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Vicky Nanjappa

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'I felt there were more than ten terrorists'
Rediff.com20 May 2021

'Since I felt there could be more, I had told the local authorities to screen every...

The real story of Tiger Zinda Hai: How India got 46 nurses back from ISIS
Rediff.com7 Nov 2017

With the release of the film's trailer, we revisit how the crisis was actually handled.

Rediff said it first: Andhra's new capital to be Vijaywada
Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

'If the Taliban needed men, we wanted to be available'
Rediff.com22 Aug 2014

Safdar Nagori, SIMI's notorious face, told investigators how he trained his terrorists...

26/11 case: Did India take easy way out fearing legal intricacies?
Rediff.com19 Aug 2014

Former Home Minister P Chidambaram said the government of India would not file formal...

Coming Soon: India's first anti-terror academy
Rediff.com14 Aug 2014

A first-of-its-kind anti-terror academy will come up in New Delhi to keep detectives...

I-Day threats: Israelis, stations, trains on hit-list
Rediff.com13 Aug 2014

Terror groups are keeping security agencies on their toes in the run-up to Independence...

Why 'Indian Mujahideen' dropped the word 'Indian'
Rediff.com4 Aug 2014

The Indian Mujhadeen wants to shed the Indian tag and focus more on the global issues...

'194 MPs did not receive funds from political parties'
Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

The election commission had upped the expense limit for Lok Sabha elections from Rs 40...

IM, SIMI raise Rs 150 crore in 2 years
Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

With extortion, robberies, fake currency and arms smuggling, the homegrown terror...

Key accused in Coimbatore blasts nabbed after 16 years
Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

After being on the run for 16 years, the key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial...

Intelligence agencies happy with SIMI ban extension
Rediff.com30 Jul 2014

Intelligence agencies welcomed the Delhi high court's decision to extend the ban on the...

How calls from Karachi to Alipore jail are connected to 9/11 funding
Rediff.com29 Jul 2014

A call to the Alipore jail from Karachi last year is not something that can be taken...

Bangalore school rape: Why the skating instructor was arrested
Rediff.com29 Jul 2014

The exact words of a senior officer to his higher ups prior to the arrest of skating...

IM bombmaker's release from jail made him deadlier
Rediff.com29 Jul 2014

Indian Mujahideen's bomb-maker Abdul Subhan's is a case which would make authorities...

Bangalore rape: 2 more arrested, skating coach's involvement ruled out
Rediff.com29 Jul 2014

In a fresh twist to rape of a 6-year-old in Bangalore, the police has decided to let...

Is Lashkar training ISIS militants?
Rediff.com26 Jul 2014

The Lashkar poses a huge threat to India and its nexus with the Islamic State of Syria...

'MH17 tragedy may be a horrible mistake by rebels'
Rediff.com23 Jul 2014

Balazs Jarabik, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,...

B'lore rape: Instructor was sacked from earlier school for 'abuse'
Rediff.com22 Jul 2014

The skating instructor arrested allegedly for the rape of a six-year-old at a Bangalore...

'Shooting down of Malaysian plane is a tragic case of misidentification'
Rediff.com18 Jul 2014

Captain John M Cox, who spent 25 years flying for United States Airways and is now the...