Dhaka terror attack

Under fire, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik delays return to India?

Consequently, a press conference which Naik was due to address in Mumbai tomorrow also stands cancelled.

Jul 11, 2016, 12:36 PM IST

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik all set to return to India today

Reports said Naik will also address the media in Mumbai tomorrow, amid probes into his controversial activities by multiple agencies.

Jul 11, 2016, 09:09 AM IST

Bodies of five Dhaka cafe attackers remain unclaimed

The bodies of five of the six Islamist assailants, who stormed an upscale Dhaka cafe on July 1 and left 22 people dead, were still at a mortuary here on Sunday as no one had come to claim them, police said.

Jul 10, 2016, 15:59 PM IST

Zakir Naik's speeches, writings found provocative by Indian investigating agencies?

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's 'hate speech' is reported to have inspired at least one of the five Bangladeshi militants involved in the Dhaka carnage.

Jul 10, 2016, 14:05 PM IST

Ten terrorists may try to cross border, Bangladesh hands over list to India; security agencies alerted

Bangladesh government has alerted India about the possibility of ten terrorists entering the country.

Jul 10, 2016, 11:58 AM IST

Money collected for charity was routed to Islamic preacher ​Zakir Naik's Peace TV: Report

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is under probe by the Maharashtra government for his sermons.

Jul 10, 2016, 09:21 AM IST

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik faces more probes; funding of his NGO under scanner

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik Friday faced probes by the Centre that covered foreign funding of his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and the CDs of his speeches that were reported to have inspired some of the Dhaka attackers.

Jul 08, 2016, 19:48 PM IST

No NSG team going to Dhaka, says MEA

Media reports said an NSG team was visiting Dhaka to study the July 1 Dhaka cafe terror attack.

Jul 08, 2016, 18:48 PM IST

Links with Zakir Naik: Digvijaya alleges RSS targeting him; no compromise on terror, says Centre

Digvijay Singh has landed in a soup after a 2012 video showing him sharing stage with Islamic preacher Zakir Naik at an event came to fore.

Jul 08, 2016, 13:58 PM IST

India to send NSG team to Bangladesh today to study terror strikes

India will on Friday send a four-member bomb-expert team of National Security Guard (NSG) to Bangladesh to "analyse and study" the explosions at an Eid prayer gathering and the recent terror siege at a high-end restaurant in the neighbouring country.

Jul 08, 2016, 09:14 AM IST

Dhaka cafe victims were hacked and shot dead: Forensic experts

A three-member team of forensic experts has dismissed reports that all 20 hostages, including an Indian, were slaughtered by slitting of their throats during the brazen assault at a cafe here by a group of gunmen.

Jul 07, 2016, 22:44 PM IST

Govt says Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches 'highly objectionable'

Calling Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches "highly objectionable", the government Thursday said the Home Ministry will take appropriate action after studying them.

Jul 07, 2016, 17:46 PM IST

SHOCKING video! Bangladeshi children recreate scenes from Dhaka terror attack

At least 20 people, including an Indian student, were killed in the attack launched by six terrorists at an upmarket café.

Jul 07, 2016, 16:21 PM IST

Only ISIS-certified Muslim is a true Muslim, rest are expendable: Subramanian Swamy's take on Bangladesh blast

Subramanian Swamy took to Twitter and slammed the Islamic State for allegedly wrecking havoc in Bangladesh at the auspicious occasion of Eid.

Jul 07, 2016, 15:52 PM IST

When Digvijay Singh called Zakir Naik a `peace messenger` - Watch viral video

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, the founder of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, is banned in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Jul 07, 2016, 12:54 PM IST

Dhaka gunmen had pasta, fish before killing hostages, claimed 'all would die and meet in heaven'

A young chef has now revealed that 7 gunmen were ruthless who killed most of the victims within the first few minutes of the cafe being stormed on fateful Friday night.

Jul 07, 2016, 09:22 AM IST

Protest against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik outside Mumbai office, security beefed up

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has condemned the attack in Dhaka and said that the term Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is actually “un-Islamic”.

Jul 07, 2016, 08:30 AM IST

Did Zakir Naik inspire Dhaka attackers? Islamic preacher in denial; Bangladesh looking into complaints against him

Militants had stormed a popular restaurant (Holey Artisan Bakery) in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave late on Friday and killed 22 people.

Jul 06, 2016, 23:55 PM IST

Dhaka terror attack: Mumbai preacher Zakir Naik denies asking Muslims to become terrorists, calls ISIS 'un-Islamic'

Mumbai-based Islamic scholar Zakir Naik, who is in the limelight after it emerged that one of the Dhaka terrorists may have been inspired by him, has denied supporting terrorism.

Jul 06, 2016, 21:11 PM IST

Security forces may have killed hostage by mistake in Dhaka cafe siege: Bangladesh police

Saiful Islam Chowkidar, a pizza maker was among six men who were killed by the police during Dhaka cafe seige.

Jul 05, 2016, 15:17 PM IST