Special Story: As More 'Radicalised' Muslim Youth Are Arrested, An Old Case From Maharashtra Remains In Limbo

By AREFA JOHARI | INNLIVE

Ten months after three Muslim men were arrested on terror charges in Yavatmal district, even their bail hearings have been repeatedly delayed.

Throughout July, reports on the arrests of Muslims with suspected links to terror organisations, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, have been hitting the headlines with alarming regularity.

In the first week of the month, the National Investigation Agency arrested 25-year-old Mohammed Masiuddin from West Bengal’s Burdwan railway station, on the suspicion that he had links with militant organisations Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and ISIS.

Failure To Prove Zakir Naik's 'Terror Links' Has Left Police Looking Foolish

By SAHIL JOSHI | INNLIVE

The Islamic televangelist wanted to play a victim of media campaign against him as he knew that this would earn him more followers.

Islamic televangelist Zakir Naik has become a headache for the investigating agencies. Because the police simply don't know how to pin him down.

It has been a week and the Mumbai Police is yet to submit its report on the investigation ordered by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis after the media went all-out against Naik for his allegedly inspiring the terrorists who attacked a Dhaka cafe earlier this month.

The Tennis Ace Star Sania Mirza Interview: Generation Gaps In Indian Tennis ‘Are Very Larger Than Life'

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The 29-year-old says she wrote her autobiography ‘Ace against Odds’ to inspire young players to aim for the top.

With just over two weeks to go before the Rio Olympics begin on August 5, Sania Mirza is a busy person. The tennis world No 1 doubles player started her day with practice at 8 am, after a late night shoot. The 29-year-old could train only for an hour before Mumbai’s monsoon showers turned up typically uninformed. She then went for another shoot for a magazine, before attending the official launch of her autobiography Ace Against Odds in the city.

In Kerala, Parents Struggle To Shake Children From The Influence Of Ultra-Conservative Islam

By ISMAIL KUTTY | INNLIVE

They say the growth of Salafism in the state has pulled their children away from mainstream life.

The news that 21 Muslims from Kerala have gone missing and were believed to have left the country to join the Islamic State has jolted several Muslim parents in the state who have seen signs of an increasing conservatism among their wards but are struggling to address the trend.

Reader Speaks: AN OPEN LETTER TO INDIAN NEWS MEDIA

Dr. Venkat Reddy | Reader - INNLIVE

Today the world is passing through a difficult phase with ethnic and religious violence in many parts of the world. The lives of the common people are paralyzed due to the mayhem. Many fall victims to the violence for no fault of theirs. In this scenario, we expect our media to report on the actual news and ensure that they would not  harm or create friction among sections of people directly or indirectly.

Eye Opener: The Second Kidney Racket Unearthed In 2-Months, Are Hospitals Getting Away Too Lightly?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Medical ethics expert Amar Jesani points out that investigations into organ rackets focus on middlemen instead of hospital authorities.

On July 14, an alleged kidney racket was busted in Mumbai's LH Hiranandani Hospital as the police arrested four people, including touts and one transplant recipient. The modus operandi of the Mumbai operation seems similar to a kidney racket unearthed in June at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in which 10 people were arrested. Dr Amar Jesani, editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, poses questions about investigations into such cases and the responsibility of all institutions that are supposed to regulate transplantation in country as under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 2011 and Rules 2014.

Eye Opener: The Second Kidney Racket Unearthed In 2-Months, Are Hospitals Getting Away Too Lightly?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Medical ethics expert Amar Jesani points out that investigations into organ rackets focus on middlemen instead of hospital authorities.

On July 14, an alleged kidney racket was busted in Mumbai's LH Hiranandani Hospital as the police arrested four people, including touts and one transplant recipient. The modus operandi of the Mumbai operation seems similar to a kidney racket unearthed in June at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in which 10 people were arrested. Dr Amar Jesani, editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, poses questions about investigations into such cases and the responsibility of all institutions that are supposed to regulate transplantation in country as under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 2011 and Rules 2014.

Zakir Naik And Salafism: Why Islamic Scholars Can Dismantle Influence Of Extremist Theology?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The radical televangelist Zakir Naik has cancelled his media interaction on Thursday for the third time. It came as a surprise to many who have viewed him fiercely debating with the leaders of other faiths, loudly proclaiming numerous supremacist and incendiary statements.

But when it came to the clarification of his objectionable and widely debated utterances calling for religious bigotry, communal disharmony, puritanical fundamentalism, ideological extremism and his misogynist and chauvinistic sermons, he seems to back out.

Zakir Naik's Biggest Critics Aren't Hindus, But His Muslim Neighbours

By NEWS KING | INNLIVE

The venue for radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Thursday presser in Mumbai has been denied. That's the fifth time in last two days.

This time, Naik's own neighbourhood denied him audience.

The management of Mehfil Hall in Agripada, hardly a kilometer and half away from his Dongri home, had offered him a place to hold a press conference via Skype, after three Mumbai hotels and the World Trade Centre in Cuff Parade allegedly denied space to the televangelist.

Actor & Politician Raj Babbar Appointed As A New Congress Chief In Uttar Pradesh: A Close Look At His Political Career

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Fortune favours the brave, goes the adage. And how befitting it is to veteran actor Raj Babbar, who was appointed as the Congress chief of Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the state's Assembly polls in 2017. Not too long ago, Babbar was a star campaigner in the Assam Assembly election this year, which saw the end of the 15-year-old rule of former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, making way for the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in North East India.

How To Deal With Zakir Naik? Not By Force, But With Counter-Narrative

By NEWS KING | INNLIVE

Can a phenomenon be eliminated by force?

No. That is what the experts feel about televangelist preacher Zakir Naik, who has virtually achieved a phenomenal status. According to them, by controlling law and order and using the state machinery, the popularity gained by Naik can't be erased.

As per the confession of one of the militants involved in the Dhaka terror attack, the Mumbai-based Muslim preacher Naik, through his narratives on Islam, motivated him into terrorism.

Aviation Trends: Why 'GoAir' Going On Hard Destinations Where No Indian Airline Has Gone Before?

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

India’s fifth-largest airline is planning to touch down in some relatively unchartered territories.

GoAir, promoted by the 280-year-old Wadia group, has sought India’s aviation ministry’s permission to fly to Iran, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan—countries where no Indian airline flies directly to.

Preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV And Its Videos Are Banned, But Where They Made?

By NEWS KING | INNLIVE

Zakir Naik's now-infamous Peace TV has its offices in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, the USA and UK, but none in India. Officially speaking.

However, India - more specifically, the tiny area of Dongri in South Mumbai - is actually where Naik's videos are made.

A bit of background: Naik's 'provocative' Peace TV speeches and videos are said to have inspired some of the Bangladeshi terrorists, who killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the month of Ramzan at an upscale restaurant in Dhaka on 1 July.

For the past 11 years,

Now, Dr. Zakir Naik Is Leaving For Africa From Saudi Arabia, Why He Is Not Facing India, Is He Really Feeling 'Guilty'?

By NEWS KING | INNLIVE

Controversial Islamic preacher, Zakir Naik, who had cancelled his return to India on Monday and said he will do a Skype press meet from Saudi Arabia, has changed the plan again.

Naik will leave for a tour of African countries in the next few weeks. This, when a host of investigative agencies in India, including the National Investigative Agency (NIA), is probing Naik's speeches based on allegations that the preacher influenced Islamic terrorists in India and abroad through his talks.

After 'Baadshah', Now 'Sultan' Rules The Film Industry: All Hail Salman Khan, The Sultan Of The Box Office

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The megastar has become a one-man industry with the keys to the Bollywood treasure chest.

Yash Raj Films presents the new Salman Khan movie Sultan, but surely it is the other way round?

Khan has delivered one of the biggest hits of his career with Sultan, a drama by Ali Abbas Zafar about a wrestler who exorcises his demons both in and outside of the ring.

ISIS Tentacles In India: Upon Us The Shadow Of A Dark Hood

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Radicalisation via the internet puts India within slashing distance of the ISIS. In the light of the Dhaka attacks, can we protect ourselves?

In April this year, the ISIS propaganda magazine Dabiq warned of terror attacks in “Bengal (which) is located on the eastern side of India”. Bangladesh was the base from where attacks In the Indian subcontinent would be carried out, the magazine stated.

Exclusive: The Indian Al Qaeda Cell That Dodged Spooks For 20 Years: Police Charge-Sheet Reveals Secret Terror Module Knew About IC-814 Plane Hijacking And Met 26/11 Mumbai Attack Plotters

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

An arrested member of al Qaeda's India wing has been in touch with Pakistani jihadi outfits since the mid-1990s, and was aware of Jaish-e-Mohammed's plan to free terrorist leader Maulana Masood Azhar from jail, a Delhi Police charge-sheet says. The operative, Mohammed Abdul Rehman, was told by a Pakistani terrorist in 1999 that 10 JeM members were in Nepal, ready to strike to secure Azhar's release. Intelligence agencies remained clueless about Rehman and several others like him, who had a free run for nearly two decades. Giving Indian sleuths the slip, they travelled to Pakistan for terror training, returned, and got involved in radicalising and influencing youths for jihad.

Exclusive: The Indian Al Qaeda Cell That Dodged Spooks For 20 Years: Police Charge-Sheet Reveals Secret Terror Module Knew About IC-814 Plane Hijacking And Met 26/11 Mumbai Attack Plotters

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

An arrested member of al Qaeda's India wing has been in touch with Pakistani jihadi outfits since the mid-1990s, and was aware of Jaish-e-Mohammed's plan to free terrorist leader Maulana Masood Azhar from jail, a Delhi Police charge-sheet says. The operative, Mohammed Abdul Rehman, was told by a Pakistani terrorist in 1999 that 10 JeM members were in Nepal, ready to strike to secure Azhar's release. Intelligence agencies remained clueless about Rehman and several others like him, who had a free run for nearly two decades. Giving Indian sleuths the slip, they travelled to Pakistan for terror training, returned, and got involved in radicalising and influencing youths for jihad.

Swim Or Sink: Snapdeal May Die A Slow And Painful Death!

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Recently, American e-commerce major Amazon announced an additional $3-billion investment in India, making clear its intention to win in the country. This throws up a massive challenge for all homegrown e-commerce companies, among which Snapdeal could be hurt the most.

The Gurgaon-based firm currently has Amazon India (Amazon.in) snapping at its heels for the second position in an overcrowded market. Snapdeal lags Flipkart on most metrics, and is only marginally ahead of Amazon.in.

Zakir Naik Is An Islamic Supremacist; Speaks Of Sex Slaves, Suicide Bombing

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Islamic tele-evangelist Zakir Naik is once again in the news. And it comes as no surprise that this time too it is for all the wrong reasons.

Investigations post the Dhaka attack revealed that two of the attackers were followers of the Mumbai-based preacher.