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Islamic State claims it has established 'province' for the first time in India after clash in Jammu and Kashmir
•Islamic State claimed for the first time that it has established a “province” in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in Kashmir.
Sri Lanka blasts: Two Colombo suicide bombers identified as millionaire businessman's sons, say intel sources
Praveen •The brothers are believed to have entered the hotels’ breakfast buffets carrying identical explosives-packed bags.
The day after the dreams
Praveen Swami And Nikita Doval •From Uttar Pradesh to Kerala, the jihadist tides which led Alam to Iraq has left behind a detritus of grieving parents and shattered homes.
Youngsters carrying Islamic State flags forcibly enter Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, shout slogans and create ruckus
•A group of youngsters, carrying Islamic State flags, forcibly entered the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
Islamic State flags in Srinagar reflect disillusionment that is popularising radical alternatives in Kashmir
David Devadas •The waving of Islamic State flags and the chanting of IS slogan from the pulpit of the Jamia mosque in Srinagar after Friday prayers is a chilling reminder.
Students, shopkeepers: Arrested members of Islamic State-inspired outfit busted by NIA hail from middle class families
•The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested 10 suspected members of a newly set up Islamic State-inspired terror outfit in New Delhi.
Sushma Swaraj confirms death of 39 Indians in Mosul: Congress, BJP play blame game as victims' families seek answers
Fp Staff •Sushma Swaraj said that till Mosul was freed in July last year from the IS, the government was trying to ascertain if these 39 people were alive.
39 Indians killed in Mosul: Intel agencies knew of deaths in 2014; Govt waited for liberation before announcement
Yatishyadav •Mosul was declared liberated from Islamic State in July 2017. A month later, when Indian officials arrived, they found that 39 Indians, taken hostage by the terrorists of the so-called caliphate, were missing. The Indian authorities were informed about mass graves in Badush, a village northwest of Mosul, which had a prison cell operated by the Islamic State terrorists.
39 Indians killed in Mosul; news updates: Will leave no stones unturned in bringing our dead back, tweets Modi
Fp Staff •Thirty-nine Indians kidnapped by the Islamic State in Iraq's Mosul in 2014 are dead, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday.
Donald Trump says US-backed coalition forces have 'retaken almost 100 percent' of Islamic State's territory
•US president Donald Trump said on Saturday that US-backed coalition forces had won back almost 100 percent of territory occupied by the Islamic State.