The US Supreme Court has denied a plea filed by 26/11 attack accused Tahawwur Rana seeking an emergency stay on his extradition. This clears the way for his handover to India. Tahawwur Rana sought a stay on his extradition and surrender to India citing a pending litigation. He had cited the risk of torture and poor health in his failed bids to block extradition. A notice on the Supreme Court's website stated that Tahawwur application has been denied by the court. The Canadian national of Pakistani origin is presently being held at the detention center in Los Angeles. He will be handed over to NIA by FBI on a day to be decided by both sides. It was in February this year that Donald Trump announced the approval to run his extradition during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington DC. Watch in for more details!

US court denies Tahawwur Rana's plea seeking stay on his extradition to India

Having lost his legal battle in all the lower courts, Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, has now knocked on the doors of the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India.

Mumbai attack accused Rana rushes to US Supreme Court against India's extradition request

A US attorney has told a federal court that Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana is extraditable under the plain provisions of the US-India extradition treaty.

Mumbai terror attacks accused Rana 'extraditiable', attorney says 'insufficient credible evidence'

One of the masterminds of the dastardly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Sajid Mir, has been allegedly poisoned in the Central Jail of Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan, according to unconfirmed reports. The unsubstantiated reports, which WION cannot confirm at this stage, suggest that Mir was allegedly airlifted by the Pakistan Army to CMH Institute of Medical Sciences, Bahawalpur after being administered the poison.

Was Sajid Mir conspirator of 26/11 Mumbai attacks poisoned in Pak jail?

On November 26, 2008, India was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks when members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks in Mumbai.

Coincidence or conspiracy? Did Pakistan attempt to paralyse India's internal security during 26/11 attacks?

The Lahore High Court has acquitted six senior leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) in a terror financing case.

Pakistan court acquits Hafiz Saeed's aides in terror financing case

Days after India termed sentencing of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as routine facial action, the US State Department has asked Pakistan to hold Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander accountable for the 26\11 Mumbai attacks.

US to Pakistan: Hold Lakhvi accountable for 26\11 Mumbai attack

Rana, 59, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, was rearrested on June 10 in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed.

Your Story: U.S. Court rejects bail plea of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana

India and the US have asked Pakistan to act on the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks and make sure its soil is not used by terror groups. The joint statement released after third US-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and Designations Dialogue said, "two sides underlined the urgent need for Pakistan to take immediate, sustained, and irreversible action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for terrorist attacks" and to "expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot.

India, US ask Pakistan to act on perpetrators of Mumbai and Pathankot attacks

India is seeking the extradition of a top Pakistan militant suspected to have planned the 2008 Mumbai attacks after the United States said last week he was living freely in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday.

India seeks extradition from Pakistan of suspected Mumbai attack mastermind

Officials believe the extradition of Tahawwur Rana will throw some light on the activities of Pakistan's ISI. Rana was recently arrested in the US for his alleged involvement in Mumbai's 26/11 attacks that killed more than 150 people, and injured over 300 people.

Tahawwur Rana's extradition will throw light on ISI activities: Nikam

A key witness, from the Mumbai 26/11 bomb blasts, who had identified terrorist Ajmal Kasab during the case trial, died at his house in Mumbai on Wednesday. Harishchandra Shrivardhankar was a resident of Thane and was a key witness.

Key witness who had identified Ajmal Kasab dies in Mumbai

Breather for 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. India slams Pakistan on Saeed.

Breather for 26/11 attack mastermind

Eleven years have passed since the financial capital Mumbai came to a still due to horrific terror attacks that killed more than 160 people. However, Jasiben Bambhania, whose husband was killed by terrorists, is still waiting for her due even after a decade.

11 years since horrific Mumbai attacks, fisherman's widow still struggles for compensation

Pakistan requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding the release of monthly expenses for 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and globally designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed.

Pakistan request to disperse monthly expenses for global terrorist Hafiz Saeed gets UNSC's nod

Pakistan on Wednesday arrested the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Hafiz Saeed, whose prosecution has long been sought by New Delhi and Washington over the ghastly attacks in India`s financial capital.

Hafiz Saeed's arrest mere cosmetic, it's Pakistan's happy face for Donald Trump- Imran Khan meet

Three members of the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been arrested on the charges of terror financing in Pakistan's Punjab province, amid pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the militant groups.

Pakistan authorities arrest 3 Jamaat-ud-Dawa members from Punjab province

Pakistan's top investigative agency has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to seek the cancellation of the bail of LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Pakistan's investigation agency seeks cancellation of 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's bail

A Pakistan court heard the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008.

Pakistan court temporarily halts Mumbai attack case hearing

Exposing Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's seriousness on combating terrorism, his junior interior minister has vowed to "protect" Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his party in a leaked video.

Leaked video shows Pak minister vowing to 'protect' Hafiz Saeed

The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai changed the political climate of the subcontinent. Now Australian filmmaker Anthony Maras brings 'Hotel Mumbai' - a film based on those attacks.

'Hotel Mumbai' trailer: Dev Patel's new film looks back at 26/11 Mumbai attacks

Ten years of 26/11 Mumbai attacks

Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the Lashkar-e- Taiba terrorist group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, launched its political front Milli Muslim League, but it has not been yet registered by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Hafiz Saeed to fight Pakistan polls from another party as his group awaits nod

Nauert was responding to a question if the suspension of security assistance was related to Hafiz Saeed

US decision to suspend security aid to Pakistan has nothing to with release of perpetrators of Mumbai attack

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