Trying to keep Awami League followers calm: Former Bangladesh minister

IANS | November 17, 2025 9:05 PM

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) As it announced a nationwide shutdown on Tuesday and demonstrations across the country from November 19, Bangladesh's Awami League party on Monday said that it is trying to keep its followers "calm" following the "illegal" verdict given by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) after conducting a "farcical trial" against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Red Fort blast: Jaish suicide bomber used TATP ‘shoe bomb’

IANS | November 17, 2025 8:04 PM

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Investigators digging into the Red Fort bombing that claimed 13 lives have just hit a chilling new angle; the Jaish-e-Muhammad suicide attacker, Dr Umar Muhammad Nabi, might have pulled a classic “shoe-bomber” move straight out of a terrorist playbook.

Putin aide Patrushev arrives in Delhi, meets NSA Doval

IANS | November 17, 2025 5:08 PM

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin's top aide and Chairman of the Maritime Board of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev on Monday called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and National Maritime Security Coordinator Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta in New Delhi as both sides discussed significant issues, including maritime cooperation.

Delhi blast: Signal chats, weapon trail expose structured core of terror module

IANS | November 17, 2025 4:06 PM

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Encrypted conversations and the movement of weapons have revealed a tightly organised inner circle within the terror module linked to Dr Umar Muhammad, the driver of the i20 car that exploded near Delhi's Red Fort, killing at least 13 and injuring over a dozen people, investigators have found.

TATP trail points to possible ISKP role in Faridabad module’s Delhi blast

IANS | November 17, 2025 3:18 PM

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Investigators are not ruling out the possibility of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) assisting the Faridabad module to execute the Delhi Red Fort blasts. This stems from the fact that the explosives that were used are the most preferred choice of the Islamic State which has executed blasts across the world. Forensic experts probing the case have found that Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) was mixed with Ammonium Nitrate.