New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Pahalgam terror attack, has indicated that it will examine possible links between Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations and the Palestinian militant group Hamas as part of its probe.Investigators will probe whether the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and The Resistance Front maintain any operational, financial, or ideological connections with Hamas. The agency is also expected to explore any poten…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Security analysts are pointing towards a new and emerging trend whereby terror groups are not directly involved in acts of terror. Almost all modules that have been busted in recent months do not have any direct involvement of major terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, or the Jaish-e-Mohammed.Each of these modules is either affiliated with or inspired by, and this is a deliberate Pakistani ploy to keep the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…
Bengaluru, May 20 (IANS) The hijab versus saffron shawl controversy is likely to intensify in Karnataka, with Hindu organisations, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), opposing the state government’s decision to lift restrictions on hijab and also allow limited religious symbols like turban, kada, tilak, holy ash, Cross and kalawa in educational institutions while ruling out the use of saffron shawls.The authorities are closely monitoring the turn of events, as the hijab controversy had …
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Senior US military commanders warned Congress that Africa has become the new global centre of terrorism, with extremist groups rapidly expanding across the continent and posing growing threats to American and allied interests. The warning came during a House Armed Services Committee hearing where General Dagvin Anderson said the threat from ISIS and al-Qaeda affiliates in Africa had reached alarming levels.“Today, the epicentre of global terrorism is in Africa,” And…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Indian Intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on the resurgence of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Ansar al-Islam (AAI). This outfit was founded in 2021 in Iraq, and it primarily fought against the secular Kurdish factions and the US-led coalition. The original Iraqi faction has now dispersed, but its wing in Bangladesh, known as the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), is showing signs of resurgence. An Intelligence Bureau official said that the ABT remains largely non…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The sleuths of Kolkata Police, on Saturday, said that they have arrested a youth for sending a fake email to the police warning of the murder of the new and ninth West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari. The arrested youth had been identified as Hasnem Iqbal. According to a senior officer of the Kolkata Police, an email landed at Bhabanipur Police Station in South Kolkata, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Chief Minister’s current Assembly constituency of Bh…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) When the Faridabad module was busted initially, it was being linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). However the probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) found that the module operated under the banner of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), which is a lesser known terror outfit in India when compared to the JeM. According to the NIA, the module led by Umar Un Nabi, a doctor by profession, had used the name of the Jaish briefly to attract the youth…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The busting of the Faridabad module was a major success for Indian security agencies. The Faridabad module, which had procured thousands of kilograms of ammonium nitrate to carry out blasts in Delhi and neighbouring areas, failed to execute its plans as agencies managed to bust the network in the nick of time.However, the module managed to execute one suicide attack near the Red Fort.Agencies later learnt that the bomber, Umar Un Nabi, had carried out the blast …
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Tayiba has been infected by the Jaish-e-Mohammad bug. Both outfits have been witnessing internal discord and while the Jaish-e-Mohammad has been attempting to rebuild its infrastructure, that is not the case with the Lashkar-e-Tayiba.Both these terror groups had faced immense losses when the Indian armed forces carried out ‘Operation Sindoor’ to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed in Kashmir.Officials say that the Lashkar-e-Tayi…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Over 70 people were killed last week in a fresh wave of jihadist attacks in central Mali. The attacks were claimed by the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a terror group closely linked to the Al-Qaeda.Following the death of Osama Bin Laden and other senior functionaries of the outfit, many had presumed that the Al-Qaeda is on its decline. The outfit even launched its wing called the All-Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS). The outfit was launched in Afghanistan…