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Dawood Ibrahim on UK asset freeze list with 3 Pakistan addresses and 21 aliases

Aug 26, 2017 - 2:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): India‘s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim remains the only “Indian national” on an updated list of financial sanctions released by the UK which also listed 21 aliases for the underworld don. The mafia boss appears on the UK Treasury […]

Readers Write : Killing the innocent: it’s cowardly

Aug 25, 2017 - 9:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“Revolting”, “cowardly”, and “barbaric” are some of the words leaders worldwide have used to describe the attack in Barcelona that killed 14 people. 100 were injured when a van plowed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas […]

Pak targeting kids, villagers near LoC, says DGMO

Jul 22, 2017 - 1:19 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HIGHLIGHTS ? Indian DGMO Lt-General A K Bhatt told his Pakistani counterpart to exercise “strict control” over his troops ? Lt-Gen Bhatt said Pakistan army had deliberately targeted villages and also fired at kids in Nowshera sector […]

Al Qaida in Indian subcontinent getting more active say US experts

Jul 14, 2017 - 8:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (TIP): Al-Qaida is getting more active in the Indian subcontinent and by 2017, it boasted several hundred members, with its cells mostly in Afghanistan and its operatives flourishing in Bangladesh, counter-terrorism experts have told the US lawmakers. […]

Ahead of Burhan’s first anniv, security beefed up in Valley

Jul 7, 2017 - 11:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): Fearing trouble on the first death anniversary of Hizb-ul- Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, authorities have beefed up security across the Kashmir valley and also decided to block social media sites to prevent rumor mongering. Sources said more than 200 […]

Cut Pakistan aid for supporting terror: 2 US lawmakers to Trump administration

Jun 17, 2017 - 4:37 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Two top lawmakers have accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism and urged the Trump administration to cut military aid to the country, saying the US should make it more difficult for Islamabad to get its hands on American weapons. During […]

French consulate in New York evacuated after bomb threat

Apr 28, 2017 - 7:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The French consulate in New York, where thousands of expatriates were registered to cast ballots in their presidential election, was briefly evacuated following a bomb threat, officials said. A suspicious vehicle prompted […]

An ISIS suspect held from Sant Nagar in Jalandhar.

10 held for IS link, one from Jalandhar

Apr 21, 2017 - 7:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Nine police teams of five states have arrested four suspected terrorists belonging to the ISIS Khorasan module for plotting a strike and detained six more. They were looking for potential recruits in […]

ARMY ORDERS COURT OF INQUIRY INTO J&K ‘HUMAN SHIELD’ INCIDENT

Apr 21, 2017 - 7:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Army has ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) into the incident in which a Kashmiri youth was allegedly tied to a jeep to ward off stone-pelters on April 9. A CoI […]

Paris attack: police officer and suspect shot dead on Champs Elysees in attack claimed by Islamic State

Apr 21, 2017 - 3:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PARIS (TIP): A lone gunman opened fire on police on Paris’ iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility […]

GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb Photo courtesy of Eglin Air Force Base

U.S. Drops ‘Mother of all Bombs’ on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

Apr 14, 2017 - 1:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Militant caves in Afghanistan targeted GBU-43 bomb used for the first time in combat WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in […]

Amid China’s stand on Masood Azhar ban, US says ‘Veto will not prevent us from acting’

Apr 7, 2017 - 8:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The US said on Tuesday that countries using veto to scuttle sanctioning of terrorists will not “preclude” it from taking actions. The US remarks come amid continued Chinese opposition+ to efforts to […]

EU to start checks at external borders

Apr 7, 2017 - 2:52 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

BRUSSELS (TIP): Europeans will face systematic checks at the external borders of the EU‘s Schengen border area from Friday under legislation designed to tackle “foreign fighters” returning from Iraq and Syria. “Member States will as […]

India and the US pledged to continue their strong defense partnership during a meeting here between Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

India’s NSA Ajit Doval discussescounter-terrorism cooperation with top US officials

Mar 31, 2017 - 8:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): During his recent US trip, India‘s National Security Adviser Ajit K Doval reviewed security situations in South Asia as well counter-terrorism cooperation between two countries when he held discussions with top US officials. […]

Pak court asks govt to explain detention of Hafiz Saeed

Mar 31, 2017 - 5:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LAHORE (TIP): A Pakistani court has asked the government to explain under what authority it has detained Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed “without a trial”. A Lahore high court’s two-judge bench headed by justice Syed Kazim […]

Stay away from sites of encounters, Kashmir youths told

Mar 31, 2017 - 5:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

J&K top cop says bullets don’t see who they hit WhatsApp groups with Pak admins entice stone pelting, mislead Kashmir youth: DGP SRINAGAR (TIP): Stating that civilians who march towards the encounter sites were “committing […]

Pakistan Not ‘Friends’ With Haqqani Network, Says Envoy To US

Mar 29, 2017 - 2:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Washington: Pakistan is not “friends” with the Haqqani Network, the country’s ambassador to the US, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, has said. “Those playing with human lives, we are against such elements or activities,” Dawn online quoted Chaudhry […]

“We will never give in to terror", British PM Theresa May said, following Westminster attack

London shattered by terror attack after a decade

Mar 24, 2017 - 6:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Asolo assailant, identified by police as Khalid Masood, plowed a car into people on Westminster Bridge in London, near Parliament, killing two people and injuring many others, before crashing into a railing, March […]

PRO-ISLAMIC STATE GROUP WARNS OF ATTACK ON TAJ MAHAL

Mar 17, 2017 - 8:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Security agencies say about 75 Indians have joined the IS. This includes 45 who went from India, mostly from Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka.(Site Intelligence Group) NEW DELHI (TIP): A pro-Islamic State media group has warned of […]

War Clouds over Europe: Are We Prepared?

Mar 17, 2017 - 8:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“Europe is sitting on a time bomb and any small spark could ignite it. Remember that all conflicts in the last 2000 years have started in Europe and became ‘world’ conflicts. India has already given […]

Kenya counter-terror work creates abuses, rights group says

Mar 17, 2017 - 7:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NAIROBI (KENYA) (TIP): Kenya’s security agencies are violating privacy rights in counter-terrorism operations and the information acquired is used to commit human rights abuses, including targeted killings, an international human rights group says. Information gathered […]

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