Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Pakistan seems to extend patronage to Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), also known as ISIS-K or Daesh Khorasan, not due to ideological sympathy, but as an instrument to put pressure on the Taliban and Baloch rebels, a report has detailed. On June 30, reports claimed about cross-border activity between Afghanistan and Pakistan, centred on the alleged hideouts of the ISKP. Such incidents have occurred repeatedly in recent years as Pakistan has created a plan to coun…
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Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) A political war of words erupted between Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and state BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday over the escape of three inmates from the Kalaburagi Central Prison, with Kharge defending the government’s response and Vijayendra accusing the state government of trying to divert attention from its failures. In a statement, Kharge said police officials had been directed to take effective measures to trace and arrest the remaining abscon…
Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) A Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru has convicted and sentenced Mohammed Haneef Khan, a key accused in the 2020 Al-Hind ISIS terror conspiracy case, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 48,000. Haneef Khan is the first accused to be convicted in the case, in which the NIA has so far chargesheeted 20 accused, all of whom have been arrested.According to the NIA, Haneef pleaded guilty during the trial, which co…
Jodhpur, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted a search at the Jodhpur residence of Zeeshan, an alleged handler of the banned terrorist organisation ISIS, as part of its ongoing investigation into a terrorism-related case.The search lasted for nearly two hours, during which the agency seized a motorcycle from the premises. The vehicle was later deposited at the Sadar Bazar police station.Zeeshan was arrested in March 2026 in connection with alleged terroris…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out coordinated searches across multiple states in connection with an online terror radicalisation case involving an alleged conspiracy to establish an Islamic state in India through violent jihad and anti-national activities inspired by the ideologies of the terrorist organisations ISIS and AQIS.According to an official statement, NIA teams conducted simultaneous searches at 20 locations in Andhra Pradesh, Tel…
Ballari, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residence of Abdul Nazeer in Karnataka’s Ballari as part of a multi-state operation linked to an alleged terror conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The raids were conducted at Abdul Nazeer’s residence in the Kaul Bazar area of Ballari. NIA officials questioned his parents and other family members regarding his associates and friend circle. The inves…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with police and central security forces, is conducting simultaneous raids at 20 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and West Bengal in connection with a terror conspiracy case, officials said on Wednesday.These raids are being carried out in connection with the NIA’s investigation into a terror-linked radicalisation case registered at the Visakh…
Vijayawada, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids are underway in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada in connection with a terror links case, officials said on Wednesday. The NIA officials began searches in the Vinchipeta area. The case, which was recently transferred to the NIA, pertains to alleged terror links, according to the investigators. Earlier in April, Mohammad Rahamatullah Sharif, 23, Md. Danish, 27, and Mirza Sohail Baig, 23, all residents of Vijayawada; Sayeeda Begum, …
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A report published in Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Sun’ blamed the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jamaat, political actors associated with the nation’s previous interim administration led by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, for the economic difficulties that now confront it.It mentioned that the challenges that are now being faced by the Bangladeshi economy are a result of “prevalent mob violence, unfettered extortion and arson attacks as well as forceful closures of busi…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Leading terror groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) operating within and out of Pakistan have changed their tactics and are now using digital space for recruiting terrorists in their organisations, a report has detailed. For years, terrorists in Pakistan relied heavily on personal contact, ideological grooming in madrassas and local terrorist facilitators for recruiting terrorists in certain a…