Islamic State
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Several loud explosions rock Afghanistan's Kabul, security forces surround area
World | May 09, 2018, 09:34 PM ISTA series of huge explosions followed by gunshots rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday. As per a media report, blasts hit Kabul's PD13 and Qala-e-Fatullah area.
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Kabul: 25, including journalists, killed in twin blasts; ISIS claims responsibility
World | Apr 30, 2018, 06:19 PM ISTIn a statement posted on an IS-affiliated website, the Islamic State group said two of its 'martyrdom seekers' carried out the double bombing, targeting the headquarters of the “renegade” Afghan intelligence services in Kabul.
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Facebook took action on 1.9 million pieces of content related to Islamic State, Al-Qaeda
Internet | Apr 24, 2018, 02:42 PM IST"In Q1 2018, 99 per cent of the IS and Al Qaeda content we took action on was not user reported," Monika Bickert, Vice President of Global Policy Management at Facebook, said.
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Union Minister VK Singh flies to Mosul to get remains of killed Indians
India | Apr 01, 2018, 06:25 PM ISTThough 39 Indians were killed as the Islamic State took over the city of Mosul in 2014, the mortal remains of 38 will be brought back as identification of one body is still pending, Singh said before leaving.
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Three dead in hostage-taking at French supermarket, gunman killed
World | Mar 23, 2018, 07:53 PM ISTAt least two persons were feared dead after a gunman, who claimed allegiance to terror group Islamic State, fired shots in a hostage-taking at a supermarket in southwest France today.
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VK Singh on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq: 'Never misled anyone, always presented accurate facts'
India | Mar 22, 2018, 11:20 PM ISTVK Singh said that the government never misled anyone on the matter and that always presented accurate facts related to the search of all Indian citizens in the war-torn nation.
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Govt was looking for proof of life in a war-torn country: VK Singh on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq
India | Mar 20, 2018, 11:36 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today informed the parliament that the Indians abducted in Iraq in 2014 were killed by Islamic State terrorists and buried in a mass grave.
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Row erupts over govt's handling of Iraq crisis after Swaraj announces deaths of 39 Indians
India | Mar 20, 2018, 11:14 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier in the day told Parliament that all the 39 Indians abducted in Mosul are dead and their bodies have been recovered.
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Why Centre kept us in the dark? ask grieving families of 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq
India | Mar 20, 2018, 09:15 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that all 39 Indians in ISIS captivity were dead and their bodies had been recovered.
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Govt being insensitive to kin of 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq: Congress
National | Mar 20, 2018, 08:14 PM ISTRandeep Surjewala said the Modi government has "crossed all limits of insensitivity" as it preferred to make the announcement on television rather than calling up every families and informing them individually.
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Full list of 39 Indians killed by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq’s Mosul
India | Mar 20, 2018, 07:16 PM ISTSpeaking on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj said that the mortal remains will be brought back to India by MoS for External Affairs VK Singh.
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PM Modi on deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq: 'Indians stand by families of those killed in Mosul'
India | Mar 20, 2018, 06:31 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi noted that the government remains fully committed towards ensuring the safety of "our sisters and brothers overseas".
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Swaraj on deaths of 39 Indians: 'Kept no one in dark, followed protocol by informing House first'
India | Mar 20, 2018, 07:32 PM ISTShe also accused the Congress of indulging in ‘cheap politics’ by disrupting proceedings in the Lok Sabha when she was to make a statement on the deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq.
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EAM Sushma Swaraj addresses media on killing of 39 Indians in Iraq’s Mosul
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Rahul Gandhi expresses shock at death of 39 Indians in Iraq
National | Mar 20, 2018, 03:22 PM ISTThe mortal remains, which were exhumed from a mass grave in Badosh, will be brought back to India on a special plane and handed over to their relatives, Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha.
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Deeply saddened and shocked with the very sad news from Mosul: Mamata on Indians killed in Iraq
India | Mar 20, 2018, 01:15 PM IST"Deeply saddened and shocked with the very sad news from #Mosul. Words are not enough to console the 39 grieving families. Our thoughts and prayers with them", she said in a tweet.
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39 Indians who were kidnapped in Iraq are dead, says Sushma Swaraj in Rajya Sabha
National | Mar 20, 2018, 12:58 PM ISTAddressing the Rajya Sabha, the External Affairs Minister said, "Yesterday we got information that DNA samples of 38 people have matched and DNA of the 39th person has matched 70 per cent."
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No visible signs of ISIS presence; attack claim to be verified: DGP SP Vaid
India | Feb 27, 2018, 10:20 PM ISTAdmitting that it was a matter of concern, the Director General of Police said the terror outfit's claim would be verified.
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No presence of Islamic State in Kashmir: MHA
India | Feb 27, 2018, 05:38 PM ISTThe central government's assertion came after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman, Farooq Ahmad Yatoo, in Jammu-Kashmir on Sunday.
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935 terrorists neutralised in Syria, says Turkish President Erdogan
World | Feb 05, 2018, 10:49 AM ISTTurkey lost eight soldiers on Saturday, including five killed after their tank was hit by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Protection Units.