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SIMI President arrested
Headquarters sealed, hundreds held in raids
New Delhi, September 28
The Delhi Police today sealed the headquarters of the Student Islamic Movement of India at Zakir Nagar and arrested four senior members of the organisation, including its national president, soon after the ban imposed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday night.

Activists of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are brought to a court
Activists of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are brought to a court in Kolkata on Friday. — Reuters photo

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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C’wealth summit postponed
Sydney, September 28
The Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies postponed its summit in Australia today, as the October 6 to 9 gathering fell a victim to the fallout from the suicide hijacking attacks on the USA.

Major killed in J&K; firing in Kargil
Srinagar, September 28
Seventeen militants and six security personnel, including an Army Major, were among 25 persons killed as security forces foiled two major infiltration bids and intensified anti-militant drive in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, an official spokesman said today.

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