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Topic: Islamic State

2 more Indians from Kerala suspected to be among ISIS terrorists who attacked Jalalabad jail

A total of three suspects, all from Kerala, had gone to Afghanistan with their wives and friends to join the Islamic State between 2016 and 2018, investigators have found.

Controversy around New York Times’ reporter Rukmini Callimachi & her podcast on Islamic State

In episode 593 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the recent New York Times controversy surrounding its Middle East correspondent Rukmini Callimachi.

NIA busts ‘Bengaluru ISIS module’, arrests 2 suspected financiers for ‘radicalising youth’

NIA says Ahamed Abdul Cader, Irfan Nasir and their associates are members of an ISIS module called Hizb-ut-Tehrir. They have been remanded in 10 days’ NIA custody.

Islamic State ‘most active’ in southern states according to NIA probe, MHA tells Rajya Sabha

Home ministry says NIA registered 17 cases related to Islamic State presence in southern states of Telangana, Kerala, Andhra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu, and arrested 122.

NIA arrests Bengaluru doctor with IS links who travelled to Syria in 2014

Abdur Rahman is believed to have been developing a medical and a weaponry-related application for Islamic State cadres.

Doctor from Kasargod could be among bombers who attacked Jalalabad jail in Afghanistan

Intelligence agencies suspect that Kalukettiya Purayil Ijas left India with his family in 2016 and has been working with the Islamic State since then.

UN report on ISIS in Kerala, Karnataka has no new intelligence input, say states’ top cops

Senior officers in Karnataka and Kerala said UN report on significant number of IS members in the states based on police reports, but they would analyse it. 

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation, allows non-Muslims to drink alcohol

After almost 40 years of hardline Islamist policies, Sudan’s justice ministry has introduced many reforms, including cancelling a ban on religious conversion.

Why ISKP, the group behind Kabul gurdwara attack, is threat to India and Indians abroad

Indian intelligence agencies say the ISKP, with help from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, has been recruiting Indians from Kerala and other states.

IS tries to provoke Muslims, says countries fighting coronavirus are easy targets

Islamic State’s chat groups are abuzz with messages on how the coronavirus pandemic has provided an opportunity to carry out terror strikes.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?