SIMI was founded to “infuse the love of Islam” as Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s student wing but over the years, its pan-Islamic network is alleged to have helped a range of extremist groups. After 7/11, security agencies have once again brought it under the scanner, reports RITU SARIN
Sunday , 16 July '06
When SIMI was banned in September 2001, its cradle, Uttar Pradesh, was heading for elections and the decision became a campaign issue.Sunday , 16 July '06
While the defiant duo of Shahid Badr and Yusuf Patel resolve to fight the federal ban on SIMI, its former president CAM Basheer — gone missing since 1993 — could be the vital link between the organisation and the Lashkar-e-ToibaSunday , 16 July '06
With the links between the Lashkar-e-Toiba and SIMI under the scanner, the spotlight has returned on CAM Basheer.Sunday , 16 July '06
Years after the ban, SIMI is at home in Maharashtra. A tenth of its 20,000 general members are said to be from the state.
Sunday , 16 July '06
Far away from the scenes of the blasts, inside a basement office, another dedicated team had swung into action.Sunday , 16 July '06
Preston Fernandes was at Mahim. Surgery is a dangerous option so his family can only hope for a cure
Sunday , 16 July '06
Investigators suspect that a single unit of terrorists could have planted all the bombs at Churchgate itself, had 27 minutes to escapeSunday , 16 July '06
Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Abu Asim Azmi has said that following Tuesday’s serial blasts in the city...Sunday , 16 July '06
A two-day conclave of 500 madarsa teachers, community leaders and Muslim scholars from across the country began...Sunday , 16 July '06
Was the RDX blast in SC-1 coach of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Karnavati Express on Platform Number 2 at Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad at 1.45 pm on February 19 a precursor to Terrible Tuesday’s serial train blasts?Sunday , 16 July '06
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to St. Petersburg tomorrow to join a summit of world leaders...Sunday , 16 July '06
A breakthrough in the Mumbai blast case is expected soon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said.Sunday , 16 July '06
New Delhi’s message to world: Lashkar in Pak hub of terror, network from Nepal to Dhaka to UAE, locals getting recruited as wellSunday , 16 July '06
The BJP on Saturday said it would be pointless to pursue peace dialogue with Pakistan while terrorism continues in India.Sunday , 16 July '06
Terrible Tuesday’s toll is overwhelmingly male: only four of the 183 killed are women—either by design or coincidence, Mumbai blasts have snatched away sons, husbands, and fathersSaturday , 15 July '06
Three days after the Mumbai blasts, Tripura police have picked up 11 Muslim youth...Saturday , 15 July '06
Mumbai Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad and Special Task Force today conducted a series of raids in different parts of the city...Saturday , 15 July '06
24-year-old Bilal Kazi of Malad Malvani was on the Bandra train. Brother Allauddin has looked for him at all hospitals...Saturday , 15 July '06
The BJP moved a privilege motion on Friday against Maharashtra Director General of Police P S Pasricha for publicly...