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On 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s extradition to India, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that, “Pakistan may try very hard, but its reputation as the epicentre of global terrorism will not diminish. The extradition of Rana is a reminder yet again to Pakistan …

New Delhi: A court here has noted that Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana had identified New Delhi for attacks akin to the 26/11 strikes as part of a conspiracy that travelled beyond the geographical borders of India. Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh noted in an order passed …

New Delhi: As the interrogation of recently-extradited Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Tahawwur Rana began, two police officers Jaya Roy and Ashish Batra led the charge. The two senior officers, who also played an instrumental role in Rana’s extradition from the US 16 years after the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 …

New Delhi: In a high-security chamber deep inside the fortified headquarters of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), interrogation began Friday of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian national extradited from the United States in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. According to NIA sources, on Day 1 of interrogation, …

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana, calling the development “a big step” in giving justice to victims and their families. Rana, a 64-year-old Pakistan-born Canadian national, had been …

One can hardly say that “the eagle has landed” in the manner of spy thrillers. Intel coding for movement to India of a despised terrorist would be more like, “the carrion crow has been shackled”. For, Tahawwur Rana was not even a terrorist who risked his life to commit violence. …

New Delhi: Hours after Tahawwur Rana, accused of playing a big role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was brought to India, fresh images have emerged of US Marshals handing him over to Indian authorities for extradition.  The US Justice Department released photos of Rana, clad in a beige prison-issued …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 14-year-old post on X on Tahawwur Rana, accused of plotting the 26/11 terror attacks, has gone viral as the latter was extradited from the US and reached Delhi on Thursday evening. PM Modi, in his 2011 post, had criticised the previous Congress-led government’s foreign …

New Delhi: The extradition of 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana from the US has sparked a political row, with the Congress claiming that the process started during the UPA rule in 2009 and so the NDA government should not claim all the credit.  “Let the facts be clear: the Modi government …

Tahawwur Rana, 64, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency after landing. His flight, which took off from Los Angeles in the US yesterday, landed in Delhi’s Palam technical area. It is likely that after the preliminary formalities, he would be taken to the NIA headquarters. He will also be presented …