Terror Tactics: Why 'Saffron Terror' Is Not A Myth?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

By shielding Hindu terror suspects, the Modi government is making a big mistake. It should learn from Pakistan’s blunders.

The National Investigation Agency recently decided to drop all terror related charges against the 2008 Malegaon blast accused, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur. The decision of the NIA to overlook earlier findings of investigative agencies against Singh has been along predicted lines under the Narendra Modi regime.

Why Islamic Banking In India Is A 'Good Idea'?

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

Whatever benefits Islamic banking may or may not have in its favour, public relations is not one of them. The Reserve Bank of India's recent nod to sharia-based non-banking financial houses met with resistance from the usual suspects. Objections to Islamic banking in India range from regulatory inertia and concern about the unknown toIslamophobia. This is made worse by the existence of few rigorous analyses of Islamic finance.

How India Can Counter Islamic State Recruitment Drive With A Major Conflict In Believers And Unbelievers?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The calculus of Islamist terrorism is undergoing a transformation, from a state controlled strategy, through al Qaeda’s Millenarianism, to culminate in the Islamic State’s (formerly, Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, ISIS) apocalyptic vision that actively seeks an end of world confrontation between ‘believers’ and ‘unbelievers’. Millenarian and apocalyptic Islamism accepts no limits to its violence, and has brought new levels of virulence and barbarity to contemporary conflicts. 

Focus: 'Nicky Joseph' Now As 'Aeysha Jabeen' - An ISIS Recruiter Extradicted in Dubai, Arrested in Hyderabad

By LIKHA VEER | INNLIVE

An Indian woman allegedly involved in recruiting people for the dreaded Islamic State terror outfit was on Friday deported by UAE and subsequently arrested in Hyderabad.

A 37-year-old Afsha Jabeen alias 'Nicky Joseph' hails from Hyderabad but had been portraying herself as a British national while luring youth for IS through social media, officials said. She was deported along with husband and children.

Why In UP Madrasas Are Teaching An Anti-Terror Course?

To dispel any notion that madrasas breed terrorists, a seminary in Uttar Pradesh has introduced an anti-terrorism course in its curriculum.

Jamia Rizvia Manazar-e-Islam in Bareilly hopes its course 'Islam and Terrorism' will help students understand how terrorists misuse the Quran and the Islamic law to further their agenda.

The madrasa is run by Dargah Aala Hazrat, which made news last month for issuing a fatwa prohibiting funeral prayers for "any person associated with terrorism".

Exclusive: A Pakistani Man Admits 'Naved' Is His Son, And 'Lashkar-E-Taiba' Is After Their Family And Attack!

Even as India and Pakistan wrangled over the nationality of a militant captured after a deadly attack in Udhampur, INNLIVE spoke to a Pakistan-based man who identified himself as the “unfortunate father” of the attacker.

“I’ll be killed. The Lashkar is after us and the fauj is after us,” Mohammad Yakub told in chaste Punjabi when contacted on a phone number disclosed to interrogators by the arrested gunman Mohammad Naved.

“You are calling from India. We’ll be killed. I am the unfortunate father,” said Yakub, who sounded flustered when he answered the call.

Policy Watch: Will Indian 'Black Money' Act Really Work?

Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation.  This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they grumble.  

At the same time, many wonder if the recently promulgated laws will succeed in unearthing black money. 

All eyes are on the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015, which received Presidential assent May 26 2015 and thus became an Act (commonly referred to as the “Black Money Act”).

Gurdaspur Terror Attack: Revival Of Khalistan Or ISI Plot?

By Likha Veer in Delhi

On a clear day, the dome of Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur is visible from the rooftop of Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahab in Pakistan. It would be, naturally, tempting for Pakistan to eye Gurdaspur as a soft target.

Geographically, Gurdaspur is vulnerable to infiltration. On paper, anybody willing to enter the town from Pakistan would just have to navigate the Ravi and cross into adjoining Dinanagar, the third largest municipality of Gurdaspur and erstwhile summer capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. This is the route terrorists currently holed up inside a police station in Dinanagar seem to have taken.

Salman Khan Redefines Himself With 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'

By M H Ahssan - Group Editor in Chief

After doing similar mindless blockbuster action comedies for years, Salman Khan has redefined himself in Bajrangi Bhaijaan. INNLIVE spoke to the actor about his latest film that deals with the issue of humanity and religious identity.

Salman Khan's Eid releases are a festive celebration for his mammoth fan base in India and overseas. Over the last seven years, every film of the superstar has been shattering box office records even though critics panned each of those films. When INNLIVE spoke to Salman Khan this time, he sounded different. After a long time, it felt that Salman really cared about the content and subject of his movie.

Alert: Is Yasin Bhatkal Planning To Escape From Hyd Jail?

By Abdul Rehman

SECURITY ALERT: World's notorious terrorist outfit, Indian Mujahideen's co-founder, Yasin Bhatkal, who is lodged in the high security Cherlapally central prison in Hyderabad, dropped a major bombshell when he reportedly told his wife that he would soon be out of jail with the help from Damascus.

According to intelligence sources, they had this information a couple of days back and it is said that the first information in this regard had come from New Delhi. It is learnt that the security agencies had kept a tab on the phone of Bhatkal’s wife Zahida.

Special Report: MHA - A 'Ministry for Hounding Activists'?

By Kajol Singh in Delhi

The recent government crackdown on Greenpeace in particular, and the activism sector in general, reeks of arbitrariness and illegitimacy in a scathing critique, INNLIVE quotes. The question is will the people give in to the state’s tactics?

Civil society organisations are gearing up for possibly one of the most important struggles of resistance since the Emergency in the mid-1970s. 

At stake are the democratic freedoms of speech, dissent and association, all guaranteed to us in one way or the other by the Constitution of India, and all threatened by a government that wants to brook no challenge to its agenda.

Opinion: Legacy Of 'Tax Terrorism' In Mod's 'One Year' Rule

In its first year, Modi government has undertaken a major economic restructuring. But it has also scored policy self-goals.

There is a restructuring of the economy underway by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and this is not just short-term cyclical stuff. The restructuring involves a change in the socialist mindset, and despite all the faults of this government, Modi’s first year has been remarkably good. You may not know it or believe it but the revolution being ushered in, while not quite here, will get there.

India's Most Wanted Man: Fully Paralysed And Immovable!

In the last eleven months of his incarceration, Dr. Saibaba has repeatedly brought before the court as well as the jail authorities the pressing need for his grant of bail, not on any humanitarian grounds, but on the merit of law as sanctioned by the provisions that are there for the differently-abled.

May 9, 2015, marks one year since Dr G.N. Saibaba, lecturer of English at Ramlal Anand College, Delhi University, was abducted by unknown men on his way home from work.

The 'Real Story' Behind The 'Fake' Hubli Terror Conspiracy

Seventeen Muslim youths, some medical and engineering students, were recently acquitted by a Hubli court of terror charges. But how did they get accused in the first place?

Conspiracy cases always make for multiple narratives and the so-called Hubli conspiracy case typifies this axiom. After seven long years, the case was thrown out last month by a trial court in Hubli and all the 17 accused were acquitted.

Indo-Pak Taste: The Explosive Case For 'Mango' Diplomacy

A debate on comparison of Mango of India and Pakistan makes it diplomatic move. The information flow of two countries on Mango fruit makes this debate more interesting.

I am telling nothing but the truth when I tell you that Indian mangoes are better than Pakistani mangoes. It infuriates me when Pakistanis don't agree. That makes mangoes an India-Pakistan dispute just like Kashmir. Like a good Indian, I don't think this needs a referendum. Of course our mangoes are better. How could anyone even think that isn't the case?

On Completion Of One Year: NDA Passed Resolution To Be With ‘Sabka Vikas, Sabke Saath’, Without RSS

How can there be development for all when the nation is being polarised and minorities targeted openly?

The recent escalation of communal violence in this country has left religious minorities feeling threatened and insecure. An aggressive divisive politics will inevitably highjack the government’s proclaimed agenda of “sabka vikas, sabke saath”, development for all and with all. There is a contradiction between this agenda for a modern nation and an aggressive espousal of “Hindu Rashtra” by the Sangh Parivar.

Exposed: The 'Big Lie' On The 'Killing of Osama Bin Laden'

Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of US Navy SEALs was nothing at all like the official accounts given by the United States government and military, according to a controversial article in the London Review of Books by veteran investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh.

Rather than hiding in Pakistan, bin Laden was a prisoner of the Pakistani military, who not only knew of his location, but were keeping him under house arrest and accepting funds from Saudi Arabia for his upkeep. 

Being India's Favorite Hillary Clinton: 'Most admired, Most Criticised' Woman In US History Enters White House Race

Hillary Clinton’s Apr. 12, 2015 presidential campaign launch kicked the US presidential race for 2016 into higher gear. It’s also the first American campaign announcement to garner significant media attention in India. 

She is perhaps the most admired, most criticised, most over-analysed woman in US history. Hillary Clinton has been a public fixture for 37 years, and at 67 she is aiming once again to win over a skeptical America.

AIG's Nine 'Master Tips' To Ensure Business Travel Safety

SPONSORED: Today, enterprise knows no geographic boundaries. But as businesses move into emerging economies in pursuit of new markets, they are often entering unfamiliar territory, and their workers could be at higher risk for accidents. 

Both employers and employees need to appropriately protect themselves to mitigate those risks, whether large or small. To help reduce the likelihood of an incident, below is a nine-point checklist for business travelers.

'Bhatkal' And Its Struggle With History And Radical Islam

Flush with funds from overseas and rich community leaders, Bhatkal is now home to some of the finest and most opulent mosques and religious institutions, including Jamia Islamia Bhatkal, the campus of which boasts of an imposing set of buildings: a mosque and the Qur'an Museum nearby, where you may see copies of the Qur'an in 55 languages.

Magnificent heritage buildings owned by rich Muslims of Bhatkal showcase the prosperity as much as the influence of Central Asian architecture here.