An ophthalmologist from a medical college in Bengaluru has been arrested by the anti-terror National Investigation Agency (NIA) for alleged links to ISIS operatives. Abdur Rahman, 28, was working on a medical app for helping terrorists, investigating officers said on Tuesday. Abdur Rahman, who worked at the MS Ramaiah Medical College, was arrested on Monday in connection with the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) case being probed by the NIA, they said. The ISKP case was initially registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell in March after the arrest of a Kashmiri couple — Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife…
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In what seems to be a major humiliation for Pakistan, one of its close allies – Saudi Arabia has turned its back on the country after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman refused to meet Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who has flown to Riyadh to repair ties with Saudi Arabia. According to the reports, Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa along with the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Faiz Hameed, is on a trip to Saudi Arabia amidst strained ties between the two countries. However, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has returned empty-handed to Islamabad after Saudi…
The Hindu minor girl from Beguasarai, who was abducted on gunpoint on July 26, has now been rescued. The Begusarai police recovered the minor from Patna on Wednesday morning. The father received a call from the Bachhwara police station in Beguasarai at around 7:30 in the morning and was informed that the girl has been found in Patna. The gang of abductors have been arrested and sent to jail, accept the main accused Nazmul, who is absconding, the girl’s father Dinesh informed. Dinesh Kumar Pandit, who had filed an FIR, said that a gang of 7 people including a female…
There’s something very strange happening high above South America and the nearby Atlantic Ocean, and NASA is on the case. A strange dent in Earth’s magnetic field that is growing and splitting. It’s been there for decades, but over time the anomaly has slowly changed. Although you’d never notice anything was wrong from the ground, for satellites, changes to the magnetic field that envelopes Earth can be a big deal — hence NASA’s interest in the anomaly and its activities. The connection comes because the magnetic field blocks charged particles spewed out by the sun from reaching Earth. But at…
A privately-operated bus with passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said the bus driver, staff and passengers are safe. “Regarding the bus incident in Agra, the finance company had illegally seized the bus. The driver, staff and passengers are safe. The bus owner died yesterday (Tuesday) and his son is conducting…
The ruling Janata Dal-United, its alliance partner Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the principal opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court order for a CBI probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. RJD Rajya Sabha MOP and spokesperson Manoj K. Jha told IANS, “The Supreme Court has ordered a CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput death case and we are very happy.” He said, “Our party and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav had raised the demand in the one day Assembly session and outside the Assembly for the…
The CBI will take over investigations into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, the Supreme Court ordered today, saying an “impartial probe is the need of the hour”. The top court asked the Mumbai Police to hand over all evidence it has collected to the investigating agency. In a big win for Bihar in its tussle with Maharashtra, the Supreme Court also said the FIR registered in Patna based on a complaint filed by Sushant Singh’s father was correct and Bihar was competent to ask the CBI to investigate the case. Actor Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend, had asked the…
Apple has removed at least 47,000 apps from its App Store in China to comply with the new policy from the state regulators. According to a report in The Information, China may be closing the loopholes exploited by Apple in previous years, “starting with the recent removal of thousands of apps from the Chinese App Store”. “The technology giant operates the App Store and many other services without government licenses and local partners in China. That has left it vulnerable to regulatory risk in China as Trump attacks TikTok and WeChat in the US,” the report said on Tuesday. The…
In a statement made to the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, Delhi riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha has revealed that he wanted to turn India into an Islamic republic, reported Zee News. Asif, a Jamia Millia Islamia student and member of the Student Islamist Organization (SIO) since 2014, was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in May for purportedly being a part of a larger conspiracy behind the February riots in northeast Delhi. Besides his desire to turn India into an Islamic country, he has made several other shocking revelations to the police. In his statement to the…
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly criticized ICICI Bank for allowing Peoples Bank of China to invest in the bank despite strong sentiments prevailing in the country against China and its anti-India policies. The CAIT said that this is a second such instance of a Chinese bank trying to make inroads into the Indian banking system. The People’s Bank of China had earlier this year made an investment in HDFC Bank. “The CAIT has asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman to direct both ICICI & HDFC Bank to return the investments by Chinese bank,” a statement said. CAIT…