NEW DELHI, Dec 16:The audacious attack on
Parliament was carried out by Pakistani nationals
belonging to terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed with
probable support from Lashker-e-Taliba under the overall
guidance of Pakistan’s ISI to eliminate "as
many VVIPs as possible", police said today..............more
Barricades
laid by police in Iddgah to ensure smooth prayers.
Excelsior/Ashok
JAMMU,
Dec 16: Mohammed,
a leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) suicide squad
that carried out an attack on Parliament on Thursday, was
also involved in the hijacking of Indian airlines airbus
in December 1999 for which he had secured the release of
Azhar Masood, presently chief of JeM and operating from
Pakistan...............more
US Commandos returning to a base after
pounding Tora Bora caves
on Sunday. (Reuters photo)
KABUL,
Dec 16: Anti-Taliban
fighters today declared they have taken
the last positions held by Osama bin
Laden’s Al Qadea fighters in caves
and tunnels of Tora Bora mountains but
said they had no information about the
terror mastermind as US Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to
Bagram air base near here meeting the top
Afghan leadership..........more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 16: The Centre
has ordered launching of massive
operations across the country,
with greater emphasis on Delhi,
Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu
and Kashmir, to flush out
militants and terrorists.
........more
RAJOURI, Dec 16: Army eliminated two
terrorists including an ‘operational
commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
outfit while two soldiers were injured in
an IED blast under their vehicle in two
separate incidents in Kalaal area of
Nowshera sector over-night.......more
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: In the second
militant attack on the BSF headquarters
at Tral in four days, a suicide squad of
the Hizbul Mujahideen made a bid to storm
the complex this evening which was foiled
by the troops who gunned down all the
four members of the squad, a BSF
spokesman said. ............more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 16: Government is
"seriously considering all
options", Home Minister L K Advani
said today on the issue of hot pursuit
against cross-border terrorism in India.
............more
NEW DELHI, Dec 16:The bursting of a bulb today
created a flutter at a school function
where Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was a special guest. .......more
PANAJI, Dec 16:Union Minister of State for
Shipping Sripad Naik was today roughed up
by two motorcyclists here, police sources
said. The minister, who suffered bruises
on his face, was admitted to a hospital.
Naik was embroiled in a verbal duel when
the private car he was driving hit a
motorcycle while he was taking a turn
near his Old Goa house. ..........more
NEW
DELHI, Dec 16 : Jaish-e-Mohammad,
which carried out the December 13 suicide
attack on the Parliament House, avoided
claiming responsibility for the incident
to avert punitive action in the changed
global situation after the September 11
terror strikes in the US, official
sources here said today. ............more
