India, Aug. 7 -- In a major crackdown on extremist propaganda, the Maharashtra government has ordered the confiscation of 114 radical publications, magazines, books, manuals and digital material linked to terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State (ISIS/ISKP), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

The crackdown has been ordered by the state home department under a notification issued on Thursday under section 98(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. It comes after intelligence inputs, cyber surveillance and investigations by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) found continued circulation, possession and dissemination of such material through books, doc...