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Intelligence agencies happy with SIMI ban extension

Intelligence agencies happy with SIMI ban extension

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

Intelligence agencies welcomed the Delhi high court's decision to extend the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India.

Where Flipkart raised its $1 billion from

Where Flipkart raised its $1 billion from

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

Who invested how much into Flipkart in its latest round of $1 billion funding? Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com finds out.

'Introduce education rooted in India's culture'

'Introduce education rooted in India's culture'

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

'There is no harm in children studying the Vedas; it is part of Indian culture and history... The aim is not to saffronise education,' Shiksha Bachao Andolan chief Dinanath Batra tells Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

How calls from Karachi to Alipore jail are connected to 9/11 funding

How calls from Karachi to Alipore jail are connected to 9/11 funding

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2014

A call to the Alipore jail from Karachi last year is not something that can be taken lightly. After all, the call was made by one Jawed Baluchi to key Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Aftab Ansari, who is serving a life sentence without remission in the 2002 American consulate attack case. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Bangalore school rape: Why the skating instructor was arrested

Bangalore school rape: Why the skating instructor was arrested

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2014

The exact words of a senior officer to his higher ups prior to the arrest of skating instructor Mustafa in connection with the rape of a six-year-old in a Bangalore school were, "Don't arrest him, we have no evidence against him. We will cut a very sorry figure."

IM bombmaker's release from jail made him deadlier

IM bombmaker's release from jail made him deadlier

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2014

Indian Mujahideen's bomb-maker Abdul Subhan's is a case which would make authorities think twice about releasing deadly terrorists on the basis of good nature. Arrested in 2000 for supplying RDX and AK-47 rifles, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a court. However, because of his good conduct in jail he was released in 2010.

Bangalore rape: 2 more arrested, skating coach's involvement ruled out

Bangalore rape: 2 more arrested, skating coach's involvement ruled out

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2014

In a fresh twist to rape of a 6-year-old in Bangalore, the police has decided to let off Mustafa, the skating instructor, but have picked up two gymnastics teachers -- Lal Giri and Wasim Pasha.

Pak official in Lanka key to ISI's terror plan for south India

Pak official in Lanka key to ISI's terror plan for south India

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2014

An official at the Pakistan high commission in Colombo planned strikes on American and Israeli consulates in south India, reports Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

Is Lashkar training ISIS militants?

Is Lashkar training ISIS militants?

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2014

The Lashkar poses a huge threat to India and its nexus with the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq is worrying, warn intelligence sources. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Assam: Curfew clamped in Baksa after youth leader's murder

Assam: Curfew clamped in Baksa after youth leader's murder

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2014

Indefinite curfew has been enforced in troubled Baksa district of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District Council areas of Assam following the killing of a youth leader, Manoj Das, of Asom Sena by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday evening at Mushalpur area.

'Sania was picked as ambassador to please Muslim voters'

'Sania was picked as ambassador to please Muslim voters'

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2014

'She is a daughter-in-law of Pakistan and this is not something that can be overlooked.' 'So many have contributed towards the Telangana cause and many have laid down their lives for the same. Why are their names not considered?' BJP leader Dr K Laxman defends himself in this exclusive interview with Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

ULFA (anti-talk) faction behind Assam blasts

ULFA (anti-talk) faction behind Assam blasts

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2014

One person was killed and three others injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast in Assam's Goalpara district, suspected to have been carried out by ULFA's anti-talk faction.

Cong leadership takes on rebels in Assam, drops 2 ministers

Cong leadership takes on rebels in Assam, drops 2 ministers

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2014

In a stern message to rebel legislators, the Congress high command on Tuesday night dropped two ministers from Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's ministry for indulging in anti-party activities.

'MH17 tragedy may be a horrible mistake by rebels'

'MH17 tragedy may be a horrible mistake by rebels'

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2014

Balazs Jarabik, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on Ukraine and Eastern Europe, says preliminary and not direct evidence points suggests that the Ukrainian rebels shot down the plane. In this interview with Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Jarabik says that it would not be right to call this an act of terror or a war crime as it appears to be a horrible mistake.

B'lore rape: Instructor was sacked from earlier school for 'abuse'

B'lore rape: Instructor was sacked from earlier school for 'abuse'

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2014

The skating instructor arrested allegedly for the rape of a six-year-old at a Bangalore school is a porn addict and was expelled from the school where he worked before for touching girls inappropriately.

Child rape case, Bengaluru police chief shunted out

Child rape case, Bengaluru police chief shunted out

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Cracking the whip, Karnataka government on Monday transferred Bangalore city Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar in the wake of a series of rape cases, including that of a 6-year-old girl student in a public school.

Bengaluru rape case: Police did not follow SOP

Bengaluru rape case: Police did not follow SOP

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

While the police failed to follow the standard operating procedure in the alleged rape case, the school delayed reporting the matter to the police. Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com reports from Bengaluru.

'Cong won't win 15 seats in Assam polls if Gogoi remains CM'

'Cong won't win 15 seats in Assam polls if Gogoi remains CM'

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Assam minister Dr Himanta Bishwa Sarma who on Monday quit from the Tarun Gogoi cabinet said that he had been forced to take the step after the Congress leadership had repeatedly ignored the representations made by the rebel MLAs about the 'inefficient' handling of affairs by the chief minister.

Assam crisis deepens as rebel leader Himanta Biswa quits

Assam crisis deepens as rebel leader Himanta Biswa quits

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Worsening the crisis in Assam, State Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quit on Monday demanding the immediate ouster of Tarun Gogoi as chief minister.

Boko Haram, Dawood tie up to sell drugs in India

Boko Haram, Dawood tie up to sell drugs in India

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Boko Haram and Dawood Ibrahim have struck a deal to sell drugs in India, discovers Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com