islamic state

New Delhi, April 1 – The downfall of the National Thowheed Jamath (NJT), which masterminded the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, came as a major relief for security agencies. The NJT had not only spread its ideology in Sri Lanka, but was also active in the southern states, particularly in...

New Delhi, March 24 – Security agencies are closely monitoring online chatter by terror operatives and their sympathizers as the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala prepare for elections.Intelligence reports suggest that sympathizers of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and those linked to...

Lucknow, March 16 The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 19-year-old student pursuing dentistry for allegedly having links with an online module of the banned terror outfit ISIS, officials said on Monday.Haarish Ali, a resident of Saharanpur district, was arrested in...

New York, March 10 – Two teenagers, who claimed affiliation with the Islamic State (ISIS), have been charged with using a “weapon of mass destruction” in their failed attempt to set off a deadly bomb in the city.Federal prosecutors also accused them of assisting ISIS in their Saturday attack...

United Nations, March 10. Pakistan has made an implicit admission that it was targeting India's assistance to Afghanistan and that its air attacks during Ramadan were primarily harming women and children.Using diplomatic finesse, India's Permanent Representative in his address to the Security...

New York, March 9 – New York narrowly avoided a terrorist attack linked to the Islamic State when a bomb failed to detonate, according to officials.The bomb, along with another homemade bomb found during the Saturday attack, were made with an explosive called TATP, Police Commissioner Jessica...

Mumbai, March 8 – The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained two more individuals for questioning in connection with its investigation into a 21-year-old engineering student who was arrested for alleged links to extremist organizations, officials said on Sunday.Ayan Yusuf Sheikh...

New Delhi, March 8. Social media platforms are increasingly being used by terrorist organizations to radicalize individuals and orchestrate attacks across the Indian subcontinent and beyond, according to a report by Eurasia Review.The report, titled "Weaponization of Social Media Platforms for...

New Delhi, March 6 – An Islamic State commander, Shafiq Mengal, met with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). This development is interesting considering that the Islamic State has been enlisted by the Pakistani establishment to fight against the...

Mumbai, March 6 The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an engineering student from Mumbai for allegedly sharing online propaganda material linked to banned terrorist organizations, an official said.According to the official, two other individuals are also under investigation...

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a student from Mumbai for allegedly sharing online propaganda material linked to banned terrorist organizations, an official said here on Thursday.According to the official, two other individuals are also under...

Kolkata, March 5 Filmmaker Sudipto Sen, known for the award-winning 'The Kerala Story', said on Thursday that his upcoming production 'Charak: Fear of Faith' initially faced hurdles from the CBFC, with some members fearing it could be "against Indian traditions".Speaking about the project, Sen...

New Delhi, February 28 – Following nearly four months of border closures following sporadic skirmishes along the Durand Line and intermittent aerial bombardment by Islamabad inside Afghan territory, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply escalated, with the conflict now...

New Delhi, February 16 – It appears that establishing desks in various countries to carry out covert operations is the new modus operandi of the ISI, with Indian intelligence agencies having learned that, in addition to the existing missions in each country, the Pakistani spy agency has been...