Organisation had links with Laden
New Delhi, September 28
The Centre tonight asserted it had “enough evidence” to link banned radical outfit Students Islamic Movement of India to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida group.

Ban Lashkar, Hizbul, JeM, Centre tells J&K
New Delhi, September 28
The Centre has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to ban Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Home Secretary Kamal Pande said tonight.

Withdraw ban, says Mulayam
Lucknow, September 28
Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav today demanded immediate withdrawal of the ban on the Students’ Islamic Movement of India till an all-party meeting ‘okayed’ the Centre’s decision after going through the evidence of the organisation’s involvement in anti-national activities.

• Lopsided and ill-timed: Cong

• No SIMI activists on campus: JMI

• VHP says action belated, flays Centre

Ban will sharpen divide
Lucknow, September 28
The two-year ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India and resultant violence in UP is not only going to further sharpen the existing communal divide at large but will also decide the political destiny of the biggest state in the coming Assembly elections.

Video: Real Player Lt General JVS Yadav, says there is no mass exodus of the militants to Pakistan and Afghanistan. (28k, 56k)

Curfew has been imposed in old Lucknow city as situation continues to be tensed after yesterday's police firing. (28k, 56k)

Internal security reviewed
New Delhi, September 28
Home Minister L.K. Advani today called for a methodical approach to effectively document activities of terrorist groups and emphasised on the need to ensure that all places of specific significance, including important pilgrimage centres, should be adequately protected.

USA not to allow militant outfits in Pakistan
New Delhi, September 28
The USA tonight said militant outfits in Pakistan or anywhere else in the world would not be allowed to continue their terrorist operations against innocent people.

US plane lands in Delhi
New Delhi, September 28
In a major development which could have a bearing on the security scenario in the Indian subcontinent an American transport plane landed at the Palam technical area here tonight.

ISI chief in Pak team to Kabul
OIC to discuss crisis on October 9
Islamabad, September 28
Pakistan’s ISI chief Lt-Gen Mehmud Ahmad is accompanying a delegation of Islamic clerics and officials to Kandahar today, with a mandate to prevail upon the ruling militia to respond to the demand to hand over Osama bin Laden to stand trial for the September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA.