Isis Terrorists

NIA raids 2 locations, arrests ISIS operative in Voice of Hind module case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at two locations in Varanasi and Delhi, and arrested Basit Kalam Siddiqui (24), an operative of the ISIS 'Voice of Hind' module

NIA conducts raids at 13 premises in six states over links to ISIS

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at 13 premises of suspects in six States in connection with activities pertaining to ISIS.The raids are underway in six states including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.The agency conducted searches at Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh; Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad districts in Gujarat, Arariya district in Bihar, Bhatkal and Tumkur City districts in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Nanded districts in Maharashtra and Deoband districts in Uttar Pradesh.The case was registered suo-moto by NIA on June 25, 2022, under sections 153A, and 153B of IPC and sections 18, 18B, 38, 39 & 40 of UA (P) Act.The searches conducted today have led to the seizure of incriminating documents/material.Further investigations in the case are in progress.Moreover, the probe agency has been conducting raids at multiple locations in Bihar including Nalanda district since Thursday morning in

2 Sikh traders killed in northwest Pak; PM Sharif calls it 'terror attack'

Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead by terrorists in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest targeted attack against the minority community members in the restive province bordering Afghanistan.

NIA special court convicts 2 ISIS operatives for trying radicalise youths

A special NIA court in Mumbai convicted two ISIS operatives, Rizwan Ahmed and Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed, for trying to radicalise Muslim youths to join the Islamic State (IS).

UK says 'ready' to launch strikes against ISIS-K in Afghanistan

The UK has said that it is "ready" to launch strikes at the ISIS-K terror network in Afghanistan after the Pentagon revealed that there are at least 2,000 fighters of the outfit in war-torn country

Islamic State remains a threat in Syria, Iraq and beyond: US envoy

ISIS has intensified its focus on the activities of its branches and networks

US charges British 2 ISIS members in deaths of four American hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed "the Beatles" by the hostages they held captive because of their British accents

UN report on presence of ISIS in Kerala, Karnataka incorrect: Govt in LS

Reddy also said 34 cases related to the presence of Islamic State (IS) and 20 cases related to the presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba across the country were registered by the NIA

Afghan forces kill Pakistan-origin intelligence head of ISIS-Khorasan

Pakistan-origin intelligence head of terror group Islamic State's Khorasan unit (ISIL-K) has been killed by special forces near the eastern town of Jalalabad, according to the Afghan security agency

Significant numbers of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka: UN report

According to the report, one member state reported that the ISIL Indian affiliate (Hind Wilayah), which was announced on May 10, 2019, has between 180 and 200 members

Deaths from terrorism fall 15.2% but more countries affected by violence

The number of global deaths from terrorism fell 15.2 per cent in 2018, even as the number of countries affected by extremist violence continued to grow, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index showed. From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths has more than halved to 15,952 in 2018, the index published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) showed. The largest declines in 2018 were recorded in Iraq, which proclaimed a military victory over IS the previous year, and Somalia, where US forces have been conducting airstrikes against Shabaab extremists since 2017. For the first time since 2003, Iraq was not the country worst-hit by terrorism, according to the index which defines terrorism as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or ...

Pentagon releases footage of raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout

The Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground who opened fire on the helicopters that ferried US forces in for the assault on Baghdadi's compound in Syria

ISIS still a threat, may seek vengeance post-Baghdadi's death: US

The Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground who opened fire on the helicopters that ferried US forces in for the assault on Baghdadi's compound

Baghdadi's death a major victory in mission to defeat ISIS: US Defense Secy

The ISIS leader was taken down by the US Special Forces during an air raid in his hideout in northwest Syria on Saturday night

Kudos to US for taking down Baghdadi, but ISIS menace still exists

The point is that killing any individual is unlikely to have an immediate effect on these dangerous organizations

Converted Hindus, Christians among 52 ISIS terrorists arrested: NIA

Almost 80 per cent of the accused had formal schooling and rest went to Madrassas

Europol chief warns 5,000 ISIS terrorists may be in Europe

These trained terrorists may be plotting further attacks like those in Paris last November which claimed 130 lives