End of tunnel from Pakistan found
August 8th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 8 (IANS) The end point of an underground tunnel dug from Pakistan to push terrorists and weapons into Jammu and Kashmir has been found, police said Wednesday.The discovery ... Read more...
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Tunnel from Pakistan found near border in Kashmir (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 28 (IANS) An "under construction" tunnel originating from the Pakistani side of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir has been discovered near an army post in Samba ... Read more...
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Indian security solutions provider acquires British firm
July 15th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Mumbai-based security solutions provider Topsgrup said Sunday it had completed the acquisition of British security firm The Shield Guarding Company Limited.Acquired for 19.5 million pounds, The ... Read more...
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Foreign plane detained at Jaipur (Lead)
June 11th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India has detained a foreign-operated chartered plane, flying from Karachi to Dhaka, at Jaipur after it deviated from its flight path and flew over a ... Read more...
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Chinese training Tibetan women to poison Dalai Lama? (Lead)
May 13th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala/London, May 13 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has spoken of a threat to his life from Chinese agents, saying there were reports that Tibetan women are being ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama speaks of Chinese plot to kill him
May 13th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 13 (IANS) Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women to poison the Dalai Lama while posing as a devotee, the Tibetan spiritual leader has said.The Nobel Laureate told ... Read more...
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Krishna meets Israeli envoy, assures full support in probe (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Two days after a terror attack on an Israeli embassy car, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna met Israel's ambassador Alon Ushpiz and assured him of ... Read more...
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India to provide extra security for Israeli mission
February 15th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) In the wake of the terror attack on an Israeli embassy car, India has agreed to provide Israel with extra security for its mission and ... Read more...
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Krishna opens $10 million Indian embassy complex in Beijing
February 8th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) Pitching for stronger India-China relations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday formally inaugurated the Indian embassy's new $10 million complex here which has been built with ... Read more...
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‘Re-abandoning Afghanistan not an option’
January 16th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Re-abandoning Afghanistan is not an option, a noted Indian security expert said Monday, lamenting at the same time the lack of a pan-Afghanistan leadership ... Read more...
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26/11: NIA files charges against Headley, eight others (Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Three years after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday filed charges against seven Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including Pakistani-American David Headley, ... Read more...
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NIA files charges against Headley, eight others
December 24th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The NIA, India's premier anti-terror probe body, Saturday filed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including Pakistani-American David Headley and two alleged ISI men for their ... Read more...
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Home ministry gives nod to charges against Headley (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The government has given the go ahead to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India's premier anti-terror probe body, to file charges in a court against ... Read more...
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Big B gives voice to documentary on parliament attack
December 13th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has lent his baritone to soul-stirring words penned by Prasoon Joshi in "13 December", a documentary made for the 10th ... Read more...
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NIA charges against Headley, Pakistani terrorists soon
December 5th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), India's premier anti-terror probe body, is all set to file charges in court against Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley and his ... Read more...
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India mulling naval protocol to prevent skirmishes at sea
December 2nd, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) In the light of some incidents involving warships from Pakistan and China, India is considering a protocol on the lines of the Cold War era ... Read more...
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Headley: An elusive spy who betrayed friends and allies
November 24th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Confessed Pakistani-American terrorist, David Coleman Headley was a wildly elusive figure who juggled allegiances with militant groups and security agencies, manipulating and betraying wives, friends and ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh pledge to hand over fugitives
November 21st, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh Monday pledged to soon sign an extradition treaty, assuring each other of all possible cooperation in apprehending and deporting wanted fugitives ... Read more...
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India to raise terror threat in talks with Bangladesh
November 18th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India is expected to raise its concerns over the terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HuJI) trying to regroup in Bangladesh when the home secretaries of the ... Read more...
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NSCN status sparks row in India’s northeast
November 18th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IANS) Governments of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have urged New Delhi to clarify plans to offer a 'supra-state body' to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ... Read more...
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Won’t do anything that threatens India: Maldives president
October 28th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Oct 28 (IANS) Allaying apprehensions in New Delhi over China's efforts to expand its influence in the Maldives, the island nation's president has said it would never do anything ... Read more...
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Keeping check on social networking sites a challenge: Sibal
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) It is difficult for Indian security agencies to keep a check on the contents of social networking sites because of the encrypted data, Communications ... Read more...
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Praveen involved in a spat with fans in Northampton
August 7th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Northampton, Aug 7 (IANS) India's medium pacer Praveen Kumar was heckled by cricket fans and had to be restrained by teammates Suresh Raina and Munaf Patel after the end of ... Read more...
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Abandoned ship M.T. Pavit’s sea journey being ‘re-created’
August 5th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Taking a serious view of the grounding of the abandoned tanker M.T. Pavit at Versova Beach (north-west Mumbai), the Indian maritime authorities have begun a 're-creation' ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatists may be questioned over Fai links
July 21st, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Indian security agencies would study the charges brought up against an alleged Pakistani agent arrested in the US for illegal lobbying to tilt the American ... Read more...
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India to extend more training to Afghan armed forces
June 3rd, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) With Pakistan intensifying its efforts to influence the Afghan reconciliation process and the phased pullout of US forces from that country set to begin ... Read more...
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Op Geronimo aftermath: India conducts security review
May 12th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Ten days after US special forces killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, India Wednesday carried out a comprehensive review of its security ... Read more...
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No immediate threat to India, but should watch psychological impact: Experts
May 2nd, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi,May 2 (IANS) Top Indian security experts feel Osama bin Laden's killing in Pakistan Sunday will not have any direct impact on India but the "psychological impact on militancy ... Read more...
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Nepal vows to address India’s security concerns
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr 22 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal has assured visiting Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna that Indian security concerns will be addressed and that the government will not ... Read more...
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India rejects Somali pirates swap offer
April 18th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Minister for Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi today said that the government of India has rejected the swap offer made by Somali pirates in exchange of abducted Indian ... Read more...
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UAE clears use of BlackBerry even as India continues to stall
April 17th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Abu Dhabi, Apr. 17 (ANI): Even as India continues refuses to give the all clear for use of Blackberry services such as the messenger, e-mail and browsing over a dispute related to ... Read more...
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Released Pakistani man brings good news from India
April 13th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) Steadfast devotion, uncanny coincidence and real-life adventure... packing all the elements in is the story of Pakistani fisherman Abdul Rasheed Gugo, swept away into Indian waters ... Read more...
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Indian embassy official in Pakistan goes missing; released (Lead)
April 1st, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Even as India and Pakistan were basking in the Mohali spirit, a driver of the Pakistan High Commission was detained by Indian security agencies ... Read more...
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Indian official goes missing in Islamabad
April 1st, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 1 (ANI): India has asked Pakistan to trace the official of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, who has gone missing since Thursday evening while he was travelling ... Read more...
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Pak staffer’s brief detention kept under wraps to prevent Indo-Pak diplomatic tension
April 1st, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 1(ANI): A Pakistan High Commission employee was picked up by Indian security agencies from Delhi on Wednesday at a time when Pakistani and Indian prime ministers were watching the Indo-Pak ... Read more...
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