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Time of India
a day ago
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- Time of India
Malegaon case order slap to Congress, it should apologise for 'saffron terror narrative': Shrikant Shinde
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Thursday said the acquittal of 2008 Malegaon blast case accused was a slap on the face of the Congress, and demanded an apology from the party for its "saffron terror" narrative. He also hit out at the Shiv Sena (UBT) for aligning with the Congress and "abandoning" the principles of Hindutva and Bal Thackeray's ideals. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Digital Marketing MBA Technology Public Policy Leadership Artificial Intelligence Project Management Data Analytics CXO PGDM Data Science Product Management others MCA Cybersecurity Degree Design Thinking Finance Healthcare Operations Management Data Science Management Others healthcare Skills you'll gain: Digital Marketing Strategies Customer Journey Mapping Paid Advertising Campaign Management Emerging Technologies in Digital Marketing Duration: 12 Weeks Indian School of Business Digital Marketing and Analytics Starts on May 14, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Digital Marketing Strategy Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Social Media Marketing & Advertising Data Analytics & Measurement Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business Professional Certificate Programme in Digital Marketing Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Nearly 17 years after the Malegaon blast claimed six lives, a special court in Mumbai on Thursday acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit , noting there was "no reliable and cogent evidence" against them. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Harry Potter Star Surprises Fans with New Look. The Noodle Box Read More Undo Special Judge A K Lahoti, assigned to hear cases of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here, flagged several loopholes in the prosecution's case and the investigation carried out, and said the accused persons deserved the benefit of doubt. "A wrong case was registered against Pragya Singh Thakur, Col Purohit and others. Why did it happen? This was because India witnessed Pakistan-sponsored terror. To hide this, the saffron terror narrative started by the Congress," Shinde said. Live Events "After 17 years, the court acquitted them (the accused). It is a slap on the face of the Congress and it should apologise," he said. The Congress was in power when the blast took place and now the Shiv Sena (UBT) has allied with it. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde revolted because the undivided Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena abandoned Bal Thackeray's ideals and "forgot" Hindutva, the Lok Sabha member from Kalyan constituency in Thane said. "Even today, the Sena (UBT) cannot speak against the Congress because of the alliance. Even the Sena (UBT) should apologise, just like the Congress," Shinde said.
India.com
2 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
RS Debate: Amit Shah Blasts Congress For Coining ‘Saffron Terror', Says Hindus Can Never Be Terrorists
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday listed out several Congress-era errors, leading to the formation of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and loss of vast swathes of land to enemy nations and also tore into the grand old party's appeasement politics for political gains. Speaking on Operation Sindoor debate, the Home Minister held Congress' policies responsible for multiple acts of terror in the country, while categorically stating that Hindus can never be terrorists. HM Shah said that the desperation of the Congress party for a certain vote bank, in all these years, emboldened the terrorists and their motives. Blasting the previous Congress regimes for coining 'saffron terror', he said that the grand old party demonised the majority community i.e. Hindus for its myopic political gains. Recalling the Batla House encounter, he said that the Congress party abandoned its own forces and stood with Pakistan-sponsored terrorists for appeasing a certain community. 'When the country mourned the demise of brave cop Mohan Sharma in Batla House encounter, Sonia Gandhi wept for the Batla House shooters,' he said, questioning the absurd politicking of Congress party. The Home Minister also rebutted Congress' China jab and spoke about instances when the latter's conduct looked dubious and diabolical. 'When our forces were engaging with enemy forces during Doklam face-off, the Congress leaders were clandestinely meeting Chinese officials. What kind of politics is this?' he questioned. Responding to Chidambaram's charge that Operation Sindoor was not decisive, he asked the principal opposition party whether the 1965, 1971 battles were final and decisive and if Pakistan stopped spreading terror after being then taught a lesson. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has instilled fear in the minds and hearts of terrorists across the border and whenever the terror elements will rear its head, "our Army will crush them again".
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
In a first, UNSC report names TRF as group behind Pahalgam terror attack
In a diplomatic win for India, The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has found mention for the first time in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report for its role in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 in which terrorists killed 26 people. It is also the first time that TRF has been mentioned in any UN document. This also marks the first mention of the LeT and any other Pakistan-based terror group in the report since 2019. Days after the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan had blocked India's efforts to get the UNSC to name TRF in its condemnation of the attack. Government sources said the latest report of the UNSC Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team demonstrates India's strong counter-terrorism credentials and their recognition by countries worldwide. It is also a reflection of close cooperation between India and like-minded countries in the UNSC, the sources said. The inclusion of TRF in the Monitoring Team report, despite Pakistan's efforts for its removal, highlights Islamabad's undeniable involvement in fomenting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), and also attests to India's credibility in the UN on the counter-terrorism front, the sources said. 'It highlights Pakistan's obstructive approach to counter-terrorism efforts, recognition of the international community of the continuing threat posed by Pakistan-based terror groups and their proxies, and the key exporter of terrorism to the world,' one of the sources said. The development is particularly notable as all decisions of the 1267 Sanctions Committee, including Monitoring Team reports, are adopted by consensus by the members of the Security Council. The UNSC's 1267 Sanctions Committee is tasked to implement sanctions against terrorists, terror groups, and entities. The government sources said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has undertaken comprehensive and coordinated efforts, and provided detailed inputs on TRF and other Pakistan-sponsored terror proxies to the UNSC Monitoring Team since December 2023. In 2024, on two occasions, the MEA had provided inputs to the Monitoring Team on the activities of TRF and its linkages to the LeT. An MEA-led inter-ministerial delegation briefed the Monitoring Team and other senior UN officials in New York in May 2024, and also shared a dossier on TRF, the sources said. The inter-ministerial delegation had held separate briefings for like-minded countries in the Security Council and other major UN member states. Resident Missions in New Delhi and Indian Missions in key capitals ensured sustained follow-up, backed by parliamentary delegations raising TRF's role in interactions abroad, the sources added. They pointed out that Pakistani foreign minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar had earlier boasted in the Pakistan National Assembly about forcing the removal of references to TRF in the UNSC press statement condemning the Pahalgam attack. 'Now, the mention of TRF in the Monitoring Team Report is evidence how the world views Pakistan's lies and deceitful narrative,' the sources said. Pakistan's strategy of plausible deniability — that is using seemingly secular and modern names like The Resistance Front and People Against Fascist Front for its jihadi proxies to divert attention from LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and give an indigenous appearance to its terrorist activities in J&K — now stands punctured, the government sources said. The Monitoring Team report quoted one unnamed member state as saying that the April 22 terror attack in J&K could not have happened without the support of the LeT and that there was a relationship between the 'LeT and The Resistance Front'. 'On April 22, five terrorists attacked a tourist spot in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-six civilians were killed. The attack was claimed that same day by The Resistance Front (TRF), who in parallel published a photograph of the attack site. The claim of responsibility was repeated the following day. On April 26, however, TRF retracted their claim. There was no further communication from TRF, and no other group claimed responsibility,' the report said. "Regional relations remain fragile. There is a risk that terrorist groups may exploit these regional tensions. One member state said the attack could not have happened without LeT's support, and that there was a relationship between LeT and TRF," the report said. "Another member state said the attack was carried out by TRF, which was synonymous with LeT. One member state rejected these views and said that LeT was defunct," it said. The member state which claimed that LeT was defunct largely appears to be Pakistan, the sources pointed out.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Operation Sindoor is ‘Modi normal', no third party behind ceasefire: Jaishankar; Opp flags lapses
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted Wednesday that there was no third-party intervention in ensuring a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, making it clear that it was not linked to trade as claimed by US President Donald Trump. Intervening in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack in the Rajya Sabha, Jaishankar castigated the Congress over its governments' apathetic response to the incidents of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. During his hour-long speech, he referred to the previous Congress-led UPA government's 'inaction' in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, saying 'there is a Congress normal… and a Modi normal'. 'There is a Congress normal, which I spoke about, and there is a (Narendra) Modi normal… The Modi normal is terrorists are not proxies. Number two, cross-border terrorism will get an appropriate response in our way, at our time. Three, talks and terror will not go together. If there are talks, it will only be about terror. Number four, we will not give in to nuclear blackmail. And number five, terrorism and good neighbourliness cannot go together,' he said. The Opposition MPs kept their guns trained on the government, asking it to come clean on President Trump's claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Apart from Jaishankar, Leader of the House J P Nadda, the BJP president, also slammed the Congress for its 'appeasement' of Pakistan. Taking on the Opposition, Jaishankar said, 'Kaan khol ke sun lein (listen carefully), April 22 se June 16 tak ek bhi phone call President (Donald) Trump and Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi ke beech mein nahi huyi PM Modi and President Trump did not have any phone calls between April 22, when the Pahalgam attack took place, and June 16,' he said. He took a jibe at Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh as 'China gurus', who took 'private tuitions' from Chinese diplomats. The Congress recently questioned Jaishankar's visit to China, while Gandhi flagged a 'two-front challenge' from China and Pakistan while attacking the Modi government. Nadda mounted a scathing attack on the Congress for its 'appeasement' of Pakistan during the UPA regime between 2004-2014 despite numerous terror attacks. He likened the Modi government's tenure as a period of 'full moon' as against amavasya (dark period) of the Congress rule. 'We are a responsive, responsible, sensitive, pro-active government who responds as per need of the hour, whereas your (Congress rule) was inactive, lukewarm, non-reactive, non-responsive. Only when you see the full sequence and chronology of the dark period, can you appreciate the period that came afterwards,' he said. RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha said the pain of those who had lost their lives in the Pahalgam attack necessitated an apology from the government as it showed that no lessons had been learnt from similar incidents in the past. He appealed for a full-fledged statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, and proposed the adoption of a resolution condemning President Trump for claiming credit for the ceasefire. 'Come clean, we are with you Prime Minister…I propose a resolution that 'This House unilaterally condemns the repeated statements of American President Donald Trump,' he said. CPI(M) MP John Brittas said that under the Modi government a new normal meant the 'celebration of failure'. 'Pulwama would be the biggest intelligence and security failure in the history of Independent India. There was deliberate, criminal negligence and you mixed it with hubris,' he said. Brittas recalled the resignations of then Union home minister Shivraj Patil following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and questioned the Modi government over its accountability over the Pahalgam attack. 'They depicted Amit Shah as the second Sardar Patel. Will history judge Shah as morally inferior to Shivraj Patil?' he asked.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
TRF Named in UN Report for Pahalgam Attack; India Scores Diplomatic Win at UNSC
/ Jul 30, 2025, 02:56PM IST In a major diplomatic win for India, the UN Security Council's 1267 Sanctions Committee Monitoring Team report has explicitly named The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy outfit of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), for its involvement in the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2024. The report validates India's long-standing position that TRF operates as a front for LeT, exposing Pakistan's strategy of plausible deniability. It marks the first UN mention of LeT since 2019 and reflects international consensus on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. The report also cited that TRF claimed responsibility for the attack twice before retracting it. This follows the US government's designation of TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). India had provided detailed dossiers and briefings to the UN since 2023 to push for global recognition of TRF's terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.#TRF #PahalgamAttack #UNReport #LeT #PakistanTerror #IndiaUN #JammuAndKashmir #CounterTerrorism #UNSC1267 #SheikhSajjadGul #IndiaDiplomacy #TRFBanned #USDesignatesTRF #TerrorExposed #PakistanExposed
