Maulana Asim Umar

Al Qaeda's recent activities point to dangers closer home. India must exercise caution

October 16, 2019 10:01 am

All recent activities of the AQ and AQIS, especially those focussed on Kashmir, suggest that the group is making all-out efforts to recruit cadres from not just within Kashmir but, using the issue of Kashmir, from across South Asia.

Al-Qaeda chief in region may be of Indian origin: Intel agencies

October 03, 2014 7:54 am

The Pakistani state’s growing confrontation with jihadists pushed Maulana Umar towards al-Qaeda.

Hamid Mir on meeting Maulana Asim Umar, Al-Qaeda Chief of the South Asia chapter

October 20, 2014 1:39 pm

‘Want jobs, not pellet guns’: Student anger boils over at Rahul Gandhi event

Updated: August 9, 2026 00:39 IST

Several students at the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj said the uncertainty surrounding recruitment examinations had taken a heavy toll on them.

‘Your parents could not face their fears, you have… and changed country’: Rahul in Prayagraj

Updated: August 9, 2026 00:36 IST

A large gathering of students and exam aspirants attend ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’, Rahul’s first since the Jantar Mantar protest concluded; many also participated in the May 29 protest at Prayagraj

Draft drone policy ready, aim to create 1,000 jobs: Minister

August 8, 2026 22:52 IST

A senior official said the proposed five-year policy is currently under departmental consultation and is expected to be implemented by September.

The poet who is looking at Sanskrit from a contemporary lens

August 8, 2026 22:42 IST

Mani Rao believes Sanskrit texts should be approached as literature, not just sacred works

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann seeks 10-day parole for Beant Singh assassin Hawara, cites mother’s ill health

August 8, 2026 22:37 IST

This is the first instance of a sitting chief minister in Punjab seeking parole for a convict in the assassination of a former CM

Bengal government to publish white paper on TMC’s eight Bengal Global Business Summits: Tapas

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:37 IST

Samik hails Birla Group's return to state

Tamil Nadu seeks permanent freeze on Lok Sabha seats as Opposition boycotts Vijay’s meeting

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:34 IST

Only 20 of Tamil Nadu’s 57 MPs -- 39 in the Lok Sabha and 18 in the Rajya Sabha -- attended the meeting.

Dead phone, phantom ‘Transcription’: Ben Lerner’s latest awakens ghosts haunting our always-on era

Updated: August 8, 2026 22:32 IST

In one of this year’s finest novels yet, Ben Lerner's Transcription turns a failed recording into a meditation on memory, authenticity and the uneasy ways technology shapes how we remember, communicate and understand one another

School transport & Safety: Over 1,400 school transport vehicles await fitness renewal

August 8, 2026 22:32 IST

Citizens flag overcrowding, rash driving

Speeding Mercedes hits another car, chain-collision kills woman; cop’s son held

August 8, 2026 22:22 IST

Preliminary investigation has found that the Mercedes collided head-on with a WagonR coming from the opposite direction, according to officers.