New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed the withdrawal of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), or any other specialised investigating agency, to probe the alleged attempt to breach security near Parliament during the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest over the alleged NEET paper leak. A Division Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia permitted the petitioner to withdraw the plea with liberty…
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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) South India is witnessing a new trend in online radicalisation, with modules linked to both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State increasingly operating in parallel. Though the two terror groups have traditionally been rivals, they share a common ideological objective of establishing an Islamic State.Recent investigations by agencies such as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) indicate that operatives linked to both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are increasingly working i…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) The police on Monday arrested one more person in connection with the explosion at a house in Rajarhat last week. The number of arrests in this incident has increased to three. According to the police, the Narayanpur police station in Rajarhat arrested a youth after questioning the main accused, Mohammad Shamim alias Selim.It is learnt that the name of the arrested person is Mohammad Hossain. The police arrested him from the Rajbati area of Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Police on Saturday arrested the main accused, Mohammad Shamim alias Salim, in connection with the explosion at a house in Rajarhat last night, even as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation of the case. According to the police, Shamim was arrested in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, and is being brought to the Narayanpur police station in Rajarhat. Three people, including the residents of the house, are being questioned. The owner of the h…
Imphal, July 11 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government is taking all necessary steps to ensure justice in connection with the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians in Kangpokpi district nearly two months ago. The Chief Minister said the state government is committed to ensuring justice in the case involving the abduction and killing of the six Naga civilians at Leilon Vaiphei village in Manipur’s Kang…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court has rejected the “exemption petition” from former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla seeking exemption from the criminal cases registered against him by both the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the West Bengal Police on various charges like involvement in bomb blast, corruption, extortion and sexual offences. Incidentally, on June 5 this year, the NIA arrested Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress MP Aparupa Poddar on Saturday surrendered in court and got interim bail in a recent case. Aparupa, a two-time MP from Arambagh, will have to appear in the MP-MLA court after that. The Chandannagar Police Commissionerate has informed that a notice may be sent to Aparupa again.The police had registered a suo motu case against Aparupa Poddar on charges of obstructing police work during the arrest of her husband and Trinamool councillor Shakir Ali by …
Davanagere (Karnataka), July 1 (IANS) Arrested terror suspect Suhail made provocative gestures towards media personnel while being escorted by police for a medical examination at the Government Hospital in Harihara town of Davanagere district on Wednesday.As he was being taken to the hospital and later escorted back to the police vehicle, Suhail, whose face was covered with a mask, waved at journalists and pointed his finger towards television cameras.The incident occurred amid tight security ou…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Terror groups operating in India have adopted a two-pronged strategy, using both radicalisation and financial incentives to recruit and lure young people into their networks.Officials say there is a clear regional divide in the way these groups operate. While Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has largely focused on facilitating terror operations in northern India, the southern states have increasingly emerged as centres for radicalisation, where recruitment a…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in a terror conspiracy case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), holding that his prolonged incarceration of over four-and-a-half years, coupled with the unlikely conclusion of the trial in the near future, warranted his release despite the statutory restrictions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawl…