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May - 2 
The Indian Government, on May 2, demanded the custody of the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) from Pakistan, following US President Barack Obama's announcement about the killing of the al Qaeda leade
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The Indian Government, on May 2, demanded the custody of the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) from Pakistan, following US President Barack Obama's announcement about the killing of the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by American forces "deep inside Pakistan", according to Times of India. "We take note with grave concern that part of the statement in which President Obama said that the firefight in which Osama bin Laden was killed took place in Abbottabad 'deep inside Pakistan'. This fact underlines our concern that terrorists belonging to different organisations find sanctuary in Pakistan," U ion Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
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May - 3 
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, on May 3, said that the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would not mean the end of terror and India would have to be "very vigilant" until Pakistan dismantled terror infrastructure within its territory, repo
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, on May 3, said that the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would not mean the end of terror and India would have to be "very vigilant" until Pakistan dismantled terror infrastructure within its territory, reports Times of India."The terrorist organizations that threaten us like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) continue to threaten India and plot against India. As long as Pakistan entertains these terror outfits and does not dismantle the terror infrastructure, we will have to be very vigilant," Chidambaram was quoted saying.
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May - 4 
Hindustan Times reports that Army chief General V. K. Singh on May 4 said the Indian Armed Forces were capable of carrying out surgical operations against terrorists similar to the one conducted by the US in Pakistan to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin
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Hindustan Times reports that Army chief General V. K. Singh on May 4 said the Indian Armed Forces were capable of carrying out surgical operations against terrorists similar to the one conducted by the US in Pakistan to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. “All the three wings (army, navy and air force) are capable of carrying out such operations, when needed. But we need permission from the top for this,” he said.
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May - 4 
India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai terror attacks, has emerged as the world's second most wanted man, next only to a Mexican drug lord, after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, reports Times of In
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India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai terror attacks, has emerged as the world's second most wanted man, next only to a Mexican drug lord, after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, reports Times of India, quoting a report published in The Guardian on May 4. According to reports, like bin Laden, Ibrahim "may well be based in Pakistan." "The most wanted man in India heads up a 5,000-strong organised crime network called the D-Company that is involved in everything from drugs trafficking to contract killing in Pakistan, India and the UAE," the report said. According to Washington reports, Dawood uses the same smuggling routes as al Qaeda, and has worked with both the mother organisation and its off-shoot Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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May - 4 
US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer said on May 4 that Pakistan must do more in terms of progress and results in the trial of Mumbai terror attack (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) case, reports Times of India. "Pakistan must do more in term
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US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer said on May 4 that Pakistan must do more in terms of progress and results in the trial of Mumbai terror attack (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) case, reports Times of India. "Pakistan must do more in terms of its overall approach to (terrorist) groups not only like al-Qaida but also Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as a terrorist group with more regional and international reach. They (terrorists) killed scores of Indians (in the 26/11 attack), they killed six Americans. It (Pakistan) must do more, making sure that people like (LeT operative Zaki-ur-Rehman) Lakhvi stay in prison," Roemer was quoted saying.
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Sangai Express reports on May 10 that ‘commander-in-chief’ of Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council (KCP-MC), identified as Nongthombam Anand alias Malemnganba (36), was arrested from Bangalore on May 5 following investigations into the seizur
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Sangai Express reports on May 10 that ‘commander-in-chief’ of Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council (KCP-MC), identified as Nongthombam Anand alias Malemnganba (36), was arrested from Bangalore on May 5 following investigations into the seizure of 200 kilograms ephedirine worth INR 20 million from an alleged KCP-MC militant on April 1. He was working with one Robindro as a trade partner who was operating from Karnataka. A laptop, seven mobile phones, pen drives, internet broadband connection and documents, threat e-mails and extortion letters related to KCP-MC have been recovered. Anand was allegedly involved in hurling bombs into Imphal Raj Bhavan in 2008. In 2002, he was arrested in a criminal case and thus met with one Thokchom Nando, who motivated him to join his outfit KCP-Tabungba Group. Subsequently in 2009, Nando met him in the jail again and directed him to raise another faction in the name of KCP-Malemnganba. Anand allegedly used to get directions from Nando from Central Jail in Sajiwa from his mobile phone. Nando used to recruit cadre from jail and give the detainee's contact number to Anand. Nando also assigned him the task of getting protection money from mobile phone companies and tower operators. Anand also allegedly threatened some Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) warning them against contesting elections and also extorted money worth lakhs of rupees.
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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 injure
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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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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 hear
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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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Expressing its commitment to fight the scourge of terrorism, Bangladesh on May 7, assured India that it will not allow its territory to be used by elements working against the interests of any country, according to Times of India. Addressing a progr
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Expressing its commitment to fight the scourge of terrorism, Bangladesh on May 7, assured India that it will not allow its territory to be used by elements working against the interests of any country, according to Times of India. Addressing a programme to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Dhaka, Bangladeshi Planning Minister A K Khandker said, '”We in Bangladesh firmly believe that for our region to develop and achieve peace, prosperity and stability, it must be free from the scourge of terrorism and extremism." He added, "To this the Government of Sheikh Hasina has launched an uncompromising fight against terrorism, extremism and militancy. She has also assured India that Bangladesh will not allow its soil to be used by elements working against the interests of any country."
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May - 8 
A fresh set of American diplomatic cables released by the Wikileaks revealed that the Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) facilitated militants to cross the India-Pakistan border to carry out strikes on Indian targets cho
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A fresh set of American diplomatic cables released by the Wikileaks revealed that the Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) facilitated militants to cross the India-Pakistan border to carry out strikes on Indian targets chosen by the Pakistan Army, The Hindu reported on May 9. This information came out of interrogation reports of several detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility held captive by the U.S authorities. The interrogation reports quoted a detainee as saying that the ISI “allowed” militants to travel to India where they conducted bombings, kidnappings and killing of Kashmiri people. The disclosures are part of 779 interrogation reports from the facility of detainees from all over the world and show how a number of them were linked to the anti-Indian outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and had received terror training in Pakistan. The reports quote detainees from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan as telling interrogators about their recruitment and subsequent travelling to Pakistan for terror training before their actual deployment for launching attacks against India and Afghanistan.
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May - 8 
A student organisation based in Pune in Maharashtra is under the terror radar for allegedly propagating the ideology of al Qaeda across the country, Times of India reported on May 9. According to intelligence and security agencies, the group, Islami
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A student organisation based in Pune in Maharashtra is under the terror radar for allegedly propagating the ideology of al Qaeda across the country, Times of India reported on May 9. According to intelligence and security agencies, the group, Islamic Students Congregation, played host in Pune in 2007 to a Sudanese al Qaeda leader who came to India to study the possibility of carrying out terror attacks in the country. Confirming this information, former Joint Intelligence Committee Chief S D Pradhan, (who was formerly a Deputy National Security Advisor) who was then heading the joint intelligence task force under M K Narayanan, said that this congregation is actively spreading al-Qaeda's philosophy including material on Osama bin Laden. The congregation formed in Pune comprises mainly Arab students. "While there is no evidence yet of this group planning to carry out a terror strike in India, they are clandestinely spreading al-Qaeda ideology in the form of CDs and other al-Qaeda literature. It is still very much active and remains a security threat," said Pradhan.
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May - 8 
According to disclosures made Guantanamo Bay detainees released by Wikileaks al Qaeda operatives used a New Delhi-based organisation, Tablighi Jamaat, as a cover to obtain travel documents and shelter, Indian Express reported on may 9. Furthermore, s
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According to disclosures made Guantanamo Bay detainees released by Wikileaks al Qaeda operatives used a New Delhi-based organisation, Tablighi Jamaat, as a cover to obtain travel documents and shelter, Indian Express reported on may 9. Furthermore, say the paper, at least three of the hardcore inmates at the prison had stayed at the organisation’s facilities in Delhi and around. The records revealed by Wikileaks contain interrogation reports and analysis of 779 inmates of the Cuba bay prison. The US records identify the New Delhi-headquartered Jamaat Tabligh (JT) (as the name appears in its records) as a “proselytising organisation that willingly supports terrorists”. Also according to reports al Qaeda used the JT to facilitate and fund the international travels of its members. Most recently the JT has been linked to the July 11 2006, terrorist attacks in Mumbai’s local trains, in which at least 207 people were killed and over 800 injured.” Several of the inmates are recorded as having used JT’s facilities in India and abroad for shelter and travel documents.
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May - 9 
Tablighi Jamaat authorities denied the charge and said that their facilities were open to all. Questioning the authenticity of the WikiLeaks records, it was said, “It is known that such statements are forced to be made under duress.
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Tablighi Jamaat authorities denied the charge and said that their facilities were open to all. Questioning the authenticity of the WikiLeaks records, it was said, “It is known that such statements are forced to be made under duress.
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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 ter
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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 - 10 
Indian authorities, on May 10, rejected Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik's claim that the designated international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim was not in his country, insisting that Pakistan needed to disclose the whereabouts of the don who has
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Indian authorities, on May 10, rejected Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik's claim that the designated international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim was not in his country, insisting that Pakistan needed to disclose the whereabouts of the don who has houses in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, Times of India. "If the minister ( Rehman Malik) is so sure that Dawood is not in Pakistan, he should tell us where is he.... According to our information, Dawood is in Pakistan," Home Secretary Gopal K. Pillai said.
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May - 10 
One Indian national was arrested along with six other suspected Islamist militants in a counterterrorism operation conducted by the French Police raids in Paris and its suburbs, The Hindu reported on May 11. According to reports, six suspects were de
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One Indian national was arrested along with six other suspected Islamist militants in a counterterrorism operation conducted by the French Police raids in Paris and its suburbs, The Hindu reported on May 11. According to reports, six suspects were detained on May 9, but the main target of the operation, an Indian national who had recently arrived from Algeria, was arrested on May 10. Interior Minister Claude Gueant said that France had no concrete evidence of a specific attack being planned, but security forces were in a heightened state of vigilance over the Jihadist threat. The Indian who was arrested had “links with Pakistan”, said an official.
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May - 10 
PTI reports that the US Ambassador in India, Timothy Roemer, on May 10, denied that his country viewed the terror attacks in New York (9/1) and in Mumbai (26/11) differently. Roemer also made it clear that Pakistan was required to do much more on its
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PTI reports that the US Ambassador in India, Timothy Roemer, on May 10, denied that his country viewed the terror attacks in New York (9/1) and in Mumbai (26/11) differently. Roemer also made it clear that Pakistan was required to do much more on its own soil to wipe out terror and pointed out that the US was mounting pressure on Pakistan to do more on terror and also target the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) apart from the al-Qaeda. The US ambassador also talked about the initiatives taken up by the US to help India. "We are now working to help upgrade forensics capabilities of India and exploring possibilities of setting up a new national counter terrorism centre here to prevent terrorist attacks in the future," he said.
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May - 10 
Referring to the revelations made Wikileaks based on statements made by the Guantanamo Bay detainees, PTI reported on May 10 that the Delhi based religious organisation Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) is under increasing suspicion for having links with the inte
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Referring to the revelations made Wikileaks based on statements made by the Guantanamo Bay detainees, PTI reported on May 10 that the Delhi based religious organisation Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) is under increasing suspicion for having links with the international Islamist militant outfit al-Qaeda. According to the Guantanamo Bay files al-Qaeda members at various times had used the network of TJ and often posed as missionaries to access visas to Pakistan and other destinations, and used the Jamaat's premises as shelter. The names of al Qaeda militants like Hamir Mohammed (a Sudani national and also a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) cadre), Muhammed Sulayman Barre (a Somali national), Abdul Bukhary (citizen of Saudi Arabia) came up in the reports.
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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 pres
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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 - 11 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 11 called for a "thorough investigation" into the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Times of India reported. He also said that Laden's killing in Pakistan had created a new situation in which he saw an oppo
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 11 called for a "thorough investigation" into the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Times of India reported. He also said that Laden's killing in Pakistan had created a new situation in which he saw an opportunity for India, Afghanistan and Pakistan to work together and end terrorism. After talks with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Singh also announced fresh commitments worth $ 500 million to Afghanistan as India prepares for what is being described as the endgame in the war-torn country in the wake of Osama's killing and impending withdrawal of US-led international forces. India's announcement of fresh commitment was in addition to the development assistance worth $1.5 billion already committed to Afghanistan.Singh also effectively ruled out the possibility of India conducting a similar Abbottabad-like operation in Pakistan.
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May - 11 
The Union Government on May 11 came out with a list of 50 “most wanted fugitives” hiding in Pakistan, reports PTI. They included Dawood Ibrahim( dreaded underworld don and boss of the eponymous crime syndicate D-Company, notorious for its connection
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The Union Government on May 11 came out with a list of 50 “most wanted fugitives” hiding in Pakistan, reports PTI. They included Dawood Ibrahim( dreaded underworld don and boss of the eponymous crime syndicate D-Company, notorious for its connection with terrorists), Hafiz Saeed {Mastermind of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on November 26, 2008(also known as 26/11) and leader of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT)}, Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi( LeT militant and 26/11 mastermind), Major Iqbal{a suspected serving Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officer, who also figures in the FBI indictment in a Chicago court in connection 26/11 attacks}, Maulana Masood Azhar{ chief of the militant outfit Jaish-e- Mohammed(JeM) and principal accused in the 2001Indian Parliament attack case}, Ilyas Kashmiri( an al Qaeda militant accused of transnational crimes and conspiracy to commit various terror acts in India), Memon Ibrahim alias Tiger Memon, Shaikh Shakeel alias Chota Shakeel, Memon Ayub Abdul Razak, Anis Ibrahim Kaskar Shaikh, Anwar Ahmed Haji Jamal and Mohammed Ahmed Dosa ( all close associates of Dawood Ibrahim and involved in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case). Among other terrorists wanted in connection with 26/11 attacks are Sajid Majid, Major Sameer Ali, Sayeed Abdul Rehman alias Pasha and Abu Hamza. Among the Sikh militants the names of Lakhbir Singh Rode, founder International Sikh Youth Federation (Rode) , Paramjit Singh Pamma (Panjwar) , president Khalistan Commando Force , Ranjit Singh Neeta, president Khalistan Zindabad Force(KZF) and Wadhawa Singh Babbar, president Babbar Khalsa International(BKI) figured in the list. The list was earlier given to Pakistan at the Home Secretary-level talks in March 2011.
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May - 11 
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on May 11 scotched the perception of rift in Government over engaging Pakistan, reports Times of India.Chidambaram, said there was no dichotomy in the Government over the fresh outreach towards the estranged neighbou
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on May 11 scotched the perception of rift in Government over engaging Pakistan, reports Times of India.Chidambaram, said there was no dichotomy in the Government over the fresh outreach towards the estranged neighbour. "Pakistan is our neighbour... We need to keep Pakistan engaged," the minister said. He, however, added that India would simultaneously stress on its demand for punishing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11).
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May - 12 
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said there was no “use by date” on India's demand for prosecution of all those involved in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), The Hindu reported on May 12. “The word ‘outdated' cannot ap
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Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said there was no “use by date” on India's demand for prosecution of all those involved in the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11), The Hindu reported on May 12. “The word ‘outdated' cannot apply. We are consistent about this and Pakistan knows this,” Rao observed.
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May - 12 
The Union Government deleted 142 names of Sikh Non Resident Indians (NRIs) on the dreaded "black list", which had 169 names in all, Times of India reported on May 12. According to the Punjab State Government only 27 names remained on the list. The is
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The Union Government deleted 142 names of Sikh Non Resident Indians (NRIs) on the dreaded "black list", which had 169 names in all, Times of India reported on May 12. According to the Punjab State Government only 27 names remained on the list. The issue of the black list has been a sore point with many NRIs who have been routinely stopped from visiting India on grounds that they had taken part in anti-India activities following the Army operation on Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984.
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May - 12 
Times of India reported on May 12 that Indian intelligence agencies claimed of having credible evidence of their own that several hundred of the Chinese nationals working in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are People's Liberation Army (PLA) engineers
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Times of India reported on May 12 that Indian intelligence agencies claimed of having credible evidence of their own that several hundred of the Chinese nationals working in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are People's Liberation Army (PLA) engineers. They are in the process of verifying if these Chinese military engineers are engaged in some sort of military construction like bunkers. The Chinese are involved in hydel projects, realignment of Karakoram highway etc in PoK. The startling confirmation that hundreds of Chinese military engineers are in PoK came against the stout official denial by China. In the past, US intelligence had told India about Chinese military presence in PoK.
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May - 13 
Afghanistan National Intelligence Agency spokesperson Lutfullah Mashal on May 13 said that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) hired two persons, identified as Sher Zamin and Khan Zamin, to kill the Indian Consul General of Jalalabad province, reports
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Afghanistan National Intelligence Agency spokesperson Lutfullah Mashal on May 13 said that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) hired two persons, identified as Sher Zamin and Khan Zamin, to kill the Indian Consul General of Jalalabad province, reports Indian Express. Mashal said the two men confessed that ISI hired and paid them to kill the Indian Consul General. “Well, these two guys have very clearly confessed that they were hired by ISI, they were paid by ISI and they were promised that if they killed the Indian Consul General, they will be paid 1.20 lakh, which is a big amount of money in Afghanistan," said Mashal. The person, whose name these two Afghans have given us is Colonel Noman, who is called to be the ISI's chief officer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," added Mashal. The Afghanistan authorities also recovered two AK 47 rifles and explosive from the two militants.
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May - 14 
The Indian Army on May 14 warned that Pakistan may sneak in more militants into Jammu and Kashmir to divert attention from its "internal problems" after the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, according to PTI. "It is quite likely that Pakista
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The Indian Army on May 14 warned that Pakistan may sneak in more militants into Jammu and Kashmir to divert attention from its "internal problems" after the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, according to PTI. "It is quite likely that Pakistan is under pressure, because of so many questions being asked (about Osama), could adopt a strategy of diverting attention which they have always done," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army's northern command Lt General KT Parnaik observed.
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May - 15 
In a significant decision, the Union Government removed from its 'blacklist' the names of 142 wanted terrorists and their associates, including the heads of various Sikh extremist groups, PTI reported on May 15. The wanted persons whose names have be
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In a significant decision, the Union Government removed from its 'blacklist' the names of 142 wanted terrorists and their associates, including the heads of various Sikh extremist groups, PTI reported on May 15. The wanted persons whose names have been deleted were believed to be currently based in countries like Pakistan, the US, Canada, Norway, France and Germany, and this initiative on behalf of the Union Government will enable them to move freely around the world and even return home. The names have been deleted in two phases after a review of 169 cases in consultation with the Punjab Government and security agencies. While 25 names were deleted in August last year, 117 names were deleted last month, according to the Home Ministry. Among those removed from the blacklist by the Union home ministry are Lakhbir Singh Rode, nephew of dreaded slain terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and chief of International International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). The list also includes names like Ranjit Singh alias Neeta, a native of Jammu & Kashmir who heads Khalistan Zindabad Force, Wadhawa Singh, chief of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Paramjit Singh Panjwar, chief of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF).
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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
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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 
Following the warning issued by the Chief of Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence(ISI), Shuja Ahmad Pasha, that they had "identified targets" and carried out "rehearsal" for an attack on India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on
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Following the warning issued by the Chief of Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence(ISI), Shuja Ahmad Pasha, that they had "identified targets" and carried out "rehearsal" for an attack on India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 16, met the three Service Chiefs to make a fresh assessment of the security situation, reports PTI. At the meeting, also attended by defence minister AK Antony and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Army Chief General VK Singh, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal PV Naik briefed the Prime Minister about the preparedness of the Armed Forces.
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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. Ra
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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 - 17 
Ahead of the visit by US Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano to India, her deputy Jane Lute on May 17 called foreign secretary Nirupama Rao reaffirming support for the efforts being made by both countries to address the "challenge of terrorism",
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Ahead of the visit by US Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano to India, her deputy Jane Lute on May 17 called foreign secretary Nirupama Rao reaffirming support for the efforts being made by both countries to address the "challenge of terrorism", reports Times of India. Napolitano is scheduled to have a dialogue with Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on May 27.
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May - 17 
The Government Railway Police (GRP) have been put on high alert following threatening letters, written in Hindi, and received by the station superintendents of Karnal and Yamunanagar railway stations in Haryana, The Hindu reported on May 17., the sen
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) have been put on high alert following threatening letters, written in Hindi, and received by the station superintendents of Karnal and Yamunanagar railway stations in Haryana, The Hindu reported on May 17., the sender identified himself as Karim Ansari, an ‘area commander’ of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). Besides threatening to blow up the two railway stations, the letter also said that terrorists would target Jammu to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. Although GRP authorities did not rule out the possibility of the letters being the handiwork of miscreants masquerading as militants, they made an additional deployment of forces on the two stations.
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May - 19 
While denying that Inter-Services Intelligence had a hand in the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul(July 7, 2008), Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, on October 13, 2008, admitted to his Indian counter
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While denying that Inter-Services Intelligence had a hand in the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul(July 7, 2008), Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, on October 13, 2008, admitted to his Indian counterpart M.K. Narayanan that Pakistan had contacts with “bad guys” and “one of them” could have carried out the attack, reports The Hindu. This news came via a leaked cable revealed by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks. Four Indian nationals, including two senior officials at the Indian Embassy, were among the 58 people killed in the suicide bombing. India accused the ISI of being behind the attack. Among other revelations made by Wikileaks, it was reported that United States officials were worried about the possibility that the top three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants arrested by Pakistan in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks( November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) could be acquitted and let free by the court for want of evidence. They had complained that New Delhi was at fault in this, as despite repeated interventions by the U.S. government at “several levels,” it had not shared “certified evidence” with Pakistan. Further, it was reported that the United States had “credible reports” that the LeT was planning another attack in India and asked Pakistan to disrupt those plans. The U.S. also warned that if such an attack happened, it could “hinder” Washington's efforts to provide military and non-military aid to Islamabad. Also, less than a year after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the United States Mission in Islamabad urged Washington to commit $2 billion over a five-year period beginning April 2011 to enable the Pakistan military to address, among other security needs, its “growing conventional disadvantage vis-à-vis India,” in order to secure its cooperation in the “war on terror.”
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May - 20 
Defence Minister AK Antony on May 20 termed the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US Forces in Pakistan a "watershed" event which would have a "ripple effect" in the India's "strategic neighbourhood" and asked the Armed Forces to be prepared for an
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Defence Minister AK Antony on May 20 termed the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US Forces in Pakistan a "watershed" event which would have a "ripple effect" in the India's "strategic neighbourhood" and asked the Armed Forces to be prepared for any eventuality, reports PTI He also observed that China continued to be the strategic partner of Pakistan despite the latter's position being "internationally stamped" as core of terrorist activities in the region.
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May - 22 
Two letters received by the Police in Punjab on May 23 that threatened that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) will blow up key temples in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on June 5 to avenge the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, reports PTI. One of these let
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Two letters received by the Police in Punjab on May 23 that threatened that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) will blow up key temples in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on June 5 to avenge the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, reports PTI. One of these letters warned Hindus against undertaking pilgrimage to Amarnath cave and Mata Vaishno Devi shrines in Jammu and Kashmir. SP Kamaljeet Singh Dhillon said he had been given the letters which were first received by the Mahant (Chief priest) of local Sheetla Mata Mandir Kamal Kishor. Another letter threatened that eight important temples of Himachal Pradesh and several important temples of Punjab, including Hanuman Garhi Madir, Sheetla Mata Mandirs of Phagwara and Kapurthala, Shri Kali Mata Mandir of Patiala and Durgiana Mandir of Amritsar would be targeted with bombs. The letters claimed that LeT militants had already entered Punjab. The letters also warned that certain prominent Hindu leaders were on the target of LeT and that there would be large scale bloodshed of Hindus and Sikhs. They especially mentioned the names of Shiv Sena Presidents of Kapurthala, Patiala and Amritsar districts.
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May - 23 
Highly placed sources in the Tamil Nadu Police Department said that Niaz had a passport issued from the Trichy office and had been living in Paris for several years. Initial inputs suggested that he was good at handling software and active with a Mus
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Highly placed sources in the Tamil Nadu Police Department said that Niaz had a passport issued from the Trichy office and had been living in Paris for several years. Initial inputs suggested that he was good at handling software and active with a Muslim outfit which had strong roots in Pakistan. Another senior Police officer said that Niaz had visited his home three months ago and stayed for 10 days. He was detained for having sent two French nationals to a camp in Pakistan. Whether he had any knowledge about terrorist outfits or had done so without knowing the consequences was not known, he said.
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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 intelligenc
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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 - 23 
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on May 23 that Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, the Indian engineer who was arrested by French Police for alleged links with al Qaida, had been involved with the affiliates of the outlawed Students' Islamic Movement
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on May 23 that Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, the Indian engineer who was arrested by French Police for alleged links with al Qaida, had been involved with the affiliates of the outlawed Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Tamil Nadu, according to Times of India. The Home Minister also said that Rashid who hailed from Trichy was on the radar of Indian agencies, even as he said that there have been other instances of terror attack by home-grown terror modules.
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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 right
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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 
A low intensity explosion was reported outside the Delhi High Court in the afternoon on May 25, reports The Hindu. No one was injured in the incident. Police said it was too early to say who could be behind the explosion.
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A low intensity explosion was reported outside the Delhi High Court in the afternoon on May 25, reports The Hindu. No one was injured in the incident. Police said it was too early to say who could be behind the explosion.
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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
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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 
Headley said that there was a plot involving his handlers in ISI and LeT to assassinate Shiv Sena party Chief Bal Thackeray.
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Headley said that there was a plot involving his handlers in ISI and LeT to assassinate Shiv Sena party Chief Bal Thackeray.
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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) ha
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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 2
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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 - 26 
One person from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the Delhi Police on May 26 in connection with the low-intensity explosion outside the Delhi High Court, PTI reported. The arrestee has been identified as Gulfam. The Delhi Police team picked
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One person from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the Delhi Police on May 26 in connection with the low-intensity explosion outside the Delhi High Court, PTI reported. The arrestee has been identified as Gulfam. The Delhi Police team picked up Gulfam from a village in Pilkhuwa. , According to reports, the search for another absconding individual, Nafees is on.
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May - 27 
Ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to India, Germany on May 27 asked Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Army to come clean over the issue of support network for Osama bin Laden who was recently killed by the US in Abbottab
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Ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to India, Germany on May 27 asked Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Army to come clean over the issue of support network for Osama bin Laden who was recently killed by the US in Abbottabad, reports Times of India. Merkel will arrive in Delhi on May 31 for a day-long working visit and hold the first India-Germany strategic dialogue with PM Manmohan Singh. "It is important that the Pakistani government comes clean in order to dispel doubts about possible role of Pakistani Army and its secret services in supporting Bin Laden and other terrorist outfits," German Ambassador to India Thomas Matussek said while briefing reporters about Merkel's visit. Matussek, however, said the international community was faced with a very tricky situation in Pakistan and suggested that it may not be prudent to tighten the screws further on the country. "In foreign policy, one has to decide if shouting from the rooftop is going to help. However, we can't turn a blind eye, or can't even be seen as turning a blind eye, to what is going on," he added, as he reminded that Pakistan too was a victim of terror.
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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
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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 - 27 
France has assured India it has for now put on hold supply of "heavy" military hardware to Pakistan, in the backdrop of concerns over the huge amounts of arms Pakistan is getting from the West in the name of the so-called global war on terrorism, rep
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France has assured India it has for now put on hold supply of "heavy" military hardware to Pakistan, in the backdrop of concerns over the huge amounts of arms Pakistan is getting from the West in the name of the so-called global war on terrorism, reports Times of India. France also made it clear that Pakistan needs to explain the questions which have arisen from Osama bin Laden's killing in the garrison town of Abbottabad, where he had been living for long under the very nose of the Pakistan Army. France, however, has supplied several major weapon systems to Pakistan, including the Agosta-90B submarines, in the past. Side-stepping questions on whether France was now reviewing this policy, Longuet said, "We are awaiting certain clarifications from Pakistan." "After the death of Osama, Pakistan should be given an opportunity to explain its position vis-a-vis terrorism," he said, adding that "terror cannot be a weapon of anybody or any government" on being asked about reports detailing ISI's role in the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai.
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May - 27 
In the wake of Osama bin Laden's killing and the ongoing trial of Tahawwur Rana in Chicago, a secretive wing of the ISI has come under fresh scrutiny. According to reports, the ISI's involvement and planning for Mumbai attacks would have been handled
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In the wake of Osama bin Laden's killing and the ongoing trial of Tahawwur Rana in Chicago, a secretive wing of the ISI has come under fresh scrutiny. According to reports, the ISI's involvement and planning for Mumbai attacks would have been handled by the S Wing. ISI coordinates all its work with terrorist groups through S Wing, a secretive, powerful and probably dispersed network that includes a number of retired military personnel. The S Wing may have "hundreds of retired military officers and terror leaders" on its rolls, said a senior official. "All that we know about ISI may not fully explain this monster," he said of ISI and its S Wing.
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May - 27 
Union Home minister P Chidambaram on May 27 said that Pakistan, was "global epicentre of terrorism", which was promoting terror infrastructure as "state policy" against India, according to The Hindu. , "It is a truism to say that India lives in perha
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Union Home minister P Chidambaram on May 27 said that Pakistan, was "global epicentre of terrorism", which was promoting terror infrastructure as "state policy" against India, according to The Hindu. , "It is a truism to say that India lives in perhaps the most difficult neighbourhood in the world. The global epicentre of terrorism is in our immediate western neighbourhood" Chidambaram added.
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May - 27 
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the visiting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, committed their Governments to comprehensive sharing of information on the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the visiting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, committed their Governments to comprehensive sharing of information on the Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008, also known as 26/11) on May 27 in New Delhi reports PTI. Napolitano said that the U.S. had given India “full access” to David Coleman Headley, the U.S.-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative of Pakistani origin who played a key role in the Mumbai attacks. Referring to the threat posed by the Pakistan based militant outfit LeT she said, “I think, in my judgment, the LeT ranks right up there in the al-Qaeda and related groups as terrorist organisations, one that seeks to harm people and takes innocent lives. Our perspective, the U.S. perspective, is LeT is very, very, I do not want to say, important as that gives it too much credibility, but an organisation that is of the same ranking as al-Qaeda-related groups.”
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May - 29 
Pakistan has sought clarifications on the “exact status'' of the list of 50 wanted fugitives that New Delhi had handed over to Islamabad during the Home/Interior Secretary-level talks in March 2011, reports PTI. The clarifications have apparently bee
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Pakistan has sought clarifications on the “exact status'' of the list of 50 wanted fugitives that New Delhi had handed over to Islamabad during the Home/Interior Secretary-level talks in March 2011, reports PTI. The clarifications have apparently been sought through the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi after the Home Ministry conceded that two of the ‘fugitives' in that list were in India.
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May - 30 
The Hindu reports that a diplomatic cable dated December 30, 2009 (242073: secret), sent under the name of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that despite public disavowals, some officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directora
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The Hindu reports that a diplomatic cable dated December 30, 2009 (242073: secret), sent under the name of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that despite public disavowals, some officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) continued to maintain ties with a wide array of extremist organizations, in particular the Taliban and the Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT). The cable was sent to five US Embassies, including that of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It said the organisations exploited Pakistan's network of charities, non-governmental organisations and madrassas, which provided them with “recruits, funding and infrastructure to plan new attacks.”
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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
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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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May - 31 
Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh on May 31 said that terrorism had to be fought on all fronts and not selectively. The PM was addressing a news conference along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh on May 31 said that terrorism had to be fought on all fronts and not selectively. The PM was addressing a news conference along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in New Delhi.
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May - 31 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, on May 31, arrested a person in Mumbai who allegedly sent an e-mail to the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) giving information about future terror strikes in 10 large cities of India, including Mumbai and Del
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, on May 31, arrested a person in Mumbai who allegedly sent an e-mail to the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) giving information about future terror strikes in 10 large cities of India, including Mumbai and Delhi, The Hindu reported.“The CBI, Mumbai received an e-mail on 29 May saying that bomb blasts and terror strikes will happen… on 13 August this year (2011). Our investigation revealed that it was sent by one Tushar Sawant. After we interrogated him, he said that he had done a detailed analysis of the past terror attacks all over the country. We handed him to the Tilak Nagar Police station,” ATS chief Rakesh Maria said
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*Data till , March 28, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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