Punjab Terror Attack

Intelligence agencies warned of more terror attacks in Punjab before elections and asked state police to intensify the safety of sensitive installations and close watch on social media.

A grenade blast occurred near the gate of the Army cantonment, following which an alert has been sounded in the border district, police said on Monday.

The Punjab Police has said it foiled a possible attempt of a terror attack after it recovered an explosive-filled tiffin box hidden in an agricultural field near the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur district on the eve of Diwali.

Punjab Police on Tuesday claimed to have stopped a possible terrorist attack in the state with the arrest of a "radicalised" man from Tarn Taran district.

India expressed concern at UN over misuse of information and communication technology for terrorist propaganda and radicalisation and called on attention of the UN member states on the possibility of weaponised drones for terrorist purposes.

Pakistan's Punjab government on Monday claimed to have unearthed the network of all 10 suspects, including women, involved in the powerful bomb blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa

Pakistani authorities conducted raids across different cities of Pakistan's Punjab province in connection with the explosion outside the house of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and terror outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore.

A "major terror attack" has been averted in Punjab, the state police said after they claimed to have busted a "Pakistan-backed" pro-Khalistan terrorist module with the arrest of two criminals who were picked up on the basis of "intelligence inputs".

The Punjab Police on Friday said it has busted a Pakistan-linked terror module by arresting two alleged Khalistani operatives, who were planning to carry out a series of attacks and targeted killings in the state.

The Punjab Police on Thursday said it foiled a major attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition into Kashmir to carry out terror attacks there with the arrest of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives.

A Pakistani court on Monday accepted the plea of Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to transfer a terrorism financing case against him from the anti-terrorism court Gujranwala district of Punjab province to a court in Lahore on the ground that there is a "threat to his life".

Hafiz Saeed, the Mumbai attacks mastermind, was arrested on terror finance charges and sent to jail in Lahore on Wednesday. He was sent to judicial custody and will face trial, said reports quoting a spokesperson for the chief minister of Punjab province.

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been "barred" by Pakistan's government from delivering the weekly Friday sermon at the headquarters of his terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa or JuD in Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief Masood Azhar is alive, Pakistan's Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture said today.

The Congress lawmakers in Punjab have come out in support of minister Navjot Sidhu, who was attacked by the opposition for his comment that an entire nation cannot be blamed for the Pulwama terror attack.

Intelligence agencies warned of more terror attacks in Punjab before elections and asked state police to intensify the safety of sensitive installations and close watch on social media.

A grenade blast occurred near the gate of the Army cantonment, following which an alert has been sounded in the border district, police said on Monday.

The Punjab Police has said it foiled a possible attempt of a terror attack after it recovered an explosive-filled tiffin box hidden in an agricultural field near the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur district on the eve of Diwali.

Punjab Police on Tuesday claimed to have stopped a possible terrorist attack in the state with the arrest of a "radicalised" man from Tarn Taran district.

India expressed concern at UN over misuse of information and communication technology for terrorist propaganda and radicalisation and called on attention of the UN member states on the possibility of weaponised drones for terrorist purposes.

Pakistan's Punjab government on Monday claimed to have unearthed the network of all 10 suspects, including women, involved in the powerful bomb blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa

Pakistani authorities conducted raids across different cities of Pakistan's Punjab province in connection with the explosion outside the house of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and terror outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore.

A "major terror attack" has been averted in Punjab, the state police said after they claimed to have busted a "Pakistan-backed" pro-Khalistan terrorist module with the arrest of two criminals who were picked up on the basis of "intelligence inputs".

The Punjab Police on Friday said it has busted a Pakistan-linked terror module by arresting two alleged Khalistani operatives, who were planning to carry out a series of attacks and targeted killings in the state.

The Punjab Police on Thursday said it foiled a major attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition into Kashmir to carry out terror attacks there with the arrest of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives.

A Pakistani court on Monday accepted the plea of Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to transfer a terrorism financing case against him from the anti-terrorism court Gujranwala district of Punjab province to a court in Lahore on the ground that there is a "threat to his life".

Hafiz Saeed, the Mumbai attacks mastermind, was arrested on terror finance charges and sent to jail in Lahore on Wednesday. He was sent to judicial custody and will face trial, said reports quoting a spokesperson for the chief minister of Punjab province.

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been "barred" by Pakistan's government from delivering the weekly Friday sermon at the headquarters of his terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa or JuD in Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief Masood Azhar is alive, Pakistan's Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture said today.

The Congress lawmakers in Punjab have come out in support of minister Navjot Sidhu, who was attacked by the opposition for his comment that an entire nation cannot be blamed for the Pulwama terror attack.