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Bombay HC resumes trial of Abu Jundal, key accused in 26/11 terror attacks case

Bombay HC resumes trial of Abu Jundal, key accused in 26/11 terror attacks case

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The long-stalled trial of Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, who taught Hindi and local mannerisms to the 10 terrorists involved in the horrific 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is set to finally resume as the Bombay High Court on Monday quashed a lower court order asking authorities hand over confidential documents to the accused. In 2018, the trial court had directed authorities to furnish the documents sought by Ansari prompting the authorities to approach the Bombay High Court seeking a stay on the order. (HT file photo) A bench of Justice R N Laddha allowed the petition filed by the Delhi Police, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and the Ministry of External Affairs challenging the trial court’s 2018 directive that required them to furnish specific confidential documents sought by Ansari. The trial in the 26/11 terror attacks case against Ansari had been on hold since 2018, pending the resolution of a petition filed by government authorities. Ansari is accused of having not only planned the attacks, but also of personally training the ten Pakistani terrorists who …

Jawed Ashraf at Idea Exchange: ‘Managing foreign policy isn’t just analysis behind closed doors… It now plays out on your phone screen, shaped by people’s voices’ | Idea Exchange News

Jawed Ashraf at Idea Exchange: ‘Managing foreign policy isn’t just analysis behind closed doors… It now plays out on your phone screen, shaped by people’s voices’ | Idea Exchange News

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Former Indian ambassador to France and High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath. Session moderated by Diplomatic Editor Shubhajit Roy Shubhajit Roy: After the recent India-Pakistan hostilities, where is India placed when it comes to the global narrative on the war on terrorism? I think the short term tends to overwhelm the long term and our perspectives, especially when we go through a very intense experience. Somemay feel disappointed with the global response, or this narrative of equating the aggressor and the victim, hyphenation and mediation. We will get past this to focus on terrorism. Story continues below this ad Pahalgam was not just about terrorism, or Jammu and Kashmir; it really was meant to reinforce the idea of the impossibility of people living together, a war of religions to reinforce the idea of two-nation theory besides the short-term objective of derailing the situation in Jammu and Kashmir at the start of the tourist season. Our response was inevitable. We have come to this point after a very long journey …

Devendra Fadnavis says PM Modi address on ‘Operation Sindoor’ signals India’s policy shift; Congress leader reacts | Latest News India

Devendra Fadnavis says PM Modi address on ‘Operation Sindoor’ signals India’s policy shift; Congress leader reacts | Latest News India

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May 13, 2025 09:27 AM IST Maharashtra’s Devendra Fadnavis welcomed PM Modi’s strong stance on terrorism, while former CM Prithviraj Chavan alleged he left several questions unanswered. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on ‘Operation Sindoor’, stating that India will no longer be making any distinction between terrorists and those harbouring them. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Congress leader Prithiviraj Chauhan addressed the media after PM Modi’s speech.(PTI, Uday Deolekar Sangli.) Speaking to reporters in Nagpur, the Maharashtra CM said Modi’s speech sent a strong message to Pakistan that it can no longer evade responsibility for terror attacks. “Prime Minister Modi made it very clear that if a non-state actor is involved in a terror attack, the government of that country will be held accountable and will face consequences. When the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack happened, the Indian government had urged the international community to hold Pakistan accountable. But our demand was not accepted, and Pakistan was treated separately. Today, our prime minister has ended …

After “Dubai” Link, Tahawwur Rana’s Voice Sample Likely To Be Collected

After “Dubai” Link, Tahawwur Rana’s Voice Sample Likely To Be Collected

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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has extradited Pakistani-Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana in its custody, may collect the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused’s voice sample to corroborate call records. Matching the voice sample with Rana’s call record can ascertain if he was talking on the phone while giving instructions regarding the November 2008 attacks that claimed 166 lives in Mumbai. To take the voice sample, Rana’s consent will be required. In the event that he refuses, the NIA can apply for permission for the same in a court. Refusal to submit the sample will be mentioned in the chargesheet, which may spell trouble for him in the trial phase. One permission is granted, Central Forensic Science Laboratory experts will come to the NIA headquarters and take these samples in a noise-free room. Also Read | In Tahawwur Rana Probe, An ISI Link, And Two Names: Major Iqbal, Sameer Ali Since he landed in New Delhi after being extradited from the US on Thursday, Rana is being held and interrogated in the fortified NIA headquarters …

26/11 Mumbai Attacks Accused Tahawwur Rana Brought To India, Arrested By NIA

26/11 Mumbai Attacks Accused Tahawwur Rana Brought To India, Arrested By NIA

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Last Updated:April 11, 2025, 00:14 IST Rana, identified as one of the masterminds of the deadly 26/11 attacks, has been charged with criminal conspiracy, waging war against the government of India, murder and forgery and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Hussain Rana seen with NIA officials after his extradition in New Delhi. (IMAGE: SOURCED) Tahawwur Rana Extradition: In a major breakthrough, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of the key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was extradited to New Delhi from the United States on Thursday. He was produced before a Special National Investigation Agency court in New Delhi after he was arrested by the NIA. Rana Produced Before Delhi Court, Order Reserved Rana, who was brought to the national capital from the United States on Thursday evening, was produced before NIA judge Chander Jit Singh, who heard the arguments on the terrorist’s custody proceedings, news agency PTI reported. The court has reserved the order after hearing the arguments. Follow LIVE Updates Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and special public prosecutor Narender …

Tahawwur Rana, 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused, sent to 18-day NIA custody

Tahawwur Rana, 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused, sent to 18-day NIA custody

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Tahawwur Rana leaves from Patiala House Court in New Delhi after he was sent to 18-day NIA custody. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (April 11, 2025) took Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana into 18-day custody, during which he will be questioned in detail to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the deadly 26/11 terror strike. The anti-terror agency had produced Rana before the NIA Special Court at Patiala House after formally placing him under arrest on his arrival at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Thursday evening, following his successful extradition from the U.S. The court on Friday sent Rana to 18-day NIA custody, following which he was brought from Patiala House courts complex to the NIA headquarters in a heavily-secured motorcade comprising Delhi Police’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and other security personnel. Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Chander Jit Singh sent Rana to custody on an application of NIA seeking his 20-day custody. Also read | Tahawwur Rana extradition updates- April 10 Rana will be kept in a highly secured cell …

Tahawwur Rana Extradition: Centre Appoints Narender Mann As Special Public Prosecutor In 26/11 Attack Case

Tahawwur Rana Extradition: Centre Appoints Narender Mann As Special Public Prosecutor In 26/11 Attack Case

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Last Updated:April 10, 2025, 09:37 IST Tahawwur Rana will be lodged in Tihar Jail in the national capital after his extradition from the US. Tahawwur Rana extradition (File Image) The Centre has appointed advocate Narender Mann as the Special Public Prosecutor to conduct the trial in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case in which Tahawwur Rana is being extradited from the US. A gazette notification, dated April 9, 2025, was issued on Thursday in this regard. “The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (34 of 2008), read with sub-section (8) of Section 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, hereby appoints Shri Narender Mann, Advocate, as Special Public Prosecutor to conduct the trial of NIA case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI and other connected matters on behalf of the National Investigation Agency before the NIA Special Court, Delhi and the Appellate Courts, for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification or until the completion of the trial, …

Tahawwur Rana inches closer to extradition as US Supreme Court rejects appeal | Latest News India

Tahawwur Rana inches closer to extradition as US Supreme Court rejects appeal | Latest News India

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Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana on Monday inched closer to being extradited to India to face justice as the United States Supreme Court rejected his appeal seeking a stay on his extradition. 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana. (ANI file photo) Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged at a metropolitan detention centre in Los Angeles. Tahawwur Rana is associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 attacks. Headley conducted a recce of Mumbai before the attacks by posing as an employee of Rana’s immigration consultancy. In February, Rana had submitted an ‘Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus’ with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit Elena Kagan. Kagan had denied the application earlier last month. Also read: US Supreme Court denies Tahawwur Rana’s review plea against his extradition to India Rana had then renewed his Emergency Application for Stay Pending Litigation of Petition for Writ …

Man acquitted in 26/11 terror attack petitions HC for certificate to drive an auto | Mumbai news

Man acquitted in 26/11 terror attack petitions HC for certificate to drive an auto | Mumbai news

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MUMBAI: Fahim Arshad Mohammad Yusuf Ansari, one of the two accused to be acquitted in the 26/11 terror attacks case, has filed a petition in the Bombay high court, seeking a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) which will enable him work as a commercial autorickshaw driver. The move is to prevent a repeat of a terrorist act like 26/11. (HT File Photo) According to his petition, Fahim’s plea for the PCC was rejected by Mumbai police on grounds of his alleged link with Pakistani terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Ansari, 51, has been unemployed since the printing press he worked at shut down in the pandemic. He has now challenged the rejection of police clearance as arbitrary, discriminatory, and seeped in prejudice. Ansari was arrested on January 23, 2009 on the charge of providing local support to the ten Pakistani LeT operatives who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008, killing 166 people and injuring 238 others. A special court cleared him and another man, Sabauddin Ahmed, of all the charges levelled against them on May 3, 2010, …

Shashi Tharoor backs Vijay Wadettiwar over Hemant Karkare remark, attacks Ujjwal Nikam | Latest News India

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday backed his party colleague, Vijay Wadettiwar, over the latter’s claim that former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare had been murdered by a police official, saying the leader’s grave allegation must be investigated. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.(PTI file photo) Shashi Tharoor said that when the Leader of Opposition (LoP) levels allegations which had been in the public domain, investigation should be conducted. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “The matter is extremely serious. Our concern is that when the LoP points to something that is an allegation that has been in the public domain for some time and which featured in a book by the former IG of police, SM Mushrif, who said that the bullets found in Karkare’s body could not have been fired by Ajmal Kasab and that it could have been fired by a police revolver,” Shashi Tharoor said. Tharoor added that the nation has the right to know what happened. Shashi Tharoor …