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January - 2 
A Delhi court on January 2 convicted five Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, for waging war against the country and being involved in spreading terror, according to Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge R K Gauba held Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Faroz Ahmed Bhat, Atiq-uz-Zama and Ra
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A Delhi court on January 2 convicted five Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, for waging war against the country and being involved in spreading terror, according to Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge R K Gauba held Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Faroz Ahmed Bhat, Atiq-uz-Zama and Raees-uz-Zama, guilty under the stringent anti-terror law Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).They were also pronounced guilty under various Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to waging war against the country and under the Explosives Substance Act. All these five convicts were arrested by the Delhi Police on August 30-31, 2003 following an encounter.
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January - 6 
On January 6, five Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in New Delhi connection with Millenium Park encounter case (August 30, 2003), reports Times of India. While sentencing the convicts, identified as Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Faroz A
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On January 6, five Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in New Delhi connection with Millenium Park encounter case (August 30, 2003), reports Times of India. While sentencing the convicts, identified as Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, Faroz Ahmed Bhat and brothers Atiq-uz-Zama and Raees-uz-Zama, arrested by Delhi Police, Additional Session Judge R K Gauba also imposed a fine of INR 50,000 on each of them. The court handed down life imprisonment on seven counts. The accused were convicted under Prevention of Anti- terrorist Act (POTA).
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January - 13 
A special court in Mumbai on January 13 granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for reinvestigating the Malegaon blast case (September 8,2006) in Maharashtra in the wake of Swami Aseemanand's (the hardliner religious leader accused of involvement in terrorist activities and
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A special court in Mumbai on January 13 granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for reinvestigating the Malegaon blast case (September 8,2006) in Maharashtra in the wake of Swami Aseemanand's (the hardliner religious leader accused of involvement in terrorist activities and currently in Police custody) statement linking Hindu groups to the case, according to The Hindu.
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January - 14 
The Police on January 14, filed a charge sheet against 27 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the case relating to the attack on college teacher T.J. Joseph in Muvattupuzha in Kerala, reports The Hindu. The charge sheet said the accused PFI members hatched a conspiracy to ‘punish' Mr. Jos
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The Police on January 14, filed a charge sheet against 27 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the case relating to the attack on college teacher T.J. Joseph in Muvattupuzha in Kerala, reports The Hindu. The charge sheet said the accused PFI members hatched a conspiracy to ‘punish' Mr. Joseph, who had prepared a question paper for the B.Com students of Newman College, Thodupuzha, and which included what they considered an offensive question, regarding Prophet Mohammed and Islam.
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January - 15 
A Delhi court on January 15 awarded rigorous life imprisonment to six Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militants, including three Pakistani nationals, for plotting to abduct cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly in 2002, reports Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge Pinki sentenced all
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A Delhi court on January 15 awarded rigorous life imprisonment to six Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militants, including three Pakistani nationals, for plotting to abduct cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly in 2002, reports Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge Pinki sentenced all the six convicts to maximum life term under stringent Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) saying the punishment "must send a clear message that India is not nor will it become a safe haven for terrorists". According to reports, the militants had also planned to attack Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai and assassinate former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
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January - 19 
The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on January 19 directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete, within two months, the probe in the case of missing witness, Dilip Patidar, in the Malegaon blast incident (September 29, 2008), according to The Hindu.
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The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on January 19 directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete, within two months, the probe in the case of missing witness, Dilip Patidar, in the Malegaon blast incident (September 29, 2008), according to The Hindu.
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January - 27 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to produce Swami Aseemanand before the Panchkula District court on January 27 in connection with Samjhauta blast case (February 17, 2007), reported Daily Times. NIA officials moved an application before the court stating that at present Aseemanand was in t
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to produce Swami Aseemanand before the Panchkula District court on January 27 in connection with Samjhauta blast case (February 17, 2007), reported Daily Times. NIA officials moved an application before the court stating that at present Aseemanand was in the custody of Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which was probing the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007). They informed the court that ATS had got Aseemanand's Police remand till February 5, therefore they will be able to produce him only after that date. Later, the court deferred the hearing till February 8.
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February - 2 
A Chicago court in the US, on an unspecified date in 2010, sent a Letter Rogatory (A communication sent by a court to a foreign court for judicial assistance) to a Mumbai court, requesting assistance for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also
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A Chicago court in the US, on an unspecified date in 2010, sent a Letter Rogatory (A communication sent by a court to a foreign court for judicial assistance) to a Mumbai court, requesting assistance for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) investigations, according to Times of India. Sources said the letter was sent to Mumbai's 37th Metropolitan Magistrate court, which cleared and forwarded it to principal judge P L Tahilyani in January 2011.
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February - 4 
The Supreme Court on February 4 ruled that members of banned organizations cannot be treated as criminals by the Police till they indulge in or incite violence, reports Times of India. The apex court's ruling was part of a judgment acquitting an individual named Arup Bhuyan, convicted by a Guwahati
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The Supreme Court on February 4 ruled that members of banned organizations cannot be treated as criminals by the Police till they indulge in or incite violence, reports Times of India. The apex court's ruling was part of a judgment acquitting an individual named Arup Bhuyan, convicted by a Guwahati court under the now lapsed anti-terror law Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Bhuyan was a suspected member of the outlawed secessionist outfit United Liberation Front of Asom ( ULFA) which figures at the top of the Home Ministry`s list of banned outfits
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February - 7 
The Union Government will approach a larger Bench of the Supreme Court seeking a review of a recent ruling, which held that mere membership of a banned outfit would not attract criminal action, reports The Hindu. Earlier on February 4 a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had give
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The Union Government will approach a larger Bench of the Supreme Court seeking a review of a recent ruling, which held that mere membership of a banned outfit would not attract criminal action, reports The Hindu. Earlier on February 4 a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had given the ruling on that holding mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person a criminal unless he resorted to violence or incited people to violence or created public disorder by violence or incitement to violence.
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February - 16 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on February 16 filed the final charge sheet in a special court in Kochi against 24 accused, including a Pakistan national, in the "Kashmir terror recruitment” case, relating to enrolment of several youths from Kerala for anti-national activities, reports Daily
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on February 16 filed the final charge sheet in a special court in Kochi against 24 accused, including a Pakistan national, in the "Kashmir terror recruitment” case, relating to enrolment of several youths from Kerala for anti-national activities, reports Daily Excelsior. The case against the accused, including Pakistani national Wali Abdul Rahiman, was that they had conspired with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and recruited several youths from Kerala to carry out anti-national activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The youths, recruited in 2006, were given armed training in terrorist modules to wage war against India, the charge sheet said. Wali, the main link between the LeT and the Keralites, has been absconding while four youths recruited from northern districts of Kerala, died in encounters with security forces in 2008. So far 10 persons had been arrested in the case while the absconding included the first accused Abdul Jaleel from Kerala. The accused included four youths killed in encounters with the Security Force personnel in October 2008 and T. Nazir, who is now in jail in connection with the Bangalore bomb blasts case.
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February - 21 
The Bombay High Court on February 21 upheld the death sentence awarded by the trial court to the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab who is accused of involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), reports The Hindu. It also upheld the ac
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The Bombay High Court on February 21 upheld the death sentence awarded by the trial court to the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab who is accused of involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), reports The Hindu. It also upheld the acquittal of co-accused Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed for want of corroborative evidence. Among the several charges against Kasab, the most serious was his waging a war against the Indian government, the Bombay High Court said. Upholding his death sentence, Justice Ranjan Desai said, “Perhaps the weightiest aggravating circumstance is that Kasab waged a war against the Government of India pursuant to a conspiracy which was hatched in Pakistan, the object of which was to inter alia destabilise the Government of India and to weaken India's economic might.”
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February - 21 
The Bombay High Court will deliver its verdict on Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani militant involved in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11) on February 21 (today) reports Times of India. Earlier Kasab was awarded death penalty by a trial court.
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The Bombay High Court will deliver its verdict on Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani militant involved in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11) on February 21 (today) reports Times of India. Earlier Kasab was awarded death penalty by a trial court.
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February - 23 
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving LeT militants of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks (also known as 26/11), has decided to challenge the death penalty recently awarded to him by the Bombay High Court. “He wants to challenge the order,” Farhana Shah, Kasab's counsel, told The Hi
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Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving LeT militants of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks (also known as 26/11), has decided to challenge the death penalty recently awarded to him by the Bombay High Court. “He wants to challenge the order,” Farhana Shah, Kasab's counsel, told The Hindu on February 23.
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February - 26 
A local court in Mumbai on February 26 granted four days' transit remand to Mohammed Asad Siddiqui, a Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadre and an accused in the August 14, 2000 Kanpur blast case, arrested in a joint operation by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Uttar Prades
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A local court in Mumbai on February 26 granted four days' transit remand to Mohammed Asad Siddiqui, a Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadre and an accused in the August 14, 2000 Kanpur blast case, arrested in a joint operation by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Uttar Pradesh ATS in Mumbai on February 25, reports The Hindu. “He is one of the nine accused in the Kanpur blast. One Kashmiri accused is under arrest, another died in an encounter a few years ago. Siddiqui was around 15 when he committed the crime. He has been on the run since then. There was an award of Rs. 15,000 declared on him. The court granted his transit custody till March 2,” said an Uttar Pradesh ATS official. He said that Siddiqui was staying under an assumed name in the Nalasopara area of Mumbai and ran a web-designing shop. “He is an active member of SIMI,” the official said.
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March - 7 
The Supreme Court on March 7 directed the Jharkhand and Tripura Governments to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions are free from the occupation of Security Forces (SFs) within two months, reports Times of India. The apex court also expressed its displeasure against the As
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The Supreme Court on March 7 directed the Jharkhand and Tripura Governments to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions are free from the occupation of Security Forces (SFs) within two months, reports Times of India. The apex court also expressed its displeasure against the Assam Government for not furnishing details about the number of schools occupied by the SFs and threatened that non-compliance of its orders would compel it to summon the Chief Secretary. A Bench comprising Justices BS Sudershan Reddy and SS Nijjar refused to give longer breathing period to the State Governments for implementing its direction. The Jharkhand Government counsel said 26 of the 47 school buildings have been freed from the presence of the para-military and State Police and sought another six months to fulfil the apex court order. Declining the plea, the Bench said, "the Jharkhand Government is directed to free the schools from the occupation of security forces within two months". The identical direction came for the Tripura Government which said only 16 schools out of 4000 are under the occupation of the central forces and due to insurgency reason it would take another six months for its removal. Further, the bench, which had asked the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) to hold meetings with seven North Eastern States on various aspects of development, made it party to the petition. The court during the earlier hearings had expressed its displeasure that Government did not respond to its order on the "serious" issue of ensuring that all schools and hostels of educational institutions should be kept away from the occupation of SFs.
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March - 8 
Taking note of reports of Pune-based real estate agent and stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan's alleged links with arms dealers and people associated with terror activities, the Supreme Court on March 8 asked the Centre to indicate whether he could be booked under the anti-terror law, reports The Hindu.
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Taking note of reports of Pune-based real estate agent and stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan's alleged links with arms dealers and people associated with terror activities, the Supreme Court on March 8 asked the Centre to indicate whether he could be booked under the anti-terror law, reports The Hindu. A bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said that emerging evidence marked a threat to national security. Hasan Ali Khan was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in Pune on March 7 under the charge of massive money laundering and tax evasion.
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March - 10 
According to India Express, Security Forces (SFs) during October 2008 operations in Jammu and Kashmir found that four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants killed in a series of encounters were from Kerala. Subsequently, they learnt that the group had a fifth member, who managed to escape. The revelation
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According to India Express, Security Forces (SFs) during October 2008 operations in Jammu and Kashmir found that four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants killed in a series of encounters were from Kerala. Subsequently, they learnt that the group had a fifth member, who managed to escape. The revelation set the Police and later the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a trail that showed how the LeT was recruiting youths from Kerala, training them in Kerala and in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh, and then using them for operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Three years on, the NIA has retraced much of the trail with information from two suspected LeT militants from Jammu and Kashmir. Unnamed except as A and B, they have disclosed the identity of the LeT leader who allegedly supervised the recruitment. A and B are mentioned as witnesses in the NIA charge sheet submitted recently in a Special Court in Kochi in Kerala. They were examined under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr. PC). According to the charge sheet, they have named Wali alias Rashid Abdullah, Baitullah Mujahideen of LeT training camp in Muzaffarabad of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), as having supervised the recruitments. A and B claim to have attended a jihadi (Holy War) training camp with Wali and the Kerala youths at Lolab forest in Kupwara District.
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March - 15 
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 15 rejected the bail application of all the nine persons accused in the Malegaon blast case (September 8, 2006), reports The Hindu. The accused had appealed for bail in the wake of Swami Aseemanand’s confession that the blas
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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 15 rejected the bail application of all the nine persons accused in the Malegaon blast case (September 8, 2006), reports The Hindu. The accused had appealed for bail in the wake of Swami Aseemanand’s confession that the blast was carried out by Hindutva extremists. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had submitted in the court that it was investigating the matter, said that it would be premature to consider the bail application of the accused on the basis of evidence that was not a part of the case.
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March - 30 
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case (September 29, 2008), will be presented before the judicial magistrate in Devas, Madhya Pradesh, on March 30(today), reports The Hindu. The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court passed the order on
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Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case (September 29, 2008), will be presented before the judicial magistrate in Devas, Madhya Pradesh, on March 30(today), reports The Hindu. The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court passed the order on March 29.
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April - 7 
A local court in Ajmer in Rajasthan, on April 7 rejected the application of the extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases, to turn an approver in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007) following his claim (on March 29) that the plea was filed under the pressure
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A local court in Ajmer in Rajasthan, on April 7 rejected the application of the extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases, to turn an approver in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007) following his claim (on March 29) that the plea was filed under the pressure from investigating agencies, reports Times of India. The court ordered the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) to remove the names of Swami Aseemanand and Bharat Bhai Rateshwar (one more suspect in blasts at various Muslim religious places in the country who had also turned hostile ) from the list of witnesses in the Ajmer Dargah blast case.
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May - 6 
Indian Express reports that a District Court in Delhi on May 6 framed charges against 13 suspected Indian Mujahideen(IM) militants for their alleged role in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts(September 13, 2008), which killed 26 people and injured 135. Charges were framed against Mohd Shakeel, M
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Indian Express reports that a District Court in Delhi on May 6 framed charges against 13 suspected Indian Mujahideen(IM) militants for their alleged role in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts(September 13, 2008), which killed 26 people and injured 135. Charges were framed against Mohd Shakeel, Mohd Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehaman, Saquib Nisar, Mohd Sadique, Kayamuddin Kapadia, Mohd Hakim, Mohd Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, Mubin Kadar Sheikh, Asif Bashiruddin, Mohd Akbar Ismail Chaudhary and Shahzad Ahmed. One of the accused, Salman, was earlier discharged because of lack of evidence linking him to the blasts.The court ordered their trial on charges of waging war against the state and murder.So far five cases have been filed in connection with the blasts.
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May - 7 
A special court of Jaipur in Rajasthan rejected bail application of the arrested extremist leader, Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case on May 7, reports Tines of India. It also retained his judicial custody till the next date of hearing on May 14, 2011.
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A special court of Jaipur in Rajasthan rejected bail application of the arrested extremist leader, Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case on May 7, reports Tines of India. It also retained his judicial custody till the next date of hearing on May 14, 2011.
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May - 9 
The Indian authorities on May 9 released detailed dossiers on five Pakistani nationals, including a serving Major of Pakistani spy agency Inter services Intelligence(ISI) who have been chargesheeted by US authorities in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, reports Times of India. The move is a
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The Indian authorities on May 9 released detailed dossiers on five Pakistani nationals, including a serving Major of Pakistani spy agency Inter services Intelligence(ISI) who have been chargesheeted by US authorities in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, reports Times of India. The move is aimed at highlighting the role of ISI as a terror sponsor at a time when the detection of Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan has trained the global spotlight anew on ISI's terror links across the globe. The individual identified as 'Major Iqbal'also figures in a US chargesheet accusing him of being one of the conspirators behind Mumbai terror attacks( November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11).
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May - 11 
Arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand who is being tried for his involvment in Samjhauta Express blasts case (February 2007), on May 11 claimed that his confessional statements were obtained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) "under pressure", according to Times of India. His confession
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Arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand who is being tried for his involvment in Samjhauta Express blasts case (February 2007), on May 11 claimed that his confessional statements were obtained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) "under pressure", according to Times of India. His confessional statements were recorded by the NIA on January 15, 2011 before the special judicial magistrate in Panchkula and before special CBI court Delhi in December 2010, Aseemanand placed his new statement on record before the special NIA court in Panchkula. He also claimed that NIA had tried to make him an approver in this case and he was forced to record confessional statement in January. He said that his confession was dictated by the Investigation Officers (IO) of NIA.
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May - 15 
The trial of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) started in Chicago in US on May 15(today), reports Times of India. According to US media reports this trial could unmask Pakistan's links to terror
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The trial of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) started in Chicago in US on May 15(today), reports Times of India. According to US media reports this trial could unmask Pakistan's links to terrorists. "What he discloses could deepen suspicions that Pakistani spies are connected to terrorists and could potentially worsen relations between Washington and Islamabad," the 'New York Times' reported.
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May - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 16 filed a charge sheet against the arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the Mecca Masjid blast (May 18, 2007) case, Times of India reported.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 16 filed a charge sheet against the arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the Mecca Masjid blast (May 18, 2007) case, Times of India reported.
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May - 16 
The trial of Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Rana, who is accused with his accomplice David Coleman Headley for the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), began in Chicago in US on May 16, according to Indian Express. Rana, is accused of helping Headley to scout targets
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The trial of Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Rana, who is accused with his accomplice David Coleman Headley for the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), began in Chicago in US on May 16, according to Indian Express. Rana, is accused of helping Headley to scout targets for the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the Mumbai attack that left 166 people, including six Americans, dead.
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May - 23 
Pakistani-American national David Coleman Headley, an accused in the Mumbai terror attack case (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) said in a court in Chicago in US on May 23 that militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI had coordinated with each other in o
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Pakistani-American national David Coleman Headley, an accused in the Mumbai terror attack case (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) said in a court in Chicago in US on May 23 that militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI had coordinated with each other in orchestrating the 26/11 attacks, reports The Hindu. The testimony by Headley, a star prosecution witness, came as the trial of the Mumbai attack co-accused and his long-time friend Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, opened at Chicago's Dirksen Federal Building. Headley said that he had first started training in Pakistan more than a decade ago with the LeT. Headley also said the LeT boss, Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the November 2008 attack that killed 166 persons, motivated him for carrying out a ‘jihad.' Saeed told him that the satisfaction of one second of ‘jihad' is equal to “100 years of worship.”
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May - 24 
Times of India reports that the Supreme Court on May 24 sought the Chhattisgarh Government's response within a week to the bail plea of Kolkata-based businessman Piyush Guha, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment along with civil rights activist Binayak Sen in a sedition case.
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Times of India reports that the Supreme Court on May 24 sought the Chhattisgarh Government's response within a week to the bail plea of Kolkata-based businessman Piyush Guha, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment along with civil rights activist Binayak Sen in a sedition case.
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May - 25 
Fresh evidence in the form of e-mails emerged during the trial of the Pakistani-American Laskhar-e-Toiba(LeT) operative David Coleman Headley which showed that Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate played a key role in funding and organising the Mumbai terror a
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Fresh evidence in the form of e-mails emerged during the trial of the Pakistani-American Laskhar-e-Toiba(LeT) operative David Coleman Headley which showed that Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate played a key role in funding and organising the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), The Hindu reports. According to reports Prosecutors in Chicago filed e-mail correspondence between Headley and a serving Pakistani intelligence officer he knew as Major Iqbal — documents which will add to the growing global concern over the ISI's links with terrorist groups. Further e-mail filed in the Chicago court, showed that ISI routed the funds through city businessman Tahawwur Rana.
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May - 25 
The Hindu reports that the Pakistani-American national David Coleman Headley revealed that militants who perpetrated the terrorist attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) were guided on telephone by their Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) handlers who were watching the carnage live on TV fr
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The Hindu reports that the Pakistani-American national David Coleman Headley revealed that militants who perpetrated the terrorist attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) were guided on telephone by their Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) handlers who were watching the carnage live on TV from Pakistan. This revelation came on May 25, during the testimony of Headley in a Chicago District Court on the third day of the trial. Headley told the court that his LeT handler Sajid Mir, who was in Karachi during the Mumbai attack, was in contact with the attackers via phone and he was watching TV coverage of the siege and seeing what was going on in India.
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May - 26 
On the fourth day of the trial in Chicago in US, Mumbai terror attack (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) co-accused (along with the Pakistani- Canadian national Tahawwur Hussein Rana), Pakistani- American national David Coleman Headley on May 26 testified that he had attended over 50 training
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On the fourth day of the trial in Chicago in US, Mumbai terror attack (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) co-accused (along with the Pakistani- Canadian national Tahawwur Hussein Rana), Pakistani- American national David Coleman Headley on May 26 testified that he had attended over 50 training sessions with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports The Hindu. He confessed of having received espionage] training from the ISI. Other important details revealed by Headley were as follows: A Pakistani Navy man was present during discussions with his ISI handler Major Iqbal on landing sites and arrival of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists by sea. Sajid Mir, the LeT commander of transnational operations, had overall control of the tactical planning of the operation, and issued directions to the attackers using Internet and satellite phone links. He was instrumental in the decision that the assault team would fight until its members were killed, and personally ordered the execution of two hostages held at Mumbai's Chabad House. LeT ‘supreme commander’ Hafiz Muhammad Saeed told the 10-member assault team, which attacked Mumbai in November 2008, that “being shot would feel like a pinprick, bloodstains would be like rose petals, and that angels would come down to take their souls.” Muzammil Bhat, a long-standing veteran of the LeT's operations in Jammu and Kashmir, was responsible for training the assault teams to the high standards needed to execute Mir's plans. Rana told co-accused Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, in a September 2009 conversation, that the nine LeT operatives, who died in the attack, deserved the Nishan-e-Haider — Pakistan's highest military honour. Headley and Rana also discussed plans for future operations during the conversation, which was being secretly recorded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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May - 27 
During the trial of Tahawwur Hussein Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian national accused of involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), his accomplice and co-accused, David Coleman Headley testified that Pakistani Navy, at the behest of the Pakistan intelligence a
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During the trial of Tahawwur Hussein Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian national accused of involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), his accomplice and co-accused, David Coleman Headley testified that Pakistani Navy, at the behest of the Pakistan intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had trained the 26/11 terrorists, Times of India reports. Highly placed Government officials said this was extremely significant in the light of intelligence inputs from Indian agencies in September 2006 that ISI was facilitating training of close to 150 LeT operatives in sea guerrilla warfare.
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May - 31 
A Delhi Court on May 31 remanded a Navy mechanic who was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan to 14-days judicial custody, reports Times of India. Chand Kumar Prasad was produced after five-day custodial interrogation before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, who remanded him to jud
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A Delhi Court on May 31 remanded a Navy mechanic who was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan to 14-days judicial custody, reports Times of India. Chand Kumar Prasad was produced after five-day custodial interrogation before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, who remanded him to judicial custody till June 13.
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June - 8 
The 12-member jury of a federal court in Chicago held deliberations on the Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Hussein Rana, charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks(November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), planning a similar strike in Denmark and providing material support to Pakista
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The 12-member jury of a federal court in Chicago held deliberations on the Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Hussein Rana, charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks(November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), planning a similar strike in Denmark and providing material support to Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), reports The Hindu. If convicted on the three counts, Rana, faces a possible life sentence.
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June - 8 
The Police detained 16 Sri Lankans trying to illegally migrate to Australia and took custody of their boat in Kochi in Kerala State in India on June 8, reports Times of India. The Police also produced four of those detained as accused on charges of unauthorised stay in the country and cheating. Most
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The Police detained 16 Sri Lankans trying to illegally migrate to Australia and took custody of their boat in Kochi in Kerala State in India on June 8, reports Times of India. The Police also produced four of those detained as accused on charges of unauthorised stay in the country and cheating. Most of them were from refugee camps in Tamil Nadu.
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June - 9 
Pakistani-Canadian operative of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT), Tahawwur Hussain Rana was on June 9, acquitted by a US court on charges of abetting Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) but was convicted for providing material support to LeT and helping a terror p
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Pakistani-Canadian operative of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT), Tahawwur Hussain Rana was on June 9, acquitted by a US court on charges of abetting Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) but was convicted for providing material support to LeT and helping a terror plot in Denmark, PTI reported. The 12-member jury announced the verdict at the end of two days of deliberations against 50-year-old Rana, a co-accused in the Mumbai attack with his friend, the Pakistani-American national, David Coleman Headley. Rana faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison on the two counts combined and remains in federal custody without bond, a US Justice Department statement said. No sentencing date was set.
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June - 9 
Quoting the Madhya Pradesh anti-terror squad chief, Times of India reported that two of the three judges of the Allahabad high court who gave the September 2010 verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit are on the hitlist of radical and militant Islamist Islamist outfits. From the photo
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Quoting the Madhya Pradesh anti-terror squad chief, Times of India reported that two of the three judges of the Allahabad high court who gave the September 2010 verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit are on the hitlist of radical and militant Islamist Islamist outfits. From the photographs and literature seized from ten alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres, who were arrested by the ATS last week, a plot to eliminate the judges and the publisher of a Delhi-based comic magazine for printing drawings of Prophet Mohammed came to light. Madhya Pradesh DGP SK Rout said that among the arrestees were Sheikh Mujib of Gujarat, Mehboob of Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and Abu Faizal of Mumbai. All three are accused in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts
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June - 19 
Pakistani-American operative of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had testified before a 12-member jury of a Chicago court that some Indian nationals living in Karachi were willing to work with LeT to carry out terror attacks in India, PTI reported. Apparently, Headley was referring to the u
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Pakistani-American operative of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had testified before a 12-member jury of a Chicago court that some Indian nationals living in Karachi were willing to work with LeT to carry out terror attacks in India, PTI reported. Apparently, Headley was referring to the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port city of Pakistan.
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June - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 20 filed a chargesheet against the extremist leader Swami Aseemanand and his four accomplices, Sunil Joshi (deceased), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand, Ramchandra Kalsangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel (absconding) in the Samjhauta explo
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 20 filed a chargesheet against the extremist leader Swami Aseemanand and his four accomplices, Sunil Joshi (deceased), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand, Ramchandra Kalsangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel (absconding) in the Samjhauta explosion case and charged them with murder, criminal conspiracy, Explosive Substances Act and Railways Act, among others, Times of India reported. The chargesheet was filed in a special NIA court in Panchkula, Haryana. The blast in the Pakistan-bound Samjhauta Express took place on February 18, 2007 near Panipat in Haryana. Sixty-eight people including 43 Pakistani nationals were killed and 12 others injured in the incident.
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July - 1 
A special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula in Haryana declared two persons, Sandeep Dange and Ram Chandra Kalasangra, as proclaimed offenders in the Samjhauta Express blast case (February 18, 2007) on July 1, The Hindu reported.
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A special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula in Haryana declared two persons, Sandeep Dange and Ram Chandra Kalasangra, as proclaimed offenders in the Samjhauta Express blast case (February 18, 2007) on July 1, The Hindu reported.
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July - 4 
The Supreme Court on July 4 referred to a Constitution bench the plea of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) National Panthers Party challenging the legality of the return and rehabilitation policy of J&K Government allowing the return of youth, who had crossed over to Pakistan in 1990s, to the Valley, reports
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The Supreme Court on July 4 referred to a Constitution bench the plea of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) National Panthers Party challenging the legality of the return and rehabilitation policy of J&K Government allowing the return of youth, who had crossed over to Pakistan in 1990s, to the Valley, reports Daily Excelsior. The court referred the matter to the constitution bench which is seized of another issue relating to the validity of the Resettlement Act, 1982. National Panthers Party, through its president Professor Bhim Singh, had moved against the ‘return and rehabilitation policy’, terming it as "highly dangerous" for the security of the State and submitted it may create a serious conflict. In his application, Bhim Singh alleged the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has already approved the return of 1300 Kashmiri youth on the recommendation of the State Government headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The party requested the Court to "issue an order restraining the Centre and the Government of J&K and its officials not to allow any militant or ex-militant from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) or Pakistan to enter J&K who had voluntarily migrated illegally from J&K and defected to PoK or Pakistan in the past".
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July - 18 
Reiterating his earlier claims of innocence in Samjhauta Express blasts, the right-wing extremist leader Swami Aseemanand on July 18 said he had been falsely implicated in the case, because America had also informed the Indian Government that Pakistan was linked to these blasts, according to Times o
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Reiterating his earlier claims of innocence in Samjhauta Express blasts, the right-wing extremist leader Swami Aseemanand on July 18 said he had been falsely implicated in the case, because America had also informed the Indian Government that Pakistan was linked to these blasts, according to Times of India. Lokesh Sharma, another functionary of the right-wing organization Abhinav Bharat to which Aseemanand belonged and a co-accused in the Samjhauta Express blasts case also pleaded innocence while being produced before the court of NIA Special Judge.
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July - 29 
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor among the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants of the Mumbai terror attack case (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) has approached the Supreme Court asking for his death sentence to be overturned, Times of India reported. The request by Kasab had been fil
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Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor among the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants of the Mumbai terror attack case (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) has approached the Supreme Court asking for his death sentence to be overturned, Times of India reported. The request by Kasab had been filed via jail authorities in Mumbai, where he has been held since the attacks, and lodged with the secretary general of the court.
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August - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is expected to file a chargesheet against Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks (26/11) mastermind David Headley and co-accused Tahawwur Hussian Rana in a court soon on the basis of documents given by the United States (US), reports The Times of India. The US ha
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is expected to file a chargesheet against Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks (26/11) mastermind David Headley and co-accused Tahawwur Hussian Rana in a court soon on the basis of documents given by the United States (US), reports The Times of India. The US has handed over to India documents, including the confessional statements of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana. The documents include tapped conversation between Rana and Headley, phone records, personal diaries, intercepted email that have been sent by the US Department of Justice. Earlier, last month, during the Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue, US Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute had conveyed to Union Home Secretary R K Singh that Washington would cooperate with India's trial against Rana. The documents received under the mutual legal assistance treaty from the US also include Rana's activities in India during his multiple visits.
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August - 9 
Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon (Maharashtra) blast case, told the Bombay High Court on August 9 that he “mingled” with other accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Dayanand Pandey for getting intelligence information, reports The Hindu. Counsel for Purohit,
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Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon (Maharashtra) blast case, told the Bombay High Court on August 9 that he “mingled” with other accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Dayanand Pandey for getting intelligence information, reports The Hindu. Counsel for Purohit, Shrikant Shivade stated, “Earlier, Purohit had infiltrated the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and pretended to be one of its members so as to earn their trust and gather inside information. He has received several meritorious awards from Army for his work”.
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August - 10 
The Supreme Court on August 10 upheld the death sentence awarded to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq for the Dec 22, 2000 attack at the Red Fort in which three army men were killed, according to The Times of India. Arif was convicted for murder, waging war against the Govern
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The Supreme Court on August 10 upheld the death sentence awarded to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq for the Dec 22, 2000 attack at the Red Fort in which three army men were killed, according to The Times of India. Arif was convicted for murder, waging war against the Government of India and conspiracy.
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August - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Kochi (Kerala) on August 12 sentenced the self-styled South Indian ‘commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Thadiynatavide Nazeer, and his accomplice M. Shafaz to life imprisonment for twin blasts in Kozhikode in 2006, reports Hindustan Times. Th
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Kochi (Kerala) on August 12 sentenced the self-styled South Indian ‘commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Thadiynatavide Nazeer, and his accomplice M. Shafaz to life imprisonment for twin blasts in Kozhikode in 2006, reports Hindustan Times. This is the first verdict in a case investigated by the NIA. Nazeer was arrested from Bangladesh in 2009 and handed over to India. He was allegedly involved in many terror plots including the 2005 attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IIS) in Bangalore (Karnataka).
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August - 13 
Centre on August 13 filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking recall and review of two crucial paras in its July 5 ruling, through which a bench banned the use of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in the fight against Naxalites [Left-Wing Extremists]. In the petition filed in the SC registry, the
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Centre on August 13 filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking recall and review of two crucial paras in its July 5 ruling, through which a bench banned the use of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in the fight against Naxalites [Left-Wing Extremists]. In the petition filed in the SC registry, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought recall of the two paras, 75 (ii) and 76, on the ground that they were in violation of the spirit of the Constitution. Sources said the Centre is of the view that this part of the judgment is an example of judicial overreach into executive functions. Para 75 (ii) of the SC’s Naxal judgment orders the “Union of India to cease and desist, forthwith, from using any of its funds in supporting, directly or indirectly the recruitment of SPOs for the purposes of engaging in any form of counter-insurgency activities against Maoist/Naxalite groups”. In Para 76, the bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy (now retired) and S S Nijjar held the “appointment of SPOs to perform any of the duties of regular police officers, other than those specified in Sections 23(1)(h) and 23(1)(i) of Chhattisgarh Police Act, 2007, to be unconstitutional”.
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August - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Samjhauta Express blast case (February 18, 2007) informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) on August 24 that it needed to re-examine the samples gathered after bomb blast in the train to find any link with the explosions that took place in
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Samjhauta Express blast case (February 18, 2007) informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) on August 24 that it needed to re-examine the samples gathered after bomb blast in the train to find any link with the explosions that took place in Malegaon, Modasa, Hyderabad and Ajmer. The Special NIA court, Panchkula, had allowed the agency to re-examine the samples, following which Swami Aseemanand, the arrested extremist leader who is the chief suspect in the case, had approached HC, which had stayed the re-examination of samples till September 1,2011 when the case would come up for further hearing. The stay order was passed by the HC on August 23 after hearing Aseemanand's petition, which said that the NIA was planning to do it only to create evidence against him.
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August - 30 
After being convicted by a sessions court in Mumbai on August 30 two persons were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for carrying out an explosion and planting explosives in theatres in different cities of Maharashtra in 2008, Times of India reported. The accused duo, identified as Ramesh Hanumant
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After being convicted by a sessions court in Mumbai on August 30 two persons were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for carrying out an explosion and planting explosives in theatres in different cities of Maharashtra in 2008, Times of India reported. The accused duo, identified as Ramesh Hanumant Gadkari (53) and Vikram Vinay Bhave (29) allegedly belonged to Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu revivalist group, which protested against Amhi Pachpute, a satirical play based on Mahabharata for its portrayal of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in poor light. The play was to be staged at Gadkari Rangayatan. The Maharashtra State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested six members of this group in connection with the blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel.
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September - 2 
The Supreme Court (SC) on September 2, issued notice to Fahim Harshad Mohammad Yusuf and Sababuddin Shaikh, the duo accused of providing logistic support for Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), according to The Times of India. The bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice
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The Supreme Court (SC) on September 2, issued notice to Fahim Harshad Mohammad Yusuf and Sababuddin Shaikh, the duo accused of providing logistic support for Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), according to The Times of India. The bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R M Lodha issued notice on a petition by the Maharashtra Government. Earlier, Yusuf and Shaikh were acquitted by a trial court and the verdict was later upheld by the Bombay high court. The two were acquitted for want of corroborative evidence. However, while entertaining the Maharashtra government's appeal challenging the acquittal Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Sheikh the SC said it was a weak case where evidence gathered was not clinching to prove their involvement in the terror attack conspiracy.
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September - 2 
Turning down the appeal made by the arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand who had sought directions to restrain National Investigation Agency (NIA) from re-examining samples gathered after bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express on February 18, 2007, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on September 2,
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Turning down the appeal made by the arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand who had sought directions to restrain National Investigation Agency (NIA) from re-examining samples gathered after bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express on February 18, 2007, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on September 2, ruled that NIA's move cannot be termed as re-investigation, but is further investigation in the case, which is permissible under law, The Times of India reported. Special NIA court, Panchkula, where trial against Aseemanand is pending, had allowed the agency to examine the samples, but he had moved the HC against the trial court's decision. In his appeal before the HC, Aseemanand had pleaded that the NIA wanted to re-examine the sample just to create evidence against him. He also submitted that since the agency had already investigated the matter and chargesheet has been filed in the case, such examination amounted to re-investigation.
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September - 9 
A Sessions Court in Thane in Maharashtra discarded charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) brought against the two persons sentenced to 10 years imprisonment over the 2008 theatre blasts, observing that as the target was a drama producer, the offence was not a “terrorist act” int
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A Sessions Court in Thane in Maharashtra discarded charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) brought against the two persons sentenced to 10 years imprisonment over the 2008 theatre blasts, observing that as the target was a drama producer, the offence was not a “terrorist act” intended to threaten the country's sovereignty, The Hindu reported. Ramesh Hanumant Gadkari and Vikram Vinay Bhave were sentenced to imprisonment in July, 2011 for carrying out a blast at a drama theatre in Thane and planting an explosive at another in Vashi in 2008. Four other accused in the case were acquitted by the court. The case was investigated by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The alleged motive of the crime was objection to the performance of the drama Aamhi Pachpute,based on an alleged mockery of Hindu Gods.
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September - 19 
Responding to a petition of one of the accused, the Rajasthan High Court on September 19 issued a show cause notice to National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Ajmer dargah bomb blast case (October 11, 2007). Justice Mahesh Chand Sharma asked the NIA to explain what was the need for re-exami
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Responding to a petition of one of the accused, the Rajasthan High Court on September 19 issued a show cause notice to National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Ajmer dargah bomb blast case (October 11, 2007). Justice Mahesh Chand Sharma asked the NIA to explain what was the need for re-examination of evidences collected from the blast-affected spots in the dargah after filing of the charge sheet. Earlier, Lokesh Sharma, an accused, had challenged an order of the special court which allowed the NIA to re-examine most of the material exhibits that were collected from the blast scene on that day.
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September - 22 
An NIA court in Delhi sent Aamir Abbas Dev, one of the suspects arrested from Kishtwar District in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly sending the e-mail which claimed responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast, to judicial custody. The NIA claimed he was one of those who carried out the attack. The
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An NIA court in Delhi sent Aamir Abbas Dev, one of the suspects arrested from Kishtwar District in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly sending the e-mail which claimed responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast, to judicial custody. The NIA claimed he was one of those who carried out the attack. The three arrestees in the case, Amir Abbas Dev, Abid Hussain and Shariq Ahmed were under unlawful activities prevention act, criminal conspiracy for murder and attempt to murder and other relevant sections of IPC.
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September - 23 
The NIA got custody of Delhi High Court blast accused Amir Abbas Dev until October 7 from a Special Court in Delhi on September 23, The Hindu reported.
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The NIA got custody of Delhi High Court blast accused Amir Abbas Dev until October 7 from a Special Court in Delhi on September 23, The Hindu reported.
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September - 23 
The Supreme Court on September 23 refused to grant bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is facing charges under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon bomb blast case (September 29, 2008). Dismissing her bail plea, a Bench of Justices J M P
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The Supreme Court on September 23 refused to grant bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is facing charges under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon bomb blast case (September 29, 2008). Dismissing her bail plea, a Bench of Justices J M Panchal and H L Gokhale said, “There is no merit in the petition.”
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November - 2 
The Special Investigation Team of Tamil Nadu Police on November 2 produced two arrestees, identified as Abdullah Abdul Rehman and Ismath, before the Judicial Magistrate court in Madurai in connection with the case involving the plot to blow up the convoy of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani
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The Special Investigation Team of Tamil Nadu Police on November 2 produced two arrestees, identified as Abdullah Abdul Rehman and Ismath, before the Judicial Magistrate court in Madurai in connection with the case involving the plot to blow up the convoy of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani on October 28, The Hindu reported. The Judicial Magistrate A. Radhakrishnan remanded the accused in 15 days judicial custody.Y. John Nicholson, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, SIT, said that the arrested members were sympathisers of the late Imam Ali, Jihad Committee activist. He also said that they were searching for other members involved in the plot, including a person named ‘Police' Fakruddin. The DIG added that 10 special teams formed to arrest the culprits involve in the plot were conducting search operations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. He also did not rule out the involvement of the banned outfit Al-Umma in the plot.
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November - 5 
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on November 5 granted bail to all nine persons accused in the Malegaon blasts case (September 8, 2006) after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court it had no objection to any of their bail pleas, according to The Hind
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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on November 5 granted bail to all nine persons accused in the Malegaon blasts case (September 8, 2006) after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court it had no objection to any of their bail pleas, according to The Hindu. However, two of the accused were denied release from prison as they are accused in the Mumbai train bomb blast case (July 11, 2206) as well. While the investigating agency did not oppose their bail plea, it did not dismiss any of the charges slapped on them either. All the nine accused have been in prison for the past five years. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which investigated the case initially, had claimed that many of the arrested accused were members of the banned Islamic outfit Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Even the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was later handed over the investigation, took the same line. It was only after the arrested extremist Swami Aseemanand's confession about the alleged involvement of right-wing Hindu fundamentalists in the 2006 Malegaon blast was leaked, that the line of investigation changed.
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November - 16 
Seven persons accused of planning and executing the Malegaon serial bomb blasts (September 8, 2006) were released on November 16 after a trial court in Mumbai granted them bail, The Times of India reported. Six of the accused, Salman Farsi, Mohammed Zahid, Raees Ali, Shabbir Masiullah, Noor-ul-Huda
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Seven persons accused of planning and executing the Malegaon serial bomb blasts (September 8, 2006) were released on November 16 after a trial court in Mumbai granted them bail, The Times of India reported. Six of the accused, Salman Farsi, Mohammed Zahid, Raees Ali, Shabbir Masiullah, Noor-ul-Huda and Dr Farog Makhdoomi-were released from the Arthur Road prison, while Abrar Ahmed stepped out of the Byculla jail. Two others - Mohd Ali Shaikh and Asif Bashir Khan alias Junai - who were also granted bail would remain in jail as they are also accused in the Mumbai serial train blasts case (July 11, 2006). On November 5, all nine accused in the case were granted bail on a surety of 50,000 INR each by Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court as National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the case, chose not to oppose their plea for liberty. NIA had contended that after the confession of the arrested extremist leader Swami Aseemanand (arrested for 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast) about the alleged involvement of a right-wing group in the Malegaon blast, it reviewed the evidence collected by previous investigating agencies, Maharashtra ATS and CBI, besides gathering some fresh evidence.
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December - 1 
A project, codenamed 'Karachi Project', undertaken by the Pakistani spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to spread terror in India using local recruits through Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) network will soon find its place in the charge sheet to be filed by the National Investigating Agency (NI
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A project, codenamed 'Karachi Project', undertaken by the Pakistani spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to spread terror in India using local recruits through Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) network will soon find its place in the charge sheet to be filed by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) against American-Pakistani terrorist David Coleman Headley and his accomplices, including Pakistani serving and retired Army officials, in the Mumbai terror attack case (November 26, 2008, aka 26/11), The Times of India reported. The charge sheet, which is to be filed within a month, will be the first Indian 'legal' document mentioning about the 'Project' and how it is being ran by network of Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, who are LeT's fronts in India. Without elaborating the details, Union home secretary R K Singh on December 1 said the NIA would file the charge sheet against Headley soon.
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December - 1 
The Maharashtra ATS chief Rakesh Maria said on December 1that the State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) would get the custody of suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui (27), arrested by the special cell of the Delhi police, for interrogation in the German Bakery blast case, I
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The Maharashtra ATS chief Rakesh Maria said on December 1that the State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) would get the custody of suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui (27), arrested by the special cell of the Delhi police, for interrogation in the German Bakery blast case, Indian Express reported. Siddiqui was arrested with five other IM operatives by the Delhi Police for their alleged involvement in terror strikes at the German Bakery in Pune, Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore and near Jama Masjid in Delhi.
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December - 5 
Delhi Police on December 5 produced all six suspected IM cadres - Mohammed Qateel Siddiqui, Gauhar Aziz Khomani, Gayur Ahmed Jamali, Mohammed Adil alias Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, and Mohammed Irshad Khan - in court, from where they were remanded to 10 more days' Police custody. Two AK-47 rifles along wit
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Delhi Police on December 5 produced all six suspected IM cadres - Mohammed Qateel Siddiqui, Gauhar Aziz Khomani, Gayur Ahmed Jamali, Mohammed Adil alias Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, and Mohammed Irshad Khan - in court, from where they were remanded to 10 more days' Police custody. Two AK-47 rifles along with 50 cartridges, one 9mm pistol along with 14 cartridges, 1.4 kilograms of black explosive material, 3.2 kilograms of white explosive material, 350 grams of granular off-white explosive material, five detonators and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 200,000 along with other "incriminating" material have been recovered from the six arrested people, Police had said.
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December - 6 
A Delhi court on December 8 remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Aftab Alam alias Farooq, a Pakistai, arrested from Bihar on December 6 for his alleged role in various blasts across the country, to seven days' police custody, reports The Indian Express. The police sought his custody,
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A Delhi court on December 8 remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Aftab Alam alias Farooq, a Pakistai, arrested from Bihar on December 6 for his alleged role in various blasts across the country, to seven days' police custody, reports The Indian Express. The police sought his custody, saying he needs to be thoroughly interrogated to track his terror network and arrest his other accomplices.
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December - 14 
The Delhi Government on December 14 informed the Delhi Court which is trying the 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts allegedly by Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants that it had given sanction to prosecute all 13 accused on the basis of ample evidence to establish their links with the terror outfit, reports
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The Delhi Government on December 14 informed the Delhi Court which is trying the 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts allegedly by Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants that it had given sanction to prosecute all 13 accused on the basis of ample evidence to establish their links with the terror outfit, reports Indian Express.
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December - 16 
The Supreme Court on December 16 stayed a Bombay High Court (HC) order permitting custodial interrogation of Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) accused Lieutenant Colonel, Shrikant Purohit by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and also issued notice to Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on his
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The Supreme Court on December 16 stayed a Bombay High Court (HC) order permitting custodial interrogation of Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) accused Lieutenant Colonel, Shrikant Purohit by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and also issued notice to Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on his plea for bail. A bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad stayed the November 9, 2011 order of the HC, which had upheld the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court's July 19 decision to permit NIA to interrogate Purohit, Major Updhyay and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi in custody. The bench stayed the HC order till January 4, 2012 when the petition will be heard.
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December - 17 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 17 registered a case of murder against 20 Policemen in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat, reports The Times of India. The fresh FIR was registered by the probe agency after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) gave its complaint to
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 17 registered a case of murder against 20 Policemen in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat, reports The Times of India. The fresh FIR was registered by the probe agency after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) gave its complaint to the CBI on December 15, 2011 saying that the encounter was staged. Besides murder, they have also been charged with destruction of evidence.
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December - 17 
The second fast track court on December 17 convicted six suspects for collecting explosive material and planning to carry out terrorist activities in Bangalore, reports The Times of India. One of the accused was acquitted. Those convicted are Rasool Mohammed, Afsar Pasha, Ibrahim Chopdar, Nurulla Kh
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The second fast track court on December 17 convicted six suspects for collecting explosive material and planning to carry out terrorist activities in Bangalore, reports The Times of India. One of the accused was acquitted. Those convicted are Rasool Mohammed, Afsar Pasha, Ibrahim Chopdar, Nurulla Khan, Irfan and Munna. The acquitted man is Shamsuddin. "The Police stumbled upon these men while investigating the December 28, 2005 terrorist attack at IISC. It was found that they were preparing to carry out anti-national activities, and to disrupt social harmony. Those convicted are jihadi activists and members of a banned outfit. Investigation revealed that one of them had been to Bangladesh," a senior officer said.
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December - 19 
A Pakistani judicial commission is likely to visit India in early January, 2012 to interview key persons - Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R.V. Sawant Waghule, Investigating Officer Ramesh Mahale and two doctors who are linked to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack probe, according to The Times
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A Pakistani judicial commission is likely to visit India in early January, 2012 to interview key persons - Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R.V. Sawant Waghule, Investigating Officer Ramesh Mahale and two doctors who are linked to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack probe, according to The Times of India. Sources said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) received a communiqué through diplomatic channels on December 19, about the proposed visit of the Commission in the first half of January.
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December - 21 
Delhi Police on December 21 told a Delhi court that six of the seven IM operatives arrested in November have confessed about their involvement in the September 2010 blast near Jama Masjid, Indian Express reported. The police made this submission to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav while see
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Delhi Police on December 21 told a Delhi court that six of the seven IM operatives arrested in November have confessed about their involvement in the September 2010 blast near Jama Masjid, Indian Express reported. The police made this submission to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav while seeking extension of their custody for further interrogation to gather evidence of their involvement in the blast.
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December - 21 
Government on December 21 gave its sanction to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to charge sheet nine persons, including two serving Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers, Major Iqbal and Major Samir Ali, Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley, LeT founde
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Government on December 21 gave its sanction to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to charge sheet nine persons, including two serving Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers, Major Iqbal and Major Samir Ali, Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley, LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, al Qaida operative Ilyas Kashmiri, for plotting terror strikes in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack, reports Times of India. The sanction will now pave the way for NIA - which had registered the case against these accused in November 2009 - to file charge sheet against them in any day from now. It is for the first time that an Indian probe agency will name serving ISI officers in a charge sheet. Name of a retired Pakistani Army Major, Abdul Rehman Hashim, will also be there in the charge sheet. Others who will be charge sheeted include 26/11 attacks mastermind and LeT ‘commander’ Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, another LeT's top operative Sajid Majid and Headley's accomplice and Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana. While Headley and Rana - arrested by the FBI in Chicago in October 2009 - have been in US jail ever since they were caught there, Lakhvi - arrested by Pakistani authorities in connection with the 26/11 terror attack -- has been in Pakistani jail. The others, however, remain scot free in Pakistan. It was Hashim who had set up the ISI's 'Karachi Project' and trained a number of Indian youths for carrying out attacks in India. The project is meant to bleed India using locals through LeT's network. The charge sheet will also be the first Indian 'legal' document mentioning about the 'Karachi Project' and how it is being ran by network of Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists who are LeT's fronts in India. The 'Project' was set up for giving an impression of 'home-grown' terror in India.
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December - 24 
The 60-page National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet (filed on December 24), highlighted roles of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT commander Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri and two serving Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers - Major Iq
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The 60-page National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet (filed on December 24), highlighted roles of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT commander Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri and two serving Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers - Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali in "larger conspiracy to organize spectacular terrorist attacks on places of iconic importance in India", reports The Times of India. It also gave details of how Headley during his post-26\11 visits to India in March, 2009, went for reconnaissance trips for synchronized terror strikes on Jewish houses located in five places - New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Goa and Pushkar (Rajasthan) - at the behest of Ilyas Kashmiri. It has been further added by The Hindu, that according to the charge sheet, Headley was scouting only the Jewish targets on instructions from Kashmiri. India will share NIA's charge sheet, filed against American terrorist David Coleman Headley and eight others, including Hafiz Saeed and two serving Pakistani ISI officials, with Pakistan during home secretary-level talks between the two countries in Islamabad in January, 2012, reports The Times of India. It also documented the communication between Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana through an email account - "
[email protected]
" - enlisting property details and debts. Details of Headley's stay in two hotels - De Holiday Inn and Anand - in Delhi's Paharganj area and other hotels in places like Pune, Goa, Mumbai, Pushkar are given in the charge sheet, backed by records of his visit and travel documents. The charge sheet said: "He also collected critical information and videos of places including but not limited to Chabad houses in India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mantralaya and Air India building in Mumbai, National Defence College in Delhi and so on".
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December - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 24, filed chargesheet against nine persons including two serving Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers- Major Iqbal and Major Samir Ali as well as David Headley and Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the 26/11 attacks i
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 24, filed chargesheet against nine persons including two serving Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers- Major Iqbal and Major Samir Ali as well as David Headley and Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the 26/11 attacks in India, according to The Times of India. This is the first time India has framed terror charges against serving officers of Pakistan's Army for terror attacks in India. The chargesheet also names 26/11 attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Headley's accomplice and Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, as well as dead al-Qaeda leader Illyas Kashmiri for waging war against the country and other relevant sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Sajid Malik, Headley's handler, and Abdul Rehman Hashmi, is also named as accused in the chargesheet, the sources said. All the accused have been booked under section 120-B, 121, 121 A, 302, 468 and 471 Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 16, 18, 20 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
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December - 26 
According to the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) case Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed motivated the 26/11 attack squad, reports Hindustan Times. "Gunshot will feel like a pin prick, blood stains
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According to the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) case Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed motivated the 26/11 attack squad, reports Hindustan Times. "Gunshot will feel like a pin prick, blood stains will be like rose petals, and angels will come down to take your souls," said Saeed while motivating the 10 member suicide squad for the attacks, states the charge sheet. According to the charge sheet, once the LeT leadership decided that it would be a suicide attack, Saeed himself motivated squad. The charge sheet also makes it clear that despite international pressure immediately after the 26/11 attacks, LeT was ready with more plans to attack India. A mail written by Hafiz Saeed's trusted aide Sajid Mir to David Coleman Headley in July, 2009 says: "There are some investment (attack) plans with me." "Just nine months after the Mumbai attacks, the LeT-ISI combine was ready with more plans. It shows the kind of adversary India is fighting against. The significance of the chargesheet is that it lays bare the conspiracy of Pakistan before and after the execution of the 26/11 attacks," said an unnamed official.
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