Mumbai Indians appointed Zubin Bharucha as Director of Performance on August 21, 2026, triggering controversy after his name resurfaced as a signatory to a 2012 civil society petition seeking commutation of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's death sentence. The petition opposed capital punishment broadly and was separate from Kasab's personal mercy plea, which was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Read Full ArticleA knife-wielding man attacked three women near Porte de Clichy in Paris on July 27, leaving two victims critically injured. Restrained by bystanders and an off-duty police officer, the suspect was heard saying he was commanded by Allah to attack.
A special NIA court in Jammu issued an open-dated non-bailable warrant against LeT chief Hafiz Saeed on July 8, 2026, setting in motion India's first-ever trial in absentia against a Pakistan-based terror mastermind under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita with proclaimed offender status and property attachment as next steps.
The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet on July 6, 2026 naming LeT chief Hafiz Saeed as a key accused in the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, revealing cross-border drone weapons drops reaching Baramulla undetected and a critical collapse of human intelligence between 2022 and 2024.
NIA detains U.S. and Ukrainian nationals over alleged drone training plot; probe under UAPA raises security concerns and sparks diplomatic tensions.
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