The police said a militant fired at a close range at the BJP leader, his father and brother. They were hit at head and died on their way to hospital.
LeT had also planted fake ID cards with Indian addresses on the terrorists, says former Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria.
BJP spokespersons slammed Gandhi for his remark, alleging that it insulted those killed in the attack.
Saeed was sentenced to 11 years in prison by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old terrorist Nissar Ahmad Dar, who hails from Wahab Parray Mohalla at Hajin, was active for the last few years and is a categorised terrorist in security establishment's data base. He was in the wanted list of security forces.
28-year-old Usman Khan's knife rampage on the streets of London on Friday killed two and injured three people
The Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with the Army and other security agencies, has taken various steps to intensify the fight against terrorists in the Valley, a police spokesman said
The major terrorist groups that focused on conducting attacks in Pakistan included Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul Abrar (JuA), Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), and the sectarian group Lashkar-eJhangvi al-Alami (LJA).
Pakistan's law enforcement agencies on Thursday arrested the 'top four leaders' of the banned LeT/JuD on charges of terrorism financing.
The militant, identified as Asif, was killed during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore.
Lt General KJS Dhillon said Indian Army has apprehended two terrorists who had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Officials said security had been beefed up in the state following reports that six members of the terror outfit LeT infiltrated into the state by sea from Sri Lanka and moved to different cities.
The businessman has complained that the officers sought Rs 2 crore from him so as not to name him in a terror funding case involving Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, the agency said on Tuesday.
The 24th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was submitted to the UN Security Council Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee here this month.
Terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) will continue to pose a grave risk to international peace, as long as they are able to operate freely in Pakistan, said US.
A Pakistani national, Waqar Ahmed of Pakistani Punjab was arrested in Pattan area of Baramulla district a few days back. He was operating in Srinagar city for two years and was trying to resurrect militancy in Baramulla district, police said.
The arrest of the New Yorker has set the alarm bells ringing among the law enforcement agencies in the US.
Top LeT militant Naveed Jatt was involved in killing of journalist Shujaat Bukhari, the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, an English daily.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.