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SC collegium names retired district judge to Madhya Pradesh HC

SC collegium names retired district judge to Madhya Pradesh HC

Rediff.com14 Apr 2023

Setting a precedent, the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has recommended a retired district judge for appointment as judge of the Madhya Pradesh high court.

Hyderabad blasts: Blame-game over intel inputs begins

Hyderabad blasts: Blame-game over intel inputs begins

Rediff.com22 Feb 2013

The debate over intelligence regarding the Hyderabad twin blasts has already commenced. While the Intelligence Bureau says that there was intelligence that was provided, the Hyderabad police say that the intelligence was not specific in nature.

Does govt rely heavily on IB report for appointments?

Does govt rely heavily on IB report for appointments?

Rediff.com25 Jun 2014

The National Democratic Alliance government relies very heavily on information put out by the Intelligence Bureau, which led to the controversy over the appointment of senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam and Raghu Raman, former CEO of NATGRID.

Pak turns down US request to hand over Baradar

Pak turns down US request to hand over Baradar

Rediff.com25 Feb 2010

The Pakistan government has turned down United States' request to hand over the Taliban's second-in command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was recently captured in Karachi.Pakistan has already made it clear that it would only hand over Baradar to Afghanistan if Kabul requests it to do so.Mullah Baradar is regarded as second only to Mullah Mohammad Omar, Taliban's supreme commander in Afghanistan.

UPSC to go hi-tech with AI, facial recognition for cheat-free exams

UPSC to go hi-tech with AI, facial recognition for cheat-free exams

Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

The Commission has desired to incorporate Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication (else digital fingerprint capturing) and facial recognition of candidates, scanning of QR Code of e-admit cards and monitoring through live AI-based CCTV video surveillance, it said.

Anti-Sterlite protests were fuelled by foreign funds, says TN governor

Anti-Sterlite protests were fuelled by foreign funds, says TN governor

Rediff.com6 Apr 2023

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi stoked a fresh controversy on Thursday, remarking that the anti-Sterlite protests in the state in 2018 had been fuelled by foreign funds and was aimed at hindering progress. His comment instantaneously drew an outcry from the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its allies.

Did India just help Hafiz Saeed sharpen his rhetoric?

Did India just help Hafiz Saeed sharpen his rhetoric?

Rediff.com7 Mar 2014

Security experts and intelligence agencies say the decision of the Uttar Pradesh police to slap sedition charges against 67 Kashmiri students of a Meerut college was a stupid one. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Pak SC heat on two ex-generals for rigging 1990 poll

Pak SC heat on two ex-generals for rigging 1990 poll

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to take legal action against former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and former Inter Services Intelligence chief Asad Durrani for distributing millions of rupees among politicians to rig the 1990 general election

Notices to be sent to 105 NGOs for diverting funds

Notices to be sent to 105 NGOs for diverting funds

Rediff.com13 Jun 2014

After an Intelligence Bureau report warning the PMO against non-profit bodies, the home ministry is likely to order an SIT probe into their functioning, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Kerala train arson: Cops nab Bengal native, attribute crime to lack of money

Kerala train arson: Cops nab Bengal native, attribute crime to lack of money

Rediff.com2 Jun 2023

North Zone IG Neeraj Kumar Gupta said the man, who was a beggar, is suspected to have done the act "due to mental trauma", as he could not get any money from begging in the state.

How Pakistan sends infiltrators through Indian borders

How Pakistan sends infiltrators through Indian borders

Rediff.com4 Feb 2013

The recent killing of two Indian Army jawans has exposed the manner in which the Inter-Services Intelligence, the Pakistan army and the Lashkar-e-Tayiba worked in tandem against India, says Vicky Nanjappa.

Modi's task force to bring back Rs 692,328-crore black money!

Modi's task force to bring back Rs 692,328-crore black money!

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

A special task force which would comprise the Financial Intelligence Wing, enforcement directorate, directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Income Tax department, has been set up for the purpose.

Anish Dayal Singh takes charge as ITBP chief, Thaosen new CRPF head

Anish Dayal Singh takes charge as ITBP chief, Thaosen new CRPF head

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

The appointments committee of the cabinet headed by the prime minister had on October 1 issued the order for the appointment of Singh who has service till December 2024.

Deputy NSA quizzed by CBI in Gujarat fake encounter case

Deputy NSA quizzed by CBI in Gujarat fake encounter case

Rediff.com9 Nov 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation has questioned Deputy National Security Advisor and former Intelligence Bureau chief Nehchal Sandhu in connection with Sadiq Jamal encounter in 2003 by the Gujarat crime branch.

Can Headley derail Indo-US intel co-operation?

Can Headley derail Indo-US intel co-operation?

Rediff.com21 Dec 2009

Periodic misunderstandings and mutual bitterness in the relations between co-operating intelligence agencies are part of the intelligence game, writes strategic expert B Raman.

SC closes proceedings into conspiracy to frame ex-CJI Gogoi

SC closes proceedings into conspiracy to frame ex-CJI Gogoi

Rediff.com18 Feb 2021

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said that nearly two years have passed and the possibility of retrieving electronic records is very less in the probe.

Did Rana issue ID cards to 26/11 terrorists?

Did Rana issue ID cards to 26/11 terrorists?

Rediff.com16 Nov 2009

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.

Why the Indian intel team failed to quiz Headley

Why the Indian intel team failed to quiz Headley

Rediff.com12 Nov 2009

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.

Cargo meant for Pak nuclear programme held in Mumbai

Cargo meant for Pak nuclear programme held in Mumbai

Rediff.com2 Mar 2024

The customs officials, based on an intelligence input, halted a Malta-flagged merchant ship -- CMA CGM Attila -- at the port en route to Karachi on January 23 and inspected the consignment, which included a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine, originally manufactured by an Italian company.

Intel leak: IB discusses ways to counter fake calls

Intel leak: IB discusses ways to counter fake calls

Rediff.com6 Mar 2013

The case of an NSG officer giving out vital information to the ISI has got the Intelligence Bureau thinking of reforms to avoid such embarrassing occurrences, reports Vicky Nanjappa

Lashkar funded Mumbai attacks with fake currency

Lashkar funded Mumbai attacks with fake currency

Rediff.com11 Sep 2009

Some of the money used to finance the terror attacks in Mumbai last November and the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru in December 2005 came via a fake currency racket, sources from the Intelligence Bureau and Central Bureau of Investigation have revealed.

Rijiju had frequent run-ins with judiciary as law minister

Rijiju had frequent run-ins with judiciary as law minister

Rediff.com18 May 2023

Kiren Rijiju's exit from the coveted law ministry came in the midst of his frequent criticism of the judiciary, particularly on the system of appointment of judges to high courts and the Supreme Court.

SC agrees to hear PIL to make RAW, IB accountable to Parl

SC agrees to hear PIL to make RAW, IB accountable to Parl

Rediff.com1 Feb 2013

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether intelligence agencies Research and Analysis Wing, Intelligence Bureau and National Technical Research Organisation can be brought within the supervisory mechanisms of Parliament and other Constitutional bodies.

AAP demands CBI's 'independence' in probing Ishrat case

AAP demands CBI's 'independence' in probing Ishrat case

Rediff.com6 Jul 2013

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has demanded Central Bureau of Investigation's independence to identify Intelligence Bureau officials and political masters in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, a party statement read.

PM hunts for chiefs of IB, RAW and CBI

PM hunts for chiefs of IB, RAW and CBI

Rediff.com26 Sep 2010

Dr Singh also has to fill up another two top sensitive posts in the next four months. An immediate urgency is to find successors to Chief Information Commissioner Habibullah Wajahat and Prasad Rao, head of the National Technical Research Organisation, which handles cyber terrorism, as they retire this month end.

Govt struggles to fill up top posts in security agencies

Govt struggles to fill up top posts in security agencies

Rediff.com5 Nov 2012

Vacancies to the top seven security and investigative agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing, National Investigation Agency, Sashastra Seema Bal are waiting to be filled up.

Indian intel team returns without quizzing Headley

Indian intel team returns without quizzing Headley

Rediff.com10 Nov 2009

A team of Indian intelligence officials left the US disappointed after a week-long stay here as they could not question American national David Coleman Headley, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of plotting a major terror attack in India at the behest of Pakistan-based Lashkar-Tayiba.

IB staffer found dead in Delhi's riot-hit area

IB staffer found dead in Delhi's riot-hit area

Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

Ankit Sharma, 26, had been missing since Tuesday and might have been killed in stone pelting, officials said.

Jaish terrorist behind IC-814 hijacking shot dead in Karachi

Jaish terrorist behind IC-814 hijacking shot dead in Karachi

Rediff.com9 Mar 2022

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a 'businessman' in Karachi who Indian intelligence officials said was Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, involved in the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines plane IC-814 and fatal stabbing of passenger Rupin Katyal.

IC-814 hijacker Jaish terrorist killed in Pakistan

IC-814 hijacker Jaish terrorist killed in Pakistan

Rediff.com9 Mar 2022

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a 'businessman' in Karachi who Indian intelligence officials said was Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, involved in the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines plane IC-814 and fatal stabbing of passenger Rupin Katyal.

Why Israeli author Susan Nathan was deported from India

Why Israeli author Susan Nathan was deported from India

Rediff.com20 Apr 2012

62-year-old Israeli writer Susan Nathan is in the eye of the storm ever since her book The Other Side of Israel was published in Kozhikode.

Mumbai airport security beefed up after alert of 9/11-type attack

Mumbai airport security beefed up after alert of 9/11-type attack

Rediff.com25 Sep 2011

The Mumbai international airport was on Sunday put under heightened security alert following inputs from central intelligence agencies about a possible airborne attack on the country's busiest airport. The alert was issued from New Delhi, sources said.

Khalistanis have infiltrated farmers' protest: Govt told SC

Khalistanis have infiltrated farmers' protest: Govt told SC

Rediff.com13 Jan 2021

Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, said that 'Khalistanis' have infiltrated the protest and he will file an affidavit along with the necessary inputs of the intelligence bureau (IB).

Sea-borne terror threat to Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Sea-borne terror threat to Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Rediff.com27 Aug 2013

Security has been beefed up at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of credible intelligence that the high-profile place is under the radar of Pakistan-based terror groups.

India needs a proper privacy law

India needs a proper privacy law

Rediff.com29 Sep 2009

Intelligence sharing is fine, but India needs to protect personal privacy.

SC admits plea on making IB, RAW accountable to Parliament

SC admits plea on making IB, RAW accountable to Parliament

Rediff.com11 Feb 2013

A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir sought response from the Centre and the three intelligence wings for bringing the agencies under the oversight of Parliament and the Comptroller and Auditor General.

ANALYSIS: Short-term reprieve for Modi in Ishrat Jahan case

ANALYSIS: Short-term reprieve for Modi in Ishrat Jahan case

Rediff.com3 Jul 2013

BJP leaders in Gujarat feel that though Narendra Modi and the party will fight the allegations politically, there is no denying that the legal fight will have some political price attached to it. Sheela Bhatt reports

Nitish concerned about Janata Dal, not 'janata': BJP

Nitish concerned about Janata Dal, not 'janata': BJP

Rediff.com7 Jul 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday targeted its former ally Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya, questioning why his government had not acted on specific intelligence inputs that the Buddhist temple may be targeted by terrorists.

Ishrat case: CBI questions IB special director

Ishrat case: CBI questions IB special director

Rediff.com18 Jun 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday grilled Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar regarding his alleged role in the conspiracy to carry out the fake encounter in which Ishrat Jahan and three others were killed nine years ago.