Patna/New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet in a Special NIA Court in Patna against an arms and ammunition smuggler in an inter-state illegal ammunition trafficking case with footprints spread across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, an official said on Thursday. Parvez Alam is the ninth accused to be charged in the case RC-01/25/NIA/PAT, said the official in a statement.Charges have been filed against him under various sections of the BNS and Arms A…
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Dhaka, May 7 (IANS) Bangladesh’s challenge with Islamist extremism appears structurally embedded rather than episodic, with the ruling government inheriting a grave security problem linked to alleged incompetence of the former interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. The situation not only threatens Bangladesh but also signals broader regional security risks, making counterterrorism a litmus test for the new government, a report has detailed. “Bangladesh has been on a nationwide security al…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) West Bengal BJP President, Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress activists were attacking the offices of the party’s own leaders after the BJP’s landslide victory in the state Assembly polls.He was reacting to reports of post-poll violence in the state which claimed that several offices of Trinamool Congress have allegedly been attacked.Speaking to IANS, Bhattacharya alleged that now there is a “discord” within the Trinamool Congress, because of w…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against three men accused of plotting a bioterror attack linked to the banned terror organisation ISIS. The conspiracy, according to investigators, aimed at mass poisoning of people in public spaces using ricin, a deadly biological toxin derived from castor seeds and listed under Schedule I of the Chemical Weapons Convention.The main accused, Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin from Hyderabad, along with co-accused …
Washington, May 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Ali al-Zaidi on his nomination as Iraq’s next Prime Minister, signalling support for the formation of a new government in Baghdad and expressing hope for closer bilateral ties.In a post on his official social media platform, Trump said: “Congratulations to Ali al-Zaidi on his nomination to be the next Prime Minister of Iraq!”He added that Washington wishes him success as he seeks to form a government capable of ad…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The investigation into the Mira Road stabbing case in Mumbai has intensified, with the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) examining alleged radical links and newly-recovered material from the accused man Zeab Zubair Ansari’s residence.According to sources, in a purported handwritten letter recovered from Zeab Zubair Ansari’s home, the accused, allegedly wrote, “I gave bait to ISIS.” The note also reportedly contained a hand-drawn ISIS flag along with several extremist st…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) A chilling incident in Mira Road in Mumbai’s western suburb on Tuesday has sent shockwaves through the region after a 31-year-old man, identified as Zaib Zubair Ansari, allegedly attacked two security guards after questioning their religious identity and demanding they recite religious verses (Kalma). Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has confirmed that the incident is being treated as a case of “self-radicalisation” and a suspected “lone wolf…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Subroto Sen, a security guard who was stabbed in a violent assault by 31-year-old Zaib Zuber Ansari in Mumbai’s Naya Nagar, has narrated to the police the sequence of events from the horrifying night that left him and his supervisor, Rajesh Mishra, seriously injured.Ansari has been taken into custody in connection with the attack, during which he allegedly questioned the victims about their religious identity before assaulting them with a knife, in what investigators susp…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) A 31-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection with a violent assault on two security guards in Mumbai’s Naya Nagar area, where he allegedly questioned their religious identity before attacking them with a knife, in what could be a lone wolf attack. According to police officials, the accused, identified as Zaib Zuber Ansari, reportedly approached the guards stationed at an under-construction building near Wockhardt Hospital in the early hours of Monday, at …
Jerusalem, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s hardline stance against the Afghan Taliban appears to be aimed at countering the growing strategic alignment between Kabul and New Delhi, amid claims by the Pakistani Defence Minister that the Taliban has turned Afghanistan into an “Indian colony”, a report said on Saturday.It warned that instability in Afghanistan carries significant risks, including the radicalisation of militants, threats to Indian development projects in the region, and disruptions…