Crops have failed, people don't have jobs and there is no drinking water. Vicky Nanjappa reports on the abysmal reality of drought-hit northern Karnataka
Investigators look at similarities between blast in Varanasi and Delhi. NIA asks ATS details of Varanasi blast case. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa brings forth the different contours of the proposed NCTC, and also explains the raging debate over its formation.
A year on, how successful have investigators been in taking to task perpetrators of the triple blasts that wreaked havoc in Mumbai on July 13, 2011?
In this interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, he also speaks about the appointment of two deputy chief ministers and adds that the creation of these two new posts will not create any parallel force in the BJP, and governance will take place well.
Was it a terror attack or a conspiracy? The investigation into Monday's Israel embassy car bomb blast in national capital's most VIP region has several angles to it, and the police have decided that they would probe every possible link and give this case a closure "very soon", reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The bomb that exploded outside the Delhi high Court on Wednesday was laced with the highly-impactive pentaerythritol trinitrate, popularly known as PETN. The deadly chemical is a favourite terror toy of Pakistan based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Al Qaeda, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
What is in a name? If you live in Bhatkal, a small port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka: everything. For the residents of this town, it simply means being linked to the top three terrorists in India -- Riyaz, Iqbal and Yasin Bhatkal. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
With terror groups preferring to keep their identity concealed after an attack, investigations have made little headway. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The terror attack on a car of the Israel embassy -- which injured a diplomat, her driver and two others on Monday afternoon in Delhi -- is suspected to be the handiwork of militant group Hizbollah. The attack comes in the wake of similar attempts at terror strikes on Israeli diplomats and properties in Georgia and Bangkok. Till date, say intelligence agencies, the presence of Hizbollah has been minor in India, with no specific input about a terror attack being planned.
The police, however, say that the sticker bomb technique has not been used by any of the India-based modules, and hence there is a doubt of a foreign agency being involved, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The nexus between former Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining baron G Janardhan Reddy and YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy is what the Central Bureau of Investigation will be looking for next. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The Central Bureau of Investigation seems to have prepared a watertight against for mining baron and former Karnataka tourism minister Janardhana Reddy and if convicted he could face a jail term of 10 years. Vicky Nanjappa reports
In an interview with Vicky Nanjappa, Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik breaks his silence on the porngate that rocked the Karnataka assembly and has left the Bharatiya Janata Party red-faced.
Lashkar-e-Tayiba chief Hafiz Saeed's idea of radicalising one percent of Indian Muslims to create an army of a crore was the start of the big anti-India agenda. All this was done to catch the eye of the ISI, say security experts. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The now-deported Israeli couple Shneor Zalman and Yaffa Shenoi were in India on a multiple entry visa and were residing at the Rose Street at Fort Kochi in Kerala. Meanwhile, the police and the Intelligence Bureau continue to question the local handler who was helping out the Israeli couple. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Terror attacks over the past nine months -- the Jama Masjid firing, the Varansi blasts and 13/7 bombings -- have left security agencies and investigators clueless. The reason? Today, the threat is not from outfits like the Indian Mujahideen or the Students' Islamic Movement of India, but fringe elements that may strike anytime. Vicky Nanjappa reports
In an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Trideep Pais says that most of the youngsters he has dealt with have started carrying a diary in which they write down what they do through the day so that it can be used as an alibi if they get into trouble with the police.
Abu Hamza is without doubt a Pakistani national who was one of the voices who guided 26/11 attack. Now with Home Minister P Chidambaram giving him another alias of Abu Jundal alias Jindal, it confuses the case even further, and nothing can be said with certainty who exactly is the man they have with them. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The arrest of Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Abu Hamza may provide investigators with a lot of information about the planning and execution of the 26/11 terror strike. Hamza played a very crucial role in coordinating the attack and was instrumental in guiding the ten attackers who killed over 160 people when they struck Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
Though the CBI raids may not dent his popularity, Jagan Mohan Reddy may need to rethink his strategy in Andhra Pradesh politics, opines Vicky Nanjappa
Every time blasts hit an unsuspecting city, there is an outcry about the need to ban ammonium nitrate -- the main constituent used while assembling a bomb. On July 13, serial blasts ripped through three sites in Mumbai and to no one's surprise, ammonium nitrate was found in the explosives. Though the government has stated its intention of banning ammonium nitrate, it is difficult even to regulate the sale of the product.Terrorists continue to use ammonium nitrate.
There may be a lot of confusion over the arrest of Naqqi Ahmed Washi Ahmed Shaikh in connection with the 13/7 Mumbai blasts, and it would be a while before this issue has some clarity. However, the biggest setback in all this is for the Intelligence Bureau, because this man was an informer for them. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Vicky Nanjappa analyses the latest dossier on the Indian Mujahideen which chalks out the exact manner in which the notorious home-grown terror outfit is operating.
Illegal mining has been a hot debating point for the past couple of years. In Karnataka especially, the scam is of such magnitude that many powerful persons have had their heads on the chopping block and in the months to come there will be many more to follow. In this two-part series, we take a close look at this dirty scam, which spreads across various parts of the country, especially at Goa and also Rajasthan
The decision to strike out Clause 14(f) has been approved by people from Hyderabad, Andhra and Rayalseema, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Although three years have gone by since the National Investigation Agency was formed, the report card for India's premier agency probing cases of terror does not look all that good. But the bigger question that we must ask is whether the agency has been allowed to function in a manner that it ought to have, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The rejection by a Chicago court to conduct a retrial plea of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks is a shot in the arm for the Indian agencies who have been looking to question him, says Vicky Nanjappa.
Investigating agencies probing the Mumbai serial blasts are trying to ascertain if the Indian Mujahideen or the underworld had played any role in the terror strike that claimed 26 lives. They have been unable to pinpoint a motive for the blasts so far, say sources. The fact that the terrorists carried out the deadly blasts without relying much on technology has also stumped investigators. Terror outfits like the Indian Mujahideen are known to use sophisticated technology.
Vicky Nanjappa explores Justice Santosh Hegde's report on illegal mining in Karnataka and finds out a shocking case of abuse of power and guidelines in Bellary
When the Indian Mujahideen first made its appearance on the Indian stage in early 2008, the Delhi police came hunting for leads in the coastal town of Udupi in Karnataka. And they did go back with some clues. Vicky Nanjappa reports
After a lot of stormy talk-session with his party high command, acting Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa, who stepped down from his post, was eventually done in by the Lokayukta's report on illegal mining. Vicky Nanjappa explains the exact case against the chief minister, which forced the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party to seek his resignation.
After a lot of stormy talk-session with his party high command, acting Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa, who stepped down from his post, was eventually done in by the Lokayukta's report on illegal mining. Vicky Nanjappa explains the exact case against the chief minister, which forced the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party to seek his resignation.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka appears to be readying itself for a big fight, and this time it is over the Bhagavad Gita. A statement by Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda, in which he said that the government was considering introducing the Gita in primary and secondary standards in school has drawn appreciation as well as flak in the state. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
In what can be only be called an utter embarrassment for the National Investigating Agency, two accused in the Malegaon and Mecca Masjid blasts were granted bail by the courts in a span of five days, due to failure on the agency's part to file a chargesheet in the stipulated period of 90 days, as mandated by the Code of Criminal Procedure. Vicky Nanjappa analyses the failure
A part of the Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's voluminous report on illegal mining, which has rocked the Karnataka government, deals specifically on the role of the Reddy brothers of Bellary in the multi-crore scam.
After the party high command ask him to resign immediately on Thursday, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is fast running out of options, and at the moment, is holed up in his residence in Bengaluru, where he is mustering the support of his members of legislative assembly. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
According to a military intelligence report, it appears that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba is readying itself to carry out an all-women attack in India. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Vicky Nanjappa discusses the enormous security threat that fringe groups pose and why it's extremely difficult to track and tackle this new terror phenomenon.
Riazul Sarkar alias Akash Khan, arrested from Kishanganj on Saturday night in connection with July 13 Mumbai blasts, is n all probability is a Bangladeshi who intruded into India. His arrest throws light on the problem of illegal migrants and how they pose a security threat to India. Vicky Nanjappa reports
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