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Topic: al-Qaeda

Delhi link led Gujarat ATS to Bengaluru woman held for ‘operating al Qaeda propaganda accounts’

Woman identified as Shama Parveen Ansari was arrested after Gujarat ATS questioned Mohammad Faiq, who was arrested from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk last week.

FATF flags al-Qaeda & ISIL’s ‘decentralisation’, says such groups rely on merch sales, informal funding

Terror financing watchdog FATF in its latest report says that these groups have begun operating via ‘regional hubs’, employ offline & online methods to disseminate messages, collect funds.

Relative of Odisha youth abducted by Al-Qaeda in Mali says terrorists demanding ransom

3 Indian workers were abducted from Mali in West Africa by a terrorist group associated with Al-Qaeda on 1 July.

Darul Uloom bombing shows the jihadist war is eating its own

A suicide bombing ripped through Pakistan’s Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary last week. It would soon celebrate 200 years of Sayyid Ahmad’s triumph over Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army.

3 granted bail in Al-Qaeda-linked training module case as Delhi Police fail to file chargesheet

The 3 men were arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell in August last yr for allegedly receiving arms training as part of a terror module linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

Al-Qaeda’s last Indian soldier is imprisoned in Pakistan. Is the long jihad finally dead?

It's unclear when Mohammad Usman, a former resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, was incarcerated. But being an anti-India jihadist no longer guarantees gentle treatment in Pakistani prisons.

After fall of Syria, al-Qaeda’s Indian jihadists see hope of resurrecting their Caliphate dream

An intel officer says, big danger is that Tahrir al-Sham's rise will revive ideas of violent jihad, which seemed to have been extinguished by fall of Islamic State, other groups after 2018.

The Assad regime fell due to its own failures, not geopolitical plots. Syrians face new fears

Even though Tahrir al-Sham has promised to protect minorities, and to crush transnational jihadist groups in Syria, exactly what comes next is impossible to predict.

India, Brazil, South Africa call for action against LeT, JeM and their proxies

A joint statement under the IBSA grouping was issued by foreign ministers of the 3 countries, who met on the sidelines of the 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York.

Who is Jashimuddin Rahmani, pro-al-Qaeda chief of Islamist outfit freed by interim Bangladesh govt

Rahmani was convicted of abetting murder of blogger-activist & was also charged in terror cases. He was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur Monday.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.