The NIA on Saturday said that it has arrested a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Amroha in connection with its ongoing investigation into a new Islamic State module named "Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam", which was allegedly planning a terror attack in Delhi and adjoining areas.


New IS module case: One more arrested from UP


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Three suicide bombers staged an assault on an 18-storey building housing the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology headquarters in the centre of the Afghan capital on Saturday. Two of the attackers were later killed by the security forces.


Afghan Information Ministry attacked, 2 assailants killed (3rd Lead)


The NIA on Saturday carried out searches at four places in Hyderabad and Maharastra's Wardha and detained four people for questioining in connection with its investigation into the Abu Dhabi Islamic State module case, officials said.


IS case: Four detained in NIA raids in Hyderabad, Maharashtra (2nd Lead)


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday decided to partially relax the restrictions on movement of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, imposed earlier this month to enable safe movement of the security forces in the aftermath of Pulwama attack.


J&K govt relaxes ban on civilian traffic on NH (2nd Lead)


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday decided to relax the restrictions imposed on the movement of civilian vehicles on the national highway on Sundays and Wednesdays.


J&K relaxes restrictions on civilian traffic on NH


An explosion and gunfire was heard in the centre of the Afghan capital on Saturday as unidentified attackers targeted the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology headquarters where they were battling security forces, officials said.


Explosion, gunfire in attack on Afghan Information Ministry (2nd Lead)


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted raids at a few places in Hyderabad and arrested a youth for his alleged links with an ISIS module.


NIA picks up a youth in Hyderabad for ISIS links


The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood for 'desh bhakti', while the Congress stood for 'vote bhakti' because of which the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government refused to retaliate after Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai in November 2008, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing an election rally in the state on Saturday.


Congress for 'vote bhakti', BJP for 'desh bhakti': Modi


The family of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail, on Saturday said that he is ill and has been shifted to a hospital.


Yasin Malik ill, shifted to hospital in Delhi: Family


India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale will be on a two-day China visit from Sunday to meet Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi where he is likely to discuss the issue of blacklisting Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar.


Gokhale to meet Chinese FM, Azhar likely on agenda (2nd Lead)


An explosion and gunfire was heard in the Afghan capital on Saturday as the Ministry of Information headquarters came under attack by gunmen, officials said.


Afghan Information Ministry under attack in Kabul


India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale will be on a two-day China visit from Sunday to meet  Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi where he is likely to discuss the issue of blacklisting of Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar at a UN panel.


Vijay Gokhale to meet Chinese FM in Beijing


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out raids in Telangana's Hyderabad and Maharashtra's Wardha in connection with an Islamic State module case, officials said.


IS module case: Raids in Hyderabad, Maharashtra


A militant was killed in a brief gunfight with security forces on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.


Militant killed in gunfight in J&K's Baramulla


The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised its citizens against travel to Pakistan due to a "high threat of terrorism, kidnap and sectarian violence" throughout the country and said foreigners may be "directly targeted".


UK warns its citizens against travel to Pakistan


AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday alleged that the BJP is insulting martyrs like police officer Hemant Karkare who died fighting terrorists during the Mumbai 26/11 attack.


BJP insulting martyrs like Karkare, says Owaisi


Calling it an insult, the Indian Police Service (IPS) Association on Friday condemned BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief Hemant Karkare.


Pragya's remarks on Karkare insulting: IPS Association


BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday sparked off a controversy by saying that Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who lost his life in the 26/11 attack, had died to "her curse".


Karkare died because of my curse, says Sadhvi Pragya


India on Thursday suspended, with immediate effect, trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was being used by unscrupulous and anti-national elements for sneaking in hawala money and weapons from the territory under Pakistani occupation to fuel terrorism and separatism in the country.


India suspends LoC trade, says being used to fuel terror


At least 14 passengers including 11 security personnel were forcibly offloaded from a bus on a highway in Pakistan's Balochistan province and then shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Thursday, officials said.


11 security men among 14 killed in Pakistan (2nd Lead)


BJP candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Thursday accused the Congress of being anti-Hindu and said the party harassed a woman by linking Hindus with terrorism.

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