Why Lashkar-e-Tayiba is recruiting more Indians

In almost every hawala deal, 10 per cent of the amount goes towards terror funding, reports Vicky Nanjappa   A sharp rise in the number of terror financing cases in 2012 in India is an indicator to how well terror groups have channelized their resources. According to the Financial Intelligence Unit, in 2009, the number of terror financing cases was recorded at 200 but rose to 1,400 cases in 2012. The FIU report states that the Inter-Services Intelligence in Pakistan manages to raise Rs ...

Enforcement Directorate has a tough task on hand as the source of betting money is diverse, reports Vicky Nanjappa The task ahead for the Enforcement Directorate probing the money angle to the IPL spot-fixing case appears to be Herculean in nature, as there is over Rs 30,000 crore that  the betting syndicate has landed into India from more than one country. The betting syndicate is under the control of operatives not just from Dubai and Karachi; there is a great amount of influence from ...

The company’s facebook page states that it proposes to get into betting only if it is legalised in India, reports Vicky Nanjappa The company S36 Sports and Entertainment, registered in Karnataka, is under the scanner following the arrest of S Sreesanth, an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Registered at HTM Layout in Bangalore, this company, the police claim, had a betting interest and could be connected to the scandal. While the police may find it hard to prove the connection, the ...

The Intelligence Bureau's suspicions about a terror strike led to the spot-fixing arrests. Vicky Nanjappa reports. Is Sunil Abhichandani, the Dubai-based Indian national, the alleged mastermind behind the spot-fixing at IPL 6? Intelligence Bureau agents, who have been on Abhichandani's trail since 2012, believe he is their man. The Bureau initially suspected that some Dubai-based individuals were making calls to move hawala money for terror activities. Constant monitoring of these phone calls ...

Vicky Nanjappa profiles Narain Rao Manjunath, one of the key accused in the Railways bribery scandal. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the Railways bribery scandal in which Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla is an accused, is looking for vital leads from Narain Rao Manjunath, managing director of the Bengaluru-based G G Tronics India Private Limited. Manjunath is charged with paying the bribe for suspended Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar who was ...

Vicky Nanjappa reports on how Narendra Modi has not just managed to draw the crowd in Karnataka but improved the BJP’s chances in the state Bharatiya Janata Party workers in Karnataka have a spring in their steps, thanks to the recent campaigning by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state.Former state chief minister D Sadananda Gowda is ecstatic that Modi came to Mangalore and raised the hopes of the party cadres. “He is our star campaigner; he was our star campaigner in ...

Vicky Nanjappa reports on the reasons for the lack of money power in the elctions in Bellary this time. The man with the money wins Bellary is the general conception in this district. However this time the money factor is relatively less and the Election Commission of India is watching the election spends like a hawk. The bravado of the candidates is missing this time and the intense scrutiny by the Election Commission in Bellary has dampened their mood further. The last election, the EC had ...

Vicky Nanjappa explains why the use of pressure cooker bombs isn’t limited only to the Boston Marathon blasts. Things used by common people have become deadly weapons in the hands of terrorists. India faced the problem in the form of bicycles, and it’s the pressure cooker, filled with nails and ball bearings, that were used in the twin explosions to rock the Boston Marathon on Monday that killed three people and injuring over 140 others. The pressure cooker bomb is not a new ...

Congress ticket aspirant in Karnataka’s Belgaum district violates model code of conduct. Vicky Nanjappa reports Usually politicians distribute liquor and cash as freebies when elections are around the corner, but how about providing insurance cover to voters as an incentive to get their votes? Dr Anjali Nimbalkar, wife of IPS officer Hemanth Nimbalkar, is wooing the electorate by distributing policy certificates issued by New India Assurance at Khanapur in Belgaum. The policy also gives ...