Hafiz Saeed may mellow down his rhetoric against the US, but he is unlikely to curb his anti-India activities, says Vicky Nanjappa
The elections for five assemblies are over and the results are out. As the new governments get ready to take their place and commence their five year term, Vicky Nanjappa compiles a report on nature of the MLAs these governments will have.
May 18, 2011 makes it four years since a blast at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid claimed 14 lives. However, there has been no breakthrough in case with the investigation going on at a snail's pace. Lateed Mohammad Khan, convenor of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee that has been fighting the case of the Muslim youth who were falsely implicated in the blast, says that the Hyderabad police protected Hindu radicals behind the bombing. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Lack of preparation, coupled with the pathetic state of health care, make India highly vulnerable to the threat of bio-terrorism, says Vicky Nanjappa
Hundreds of security personnel were on Friday deployed in violence-hit areas near Osmania University campus in Hyderabad, amid a bandh call by pro-Telangana students and supporters who went on a rampage on Thursday night.
Police from every state have a different version to the working of the Indian Mujahideen, and we have seen arrests galore. On one hand, the police claim that they have cracked a particular case after a couple of arrests, but the matter never seems to reach the logical end when the battle for conviction is fought before the court. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Incessant rains continued to lash northern Karnataka on Saturday, as the death toll due to the resultant floods rose to 136. Gulbarga district was the worst hit by nature's fury and the death toll across the state is likely to rise, fear officials. The state government has now launched relief and rescue operations in full swing.
for the Congress top brass, Srinivas possesses all the traits for an effective leader
The execution of 26/11 gunman Ajmal Kasab and the arrest of 26/11 handler Abu Jundal came as a silver lining to the dark terror cloud in 2012, reports Vicky Nanjappa
'Both India and the US must be alive to the possibility that China's assertiveness could turn into aggressiveness,' feels Satish Chandra, the former deputy national security advisor.
In the second part of the three-part interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Gatade says that only continuous vigil by people would ensure that the law of the land remains supreme.
The god-fearing former Karnataka chief minister asked his secretary to call his entire legal team and also a few high-ranking police officials for consultation. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Given the extent of damage a cyber attack can unleash, accessing and then damaging a key website has the potential to destabilise an entire nation, warns Vicky Nanjappa
Parliament is being dressed up ahead of Barack Obama's address to the members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the Central Hall on November 8.
From Rs 11.35 crore in 2004 to Rs 87.27 crore in 2010 and now Rs 111.64 crore -- this is by and large the story of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati. Her affidavit which was filed before the Lok Sabha on Tuesday shows a phenomenal rise in her assets; and for the 58 months that she ruled as the chief minister her assets went up by nearly Rs 59 crore, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa finds out why over a month after the blast near the Delhi High Court, investigators have not yet been able to pinpoint the terror outfit that carried out the operation.
Vicky Nanjappa takes a look at the looming menace of SIM card cloning
In an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Gaddar says that the Centre's delaying tactics proved that it was not serious about resolving the Telangana row.
A recent report put out by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch revealed that 47 per cent of the newly-elected Uttar Pradesh assembly has candidates with criminal cases pending against them.
Vicky Nanjappa takes a look at the series of the blasts over the past one-and-a-half years, and observes investigators overlooked many a lead, and the task ahead for them, is a tough one indeed.
Rana's confession would put Pakistan in a spot of bother, as once he starts speaking in court the names of several persons associated with the 26/11 attack and the planning behind it will come out in the open. The onus would then be on Pakistan to bring these persons to justice.
In the past one and half years, the nation has witnessed three attacks --Varanasi, 13/7 and the Delhi high court blasts. For quite sometime now, the investigators have been clueless about the attackers and now, leads are trickling in. Investigators are closing in on Bullet 313, a group within the Indian Mujahideen which could have carried these attacks. Vivky Nanjappa reports.
Will he or will he not was the big question everyone had for former Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa, following his warning that he would take a very firm decision on February 27 if he was not made the chief minister. But now, it appears that, the threat has fizzled out. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Indian security agencies and the Delhi police in particular will be on guard in the coming days for any sort of meeting/convention or march which is scheduled to be conducted by a little-known organisation known as the Sharia4Hind on March 3. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
He came into political life with much fanfare but of late has been confronted by CBI raids and a slew of cases against him. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa speaks to YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy.
In an interview with Vicky Nanjappa, S R Hiremath of the Samaj Parivartana Samuday claims he has irrefutable evidence that the Reddy brothers are involved in illegal mining. Hiremath had filed a petition in the Supreme Court for a probe in illegal mining in Bellary district.
The Al Qaeda is Pakistan is revamping its leadership and infusing young blood as it feels that Pakistan has softened his stand on India. With Badaruddin Sirajuddin Haqqani taking over the operations the terror outfit is expected to wreak more havoc in Kashmir, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
There have been instances in the past where groups have carried out small blasts in order to distract investigators. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Even as the Uttar Pradesh police try and ascertain the nature and cause of the blast at an Agra hospital on Saturday, it is interesting to note that there was a specific intelligence alert in respect of Agra around 20 days back.
The National Investigating Agency has claimed that it has almost cracked the Delhi blasts case. It is now ascertained that it was an operation planned in the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir. But did the funding of the operation come from Kerala? Vicky Nanjappa analyses.
Investigators are now looking for links between the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts and the Delhi blast case. The Delhi blast case as per the investigations conducted by the National Investigating Agency points towards the Harkat-ul-Jihadi. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Why did the government hide the content of the 8th chapter of the Sri Krishna report on the formation of Telangana? Vicky Nanjappa reveals the explosive suggestions made in that chapter
Given the size of Indian cities, each of them would require a minimum of 1,500 CCTVs. They need to be set up in prime locations, says Vicky Nanjappa
Investigating agencies in India appear to be caught in a cross fire between Iran and Israel over Monday's car blast in the national capital. Several agencies that are probing the case have made it clear that there is no concrete lead as of yet and a lot that is being spoken about this case is 'theory' at the moment.
With the patronage of the ISI, Dawood Ibrahim and his aides continue to run a major fake currency racket that funds terror activities in India, says Vicky Nanjappa
Three days after the Delhi high court blast, a third mail claiming responsibility has come to the fore. Seems to be a perfect ploy adopted by the terror groups to confuse the investigative agencies, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Initial reports would suggest that the bomb used in Wednesday's blast at the Delhi high court composition had ammonium nitrate, but when one looks at the 4-foot wide crater, the use of RDX cannot be ruled out too. Vicky Nanjappa explains.
Fringe elements with a lack of proper motive who leave behind no trail for the intelligence agecies are making several of the recent blast cases difficult to solve. Vicky Nanjappa explains.
Though investigators knew the manner in which money was raised by the Indian Mujahideen, they have been unable to find out how it was circulated, and eventually used for carrying out blasts. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
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