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TopicPopular Front of India

Topic: Popular Front of India

‘PFI gets youths to join ISIS, LeT & had planned to disrupt Modi’s visit,’ ED & NIA tell courts

The agencies have sought custody of the 106 people arrested overnight Thursday in a crackdown on the Popular Front of India.

Blaming Newton’s curse for plunging rupee & ‘gloves are off’ in Tharoor-Gehlot tussle

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

What is PFI, how it’s ‘linked’ to banned terror outfit SIMI & why it’s on every agency’s hit list

In 2017, NIA had filed a report recommending ban on PFI. Delhi and UP police & ED are probing the outfit's role in various cases including 2020 riots and Hathras unrest.

Over 100 arrested in anti-terror raids across 11 states, NIA says ‘largest ever’

The arrested belonged to the Popular Front of India (PFI) and were detained due to terror-funding activities. The ED has been investigating the 'financial links' of the PFI.

‘Riots, hate, killings’ — how this Karnataka district became hotbed of Hindu-Muslim violence

The rise of Hindutva and Islamist forces, coupled with socioeconomic tensions, have turned Dakshina Kannada into an arena of what experts have called ‘competitive communalism’.

Kanpur violence: 24 arrested so far, Sufi outfit alleges links with Islamic group PFI

Kanpur Police Saturday arrested four more persons in connection with the communal clashes in the city on 3 June; probing links with the Popular Front of India.

Proud Muslims or radical Islamists? Why PFI is linked to everything from hijab row to terror plots

The Popular Front of India, at centre of hijab row, cannot escape suspicion and calls for its ban, but few charges have stuck and the outfit’s sphere of influence is growing.

RSS a ‘cancer’, created hijab ‘drama’, says PFI in grand Bengal meet where TMC MLA shares stage

Popular Front of India organised meeting in Murshidabad district where it vowed to escalate fight against RSS. TMC MLA Manirul Islam spoke in support of PFI.

The politics behind Karnataka’s hijab row: Sliding Congress, rising SDPI, combative BJP

There's more to the Karnataka hijab row — centred on students' battle to wear religious headscarves to educational institutions — than meets the eye.

Journalist Kappan, PFI aides got money from Gulf countries for unlawful activities, ED says

ED files complaint against Siddique Kappan and 3 others, claiming they received Rs 1.36 crore from illegal sources and used part of it to fund anti-CAA protests, Hathras visit.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.