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RSS worker stabbed to death in Kerala during SDPI rally
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 07:54 AM IST
- Police presence in Wayalar has been increased in the district in the wake of the violence.

No difference between Siddaramaiah, PFI: Karnataka minister Eshwarappa
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON FEB 20, 2021 02:40 PM IST
- Eshwarappa also said even the poor are contributing towards the temple's construction and criticised the Congress leader’s attitude.

Bangladesh-based terror outfit helped PFI men arrange explosives for terror plot
By Rohit Kumar Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
PUBLISHED ON FEB 19, 2021 07:27 AM IST
- The two accused revealed that they visited Bangladesh a few months ago to seek Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen’s help for arranging explosives and firearms to trigger terror blasts in India

UP STF ‘foils’ terror attack plan with arrest of PFI men with explosives
By Rohit Kumar Singh | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
PUBLISHED ON FEB 17, 2021 08:47 AM IST
- A top UP police official said a operation was launched to nab the accused after the STF came to know about PFI’s plan to conduct terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh and recruit educated youngsters.

Arrested youth party leader of Popular Front of India funding unrest: ED
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 08:09 PM IST
Two weeks ago, the ED had carried out a nationwide raid on offices and residences of top leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI).

Leader of PFI’s student wing held in Kerala, Hathras funding link under scanner
Lucknow, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 10:42 AM IST
Rauf Shareef was wanted over alleged funding to incite caste violence in the backdrop of the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras earlier this year

‘Vendetta politics,’ alleges PFI after countrywide raids on leaders, offices
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By Ramesh Babu | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
UPDATED ON DEC 03, 2020 09:00 PM IST
After Delhi riots and communal disturbances in Bengaluru, PFI’s role was under the scanner of central agencies.

Probing financial links between Bhim Army and PFI, says ED
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON NOV 21, 2020 06:08 AM IST
Official sources said that ED has unearthed some mobile phone communication between some senior office bearers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, and it will seek clarifications from them.

HC notice to Centre, UP on plea for release of men held for alleged PFI membership
Prayagraj | By Jitendra Sarin
PUBLISHED ON NOV 19, 2020 05:31 AM IST
Three men were arrested by Mathura police on October 5 and charged under various sections of the IPC, along with sections 17 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and relevant sections of the IT Act.

SC issues notice to UP govt on plea against arrest of Kerala journalist on way to Hathras
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Abraham Thomas
UPDATED ON NOV 16, 2020 01:22 PM IST
Journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested by Mathura Police while on his way to cover the Hathras gang-rape incident. He has been charged under UAPA for his alleged links with banned outfit Popular Front of India.

Wife of arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan meets Rahul Gandhi
Wayanad | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Kaleem Ullah Fasihi
UPDATED ON OCT 21, 2020 06:42 PM IST
The UP police had arrested Kappan along with three others, claiming that they had links with Popular Front of India and its affiliate in Mathura.

Journalist, 3 others on way to Hathras arrested, charged with anti-terror law
Hindustan Times, Agra | By Hemendra Chaturvedi | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
UPDATED ON OCT 07, 2020 05:45 PM IST
They were arrested on Monday night after a laptop and some objectionable literature relating to ‘Justice for Hathras Victim’ was allegedly recovered from their possession while they were en route to Hathras.

UP police arrest ‘PFI-linked’ men on their way to Hathras from Delhi: All you need to know
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UPDATED ON OCT 06, 2020 10:39 AM IST
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has alleged there is an ‘international conspiracy’ to defame his government over the Hathras gang rape incident.

NIA arrests ‘key conspirator’ in August 11 Bengaluru riots
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON SEP 25, 2020 01:45 AM IST
The riots had broken out on the night of August 11 over a derogatory social media remark by one Naveen, identified as the nephew of Srinivas Akhanda Murthy, the sitting Congress MLA from Pulakeshi Nagar of Bengaluru.

PFI member arrested in Uttar Pradesh for offensive social media post
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2020 09:36 AM IST
The accused Mohamed Dilshad is the legal in charge of the Popular Front of India in the region.

Violence stirs up political storm in Bengaluru
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2020 02:55 AM IST
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president and chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s son, Vijayendra, said in a tweet that the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political arm, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), had a role in the violence. He said the groups flourished in the Congress rule.

Tahir ‘led, instigated’ IB official’s murder: Police
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Richa Banka
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2020 12:12 AM IST
This is the second charge sheet filed against Hussain in two days. He was charged by the police on Tuesday for allegedly playing a pivotal role in the riots in which 53 people were killed and over 400 injured.

2 PFI members arrested for Delhi violence; 1 of them had fought Assembly polls
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2020 08:50 PM IST

Police arrest PFI member for spreading ‘false propaganda’ during anti-CAA protests
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2020 03:51 PM IST
Mohd Danish is a member of Popular Front of India (PFI), which has been accused of funding protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Modi defamed Kerala, says Pinarayi Vijayan in rebuttal to PM for LS speech
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 07, 2020 10:09 PM IST
The PM quoted Vijayan to question why Kerala’s ruling left front was supporting the stir even when the CM of the state had stated in the assembly that anti-CAA protests in the state were being fanned and supported by some extremist outfits.

States inform Centre about cases against PFI members
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | By Jaykishan Sharma
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2020 04:07 PM IST
The maximum number of cases registered against the PFI from November 2016 to November 2019 was in Kerala. According to the Kerala police, in these three years 104 cases were registered against the PFI.

Eight with ‘PFI links’ arrested in UP for anti-CAA violence
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JAN 31, 2020 09:15 PM IST
A cop said the arrested men were involved with the publicity of the organisation and were present at the venue of the protests during the violence.

The story of Popular Front of India and reason behind its growth
Thiruvananthapuram | By Ramesh Babu
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2020 11:26 AM IST
PFI’s growth is phenomenal, admit intelligence agencies, saying it successfully exploited a growing vacuum in the community donning the role of a saviour.

‘Cheap campaign’: PFI tells govt to prove charge that it funds CAA protests
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2020 05:17 PM IST
ED officials, requesting anonymity, had insisted that they did submit the note to the Home Ministry that is examining a request by UP Police to ban the group under India’s anti-terror law.

Popular Front of India mobilised money to finance anti-CAA protests, says ED note to MHA
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Neeraj Chauhan
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2020 02:59 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh has written to the home ministry seeking a ban on PFI, and there are reports that Karnataka and Assam have followed suit.

Home ministry examining reports from states against Popular Front of India
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2020 06:02 PM IST
The Uttar Pradesh Police has said it has ample evidence of the 25 arrested PFI activists’ active involvement in the recent anti-CAA violence in the state. UP has demanded a ban on the Kerala-based organization.

2 PFI officials held for protest in Lucknow
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON DEC 24, 2019 10:03 AM IST
The accused Mohd Asfaq, state president of PFI, and Nadeem, its state treasurer were arrested for creating groups and messaging on social media platforms to invite people to the anti-CAA protest.

NIA re-arrests Najeeb KA, accused of chopping off ex-Kerala prof’s palm
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2019 09:52 AM IST
TJ Joseph, 52, had his right arm severed at the wrist as he was returning home from church with his mother and sister on July 4, 2010, and later underwent an operation to have the limb sown back on.

Kerala shutdown against citizenship act largely peaceful, stones pelting reported in some areas
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2019 03:17 PM IST
Except for stray incidents of stone-pelting, the shutdown has been reported to be peaceful so far. Government vehicles plied normally but attendance was poor in many government offices and educational institutions.

In Kerala, Congress, CPI(M) to jointly protest against new citizenship law
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2019 11:19 PM IST
After Friday prayers many Muslim organizations have taken out processions in various parts of the state against the legislation. Big rallies were held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kasargode. The Social Democratic Party of India, the political wing of the Popular Front of India, has announced a statewide shutdown on December 17.
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