Anand/Vadodara, May 30 (IANS) Two men, including the Vadodara city president of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have been arrested by Gujarat Police after an investigation into allegations that party workers were being threatened by Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials found that the calls had allegedly been made as part of an internal party rivalry, officials said on Saturday. The arrests came days after former Delhi MLA and AAP leader Durgesh Pathak alleged on the social media platform X that the Guj…
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New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has busted a major module that planned attacks in the national capital and Mumbai. Officials said that they arrested nine persons who also had links with the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate. The arrested nine included persons from Mumbai and Delhi. Some were foreign nationals, too, officials said.Another official said that this is a major bust since these persons were planning high-value attacks. Among their targets were nuclear installation…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, May 28 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he would personally visit the Intelligence Bureau (IB) office in Gujarat to seek answers over alleged verification calls being made to party workers, as the party accused central agencies of targeting its workers in the state. The controversy began after AAP Gujarat co-incharge Durgesh Pathak claimed on the social media platform X that one of the party’s workers in Gujarat had been …
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The number of arrests in connection with ISI-backed espionage cases has gone up substantially in the last one year. The ISI has been resorting to various tactics to appoint spies in India, who in turn are paid or blackmailed to provide sensitive information from the country.An Intelligence Bureau official said that there are a bunch of recruiters and handlers based out of Pakistan whose primary job is to monitor those making reels on social media.These persons understand…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) Government Railway Police (GRP), along with Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, seized hawala money worth Rs 1.22 crore and busted a Rs 41.5 lakh drug racket in two separate operations, officials said on Wednesday.GRP and RPF personnel from Secunderabad seized Rs 1,22,70,000 from a man who was allegedly transporting hawala money from Mumbai to Hyderabad on the Devagiri Express.Vijay Ambadas Gupta, a resident of Maharashtra’s Amravati district, was apprehended dur…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Islamic State, in recent years, has proven to be one of the leading terror outfits when it comes to the use of technology. When it commenced operations in Syria and Iraq in late 2013, the focus was heavy on creating fear. For this, it had set up Hollywood-style studios where it shot beheading videos.While some of them were real, many were fake, and these videos were shot and circulated to create a perception of how lethal the outfit is. This worked well for the outfi…
Ahmedabad, May 22 (IANS) Director General of Indian Coast Guard Paramesh Sivamani reviewed the security framework for India’s offshore installations and critical energy infrastructure at the 138th Offshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) meeting, an official said on Friday.Chairing the meeting in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Sivamani focused on enhancing maritime domain awareness, strengthening inter-agency coordination, augmenting surveillance capabilities and improving joint response mechan…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The decision of the West Bengal government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to launch a massive crackdown on illegal migrants and infiltrators, is being seen as a necessary and welcome move by India’s national security planners. Though the security agencies welcome the crackdown on illegal immigrants, they also warn of a push to other states in times to come.The BJP government in West Bengal announced a strict, ‘detect, detain and deport’ protocol. The DGP and…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The crime landscape in Punjab is fast changing with terror groups and criminal networks deploying new strategies almost daily to disrupt law and order. While the larger push that is being made is for a separate Khalistan nation, these syndicates at play are carrying out low intensity explosions to keep the state on the boil. The Khalistan networks are also trying to replicate the Mumbai underworld model of grooming juveniles for low-cost, high-success attacks.The police …
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India’s Operation Sindoor dealt a mighty blow to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan. Since the operation that was carried out to avenge the Pahalgam attack, the ISI has focused heavily on its espionage network within India.The agencies have busted several networks, including a CCTV spying operation and a network of influencers. While these are the big fries, the agencies are worried about a larger network of youth who are ready to fish out information for as little …