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The indomitable spirit of Father Stan Swamy

“No, it’s not possible,” were my first thoughts when I heard that Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit priest and activist, had been arrested a second time. His crime? He defended the rights of the Adivasis exploited in his homeland, Jharkhand. Father Swamy has been accused of having links to …

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NIA destroys 14-member IS module in Bengaluru

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a module from the so-called Islamic State (IS) and arrested its two alleged agents, Ahamed Abdul Cader, 40, and Irfan Nasir, 33, of Bangalore on Wednesday, people familiar with the affair. He said. The agency has found that at least 13-14 people from Bangalore …

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9 of the al-Qaida cell attacks that conspire | India News

NEW DELHI / KOLKATA / BAHARAMPUR / KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a “Pakistan-sponsored al-Qaida module” operating from West Bengal and Kerala on Saturday, arresting nine people for planning to carry out terrorist attacks in India “in the near future” with sophisticated weapons “fixed” by an al-Qaida manipulator, …

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