Vicky Nanjappa &Amp; Agencies

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Carrying out Patna blasts cost just Rs 40,000?

Carrying out Patna blasts cost just Rs 40,000?

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2013

The funds were allegedly raised by an operative from Ranchi named Uzair Ahmed.

3rd arrest in Patna blasts case, cops still searching for bombs

3rd arrest in Patna blasts case, cops still searching for bombs

Rediff.com   30 Oct 2013

The suspect, Tabish was picked up from Ranchi late Tuesday night following a series of raids.

Blast mastermind recced Patna disguised as a tourist guide

Blast mastermind recced Patna disguised as a tourist guide

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2013

Indian Mujahideen's Tehsin Akhtar was in Patna at the time of Sunday's serial blasts. He set up teams of three to plant bombs. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Bengaluru: Three acquitted in BJP office blast case

Bengaluru: Three acquitted in BJP office blast case

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2013

The first additional metropolitan magistrate in Bengaluru has acquitted three persons in connection with the blast case at the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Malleswaram. The court, while ordering the acquittal observed that the police had failed to file a charge sheet against them in the stipulated 180-day period.

How terror makes Bihar its home so easily

How terror makes Bihar its home so easily

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2013

Setting up the Darabhanga module was perhaps the easiest job the Indian Mujahideen ever pulled off. With politics, appeasement and a safe hiding ground on offer, the agencies are finding this terror module the toughest one to crack.

Was a human bomb used in Patna blasts?

Was a human bomb used in Patna blasts?

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2013

The Bihar police and the National Investigation Agency are probing the angle of a human bomb in the serials attacks in Patna ahead of Narendra Modi's rally on Sunday.

Shocking poll facts: NCP didn't submit expenses, BSP got 100 pc cash

Shocking poll facts: NCP didn't submit expenses, BSP got 100 pc cash

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2013

Analysing the election expenditure incurred by various national parties during the six-state assembly elections in 2008 throws up some interesting facts.

IM terrorists spent 6 months building Patna blast bombs

IM terrorists spent 6 months building Patna blast bombs

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2013

The suspects in the Patna serial blasts case, allegedly members of the Indian Mujahideen, had used an old-fashioned clock timer on all the bombs used in the terror strike.

With Bhatkal in custody, Tehsin Akthar takes up IM's terror mantle

With Bhatkal in custody, Tehsin Akthar takes up IM's terror mantle

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2013

Intelligence agencies probing Sunday's serial blasts in Patna believe that with the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal in August, Tehsin Akthar from Bihar is the new leader of the terrorist organisation, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Suspects speak: Patna serial blasts REVENGE for UP riots

Suspects speak: Patna serial blasts REVENGE for UP riots

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2013

Four suspects have been arrested in connection to the serial blasts that rocked Patna on Sunday. They have been identified as Imtiaz Ansari, Kaleem, Mohammad Ainul and Akthar, according to sources.

IB had alerted all states about threat to Modi in September

IB had alerted all states about threat to Modi in September

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2013

Bihar Chief Ministre Nitish Kumar on Sunday claimed that there was no intelligence report to suggest that some elements were targeting Narendra Modi's rally in Patna. However, the fact is that on Spetember 24, 2013, a fresh alert was sounded by the Intelligence Bureau and passed on to all states, including Bihar, in the wake of modi being declared the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate.

Patna serial blasts were planned to coincide with Modi rally?

Patna serial blasts were planned to coincide with Modi rally?

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2013

Seven explosions that rocked Patna on Sunday raises serious questions about security arrangements made ahead of Narendra Modi's rally.

Five killed, 83 injured in serial blasts before Modi's Patna rally

Five killed, 83 injured in serial blasts before Modi's Patna rally

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2013

Six serials blasts rocked the venue of Narendra Modi's rally in Patna minutes before he arrived there to address the gathering while another crude bomb exploded at the railway station, leaving five dead and over a fifty injured.

Patna blasts: NIA to probe political conspiracy, link to Bodh Gaya

Patna blasts: NIA to probe political conspiracy, link to Bodh Gaya

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2013

The National Investigation Agency has its task cut out as it commences its probe into the Patna serial blasts, which killed five people on Sunday. An officer with the agency told rediff.com that the attack appears to be similar to

Rahul should ask the IB to provide proof of claim: Muslim body

Rahul should ask the IB to provide proof of claim: Muslim body

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2013

The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Muslim organisations in the country, on Friday took serious note of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's claim that an intelligence officer had told him that 'people from Pakistan were talking to the relatives of Muslims killed in the August 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

How Rahul Gandhi got the IB alert on Muzaffarnagar WRONG

How Rahul Gandhi got the IB alert on Muzaffarnagar WRONG

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2013

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi claimed in a rally in Indore that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence was trying to recruit disgruntled riot-affected youngsters to carry out its nefarious plans. Vicky Nanjappa finds out the truth behind his statement

Singh, Sharif in office, but not in power: Expert

Singh, Sharif in office, but not in power: Expert

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2013

Amid violations along the Line of Control, experts believe the two prime ministers in question (India and Pakistan) are in office but have no power.

GLARING discrepancies have weakened B'lore BJP office blast case

GLARING discrepancies have weakened B'lore BJP office blast case

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2013

The Bangalore police have got its case right regarding the prime accused in the Bangalore BJP office blast case. However, there are several glaring discrepancies in the investigation that have the potential to derail the case in a court of law, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Bangalore airport files case against Kingfisher airlines

Bangalore airport files case against Kingfisher airlines

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2013

Case is related to payment of user development and passenger service fee.

Singer Manna Dey cremated, only 70 mourners turn up

Singer Manna Dey cremated, only 70 mourners turn up

Rediff.com   24 Oct 2013

The turn out was extremely poor, with many stars choosing to pay their tributes on the social media instead.