A Pakistani-American man has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of providing material support to terrorists involved in the 2009 suicide attack at the Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters in Lahore that killed 30 people and wounded more than 300 others.
The new federal agency will have the IB's mandate, the Central Bureau of Investigation's zeal and the powers of the police force, as well as jurisdiction across India. Though many states are expected to oppose such a federal agency, the Congress will have another poll plank before the next Lok Sabha elections.The Intelligence Bureau currently does not have the authority to file cases and arrest or prosecute the accused without assistance from the police.
Morocco are demanding an apology from midfielder Adel Taarabt for insulting the national team coach, who left him out of the African Nations Cup.
A Bangladeshi man with alleged links to Al Qaeda was arrested in New York after an undercover operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation foiled his plot to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb and blow up the city's Federal Reserve Building. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda.
83-year-old 'organized criminal' James 'Whitey' Bulger is probably breathing easy on the prospect of not having to face the lethal injection, but instead spend the rest of his life behind bars.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday defended its decision not to monitor Wade Michael Page, the gunman who killed six people at a Gurdwara in Wisconsin, citing civil liberties and rights to its citizens enshrined in the Constitution.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday submitted in a local court an Federal Bureau of Investigation report confirming that the bones recovered from a canal near Jaloda village belonged to Bhanwari Devi, and claimed that this was 'concrete evidence' that she was murdered by the Bishna Ram Bishnoi gang.
Making some headway in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation has been told by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the bones recovered from a canal in Rajasthan were of the auxiliary nurse.
He also alleged that Dalit MLAs, minister or councillors of the AAP were not given any respect.
A Bangladeshi man with alleged links to Al Qaeda, who was arrested in New York on terror charges, was in the United States on a student visa to attend a legitimate academic programme, an American official said. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested after an undercover operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation foiled his plot to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb and blow up the city's Federal Reserve Building.
The Enforcement Directorate, which has been investigating the Mahadev app-linked money laundering case for more than a year, alleged in the past that its probe has shown involvement of various high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats from Chhattisgarh, where the two main promoters of the app hail from.
The Centre has warned five states, including Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, against terrorist attacks, particularly targeting military training academies.
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Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence spent $4 million over two decades in a covert attempt to influence United States policy over the Kashmir issue, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has claimed.
A day after the tragic shooting incident at a gurudwara, a mosque in the United States was burned to the ground for the second time in little more than a month in a suspected arson attack.
Top officers of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation are visiting India's commercial capital, Mumbai, as a part of an exchange programme.
As part of an exchange programme, a team of Federal Bureau of Investigation officers arrived in Mumbai on Thursday and held deliberations with the top brass of the city police and exchanged views on tackling terror and other crimes.
The Gujarat University on Thursday told the high court in Ahmedabad the Right to Information Act cannot be used for satisfying someone's "childish curiosity" as it defended its petition seeking quashing of an order under the transparency law to provide information on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Key United States media organisations have filed a motion in a court in Chicago demanding access to behind-the-scene video tapes of the Federal Bureau Investigations interrogation of Mumbai attacks plotter David Headley, including one showing him "palpably nervous" as he groped for a plea bargain deal.
While suggesting reorganisation of the CBI, Natchiappan said, "We recommend the implementation of the constitutional provision for institutionalising and reorganising the CBI as Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation and the Constitution already has a provision for it." But till the time a law is enacted for reconstituting or creating a federal crime agency, there should be a mechanism to hand over investigation of terror attack cases to CBI, in case it is needed.
Anil Kumar came out from a courtroom in Southern New York, all smiles.
A 21-year-old American construction worker has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation following an undercover sting operation when he tried to detonate what he thought was a car bomb at a military recruiting station in Maryland.
Prima facie there was a nexus between human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, and Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, an agent of Pakistan's spy agency ISI convicted in the United States for terror funding, a special NIA court has said in its order denying bail to the campaigner.
The United States charged four more Pakistani conspirators with carrying the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The second superseding indictment filed by the federal prosecutors before a Chicago court on Monday, revealed how the attacks were planned since 2005. In a two part series, rediff.com explains in detail the 26/11 conspiracy.
Indian Intelligence Bureau officials told rediff.com that Hyderabad had become a big worry in the security set up and as the days passed, the number of such elements was on the rise.
A government official was shot dead and another critically injured by an alleged gunman inside the premises of a federal court in Las Vegas.
he media cited police as saying that a man wearing body armor entered a Tops Friendly Market after 2:30 pm EST (18:30 GMT) and opened fire with a rifle.
Arrested terrorist Tahawwur Hussain Rana may have been the one who had arranged for the fake student identification cards carried by Ajmal Kasab and nine other terrorists, who were involved in the Mumbai attacks in 2008, said intelligence sources.
The Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing are downplaying their team's failure to meet David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative currently in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's custody.
A team of Indian investigators will travel to the United States next week to question David Coleman Headley, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for plotting terror-attacks overseas, including India.
Trying to portray 26/11 terror suspect David Coleman Headley as a conman who fooled everyone in the world including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussein Rana's attorney has urged the 12-member jury of a Chicago federal court not to fall into his trap again.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said on Wednesday.
Vicky Nanjappa / Rediff.com profiles Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi aka Abu Dua, the feared leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and his fierce ambitions
Three years prior to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was warned of the strikes and David Headley's links with the Lashkar-e-Tayiba by the wife of the Pakistani-American terrorist, says an investigative report.
Several media reports have stated that at least three people were shot and wounded.
Pakistan-born Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana is expected to be indicted this week as federal prosecutors in Chicago face a 14 January deadline to file the indictment that may include additional charges resulting from the Mumbai terror attack.
Expressing shock and sorrow at the death of an Indian man Sunando Sen last week, Indian Americans have asked the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation to separately track hate crimes against various religious communities in the country.
The Obama administration on Saturday launched a probe into high-profile leaks of classified national security secrets to journalists and writers.
Meeting one of the long pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder has recommended widening the Federal Bureau of Investigation's mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Holder said he made this recommendation to the Advisory Policy Board of the FBI to make the necessary changes in the Uniform Crime Reporting in this regard.
David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative who was arrested by the FBI in October, is proving to be an important link in unraveling the terror network. Intelligence Bureau agents have informed the Mumbai police that Headley made several visits to the city. The Mumbai police is now probing Headley's links with the 26/11 terror attacks.
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