The plight of the 17 Indian sailors aboard a chemical taker 'Royal Grace', who have been held hostage by Somali pirates since March 2, 2012, can only be described as hellish. The ship was hijacked when it was sailing to Nigeria from Dubai -- there are 22 hostages onboard -- of whom 17 are Indians. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
North West India is what the ISIS is aiming at in its map of the caliphate. However, many Indian Muslims feel that the jihadists are making a mockery out of Islam. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
What is a caliphate? How will it impact Muslims in India and across the world? Experts analyse the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's declaration of an 'Islamic state'
The police arrested six major associates of gangster Chota Shakeel in connection with an extortion racket in Mangalore on Thursday. This city in coastal Karnataka has been a talking point for a long time, and for all the wrong reasons. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Vicky Nanjappa meets the grieving family of the Indian nurse who was found dead at the nurses' quarters next to the private King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, central London, after being the victim of a hoax.
The Intelligence Bureau states that a full-fledged colony has been created in Karachi, Pakistan, for Indian Mujahideen operatives. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Out of the 129 candidates contesting the Goa assembly elections, 30 candidates or 23 per cent declared criminal cases. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Using their deep cash reserves amounting to at least $1.3 billion, the militants are bribing military commanders to stay away from the battle, enabling them to take over Iraqi towns easily. They also use their money power to gain crucial information from the military, thus helping them spread their influence over the nation. Rediff.com's/Vicky Nanjappa reports
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, while officially launching the Karnataka Janatha Party, made an emotional appeal at Haveri, north Karnataka to support him and his party. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Vicky Nanjappa speaks to member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekar on the controversial Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act
Indian Mujahideen operatives -- Tabrez and Waqas -- involved in the 13/7 Mumbai bombings could be behind the Hyderabad blasts as well, says NIA. Vicky Nanjappa reports
There is not much that the world knows about the man who is capturing one Iraqi city after another. And that's what makes Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi both mysterious and dangerous.
Karnataka tutor, who allegedly dialed Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani, is given a clean chit after investigators find out that he made the call by mistake and had no ill intentions, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Vicky Nanjappa / Rediff.com spoke to Indian worker Ahmed who managed to escape from Mosul before the ISIS invaded the Iraqi city
A noted cyber law expert feels that the government's proposal to set new guidelines under Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act won't help the cause a bit. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Who calls the shots in the Indian Mujahideen after the arrest of its key operative Yasin Bhatkal? Vicky Nanjappa finds out
With an aim to revive its original movement, 55 members of the Aam Aadmi Party have turned to the spiritual guru. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Although Indian agencies do not see a long term impact of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging, they are aware that some elements from across the border may try and use this issue. Vicky Nanjappa reports
'Special police told me that if I speak according to their wishes they will not harm my family and also gave me false assurance that they will make my case weak so that after sometime I will get released...'
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba, expert Stephen Tankel believes, is capable of operating on a large scale and some of its operatives have suggested that the organisation benefited in terms of recruitment following the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
The hanging shifts focus to bringing the 26/11 masterminds to justice. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Vicky Nanjappa reports on the procedures adopted by the Yerwada jail authorities ahead of the execution of Ajmal Kasab's death sentence
'Had the ATS not wasted its time and resources in rounding up innocent Muslims, we would have uncovered the forces trying to destroy India,' Kashif-ul-Huda, executive editor, TwoCircles.net, tells Vicky Nanjappa.
To save a four-month-old foetus they killed my 31-year-old daughter. Such laws are really unfair, says the victim's bereaving mother. Vicky Nanjappa
The case to be probed against S M Krishna would involve the dereservation of 34 forest blocks that allegedly facilitated illegal mining. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The author faces threat from homegrown terror outfits as well as organisations with political interest. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Denying allegations of orchestrating the latest delay in the formation of the Telangana state, Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress is going all out portraying the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi as the real villains. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Investigators have discovered that Indian Mujahideen leaders use the alias 'Shah Rukh Khan' to confuse investigators and keep their identities hidden. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Author Amandeep Sandhu visited Balwant Singh Rajoana's village in Punjab and found that Rajoana Kala stands by the death row convict. She shares her experiences with Vicky Nanjappa
The issue concerning former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will drag on for a few more days, with the Bharatiya Janata Party postponing all meetings which would now be held after Deepavali, says Vicky Nanjappa
While a total of 33 ministers face criminal charges in five states that go to poll, 41 ministers from these states are 'crorepatis'. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Despite the recent remarks by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde alleging RSS and BJP involved in terror activities, no probe has so far ascertained any direct link between the two, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
B S Yeddyurappa's followers have threatened to stage a coup in the party if the central leadership does not take a favourable decision. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
As the country prepares for a set of hard fought elections in the assembly segment, security agencies have upped the vigil in states such as Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Vicky Nanjappa on why the proposed visit of Pakistani judicial commission to India to probe the 26/11 attacks case is in our best interest.
Set in 2014, Red Jihad -- a work of fiction -- narrates how a jihadi leader from Pakistan travels to the Red corridor in India and sets up an alliance.
Vicky Nanjappa reports on how Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Abu Jundal made use of the social media extensively to spread his hate campaign
While National Investigating Agency has received a go ahead to file a chargesheet against Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain and others including ISI officers in the 26/11 case, the agency feels it needs to file a supplementary chargesheet in the case. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Mihir Bhat, fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative who is also the director of the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, discusses with Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa about what the National Integration Council should focus on.
Yet another election has gone up and Uttar Pradesh continues to elect candidates with criminal records. With 189 tainted MLAs, almost 50 per cent of the state assembly comprises criminals, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
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