Nazim Ahmed

The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) is examining the ‘local connections’ of suspected IS operative, Nazim Ahmed (27), who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS last week.

The starvation deaths in the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddhin Chishti -- a place where no one goes hungry -- created anger among devotees.

Police seized 20 live bombs and arrested one person in this connection in Anwarganj area of the district.

Hundreds of angry khadims of Khwaja Garib Nawaz Chishti's dargah on Monday organised a protest rally and registered an FIR against Nazim Ahmed Raza of the dargah.

Security forces arrested three militant associates of the Al-Badr outfit in Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly killing a calf with a knife near the burial ground in Sector 38 around 3am on Thursday. The men, along with two others who managed to flee, were allegedly found transporting the remains of the animal.

A special MP/MLA court has acquitted Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Nahid Hasan in a 4-year-old attempt to murder case due to lack of evidence. The three-time Kairana MLA is currently out on bail in another case under the Gangster Act.

A month ago, the khadims lodged an FIR in the Dargah police station alleging Raza of religious deviation and making objectionable statements.

The Committee of Ulemas has asked the nazim and the khadims of the dargah of Khwaja Garib Nawaz Chishti not to raise any issue which may hurt the feelings of any community.

Close on the heels of stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur that claimed 224 lives, another major tragedy at the Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti shrine in Ajmer was averted due to swift action.

After the Mahimwalas tied the knot two years ago, they put up a strange artwork on a pale wall in their Bandra flat and called it a wedding portrait.

Altogether eight miscreants, four from Karimganj district and the remaining from Dima Hasao, were arrested by the police on charges of extortion.

Security comes for a price, and land owners in Midnapore town are not complaining.

Ansar Sports Club’s Mohammad Yaseen, charging in the injury time, dodged three defenders and then managed to fox the goalkeeper.

Sahil Kukreja (157 not out) and Ambati Rayudu (133) hit scintillating tons on the opening day of the second round of the Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy.

Security agencies probing the Assam serial blasts have come across names of two top jihadis — Tauqeer and Jehangir - in messages intercepted in the past two days.