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Dhaka emerging as hub for terror and extremist groups: Report

Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh's rapid drift towards Islamisation is evident with Dhaka emerging as a hub for a range of terrorist and extremist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami, Ansarullah Bangla, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI), local Islamic State units, and numerous lone-wolf extremists, a report said on Saturday.It added that the rise of powerful Islamist movements in Bangladesh, like Khatm-e-Nabuwat, coupled with their robust linkages to Pakistan, appears to mark a decisive push to Islamise the state, governance, and constitution, paving the way for a Sharia-governed state and highly regressive measures targeting women and minorities.“Bangladesh is getting a booster dose of Islamist radicalisation. It is witnessing significant developments t...

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UP Police, ATS probe two ‘missing’ Kashmiri IIT Kanpur PhD students amid Red Fort blast investigation

INDIA, TOP STORIES

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) After investigative agencies tightened up their probe in the Delhi Red Fort blast case, Uttar Pradesh Police sources on Saturday said that two Kashmiri PhD scholars from IIT Kanpur have been missing under suspicious circumstances for the past 15 days. Though institute officials have stated that they have no information regarding the students' whereabouts but their ‘missing’ has raised serious speculations following the Red Fort blast on November 10.According to sources, ATS, UP Police, Local Intelligence Unit, and other security agencies reached IIT Kanpur and are currently conducting a detailed investigation.The agencies are examining student records, verifying movement logs, and gathering inputs to ascertain the circumstances under which the two scholars went mis...

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Massive joint raid busts illegal arms factory in MP; 47 detained in inter-state crackdown

INDIA, TOP STORIES

Bhopal/Pune, Nov 22 (IANS) In a high-stakes dawn operation spanning two states, police forces from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra demolished a sprawling illegal arms manufacturing racket hidden in the forested hills of Umarti village of Barwani district.Over 250 police personnel, including the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), stormed four clandestine factories at 4 a.m. on Saturday, seizing machinery capable of producing over 500 unlicensed pistols and detaining 47 suspects, including seven key accused handed over to Maharashtra authorities. Almost all the accused had a criminal past.The raid, led by Barwani Superintendent of Police Jagdish Dawar (IPS) and Pune Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Dr Somay Munde (IPS), involved teams from Pune Police's crime branch, Barwani, Kh...

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FIDE World Cup: Both semifinals head to tiebreaks after another day of draws

SPORTS

Panaji, Nov 22 (IANS) Both the semifinals in the FIDE World Cup 2025 will head to a tiebreak after GM Nodirbek Yakubboev and GM Javokhir Sindarov played out yet another drab draw, while GM Andrey Esipenko failed to breach the defence of Chinese GM Wei Yi in Panaji on Saturday.Just like in the first game, Wei Yi once again found himself under time pressure against Esipenko, this time with black pieces. But the Chinese, who is known for his calm demeanour under pressure, pulled himself out of the hole with some precise moves to make the time control.With very little to play for in terms of a result, Esipenko offered a draw soon after. Though Wei did not take the offer immediately and tried to make inroads with his queen, it was quite clear that no other result was possible, and he decided to...

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Pakistan sees widespread violence against women amid data gaps

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Islamabad, Nov 22 (IANS) At least 85 women have faced violence daily over the past six months in Pakistan’s Punjab province, including nine cases of rape each day, according to a biannual report released by the Islamabad-based Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO).Additionally, Punjab recorded 51 cases of kidnapping during the same period, while as many as 25 women were subjected to domestic violence each day.The findings obtained through Right to Information (RTI) from the police department shed light on the prevalence and patterns of violence against women in Punjab from January to June 2025, including rape, kidnapping, honour killing, trafficking, and cyber harassment, with more than 15000 cases reported.Lahore emerged as the district with the highest burden, reporting 34...

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India’s zero-tolerance approach now targets acts of terrorism, networks that enable it: Report

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Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) India, for nearly a decade, had been gradually shedding the rhetoric of strategic restraint, with its cycle of responses to major Pakistan-based terrorist attacks, including Uri in 2016, Balakot in 2019, and Pahalgam in 2025 revealing an unavoidable reality, renowned international analysts reckoned on Saturday.John Spencer, the Executive Director at the US-based Urban Warfare Institute and Lauren Dagan Amoss, an international academic expert on India’s foreign and security policy, argued that limited and predictable retaliation against cross-border terrorism has not deterred attacks; rather, it has enabled them.According to the experts, restraint, once assumed to be stabilising -- had become strategically risky; its predictability enabled militant groups to plan t...

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Indian pilgrims killed in tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia laid to rest

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Riyadh, Nov 22 (IANS) The last rites of Indian pilgrims killed in the tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia were performed on Saturday in the Kingdom’s Medina city.As many as 45 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad died when a bus carrying them caught fire after a collision with an oil tanker early Monday morning near Medina.The victims included 17 males, 18 females and 10 children. Most of the pilgrims were from Asif Nagar, Jhirra, Mehdipatnam and Toli Chowki areas of Hyderabad.According to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, Governor of Andhra Pradesh S. Abdul Nazeer participated in the funeral prayers at the Prophet's Mosque and burial of the mortal remains at the sacred cemetery of Jannat ul Baqi at Medina.Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Suhel Khan and India Consul General in Jeddah Fahad Suri also...

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Pakistan: Human rights groups condemn enforced disappearance of teenage girl in Balochistan

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Quetta, Nov 22 (IANS) Several human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the enforced disappearance of a teenage Baloch girl during a raid by Pakistani forces in Balochistan.Human rights body Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) mentioned that 15-year-old Nasreena Baloch was allegedly abducted during a raid conducted by Pakistani security forces in the early hours of Saturday in the Daroo area of Hub Chowki city in the province.“The targetted raid and subsequent disappearance of a minor highlight the intensifying pattern of repression faced by Baloch women and girls,” the BVJ stated.The rights body urged international human rights organisations, including the United Nations and global civil society groups, to urgently intervene to ensure the protection of Baloch women from Pakistan-led i...

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Salman Khan shares a picture with Shah Rukh Khan from their Abu Dhabi trip, picture goes viral

ENTERTAINMENT

Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan seem to have taken the internet by storm with their recent picture. Salman Khan recently shared a picture on his social media account wherein he was seen posing with Shah Rukh Khan at the Vantur National History Museum of Abu Dhabi.The 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun' actor took to his social media account to share the picture and wrote, “At the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi."Salman and Shah Rukh were both seen posing for the camera.Both Khans were seen decked out in their suit-boot avatars and looked dapper as ever.The two were even seen spotting dinosaur fossils in the museum, in another picture that went viral over social media.Recently, Shah Rukh Khan was recently on cloud nine and also seemed to be overwhelmed after ...

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CJI-designate Justice Surya Kant vows to tackle backlog of 5 crore cases

INDIA, TOP STORIES

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Ahead of taking oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India on Monday, Justice Surya Kant on Saturday identified reducing the backlog of court cases as his top priority, promising to promote mediation.In an interaction with mediapersons, the CJI-designate said: “We would work on how to reduce the pending cases in the Supreme Court and courts across the country.”He stated that immediately after taking the oath of office as Chief Justice, he would speak with all High Courts across the country to identify and resolve issues that are preventing hearings in lower courts.Justice Surya Kant, 63, said that since the government is the largest party (plaintiff), efforts will be made to address this issue as well.He stated that steps will be taken to constitute Constitution Bench...