In what is being viewed as a major setback for the Narendra Modi Government on the contentious issue of high profile “fake encounters,’’ the Intelligence Bureau has conveyed to the CBI that it had merely issued “a general alert regarding threat perception to the Gujarat chief minister” and there was no specific information that Ishrat Jahan and her three associates were going to assassinate Mr Modi.

The multi-crore speed governor scam plaguing Haryana is not only causing a whopping loss to the state exchequer but also compromising with lives of people. As investigations by this newspaper reveal that fake speed governors are now being installed in commercial vehicles. The criminal intent on part of the State Transport Authority officials and the transporters is obvious as this is being done deliberately knowing fully well that innocent lives are being endangered.

In some forward movement in the investigation into the 13/2 bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat, the intelligence agencies are focusing on two calls made to a cellphone in New Delhi — both suspected to be from a satellite phone in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. One was on the day of the attack, the other a week earlier, on February 5.

Considering the diplomatically-sensitive nature of the investigations into the bomb attack on the Israeli diplomat, the government on Wednesday categorically instructed the investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct the probe from all possible angles and take an independent line of investigation.

Monday’s blast targeting an Israeli diplomatic vehicle is the first instance of collaboration between militants here and an external group that could well be Hezbollah.

The Intelligence Bureau’s top brass have told Israel’s Mossad that terrorist groups operating in India like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Indian Mujahideen were not only sympathetic towards Hezbollah, but had targeted Jews and Israeli interests in the past.

Monday’s blast targeting an Israeli diplomatic vehicle is the first instance of collaboration between militants here and an external group that could well be Hezbollah.

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Indian security and intelligence agencies are examining the similarities between the explosions in Israeli diplomat’s vehicle and the Jama Masjid shooting and blast in September 2010. Incidentally, it was the Israeli security experts here who first confirmed to the Indian agencies that use of remote control explosives in moving vehicles was common in their country and targeting Israelis across the world.

An elaborate security review by the top intelligence and security establishment conducted over the last one week has not found any credible evidence of the Al Qaeda’s direct involvement in sponsoring

An elaborate security review by the top intelligence and security establishment conducted over the last one week has not found any credible evidence of the Al Qaeda’s direct involvement in sponsoring