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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
AAP MP Calls PM Modi 'Non-Biological', Slams Him for Speaking To Pakistan ISI
Two LeT Terrorists Gunned Down In Poonch Days After Pahalgam Killers Eliminated Near Srinagar Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were neutralized this morning in a fierce encounter in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. This comes just days after security forces eliminated three terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 Indian Army's White Knight Corps first observed suspicious movement near the LoC fence before engaging the terrorists. This latest operation is being seen as part of a sustained crackdown on Pakistan-backed terror modules following Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev. Home Minister Amit Shah recently told Parliament that the Pahalgam attackers Suleiman, Afghani, and Jibran were neutralized in a high-intensity operation. #poonchencounter #pahalgamattack #operationsindoor #operationmahadev #lashkaretaiba #terroristkilled #jkpolice #indianarmy #crpf #baisaranvalley #whiteknightcorps #jammuandkashmir #poonchsector #indianews #trending #breakingnews #amitshah #parliamentdebate #nationalsecurity #terrorismindia #afghani #jibran #suleiman #pakistanterror #modigovernment #kashmirencounter #toi #toibharat #bharat #trending #breakingnews #indianews 2.8K views | 1 hour ago
Time of India
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Trump Coiled Around Modi Like a Snake: Cong, Oppn Say PM 'Failed' To Call Out US President's 'Lies'
Two LeT Terrorists Gunned Down In Poonch Days After Pahalgam Killers Eliminated Near Srinagar Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were neutralized this morning in a fierce encounter in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. This comes just days after security forces eliminated three terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 Indian Army's White Knight Corps first observed suspicious movement near the LoC fence before engaging the terrorists. This latest operation is being seen as part of a sustained crackdown on Pakistan-backed terror modules following Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev. Home Minister Amit Shah recently told Parliament that the Pahalgam attackers Suleiman, Afghani, and Jibran were neutralized in a high-intensity operation. #poonchencounter #pahalgamattack #operationsindoor #operationmahadev #lashkaretaiba #terroristkilled #jkpolice #indianarmy #crpf #baisaranvalley #whiteknightcorps #jammuandkashmir #poonchsector #indianews #trending #breakingnews #amitshah #parliamentdebate #nationalsecurity #terrorismindia #afghani #jibran #suleiman #pakistanterror #modigovernment #kashmirencounter #toi #toibharat #bharat #trending #breakingnews #indianews 2.8K views | 1 hour ago
Time of India
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Two LeT Terrorists Gunned Down In Poonch Days After Pahalgam Killers Eliminated Near Srinagar
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were neutralized this morning in a fierce encounter in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. This comes just days after security forces eliminated three terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 Indian Army's White Knight Corps first observed suspicious movement near the LoC fence before engaging the terrorists. This latest operation is being seen as part of a sustained crackdown on Pakistan-backed terror modules following Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev. Home Minister Amit Shah recently told Parliament that the Pahalgam attackers Suleiman, Afghani, and Jibran were neutralized in a high-intensity operation. #poonchencounter #pahalgamattack #operationsindoor #operationmahadev #lashkaretaiba #terroristkilled #jkpolice #indianarmy #crpf #baisaranvalley #whiteknightcorps #jammuandkashmir #poonchsector #indianews #trending #breakingnews #amitshah #parliamentdebate #nationalsecurity #terrorismindia #afghani #jibran #suleiman #pakistanterror #modigovernment #kashmirencounter #toi #toibharat #bharat #trending #breakingnews #indianews Read More
Hindustan Times
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Chandigarh CFSL burns midnight oil, nails slain terrorists' link with Pahalgam
It was around 10 pm (Monday) when the Chandigarh Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) director Dr Sukhminder Kaur received an important call from power corridors in New Delhi. She was told to assemble her 'A-Team'. The assignment was big. A package was arriving from Srinagar on a special flight that would land around midnight. On board were weapons seized from three terrorists gunned down in the Dachigam encounter. The job was clear: Find out a link between the slain terrorists and the Pahalgam attack. An image showing arms, ammunition and other items recovered during Operation Mahadev. (PTI) What followed was a night of frenetic activity which saw forensic experts working against the clock, test-firing weapons, examining ammunition and analysing ballistic evidence. At the crack of dawn, around 4.45 am, they were ready with the report, clearly establishing that the weapons recovered from the three slain terrorists were the same that were used in the April 22 dastardly attack that left 25 terrorists and a local dead. Hours later, Union home minister Amit Shah announced in the Lok Sabha: 'Three terrorists, Suleman alias Faizal, Afghani and Jibran, were eliminated in the Operation Mahadev conducted in Jammu and Kashmir's Dachigam forest. While Suleman was an A-category commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Afghani was also an A-category LeT terrorist. Jibran, too, was a notorious and wanted terrorist. All three involved in the killing of our citizens at Baisaran valley in Pahalgam have now been eliminated.' Shah informed the House that weapons recovered during Operation Mahadev have been ballistically matched with those used in the Pahalgam firing incident, establishing a direct link between the slain terrorists and the mass killing. 'I have the ballistic report, which has been cross-verified by six senior experts. They confirmed on a video call at 4.46 am today that the rifles recovered from the terrorists are the same weapons used in the Pahalgam attack,' Shah said. 'Three firearms were recovered from the slain terrorists: An M4 rifle and two AK-47s. These were promptly sent to CFSL Chandigarh, where a dedicated four-member forensic team along with Directorate of Forensic Science Services, under the home ministry, conducted ballistic matching tests,' said a forensic expert, involved in the analysis. 'Experts in Chandigarh performed test-firing of the seized weapons to obtain cartridge cases, which were then compared with the ballistic evidence collected from the April 22 Pahalgam attack site. The bullets and cartridges recovered earlier had been preserved and catalogued for forensic analysis,' added the expert. Each firearm, as the CFSL expert emphasised, has distinctive characteristics. Even two weapons of the same make and calibre leave different microscopic marks on bullets and cartridge cases due to differences in manufacturing and wear & tear. These unique patterns act like fingerprints for the firearm. 'When a gun is fired, burning gunpowder creates gas pressure, which forces the bullet through the barrel. As the bullet travels, the barrel's rifling (spiral grooves) leaves microscopic scratch marks. Meanwhile, the cartridge case picks up marks from various internal parts of the firearm such as the firing pin, breech face, extractor, ejector, and chamber,' he added. As part of the forensic examination, the recovered firearms were subjected to test firing. The weapons were loaded with appropriate ammunition and fired in a controlled environment to obtain test cartridge cases. Using a comparison microscope, CFSL experts placed the test-fired cartridge cases side-by-side with those recovered from the Pahalgam crime scene. A successful match was established, confirming that the same weapons were used in both incidents. 'The test cartridge cases matched perfectly with those recovered from the Pahalgam site. This is conclusive proof,' said another senior forensic scientist. 'Earlier forensic examination had suggested that three firearms had been used in Pahalgam attack, indicating the use of multiple firearms. The recovery of the M4 and two AK-47 rifles aligns with that finding. The cartridge cases, through headstamp markings and dimensional analysis, helped identify the type of ammunition used, adding another layer of confirmation to the weapons' origin,' shared the expert.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Chocolates, voter IDs, rifles: Amit Shah shares proof of killers' Pakistan links
New Delhi: A day after operation Mahadev in which two Pakistan nationals and an Afghan involved in the 2025 Pahalgam attack were killed by security forces, Union Home Minister Amit Shah revealed their identity in the Lok Sabha. "Suleman, Hamza Afghani (Afghani) and Zibran were killed in a joint operation of the Indian Army , CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Dachigam, Kashmir," he said. Suleman, Hamza and Jibran were 'A' category LeT terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack, Shah told Parliament. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Product Management Technology MBA Finance Data Science Digital Marketing Operations Management Leadership Artificial Intelligence Data Science CXO Degree PGDM Others Public Policy Management Project Management Design Thinking healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Data Analytics MCA others Skills you'll gain: Creating Effective Product Roadmap User Research & Translating it to Product Design Key Metrics via Product Analytics Hand-On Projects Using Cutting Edge Tools Duration: 12 Weeks Indian School of Business ISB Product Management Starts on May 14, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Competitive Advantage Tactics Product Development Processes & Market Orientations Product Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making Agile Development, Design Thinking, & Product Leadership Duration: 40 Weeks IIM Kozhikode Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Roadmapping User-Centric Product Design Agile Product Development Market Analysis & Product Launch Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Shah said Operation Mahadev was started on May 22, 2025. After the Pahalgam attack, Shah visited the attack site and a security review meeting was held on April 23 in which all the security forces were involved. It was decided that the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack should not flee to Pakistan. "We made arrangements for this and did not let them escape the country," he said. Shah said that on May 22, 2025, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) received information about the presence of terrorists in Dachigam area. He said continuous efforts were made by the IB and Army from May 22 to July 22 to confirm this information received through equipment made by the agencies to capture ultra signals (from Chinese apps) in Dachigam. "Our officers and jawans of IB, Army and CRPF kept moving on foot in the cold and high altitudes to receive signals. On July 22, we got success through sensors and the presence of terrorists was confirmed. The CRPF and J&K police personnel, under the leadership of 4 Para, surrounded the terrorists and all the three terrorists were killed," he said. Shah told the House that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had already arrested the people who had given shelter to these three terrorists. He said that when the bodies of these three terrorists were brought to Srinagar, four people identified them as Pahalgam attackers. The FSL report of the cartridges found at the Pahalgam attack site were matched with the three rifles recovered from the terrorists in Dachigam. The three rifles were transported to Chandigarh on Monday night by plane and empty shells were generated by firing. The shells found at the Pahalgam attack site were matched with the shells and it was confirmed these 3 rifles were used for the attack. LeT and its outfit TRF (now banned by US) took responsibility for the Pahalgam attack. "We had decided that NIA will investigate this attack. NIA has expertise as a globally recognised agency in scientifically investigating terrorist cases and bringing the culprits to justice. NIA's conviction rate is more than 96%," Shah said. Shah said 1,055 people were interrogated for more than 3,000 hours and on the basis of this information, the sketches of the terrorists were made. "We have all the evidence because Pakistani voter numbers of two of the three terrorists were available, rifles were also available, the chocolates found with them were also made in Pakistan," he said.
