NIA arrests absconding PFI 'master trainer'The accused, identified as Jafar Bheemantavida, was on the run in the PFI Kerala case relating to a conspiracy by the proscribed organisati...
13 Feb, 2024, 12.27 AM IST
NIA arrests PFI's state secretary CA Rauf in KeralaIn September, more than 100 PFI workers were arrested in multiple raids carried out across the country by the NIA, the Enforcement Director...
29 Oct, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
PFI ban: Centre appoints Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma as presiding officer of UAPA TribunalThe Presiding officer has been appointed to review the ban on PFI and its alliances, after the Centre recently banned it for five years, af...
06 Oct, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
Kerala police denies reports that its personnel have PFI linksThe central government had banned PFI on September 27 and the next day, a leader of its Kerala unit had made a statement that the outfit ha...
04 Oct, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Explainer: What is the PFI and why it is perceived as a threatThe Kerala government told the High Court that PFI had a surreptitious agenda of "Islamisation of society by promoting conversion, communal...
01 Oct, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
Kerala PFI general secretary nabbed after he disbands outfitAbdul Sattar, the state general secretary of PFI, was nabbed from Karunagappally here hours after he posted on the Facebook page of the out...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Bans on RSS, Maoists were not effective: Left parties on Centre's move against PFIIn a statement, the CPI(M) alleged that the PFI and the RSS have been engaged in killings and retaliatory killings in Kerala and coastal Ka...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
Kerala govt takes steps to implement ban on PFIThe Home Department of the state government on Wednesday issued an order stating that since PFI, its associates, affiliates and fronts have...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Scene of bustle a fortnight ago, Kerala PFI office now wears a deserted lookDays after the rally which saw provocative statements by leaders of PFI and its allied organisations against RSS, multi-agency teams spearh...
28 Sep, 2022, 07.04 PM IST
Enough evidence to show PFI sowed seeds of violence: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra FadnavisThe aim of the organisation was to spread rumours and trigger violence, Fadnavis, who holds charge of the Home department, told reporters. ...
28 Sep, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
PFI was under radar of government agencies for longNDF was formed after the Babri Masjid demolition and subsequent riots in 1993. Officials said PFI has been under the radar of security agen...
28 Sep, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
PFI ban: Congress, IUML welcome Centre's decision; both want RSS also to be bannedIn a notification issued late Tuesday night, the Union Home Ministry banned the PFI saying the govt is of the opinion that the Islamist out...
28 Sep, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
Cases, convictions and allegations of money laundering against PFI membersThe agencies have accused the PFI of not only imparting training and recruitment but also charged it with 'stoking communal violence'. Five...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Centre in process of banning Popular Front of India, Supreme Court toldThe bench asked Mehta whether PFI has been banned. Mehta replied, "In several states PFI has been banned. As per my information Centre is a...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Popular Front of India (PFI) role in smuggling of gold not established yetInvestigations into the Kerala gold smuggling racket have so far ruled out any direct involvement of the Popular Front of India (PFI), whic...
11 Aug, 2020, 08.46 AM IST
ET Explains: Why Yogi Adityanath wants a ban on Popular Front of India (PFI)Set up in February 17, 2007, the PFI initiated its operations as a branch of three state-level organisations - the National Development Fun...
03 Jan, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
NIA cites 4 terror probes against PFI, MHA mulls banOn Sathya Sarini, he said it was only imparting Islamic education to the willing who were free to decide on converting to Islam.
13 Jul, 2018, 02.43 PM IST