drenched Red Fort to insist the government was taking "the strictest possible action" against corruption.Manmohan Singh, speaking from a bullet-proof enclosure in torrential monsoon rains, also said that inflation running at ...

Two Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir border clash

Two Indian soldiers were killed Saturday in a fierce clash with rebels along the de facto border that splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said.It was the second gunbattle between Kashmiri rebels and troops in northern Kupwara district this week. ...

Prayers for Al-Qaeda chief in Indian Kashmir

Muslims in restive Indian Kashmir offered special prayers on Friday for slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who was killed by US commandos earlier in the week.The prayers for bin Laden were held at dozens of mosques in Indian Kashmir, where Islamic ...

Afghan settlement would leave no room for al Qaeda-Pakistan

LONDON (Reuters) - A political settlement in Afghanistan would leave no room for al Qaeda, which would have to "fall in line or leave the region," a senior Pakistani politician said on Thursday.Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, a member of the ruling coalition who is ...

Lashkar-e-Taiba

Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamic group based in Pakistan and Kashmir was formed by some Militant Islamists with unannounced petronage of Pakistan Army in 1986-87.Their stated goal is carry out JIHAD (Holy War acording to Islamic Faith) against non muslims with special focuse ...
Just before President Obama's India visit, Treasury Department targets Mumbai attack networkThe Treasury Department took aim Thursday at an anti-Indian terror group behind the Mumbai attacks and a second group trying to drive India out of Kashmir, just before President Barack Obama's ...

'Slain Kashmir rebels on suicide mission'

Two of the militants from the hardline Pakistan-based rebel group Jaish-e-Mohammed were killed during a fierce gunbattle on the outskirts of Indian Kashmir summer capital Srinagar on Thursday.The body of a third militant was pulled from the rubble of two houses destroyed ...

Terrorism in India

India has faced the problem of terrorism since the time it gained its independance.The Partition itself led to a lot of violence when nearly a hundred thousand people lost their lives.Then came the kashmir issue which was left unfinished by the Britishers ...
Previous