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All seven dangerous terrorists convicted alongside al-Qaeda 'dirty bomber' mastermind Dhiren Barot who wanted to kill hundreds of people in New York and London have been released from jail.The British men, all part of a sleeper cell that helped Barot plan a series of bomb plots in the UK ...

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun | Photo Credit: AP An Indian government investigation into the alleged plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City has found that “rogue operatives”, not authorised by the government, were involved, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.Federal prosecutors in the U.S. ...

The 12th century poet-philosopher Basava writes:The richwill make a temple for Siva.What shall I,a poor man,do?My legs are pillars,the body a shrine,the head a cupolaof gold…Centuries later, Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore writes of another temple. Built by a king, this temple “pierces the sky” and houses a “bejewelled idol ...

PAKISTAN’S SPY agency ISI had tipped off India through the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad about an al-Qaeda plot to carry out an attack in Kashmir in June 2019, which turned out to be genuine, former Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria has revealed in his latest book. In his book, ...

The Bombay High Court, while granting bail to Mirza Himayat Baig in the 2010 Nashik terror plot case, observed that he had been incarcerated for more than 13 years. Baig is convicted for the German Bakery terror attack in Pune and his appeal is pending before the Supreme Court.A ...

A recent indictment from the United States Department of Justice has alleged an Indian security official was involved in attempting to assassinate a U.S. and Canadian citizen in New York. The alleged target, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is a leader in the Sikh separatist movement and has been involved in ...

New Delhi’ :India has constituted a high-level inquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh extremist on American soil. The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to ...

NewsClick is accused of conspiring “to disrupt sovereignty and territorial integrity of India” by accepting illegal foreign funds over five years, according to a first information report made public on Friday.The news organisation’s editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and human resources head Amit Chakraborty were arrested by the Delhi Police on ...

The Polish authorities have detained an 18-year-old would-be suicide bomber inspired by Osama Bin Laden and ISIS An 18-year-old who converted to Islam and was building a suicide belt has been arrested in southern Poland, the country’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) said on Friday.The suspect was “collecting information and ...

Israel’s Mossad spy agency announced Thursday that in a special operation in Iranian territory, it had caught the Iranian terrorist sent to lead a planned terror attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus. The Mossad named the man as Yousef Shahbazi Abbasalilo and published a video of his interrogation by ...