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January - 6 
A US Congressional report released on January 5 identified Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company as a "5,000-member criminal syndicate operating mostly in Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates," which has a "strategic alliance" with Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence ag
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A US Congressional report released on January 5 identified Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company as a "5,000-member criminal syndicate operating mostly in Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates," which has a "strategic alliance" with Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, and has "forged relationships with Islamists, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and al Qaeda." The report, prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research wing of Congress, is aimed at priming US lawmakers on various issues, and has no immediate policy implications. The US Department of Treasury has already designated Ibrahim as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2006 and former President Bush designated him, as well as his D-Company, as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The report also notes that some press accounts have reported that Ibrahim’s network might have provided a boat to the 10 LeT militants who 26/11 Mumbai attack and records that the "US Government contends that D-Company has found common cause with Al Qaeda and shares its smuggling routes with that terrorist group."
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January - 7 
According to intelligence agencies, a 9/11-type terrorist attack using hijacked aeroplanes stares India in the face with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist having acquired pilot training and waiting to strike, reports India Today. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu
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According to intelligence agencies, a 9/11-type terrorist attack using hijacked aeroplanes stares India in the face with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist having acquired pilot training and waiting to strike, reports India Today. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu, one of the key accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi bomb blasts case, learnt to fly planes in Bangalore and could now be planning to execute an airborne terror strike. A dozen other trained IM terrorists are also at large and, together with Shahzad, pose a big security threat. Shahzad underwent pilot training just before the Delhi bomb blasts and has been absconding since the Batla House encounter. The IB has raised the alert levels of an airborne terrorist attack and is trying to unravel Shahzad's sinister plans.
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January - 7 
According to intelligence inputs, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and IM, along with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), could attempt to kidnap key political leaders, target helicopters carrying VIPs, strike public functions with explosives-laden trucks and hire or hijack aircraft or helicopters t
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According to intelligence inputs, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and IM, along with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), could attempt to kidnap key political leaders, target helicopters carrying VIPs, strike public functions with explosives-laden trucks and hire or hijack aircraft or helicopters to carry out 9/11-type attacks.
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January - 22 
Another intelligence input said that LeT is ready to carry out airborne suicide attacks using para-gliders in India. The outfit has already acquired more than 50 para-gliding equipment, which can be quickly assembled and used as ‘missiles’ from open highland areas or from over 300 of unused/unmanned
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Another intelligence input said that LeT is ready to carry out airborne suicide attacks using para-gliders in India. The outfit has already acquired more than 50 para-gliding equipment, which can be quickly assembled and used as ‘missiles’ from open highland areas or from over 300 of unused/unmanned airstrips in the country. The intelligence input — which came barely days ahead of the Republic Day celebrations — on LeT’s shopping spree for para-gliding equipment in different European countries, including Germany, prompted authorities to ensure tight air security around all vital installations and nearly 326 unmanned, abandoned or mostly unused airstrips spread across the country. The inputs also suggest the possibility of LeT acquiring related equipment — possibly Chinese make — from within Pakistan.
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February - 14 
The preliminary probe showed that RDX and ammonium nitrate were used in the explosion that ripped through German Bakery in Pune (Maharashtra).
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The preliminary probe showed that RDX and ammonium nitrate were used in the explosion that ripped through German Bakery in Pune (Maharashtra).
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March - 12 
The central investigating agencies on March 12 confirmed Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) role in the bomb blast at Pune's German Bakery on Feburary13 that killed 17 persons and injured more than 70, reports DNA. The agencies have conveyed this to Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have named the
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The central investigating agencies on March 12 confirmed Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) role in the bomb blast at Pune's German Bakery on Feburary13 that killed 17 persons and injured more than 70, reports DNA. The agencies have conveyed this to Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have named the absconding Bhatkal brothers - Iqbal and Riyaz - for the operation. According to the report, Riyaz Bhaktal oversaw the entire operation from Dubai. Although the central agencies have asked other investigating agencies to identify local operatives who assisted in carrying out the blast, Police teams in Pune have failed to make any arrests. Although 16 IM cadres had been arrested in the last two years from the outfit's north and south modules, the Police believe that fresh recruits were used for the German Bakery blast. And that is why it is difficult to identify them. An officer said that the perpetrators of the Pune blast were not from the State and had received support from sleeper cells in Pune. According to security officials, while Iqbal is based in Dubai, Riyaz is living in Karachi in Pakistan.
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March - 29 
The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) for the year ended March 31, 2009 points out that the State’s Police department is facing shortage of weapons, reported Business Standard on March 30. The Police department had 49,143 units of weapons, of which 11,232 or about
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The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) for the year ended March 31, 2009 points out that the State’s Police department is facing shortage of weapons, reported Business Standard on March 30. The Police department had 49,143 units of weapons, of which 11,232 or about 23 per cent were obsolete. There was also shortage of weapons as per Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) norms. There was shortage of light vehicles in the Police stations as well.
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March - 31 
Keeping pace with the requirement of senior cops to meet various security challenges across the country, the Union Government has increased the cadre strength of Indian Police Services (IPS) officers in 16 States and all Union territories by 287 with Uttar Pradesh being allotted the maximum 47 posts
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Keeping pace with the requirement of senior cops to meet various security challenges across the country, the Union Government has increased the cadre strength of Indian Police Services (IPS) officers in 16 States and all Union territories by 287 with Uttar Pradesh being allotted the maximum 47 posts followed by 36 to Maharashtra, reports Times of India. The remaining States will also get additional posts after a mid-term review of their cadre strength by June 2010. A notification to this effect was issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on March 30 after reviewing the strength and composition of the IPS cadre. The last time such a revision of strength was made was in April 2000. Almost one-third of the increased strength of IPS (96 posts) will be allotted to State Police personnel on promotion basis. The remaining seats will be filled in due course through direct recruitment — a process which has already been initiated by increasing the annual intake of IPS officers from 130 to 150 through the Civil Services Examination. According to the notification, the total strength of IPS has been increased from 1,178 to 1,465 in 16 States and seven UTs. While Andaman Goa Mizoram Union Territory cadre, which includes Delhi, will have an additional 54 posts, Bihar will get 22 followed by Gujarat (20), Manipur-Tripura (19), Karnataka (18), Orissa (16), Punjab and Jharkhand (15 each), Jammu and Kashmir (7) and Uttarakhand (5).
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April - 1 
INR 222.5 million was released by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the families of 416 slain Central Para-Military Forces personnel as a grant-in-aid for payment of compensation, he said. Chidambaram also said that the Government also sanctioned procurement of 801 assault rifles for the
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INR 222.5 million was released by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the families of 416 slain Central Para-Military Forces personnel as a grant-in-aid for payment of compensation, he said. Chidambaram also said that the Government also sanctioned procurement of 801 assault rifles for the National Security Guards (NSG) at a cost of INR 206.8 million. He also said Andhra Pradesh Government has issued a notification for acquisition of land for the NSG regional centre at Hyderabad. The Home Minister informed that a CCTV system was approved for 29 markets and check posts in the national capital and an advance withdrawal of 70 per cent (INR 476.2 million) of the total cost was sanctioned on March 17, 2010.
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April - 6 
A US Defence Department think tank warned that India’s transportation, economic infrastructure and political establishment are on the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) radar, report Economic Times. It has also confirmed India’s charge that the militant outfit still enjoys funding from Pakistan’s Inter-Service
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A US Defence Department think tank warned that India’s transportation, economic infrastructure and political establishment are on the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) radar, report Economic Times. It has also confirmed India’s charge that the militant outfit still enjoys funding from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The think tank found the close links between LeT and Karachi-based D-Company of underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim. “D-Company has established smuggling routes in the region, access to material, a partnership with LeT, and depends on ISI for refuge in Pakistan,” the report has said. The think tank associated with the US Army War College said that the LeT, though having a close relationship with al Qaeda, will continue to evolve into a distinctive South Asia-centric terrorist actor while still receiving aid from fringe elements in Pakistan’s security and intelligence apparatus and elsewhere. “This will not only allow LeT to continue to plan future Mumbai-style terrorist attacks in India from safe havens in Pakistan, but will also enable it to guide and assist the predominantly indigenous Indian Mujahideen (IM), ” According to the think tank, LeT collects donations from the overseas Pakistani community in the Persian Gulf and the UK, Islamic non-Governmental organisations, Pakistani/Kashmiri business people and through its parent organisation Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD). The militant outfit also counts on donations from sympathetic Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Islamist-leaning ISI leaders. “In addition, LeT maintains relations with extremist and/ or terrorist groups across the globe ranging from the Philippines to the Middle East and Chechnya by means of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa [JuD] network,” the report said.
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April - 7 
Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on April 7 submitted its investigation report on the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast report to the State Government claiming the perpetrators of the bombing that killed 17 people have been identified and their arrest would be made soon, reports PTI. The repor
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Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on April 7 submitted its investigation report on the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast report to the State Government claiming the perpetrators of the bombing that killed 17 people have been identified and their arrest would be made soon, reports PTI. The report was submitted by newly-appointed ATS Chief Rakesh Maria to the State Home Department and was then forwarded to the Union Government, ATS sources said but refused to disclose the identity of the suspects. According to the sources, terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) is suspected to be behind the bomb blast and the suspects would be arrested in a day or two. State Home Minister R.R. Patil had told the Legislative Council on April 6 that the investigating agency had identified the suspects and more details would be disclosed after their arrest. The Police department has zeroed in on the accused.
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April - 16 
Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the outfit's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16, reported NDTV.
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Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the outfit's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16, reported NDTV.
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April - 20 
Sentinel reports that West Bengal Government has launched a special scheme at Jalpaiguri to rehabilitate the surrendered cadres of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). The report adds that they are being trained in productive vocations under the Rashtriya Sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY) scheme. Out
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Sentinel reports that West Bengal Government has launched a special scheme at Jalpaiguri to rehabilitate the surrendered cadres of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). The report adds that they are being trained in productive vocations under the Rashtriya Sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY) scheme. Out of the 150 and odd surrendered KLO cadres, 52 have been attending the rehabilitation programme mooted under RSVY. Biswajyoti Das, coordinator of the programme said, “Although we have expected around 100 surrendered persons to undergo this special rehabilitation programme, presently we have 52. Actually when the Chief Minister visited Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and other regions in north Bengal he wished to know whether we have maintained any contact with the surrendered and former KLO cadres. He prompted the Commissioner to lend a fillip to this rehabilitation programme and it has been going on well.”
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May - 3 
The bomb blasts carried out at the Ajmer (Rajasthan) Dargah (Snfi Shrine), the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) and Malegaon (Maharashtra) are linked, with the self-styled right-wing group, Abhinav Bharat, believed to be behind them, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on May 3, reports The
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The bomb blasts carried out at the Ajmer (Rajasthan) Dargah (Snfi Shrine), the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) and Malegaon (Maharashtra) are linked, with the self-styled right-wing group, Abhinav Bharat, believed to be behind them, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on May 3, reports The Hindu. “Yes, there is a link between the Ajmer blast and the Mecca Masjid blast [in Hyderabad],” CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said when asked about the ongoing investigation into the Ajmer blasts and the new facts that have emerged since the arrest of three persons owing allegiance to radical right-wing outfits.
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May - 4 
Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was maintaining links with Pakistan. Sources said that at least two batches of NDFB cadres were sent to Pakistan for training with the support of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). However, the exact
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Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was maintaining links with Pakistan. Sources said that at least two batches of NDFB cadres were sent to Pakistan for training with the support of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). However, the exact number of militants who received training in Pakistan is yet to be ascertained. The NDFB was also maintaining close ties with different anti-India groups having bases in Bangladesh. According to an assessment by the Security Forces (SFs), at least a hundred trained cadres of the outfit are still in Assam, while, around 50 cadres must be in Bangladesh. Sources further said that the NDFB launched joint operations with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) from time to time, but the outfit also maintained close ties with other groups like National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) etc, as well as with some other anti-India groups in the neighbouring country. Sources revealed that under pressure in Bangladesh, anti-talk faction of the NDFB recently established a camp in Myanmar and is located near a camp of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL). Also, sources said that after the arrest of NDFB ‘chief’ Ranjan Daimary, the Government of India provided information about the whereabouts of several other militant leaders in Bangladesh and waiting for the response. Though the arrest of Ranjan Daimary is viewed as a major diplomatic victory for India, the Government will keep mounting diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh to take action against the militants, particularly those belonging to the ULFA and the NDFB, who are still staying in Bangladesh. Sources added that from the security point of view, the arrest of Ranjan Daimary was even more important than the arrests of the leaders of the ULFA.
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May - 9 
A telephonic conversation between two suspected cadres of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) gave the security agencies a clue about outfit’s involvement in the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast, Police said on May 9, reports Times of India. Days after the German Bakery bomb blast on February 13, in which
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A telephonic conversation between two suspected cadres of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) gave the security agencies a clue about outfit’s involvement in the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast, Police said on May 9, reports Times of India. Days after the German Bakery bomb blast on February 13, in which 17 people were killed and over 50 injured, alleged IM operative Salman Ansari's telephonic intercepts suggested that he had received a phone call from someone, believed to be Riyaz Bhatkal, from abroad congratulating him for the blast, the sources added. Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti Terrorist Squad had arrested Salman alias Chhotu from near the Nepal border in UP On March 5, 2010 and he is currently in Delhi Police's custody. "This conversation between the duo has given us an important clue to believe that it was a handiwork of the IM cadres. Hence, the probe was initiated in that direction," an ATS official said, refusing to divulge contents of the conversation.
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May - 12 
Officers investigating the Pune (Maharashtra) German Bakery bomb blast that killed 17 persons on February 13, 2010 have claimed that four prime suspects in the attack have fled to Pakistan, reports Times of India. Initial suspicion had fallen on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and Police leaks ha
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Officers investigating the Pune (Maharashtra) German Bakery bomb blast that killed 17 persons on February 13, 2010 have claimed that four prime suspects in the attack have fled to Pakistan, reports Times of India. Initial suspicion had fallen on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and Police leaks had hinted at the involvement of the outfit’s founder Riyaz Bhatkal, his brother Iqbal and Yaseen, who is said to be a relative of the Bhatkal brothers. But for months there has been little headway into the case and the Police now privately admit that the IM may have little to do with it. The report says that the sudden talk of four prime suspects fleeing to Pakistan could also indicate a failure by the Anti-Terrorist Squad to find enough evidence to nail any suspect and fend criticism by saying that the main attackers had fled. "We are now considering asking the Union Government to approach Pakistan to help bring these suspects to India," a senior Police Officer, who is part of the investigations, said. "We have enough evidence to establish the involvement of these four suspects in the actual execution of the blast. We were able to trace their residences in India and have even questioned the family members of some of the suspects. We have information that all four suspects are presently in Pakistan," he said.
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May - 16 
Afghanistan security agencies have traced back a recent anti-India operations in the country to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) cell located inside a military cantonment in Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, reports Indian Express. According to information available with Indian agenci
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Afghanistan security agencies have traced back a recent anti-India operations in the country to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) cell located inside a military cantonment in Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, reports Indian Express. According to information available with Indian agencies, this was mentioned in a dossier on Pakistani intelligence activities in Afghanistan, prepared for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai ahead of his just concluded visit to the US. He is believed to have shared the information with US authorities. While this was a detailed dossier on ISI activities across Afghanistan, there was a section that specifically dealt with Pakistani efforts to target Indian assets in Afghanistan which included the Indian embassy, its consulates across that country, Indian companies and their projects.
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May - 16 
Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, arrested by Hyderabad Police (Andhra Pradesh), had received e-mails originating from Pakistan asking him to carryout "subversive" activities in India and had millions of rupees deposited against his name in various banks, the investigatin
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Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, arrested by Hyderabad Police (Andhra Pradesh), had received e-mails originating from Pakistan asking him to carryout "subversive" activities in India and had millions of rupees deposited against his name in various banks, the investigating agency revealed, reports Hindustan Times. Officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that they are trying to verify the statements made by Haq, who is accused of plotting terror attacks in the city. Haq, currently under Police custody, reportedly confessed to having received e-mails from one Abdul Aziz of Pakistan, who instigated him to carry out subversive activities in India, they said. For receiving and sending the e-mails, Haq had visited cyber cafes in Rein Bazar and Mehdipatnam areas among others last month, the officials said, adding they have seized four computer hard disks from the shops and sent them to Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis. The accused have also told the SIT officials that he had many bank accounts in various parts of the city with deposits running to Millions of rupees. The investigators are trying to find out the source of the money and suspect that Haq, a private car driver, received huge amounts through hawala (informal money laundering system) or other illegal means to carry out "subversive" attacks.
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June - 15 
Several Afghanistan and international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), with the help of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and set up training camps, adding ne
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Several Afghanistan and international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), with the help of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and set up training camps, adding new volatility to the relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad, quoting The New York Times, reports ANI. The LeT is believed to have planned or executed three major attacks against Indian Government employees and private workers in Afghanistan in recent months, officials said. Pakistan maintains that it no longer supports or assists the LeT, responsible for the ghastly November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, but its expanded activities in Afghanistan, particularly against Indian targets, prompt suspicions that it has become one of Pakistan's proxies to counteract India's influence in the war ravaged country, The New York Times reports. "Our concern is that there are still players involved that are trying to use Afghanistan's ground as a place for a proxy war," said Shaida Abdali, Afghanistan's deputy National Security Adviser. "It is being carried out by certain State actors to fight their opponents," Abdali added. Experts are of the view that now the LeT presents more of a threat in Afghanistan than even al Qaeda does. There were a few LeT cells in Afghanistan three or four years ago, but they were not focused on Indian targets and, until recently, their presence seemed to be diminishing, the report said. Pakistani analysts, in a recent testimony to the US Congress, described the LeT as a terror group 'having ambitions well beyond India.' "They are active now in six or eight provinces. They are currently most interested in Indian targets here, but they can readily trade attacks on international targets for money or influence or an alliance with other groups," a senior NATO intelligence official, who spoke on conditions of anonymity said. Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, who recently resigned following an altercation with President Hamid Karzai, also confirmed that the attackers, who targeted Indians during the deadly car bombing and suicide attack on two guesthouses in the heart of Kabul in February 26, 2010 were "not Afghans." "They were not Afghans," Atmar said. "What we know for sure is that it was planned, financed, organized, and that people trained for it, outside Afghanistan," he added. "Over the past six months more than four attacks in Kabul had suicide bombers with telephones that we recovered with active numbers that were from Pakistan," Atmar informed.
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June - 18 
In the 11th dossier handed over to Pakistan since the November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) terrorist attacks, India, on June 18 has provided details on the 34 terrorists, including fugitives who have been recruited by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) combine to launch t
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In the 11th dossier handed over to Pakistan since the November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) terrorist attacks, India, on June 18 has provided details on the 34 terrorists, including fugitives who have been recruited by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) combine to launch terror attacks as part of the Karachi Project, in the form suggested by Pakistan, reports Times of India. India gave Pakistan the full copy of the Mumbai trial, a copy of the verdict, the charge sheets, evidence presented and used, and confessional statements. Pakistan had asked India for all of these in its last dossier. The LeT chief Hafiz Saeed evidence, Indian officials feel, is crucial. Although nobody was willing to confirm it, it's believed the Indians have got this from the LeT operative David Headley interrogations. "The deputy high commissioner of Pakistan was called in the afternoon and handed over a set of responses to the six dossiers received from Pakistan on April 25, 2010 on the Mumbai terror attacks," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said.
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June - 21 
The rising number of Pakistan linked terrorist plots in the United States largely stem from Islamabad's (Pakistan) continued support to some anti-India extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), blamed for the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, indicates the report released on June 21 by
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The rising number of Pakistan linked terrorist plots in the United States largely stem from Islamabad's (Pakistan) continued support to some anti-India extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), blamed for the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, indicates the report released on June 21 by the RAND Corp, Hindustan Times reported. "The country's acquisition of nuclear weapons emboldened its support to militant groups by dampening concerns of retaliation by India," the report mentioned. Seth G. Jones, the study's co-author and a political scientist at RAND said, "A number of militant networks-including al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM]-remain entrenched in Pakistan and pose a grave threat to the state and the region." In addition to al Qaeda, numerous foreign and domestic militant groups have established networks in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) currently known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas of Pakistan. Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing, reportedly had ties to several groups, such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Haqqani network, the study notes. Researchers suggest the United States should restrict some military assistance to Pakistan until the nation ends its support of militant groups operating on its soil. Further, Jones and co-author Christine Fair of Georgetown University say that Pakistan's Army and the Frontier Corps have failed to demonstrate a consistent ability to clear and hold territory for long periods. While Pakistan has undertaken a number of operations against insurgent groups since 2001, the study finds the successes are short-lived and do not address the long-term threat. The Pakistan Army and the Frontier Corps forces have had some recent successes, however. This includes efforts during Operation Sher Dil (Lion’s Heart) in 2008 (Bajaur region), Operation Rah-e-Rast (Path to Truth) in 2009 (Swat region) and Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) in 2009 and 2010 (South Waziristan region), the report finds. "Yet even with this success, Pakistan's efforts are thwarted by its decision to support some militant groups. In recent months, there appear to be changes in Pakistan's policy as evidenced in the capture of senior Taliban leaders such as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. But it remains unclear whether Pakistani leaders have made a systematic break with militant groups, the report finds.
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June - 29 
Times Now quoting fresh warning from intelligence agencies reports that Indian missions in Bangladesh and Nepal are under threat from a possible terror attack from Pakistani terrorist outfits. The alert suggests the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) are planning to attac
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Times Now quoting fresh warning from intelligence agencies reports that Indian missions in Bangladesh and Nepal are under threat from a possible terror attack from Pakistani terrorist outfits. The alert suggests the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) are planning to attack Indians working on different projects in Bangladesh and could try and create a hostage like situation. A similar threat also looms on the Indian mission in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Indian Government has already spoken to the Sheikh Hasina Government in Bangladesh and is even mulling use of Indian Security Forces to guard foreign missions. After the alert from the agencies, sources said that the threat perception has been communicated to Dhaka already and India has been assured full assistance. Meanwhile the Government is contemplating a security review of missions in Bangladesh and Nepal. Indian forces may be used to man these foreign missions under threat. “We do not deny any potential threat to our missions abroad. In this case, the matter has been taken up with the Bangladeshi Government and has been assured full assistance. The government of India is also thinking of a security review soon in Bangladesh and Nepal to decide whether the missions should be manned by Indian forces in these two locations. Intelligence agencies have communicated that the threat is from LeT and HuJI,” Government sources said.
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July - 12 
Raids on some PFI activists last week revealed that the outfit tried to infiltrate its cadres into an exhibition organised by Navy in Kochi. It was also found that PFI took undue interest in a mock anti-terror drill jointly conducted by Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Kerala Police in October 2009. Maps
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Raids on some PFI activists last week revealed that the outfit tried to infiltrate its cadres into an exhibition organised by Navy in Kochi. It was also found that PFI took undue interest in a mock anti-terror drill jointly conducted by Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Kerala Police in October 2009. Maps of at least three temples and CDs of al-Qaeda and Taliban training were also seized.
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July - 19 
The intelligence agencies in New Delhi on July 19 submitted reports to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stating that a number of former Khalistani militants based in Germany had been trying to revive militancy in Punjab, reports Times of India. Sources said that the Punjab Police had been du
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The intelligence agencies in New Delhi on July 19 submitted reports to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stating that a number of former Khalistani militants based in Germany had been trying to revive militancy in Punjab, reports Times of India. Sources said that the Punjab Police had been duly informed, and asked to keep a strict vigil on activities of all those who were directly or indirectly linked to all the former militants who had not only been living in Germany but also in USA, Canada and UK.
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July - 21 
Intelligence reports indicates that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has renewed efforts to set up new sleeper cells in Gujarat and elsewhere in the country, reports DNA. For the last six months, the ISI has been trying to create new sleeper cells in the State to replace those of the Stu
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Intelligence reports indicates that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has renewed efforts to set up new sleeper cells in Gujarat and elsewhere in the country, reports DNA. For the last six months, the ISI has been trying to create new sleeper cells in the State to replace those of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) that were neutralised by the Gujarat Police. Sources in the State intelligence said SIMI’s sleeper cells had provided key support to the terrorists who had carried out the bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in 2008. Though Simi is now banned, investigation into the activities of its suspected members has continued. The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad Police, recently arrested three persons suspected of planning bomb blasts in the city.
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July - 25 
Polish intelligence had, a week before the July 7, 2008 Indian embassy bombing, warned of a possible Taliban attack on Indian interests in the Afghan capital with the "main goal" to show its ability to attack on every object in Kabul, according to a document leaked by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, r
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Polish intelligence had, a week before the July 7, 2008 Indian embassy bombing, warned of a possible Taliban attack on Indian interests in the Afghan capital with the "main goal" to show its ability to attack on every object in Kabul, according to a document leaked by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, reports Times of India. The document on possible attack on the Indian embassy is part of a massive leak of 92,000 intelligence reports that suggested that the war in Afghanistan is going badly for the US and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is fuelling the insurgency in the war-torn country. Advance copies of the leak were made available to three publications - The New York Times, British daily newspaper Guardian, and German weekly Der Spiegel, which made some excerpts available. The document dealing with the Indian embassy is titled 'Threat Report: Threat to Indian Embassy.' The date of information is June 30, 2008, while the date of report is July 1, 2008. The organisation involved is "Taliban Center" and the Report number is 75010708. "Taliban are planning to carry out an attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. TB (Taliban) designated an engineer to take this action," the document reads. "He intends to use stolen ANA/ANP (Afghan National Army/ Afghan National Police) car, and wears stolen uniform. He speaks Dari with distinct Iranian accent. Allegedly, he is the owner of a company," it added. "INS (insurgents) are planning to divide into two groups: first will attack Indian embassy building, whilst the second group will engage security posts in front of MOI (ministry of interior), IOT (in order to) give possibility to escape attackers from the first group," the report said. However, other documents strongly indicate that Pakistan's ISI is supporting the insurgency in Afghanistan, as well as plotting with Taliban leaders to assassinate Afghan leaders. The New York Times pointed out that it has been difficult for the US to pin Pakistan's spy agency directly to an attack orchestrated by the Taliban. But the assault on the Indian embassy led the Central Investigation Agency's then deputy director Stephen R. Kappes to immediately go to Islamabad to confront the ISI with evidence that it had helped organise the attack. Another leaked document, dated August 2008, identifies a colonel in the ISI plotting with a Taliban official to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai. However, there were no accompanying details and the report could not be verified. Meanwhile, US national security advisor James Jones, in a statement, condemned the leaks as "irresponsible" and said that WikiLeaks had not contacted the US Government before going public. "The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organisations which could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security," Jones said.
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July - 25 
Times of India reports that India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may attempt to strike during the October 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report. The fears were conveyed by the Indian Army leadership to Admiral Mike Mu
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Times of India reports that India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may attempt to strike during the October 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report. The fears were conveyed by the Indian Army leadership to Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was in New Delhi on July 24 and 25, The Sunday Times said in a dispatch from Islamabad. After his arrival in Pakistan, Mullen had on July 24 said that the LeT has expanded its operations to Afghanistan and the West and has become more active throughout the region. The paper said the LeT has joined forces with the Taliban in a new alliance to kill western soldiers in Afghanistan. In the past few weeks NATO commanders are convinced that LeT are behind a string of attacks and influx of fighters into eastern Afghanistan, the newspaper said. The issue was raised by Admiral Mullen after he arrived in Islamabad for meetings with Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani, the report said. Outlawed under US pressure in 2002, the outfit has continued to operate under different names. The LeT's camps have long been used by al Qaeda for training.
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August - 13 
The Centre has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh Government on 600 tonnes of explosives reported missing while being transported from Rajasthan, reports The Hindu. "It is a very serious matter. We have asked the Madhya Pradesh government to send a report immediately," a Union Ministry of Home
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The Centre has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh Government on 600 tonnes of explosives reported missing while being transported from Rajasthan, reports The Hindu. "It is a very serious matter. We have asked the Madhya Pradesh government to send a report immediately," a Union Ministry of Home Affairs official said. 61 trucks carrying the explosives were sent from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited at Dholpur to a trading company at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The explosives were sent over four months, from April to July 2010.
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August - 18 
Among the 28 Pakistani nationals repatriated to their country via the Attari-Wagah border on August 19 were two persons who had served time in Indian jails for doing their bit to aid the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan, according to Indian Express. Haji Iqb
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Among the 28 Pakistani nationals repatriated to their country via the Attari-Wagah border on August 19 were two persons who had served time in Indian jails for doing their bit to aid the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan, according to Indian Express. Haji Iqbal Ahmad and Mohammad Asif were in jail for eight years in Maharashtra for aiding a bank robbery in Mumbai to generate funds for the hijacking of IC-814. “Whatever we did, we have been punished for it. I am happy that I have been finally released and can go home,” said Iqbal Ahmad, adding that his years in Indian jails were “memorable”. He said his jail term had ended long ago but he could not go home because Pakistani authorities had not completed verification formalities. They were escorted to the border by Maharashtra Police Constables. They had completed their jail terms in February 2008. “Since then, we had been living at the Borivli police station,” said Iqbal Ahmad.
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October - 15 
The al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had planed to carry out deadly attacks through ‘multiple shoot-outs' targeting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, sports venues and a five-star hotel in New Delhi specifically on October 12 and 13, reports Times of India. Al Qaeda and LeT had chosen thes
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The al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had planed to carry out deadly attacks through ‘multiple shoot-outs' targeting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, sports venues and a five-star hotel in New Delhi specifically on October 12 and 13, reports Times of India. Al Qaeda and LeT had chosen these two dates for their strikes using terrorists trained in the region along Afghan-Pakistan border. The plan was to sneak in a number of jihadis simultaneously through India-Nepal or India-Bangladesh borders or from across the India's western border. There was also intelligence input that some others would come from West Asia, using legal channels through proper visas. Government sources said that a Western intelligence agency had tipped off India on October 10 about these specific plans. The Government had immediately enhanced the security of the Games venues and village from three layers to four and brought in additional forces, including armed commandos, to foil any attempt of sabotage even from air. "The input was very specific about the venues and suggested that the terrorists would probably come from West Asia, Nepal or from across India's western border," a source said. Security was also increased in all eight leading five-star hotels in Delhi. There was also information that the terrorists may use paragliders to reach the venues prompting authorities to put in place anti-aircraft guns. "Credentials of all foreign nationals arriving in international airports were checked one-by-one. Twenty Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) were deployed besides keeping ready a special team of 40 army and NSG commandos -- equipped with special weapons capable to shoot down paragliders from a distance -- near the sporting venues, including Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium," said the source. "Though the general threat still exists, the Delhi Police and other security agencies through their meticulous planning and deployment averted any strike specifically during the CWG," the source said. Sources said that the fresh inputs had nothing to do with what the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuJI) ‘commander’ and al Qaeda member Ilyas Kashmiri had threatened a month before the Games. "The latest plan was the brainchild of some other elements/modules within al-Qaeda and LeT," said a source.
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October - 15 
The wife of a key figure in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported on October 15. Citing sources close to the case, the daily said
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The wife of a key figure in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported on October 15. Citing sources close to the case, the daily said the wife of David Coleman Headley warned Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in August 2005 that her husband had undergone intensive training with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and was in contact with extremists. Headley's wife, who was not named in the report, called a terrorism hotline after getting into a fight with him in August 2008, the Post said. The FBI agents followed up, and interviewed her three times, the newspaper reported in a story co-authored with journalism foundation Pro Publica. She told agents that her husband "was an active militant in the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, had trained extensively in its Pakistani camps, and had shopped for night vision goggles," the Post reported. Despite the warning, Headley was able to continue moving freely, travelling to Pakistan, India, Dubai and Europe in 2006, gathering information and material that made the attack possible. US anti-terrorism agencies did warn Indian counterparts about a possible LeT plot to target Mumbai in 2008, but it was unclear whether the warnings were based on Headley's wife's tip-off two years earlier. Headley was reportedly also bragging about being a US Government informant before the attacks, telling his wife and others that he is working for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and FBI. Headley did work as an informant for the DEA in the 1990s when he was known by his birth name Daood Gilani and had been arrested for smuggling heroin from Pakistan. After a second arrest and more work for the agency, he went to Pakistan, where he became radicalized, the Post reported. Then, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, he began telling people he was working for a joint DEA-FBI project. But FBI officials told the Post they did not believe Headley, who changed his name in 2006, had ever worked for the FBI. Headley, the son of a former Pakistani diplomat and a white American woman, is being held in the United States. He confessed to plotting the attacks and in exchange for pleading guilty, US prosecutors agreed he would not face extradition to India or the death penalty.
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October - 17 
Two of the three wives of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley forewarned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the US media reported, according to The Hindu. Headley's American wife had given the FBI in New York a tip-
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Two of the three wives of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley forewarned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the US media reported, according to The Hindu. Headley's American wife had given the FBI in New York a tip-off on his Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) links in 2005, while his Moroccan wife, Faiza Outalha, had told authorities in the US embassy in Islamabad, less than a year before the Mumbai attacks, that Headley was plotting a terror strike. Faiza Outalha, claims she even showed the US embassy officials in Islamabad a photo of Headley and herself in the Taj Mahal Hotel, where they stayed twice in April and May 2007. “Hotel records confirm their stay,” the New York Times (NYT) reported. Outalha said that in two meetings with officials at the US embassy in Islamabad, she told them that her husband had many friends who were known to be LeT members. “Despite those warnings by two of his three wives, Headley roamed far and wide on Lashkar'sbehalf between 2002 and 2009, receiving training in small-calibre weapons and counter surveillance, scouting targets for attacks, and building a network of connections that extended from Chicago to Pakistan's lawless north-western frontier,” NYT said. Meanwhile, Mike Hammer, spokesman of the National Security Council, White House, told PTI, “Had we known about the timing and other specifics related to the Mumbai attacks, we would have immediately shared those details with India.” He said the US “regularly provided threat information” to Indian officials in 2008 before the attacks in Mumbai, adding, “It is our Government's solemn responsibility to notify other nations of possible terrorist activity on their soil.” He made the remarks when asked about an investigative report on the Mumbai attacks published by Pro Publica, an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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October - 19 
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, played a major role in helping prepare the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11), one of the planners of the attacks has told Indian interrogators, a report said on October 19 (today), according to Times
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The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, played a major role in helping prepare the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11), one of the planners of the attacks has told Indian interrogators, a report said on October 19 (today), according to Times of India. Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, who confessed to surveying targets for the attacks that left 166 people dead, made detailed claims about support from the ISI, said Britain's Guardian newspaper. Headley described dozens of meetings between officers of the ISI and senior militants from Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), said the paper, citing a 109-page Indian Government report into his interrogation. Guardian said Headley claimed the ISI was attempting to strengthen militant organisations with links to the Pakistani State which were being marginalised by more extreme groups. Headley claimed that at least two of his missions were partly paid for by the ISI and that he regularly reported to the spy agency, said the British daily. "The ISI... had no ambiguity in understanding the necessity to strike India," Headley is cited as telling the Indian investigators, who reportedly interviewed him over 34 hours in the US in June. The documents suggest, however, that the ISI's supervision of the militants was often chaotic and that most senior officers in the agency may have been unaware of the scale of the attacks before they were launched, added the paper. Headley, who changed his name from Daood Gilani, confessed to his role in plotting the attacks after being arrested in the US. In exchange for pleading guilty to the attacks, US prosecutors agreed he would not face extradition to India or the death penalty.
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October - 25 
Imphal Free Press reports that the Naga Students community, Delhi, took out a silent rally in Delhi on October 25 and submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expedite the "Indo-Naga peace process."
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Imphal Free Press reports that the Naga Students community, Delhi, took out a silent rally in Delhi on October 25 and submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expedite the "Indo-Naga peace process."
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November - 2 
Times of India on November 2 reports that the Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to the interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that had the 26/11 attackers landed during the day on Mumbai's coast, the Mumbai Police headquarters
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Times of India on November 2 reports that the Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to the interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that had the 26/11 attackers landed during the day on Mumbai's coast, the Mumbai Police headquarters at Crawford Market would have also been attacked on the first day of the carnage. However, since 10 Pakistani militants including Ajmal Kasab, the lone arrested attacker, landed ashore in the night of November 26 they moved to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) as per the alternate plan. Headley also told the Indian sleuths that originally, 13 militants, including an Indian national (possibly from Maharashtra) who was considered a good "asset", were trained for the attack, but the LeT commander Sajid Majid later dropped three of them from the mission. During his questioning, Headley also gave details of LeT’s attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore where an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor M C Puri was killed on December 28, 2005. He told the NIA team that the entire operation was executed by LeT's ‘commander’ Abu Hamza. Another terrorist Abdul Aziz had supervised this operation in December 2005. He further mentioned that during his training programmes he was shown CDs of atrocities on Indian Muslims including videos of Gujarat riots and hate speeches of right wing Hindu leader Babu Bajrangi.
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November - 3 
Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to his interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that two Pakistani handlers, Abdur Rehman (a retired Pakistan Army major) and Sajid Majid had visited India in 2005 on the pretext of watching a I
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Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to his interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that two Pakistani handlers, Abdur Rehman (a retired Pakistan Army major) and Sajid Majid had visited India in 2005 on the pretext of watching a Indo-Pak cricket match. They had travelled to Delhi and Dehradun for a recce of the National Defence College (NDC) and Indian Military Academy (IMA) respectively as terror targets. Headley’s interrogation report also carries some information on a number of aspects relating to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mission of the LeT. It includes information on the jihadis' attempt to get "the arrested militant (Ajmal Kasab) released in exchange for some people held hostage in Chabad House".
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November - 3 
The Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on November 3 arrested a person suspected to be involved in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007). The arrestee, identified as Mukesh Vasani is the second person from Gujarat, to be arrested by the ATS following the arrest Harshad Bhai Solanki. Vasani,
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The Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on November 3 arrested a person suspected to be involved in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007). The arrestee, identified as Mukesh Vasani is the second person from Gujarat, to be arrested by the ATS following the arrest Harshad Bhai Solanki. Vasani, an anti-cow slaughter activist, was arrested from Godhra in Gujarat. According to the ATS, he had conducted a recce of the Dargah three days before planting explosives there. The ATS has so far arrested five men, including senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar, in connection with the case.
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November - 8 
The US formally sent to India the reply of Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. on the review of slip-ups following the warning received by US agencies about the Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley's possible connections with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and involvement
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The US formally sent to India the reply of Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. on the review of slip-ups following the warning received by US agencies about the Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley's possible connections with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and involvement in the 26/11, reports The Hindu. The report was received by the Union Home Ministry on November 8.
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November - 14 
Quoting an investigative report jointly published in The Washington Post and ProPublica.Com, The Hindu reports that Sajid Mir, the suspected mastermind behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), travelled to India and secretly visited several places as a Pakistani c
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Quoting an investigative report jointly published in The Washington Post and ProPublica.Com, The Hindu reports that Sajid Mir, the suspected mastermind behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), travelled to India and secretly visited several places as a Pakistani cricket fan in 2005.
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November - 16 
The suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on November 14 was wanted in nearly 10 cases involving several killings in the past decade, The Hindu reported on November 16. The arrestee, identified as Mohammed Abdullah alias Abdullah Inquilabi, a reside
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The suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on November 14 was wanted in nearly 10 cases involving several killings in the past decade, The Hindu reported on November 16. The arrestee, identified as Mohammed Abdullah alias Abdullah Inquilabi, a resident of Shahdara at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir was wanted in several cases in Jammu and Kashmir. He was allegedly involved in the killing of the members of a community at Budhal in 2005. Also, he and his accomplices allegedly killed three Police personnel in another case. The Police suspect his involvement in nearly two dozen killings and abductions. According to sources, Abdullah claimed that he was brainwashed and initiated into terrorism by a cleric named Maulvi Ashraf in 2000. Through him, he came in contact with Mohammad Masood Sarfaraz the then ‘Supreme Commander’ of the Pir Panjal unit of HM.
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December - 2 
In yet another WikiLeaks disclosure, a leaked cable suggested that the US tried to not just suppress information related to involvement of Pakistani agencies in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) but also defend the Pakistani Intelligence Agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Tim
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In yet another WikiLeaks disclosure, a leaked cable suggested that the US tried to not just suppress information related to involvement of Pakistani agencies in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) but also defend the Pakistani Intelligence Agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Times of India reported on December 3. The cable from US embassy in Pakistan to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in January 2009 said that premature dissemination of such information could escalate tension between India and Pakistan. It was also clear from another cable from the US embassy in Islamabad sent in the same month that the US tried to shield ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha from any fallout of investigations into 26/11 by India as the findings clearly suggested that ISI played a role in the attacks. Yet another cable leak showed that Pakistani army also blocked President Asif Ali Zardari's proposal to send ISI chief Pasha to New Delhi after the Mumbai attacks.
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December - 2 
The whistle blower website WikiLeaks, disclosed that Pakistan rejected a US suggestion to sign a non-aggression pact with India, arguing that its public would not support the idea unless Washington treated the two countries on an equal footing and New Delhi reduced its "footprint" in Afghanistan, Ti
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The whistle blower website WikiLeaks, disclosed that Pakistan rejected a US suggestion to sign a non-aggression pact with India, arguing that its public would not support the idea unless Washington treated the two countries on an equal footing and New Delhi reduced its "footprint" in Afghanistan, Times of India reported on December 3.The US proposal was mooted by Senator John Kerry in exchanges with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in February 2009, according to a cable sent to the state department by the American Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson. Kerry also pressed Pakistan to present the Indian government with its plan to tackle terrorism, saying this would be a clear "confidence builder" that would make India more willing to move forward in talks about Kashmir and water disputes.
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December - 5 
According to a recent secret diplomatic cable of the United States State Department released by WikiLeaks, Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had made elaborate plans in June 2009 to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, PTI reported on December 6. The cable, created on
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According to a recent secret diplomatic cable of the United States State Department released by WikiLeaks, Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had made elaborate plans in June 2009 to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, PTI reported on December 6. The cable, created on June 19, 2009, was sent from the office of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to the “Security Officer, Collective Priority,” and to the US embassies in Tripoli, Casablanca and Johannesburg. The cable identified a Pakistani LeT member, Shafiq, as the mastermind of the plot that was to be executed by a module led by an Indian operative, identified as Hussein. The hit job was to be carried out by one Sameer, an India-based LeT cadre. Providing some geographic information for the operations, the cable further said that Shafiq had been seeking out information on possible training sites for the operations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. According to yet another leaked cable which was sent on November 27, 2006 by former US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker, American officials pressurized the Pakistan Government to crack down on the LeT and its frontal organisation Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway.
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December - 6 
Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), will be tried in a federal court in Chicago on February 14, Hindustan Times r
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Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), will be tried in a federal court in Chicago on February 14, Hindustan Times reported on December 7.
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December - 10 
The Hindu reports that during the question hour in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on December 10 it was disclosed that a check by the Mumbai Police revealed that 60 per cent of the prepaid mobile SIM cards in the city were issued against bogus documents. The Police had conducted the checks in t
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The Hindu reports that during the question hour in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on December 10 it was disclosed that a check by the Mumbai Police revealed that 60 per cent of the prepaid mobile SIM cards in the city were issued against bogus documents. The Police had conducted the checks in the aftermath of the Jama Masjid blast in New Delhi. Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil said the Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Police had a meeting with all mobile service providers, directing them to strictly adhere to the Department of Telecommunications rules.
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December - 21 
In a secret cable sent in 2009 by the then U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson and made public by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks it was revealed that the US had reservations about India sharing information with all countries that had lost their citizens in the 26/11 Mumbai terror a
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In a secret cable sent in 2009 by the then U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson and made public by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks it was revealed that the US had reservations about India sharing information with all countries that had lost their citizens in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008 also known as 26/11), saying it was “premature” and feared that it would undermine essential law enforcement efforts and forestall further India-Pakistan cooperation, PTI reported on December 21.Patterson advised the State Department to urge India to delay the release of information about its investigation until intelligence and law enforcement-sharing with the U.S. and the Government of Pakistan moved forward.
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