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  US-backed fighters retake more areas from ISIS in northern Syria

  World | May 02, 2017 11:44 IST

  The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is the most effective ground force battling IS in Syria and will most likely lead the offensive to capture Raqqa in the near future.

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  Present evidence or apologise: Naidu slams Digvijaya Singh for his IS claim

  Politics | May 02, 2017 7:01 IST

  Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today asked Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to provide evidence over his allegation that the Telangana Police was encouraging Muslim youths to join the terror outfit of Islamic State.

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  Third Kerala man who joined Islamic State in Afghanistan killed in US attack

  India | April 30, 2017 14:37 IST

  Another Kerala man, who had joined the Islamic State in Afghanistan last year, is believed to have been killed in a US air strike.

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  Operation ‘ghar wapasi’: A UP police initiative to de-radicalise ‘misguided’ youth

  India | April 27, 2017 14:53 IST

  The entire process will see officials meeting candidates to counsel them and also making surprise checks to see if they are at home. The process will be kept secret and the candidates’ identities will not be disclosed to anyone.

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  Saffron clad terrorists may target religious places, shopping malls in UP

  India | April 22, 2017 14:00 IST

  It said that terrorists, believed to be 25-30 in number, could be donning saffron robes or pose as saints to evade security establishments scrutiny.

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  Around 200 mosques, madrassas in UP under security lens: Report

  India | April 22, 2017 13:10 IST

  Citing Minority Affairs Department data, the report claimed that there are around 500 madrassas out of which 15 are degree level and 55 high school level. There are close to 1,500 mosques in the area under police lens.

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  In a first, court hands 7-year jail term to two for ISIS-related activities

  India | April 21, 2017 14:22 IST

  A special court today awarded a seven-year jail term to two men after they pleaded guilty of criminally conspiring to raise funds and recruiting people for the terror outfit.

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  Paris attack: Gunman kills cop before being shot dead, IS claims responsibility

  World | April 21, 2017 8:08 IST

  A police officer was gunned down in the heart of this capital on Thursday, just three days before French voters will cast ballots in the first round of the presidential election.

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  13 Indians among 94 killed in ‘Mother of all bombs’ attack in Afghanistan: report

  World | April 18, 2017 15:33 IST

  The GBU-43, a non-nuclear, 10-tonne missile powered by a wave of air pressure, was dropped on a tunnel network of Islamic State militants last week.

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  ISIS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul

  World | April 15, 2017 19:00 IST

  An Iraqi military officer said that Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul.

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  36 ISIS militants killed in US bombing in eastern Afghanistan: Official

  World | April 14, 2017 13:52 IST

  At least 36 Islamic State militants were killed in eastern Afghanistan when the US dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat.

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  'Mother of All Bombs': Five facts to know about largest non-nuclear bomb in US arsenal

  World | April 14, 2017 0:09 IST

  The United States on Thursday targeted Islamic State in Afghanistan and dropped the mother of all bombs on a tunnel complex in eastern part of the country.

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  Over 50 radicalised Indian youths have crossed over to the ‘other side’: Sushma Swaraj

  Politics | April 06, 2017 7:49 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednsday said that Fifty radicalised Indian youth have crossed over to the “other side”, but the Indian ethos and culture have ensured that the menace has not taken dangerous proportions in the country.

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  No inputs of ISIS spreading base in India: Rajnath Singh informs Parliament

  Politics | April 05, 2017 15:48 IST

  During the Question Hour session in the Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh noted that no input suggests that the radical organisation has established a base in India.

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  Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner visits Iraq as forces inch closer to retake Mosul

  World | April 03, 2017 15:25 IST

  Kushner was also the latest Trump associate to be swept up into the ongoing probe into contacts with Russian officials.

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  Syrian Army takes full control of major IS stronghold in Aleppo

  World | March 30, 2017 6:44 IST

  The Syrian army on Wednesday captured the town of Deir Hafer, a major stronghold for the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Syria.

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  NIA files two chargesheets against 8 alleged ISIS operatives in India

  India | March 29, 2017 18:56 IST

  The two chargesheets, filed in the designated NIA court in Kochi, named 8 people for conspiring to wage a war against the country and targeting foreigners and important personalities.

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  Ujjain blast result of failed plan to target Pushpak Express night before, NIA told

  India | March 28, 2017 11:13 IST

  Alleged Indian sympathisers of the Islamic State held by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the Ujjain train blast are learnt to have revealed a sinister plot they attempted but failed prior to the March 7 passenger train blast.

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  Kerala ‘IS module’ planned to target Hindu leaders, reveals arrested member

  India | March 27, 2017 7:21 IST

  Moinudheen Parakadavath told the NIA that members of the “caliphate” wanted to target several Hindu leaders, Ahmadiyya mosques and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to "create ripples".

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  IS claims responsibility for Dhaka airport ‘suicide attack’

  World | March 25, 2017 15:10 IST

  The Islamic State has taken responsibility for a blast in front of a police box at the entrance to Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport, describing it as a "suicide attack".