Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday alleged that the country entered a “dangerous phase” following the July-August 2024 political upheaval as the elected Awami League government was overthrown through a “meticulously designed movement” orchestrated by former interim government chief advisor Muhammad Yunus under the guise of the quota reform protests. Addressing an international strategic dialogue titled, ‘Reinventing Bangladesh: A World Crisis to O…
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Security agencies are keeping a close watch on the activities of the Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK) which is an offshoot of the Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). An Intelligence Bureau official said that the JMB would look to re-activate its offshoot with the specific intention of targeting northeastern India and West Bengal and would seek to recruit those who have been asked to return to Bangladesh. The states that are in focus are Assam and West Bengal.The official s…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Indian security agencies are closely monitoring what they describe as a growing pattern in Hamas’s efforts to expand its influence in South Asia. Intelligence inputs suggest that the Palestinian militant group is seeking to strengthen ties with extremist organisations across the region, particularly in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.Pakistan has, on several occasions, hosted senior Hamas leaders, who have reportedly been seen interacting with members of terror outf…
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) The Dibrugarh district administration in Assam has issued a stringent directive prohibiting the publication, circulation, possession and storage of extremist or jihadi material linked to banned organisations, officials said on Wednesday.According to an official order issued from the office of the District Magistrate of Dibrugarh, the restriction has been imposed under Section 98 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, in reference to a government notificat…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Migration remains a sensitive issue between India and Bangladesh, which have recently sought to reset ties on several fronts following Tarique Rahman’s victory. Bilateral relations had strained after the fall of the Awami League government.Ties, which deteriorated under the interim government, improved significantly after Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won the elections. Officials said migration is a sensitive issue and would be handled maturely by the t…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The bomb factories in West Bengal are back in the spotlight following the recovery of 79 crude bombs at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district. The probe has been taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the central agency would go into the larger picture as this does not appear to be an isolated incident.Officials say that the timing of the recovery is interesting as the agencies discovered the bombs just three days before the final phase of voting for…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) India has been facing the menace of illegal immigration for long. Migrants coming in illegally from Bangladesh and Myanmar have settled in various parts of the country, and the government, in its new policy, said that all states must detect and deport such persons. The Intelligence agencies say that with such drives ongoing in the country, many illegal immigrants roped in by terror groups have been ordered to go underground. These persons were specifically sent to Indi…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) India’s security agencies are closely examining the remarks made by Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, where he made a reference to Kolkata. Asif warned that if India attempted any ‘false flag operation’, then Pakistan’s response would extend to Kolkata. “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time then God-willing, we will take it to Kolkata,” Asif said.A false flag operation is a covert action designed to look as though it was carried out …
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which appears to be making inroads in West Bengal as well as southern states.The outfit referred to as Neo-JMB is operating under a local handler who goes by the name Salauddin Salehin, and is believed to be hiding in West Bengal, officials say. The official said that as per intelligence reports, Salehin does not remain stationary in West Bengal, and has travelled to various parts…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The busting of a Lashkar-e-Tayiba linked module which was planning on carrying out strikes in Delhi and adjoining cities has thrown up several details about how the ISI is planning on carrying out future operations in the country.The module that was busted following the arrest of 8 people from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal was being handled from multiple locations. The module was being handled in a manner in which the Pakistan link would not crop up.Investigating Officers s…