ATS claims key evidence to link jailed Azamgarh youth to blasts

Sunday 28 June '09

The Uttar Pradesh ATS has claimed to have collected key evidence to prove that the arrested Azamgarh youth Saif-ur-Rehman Ansari is actually an Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative.

Did dacoit lead a gang of 15? Authorities differ

Saturday 20 June '09

While state DGP Vikram Singh claimed that dacoit Ghanshyam Kewat led a gang of about 15 members, the details with STF and the SP of Chitrakoot district state that Ghanshyam had been operating alone since 2008.

Confirm identity of serial blasts suspect: DGP

Tuesday 16 June '09

The Uttar Pradesh DGP has asked the Azamgarh police and the Anti-Terror Squad to verify if Saif-ur-Rehman Ansari...

Nimbalkar murder: CBI takes custody of ‘contract killer’

Tuesday 16 June '09

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team from Mumbai on Monday took custody of an alleged contract killer charged with the murder of Congress leader Pawan Raje Nimbalkar from Deoria district jail of Uttar Pradesh.

ATS overhaul in backburner

Thursday 11 June '09

The state government’s decision to reorganise and strengthen the Anti-Terror Squad, announced after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks is yet to take off.

Madni recruited 30 youths for Lashkar, say police

Thursday 11 June '09

Nepal-based alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Mohammad Umer Madni has confessed to have recruited 30 youths for the group since 2000.

UP criminals wanted in Nimbalkar murder

Wednesday 10 June '09

Two historysheeters from UP have been named in the murder of Congress leader from Maharashtra, Pawanraje Nimbalkar.

Naxals make inroads along MP border

Wednesday 10 June '09

After Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli, Naxal activities have recently been reported in villages of Chitrakoot and Banda districts, which lie along the Madhya Pradesh border.

Rajesh Rai: OSD in Info Dept, ‘owner of resort’

Tuesday 2 June '09

Rajesh Rai, the husband of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kusum Rai, who is wanted in a case of assault and escaping from police custody, is an Officer on Special Duty in the state’s Information Department.

Property case against Delhi blast accused in legal web

Sunday 31 May '09

An order by a Delhi court to attach the property of two youths of Azamgarh, wanted in the September 2008 Delhi blast case, has been caught in a legal tangle.

Now, sector police heads under Maya scanner

Saturday 30 May '09

After dividing the state into 26 police sectors to improve the law and order situation, the Mayawati government has laid down tough parameters for senior officers selected to supervise these sectors.

‘Pak spy’ jailed twice for auto-theft

Friday 29 May '09

The suspected Pakistani spy, Waqas Ahmed, who was arrested from Kanpur on Wednesday, had been to jail twice in connection to auto-theft cases in Mumbai and Kanpur in 2008.

Maya wants intelligence to check tender mafia...

Thursday 28 May '09

The fresh responsibility given to the state intelligence of eliminating the influence of the criminals on government contracts has left senior cops of the wing jittery...

Woman of robbers’ gang in police net

Thursday 21 May '09

Twenty-three-year-old Vijay, a daring female robber of a bikers’ gang from Ferozabad, was caught along with three other associates by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Tuesday.

3 months on, police yet to find proof to nail arrested IM hand

Wednesday 13 May '09

Three months after police claimed that the alleged Indian Mujahideen operative Mohammad Saif had confessed to playing a key role in the 2006 Varanasi blasts...

A case of mistaken identity, says arrested IM youth’s kin

Wednesday 29 April '09

The family of Azamgarh youth Saif-ur-Rehman, an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative arrested in Bhopal on April 12 for blasts in Jaipur and UP...

Delhi Crime Branch team to visit Azamgarh soon

Friday 24 April '09

The Delhi Crime Branch is set to visit Azamgarh to attach the property of two suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives — Ariz Khan and Shahzad Ahmed — wanted in the September 13, 2008 serial blasts.

Lalganj wants to hit back for Azamgarh ‘blot’

Thursday 16 April '09

It’s not so much Azamgarh, but the adjacent Lalganj Lok Sabha constituency, which may bear the brunt of the resentment over the arrest of alleged IM activists for blasts across the country.

Maya’s messiah of poor, Ansari, a history-sheeter with 35 cases

Tuesday 14 April '09

Though he might be “the messiah of the poor” for Chief Minister Mayawati, jailed criminal-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's history-sheet...

Why Azamgarh youths bringing explosives to state? Probe on

Tuesday 7 April '09

The Mumbai Government Railway Police has ruled out anti-national design in the case of three Azamgarh youths caught carrying 24 marine devices — four of them containing explosives.

With security threats, roadshows hit dead end

Saturday 4 April '09

With Union Home Minister P Chidambaram personally writing to many politicians about the security threat during election campaigns...

Delhi blast accused’s dad in Azamgarh fray

Sunday 29 March '09

The Delhi Police Special Cell and Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrororism Squad (ATS) may be looking for Asadullah Akhtar alias Asadullah Khan, accused in the Delhi serial blasts case...

Delhi cops get arrest warrant against two Azamgarh youths

Friday 27 March '09

After announcing a reward of Rs 1 lakh on each of the 12 Indian Mujahideen men wanted for the Delhi blasts, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has procured arrested warrant against two of them, who hail from Azamgarh.

Warrant against 2 Azamgarh men

Friday 27 March '09

After announcing a reward of Rs 1 lakh on each of the 12 Indian Mujahideen men wanted for the Delhi blasts...

Warrant against 2 Azamgarh men

Friday 27 March '09

After announcing a reward of Rs 1 lakh on each of the 12 Indian Mujahideen men wanted for the Delhi blasts, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has procured arrest warrant against two of them, who hail from Azamgarh.