Government alert on terrorists’ support to Maoists: Shinde
September 10th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said the government was "fully alert" about terror groups, such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), extending support to Maoists in Indian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Terrorists can still strike the through sea: PM
September 8th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday warned of terror groups continuing to maintain their ability to use the sea route for strikes on the lines ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India courts Tajikistan to swing Afghan endgame
August 31st, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Signalling an upswing in its "Connect Central Asia policy", India is gearing up to roll out the red carpet for longtime Tajik leader Emomalii ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Lashkar plans ‘big strikes’ in Kashmir, rest of India: Abu Jundal
July 13th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) With a Kashmir at peace not to their liking, the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning major terror attacks in the state and elsewhere in India, Abu ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Jundal was planning another 26/11-type strike: Investigators
July 6th, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Abu Jundal Hamza, one of the handlers of the 26/11 attackers, was planning a similar strike with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) module that he ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Pakistan media plays down Hamza arrest
June 26th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) In complete contrast to the Indian media, the Pakistani media Tuesday appeared to play down the dramatic arrest of a key mastermind of the Mumbai ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Stop keeping poisonous snakes in backyard, US tells Pakistan
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 22 (IANS) In a blunt warning to Pakistan against supporting anti-India and anti-Afghanistan terror groups, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked Islamabad to do more about ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
US suspends NATO supply talks with Pakistan
June 12th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) Frustrated over lack of progress over talks with Pakistan to reopen critical supply routes into Afghanistan to US and NATO forces, the United States has called ... Read more...
Posted in World |
BJP appears keen to go for Chidambaram’s jugular
May 11th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday continued gunning for Home Minister P. Chidamabarm, as it protested in the Lok Sabha over his reading out ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India, US send strong signals to Pakistan, Iran (Roundup)
May 8th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India and the US Tuesday signalled common intent and purpose, asking Pakistan to take stronger action against terror, advising Iran to desist from its ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India, US ask Pakistan to act against terror (Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India and the US Tuesday asked Pakistan to take "strong and more concerted" action against terror groups operating from its soil even as American ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Government will not impose its view on Telangana: Chidambaram (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the government will not thrust its opinion on Telangana and the decision on the statehood issue will be ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pakistani safe havens hinder Afghan war: US
April 25th, 2012 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Pakistani safe havens and corruption are two factors retarding the progress of NATO forces in Afghanistan, according to a senior US military commander.Pakistan represents a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Z-security provided to judges linked to Ayodhya Title suit
March 27th, 2012 - 1:49 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court (HC) that it had provided Z-category security to the three judges connected to ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India probing Iran’s Quds Force link to attack on Israelis
March 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Iran's secretive Quds Force or West Asian terror groups may have been behind the terror bombing on an Israeli embassy car last month, investigators said ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mumbai terror attack footage to be screened in apex court
February 22nd, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) CCTV recordings of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack by Pakistani terrorists and the audio recordings of their intercepted mobile phone conversations will be played Thursday ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Court allows probe against Headley’s wife
February 18th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday gave the green signal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the role of Pakistani-American and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Sticky bomb a bigger threat: NSG chief
February 15th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 15 (IANS) The emerging trend of sticky bombs, as used in an attack on an Israel embassy car, is a bigger threat than improvised explosive devices (IED), the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Curb anti-India terror groups, Myanmar told
January 24th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Raising fears that terror groups may stoke trouble in poll-bound Manipur, India has asked Myanmar to act against insurgents operating from its soil, a home ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
26/11: Sleuths want to probe role of Headley’s wife
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court here Saturday that they needed to probe the role of Pakistani-American David Headley's second wife in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Terorrist groups using Facebook for recruitment
January 10th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Jan 10 (IANS) Terrorist groups, blacklisted by the US, are relying on Facebook to urge users to join and support Hezbollah, Hamas and other militant groups."Today, about ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Crime up slightly, women’s safety, terror top agenda: Delhi Police (Roundup)
January 6th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Delhi saw a four percent increase in crime in 2011 with women and senior citizens being the most vulnerable, Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Friday, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Combating terrorism tops Delhi Police agenda (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The war against terror will top the Delhi Police agenda this year since the capital is vulnerable to such strikes, Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Combating terrorism tops Delhi Police agenda
January 6th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The war against terror will top the agenda of the Delhi Police this year, its chief, B.K. Gupta said Friday.Addressing the annual press conference of ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
LeT raises new all-women terror outfit for Kashmir
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Pakistan-based militant outfit Laskhkar-e-Toiba has raised an exclusive women's extremist outfit and has trained 21 girls at a camp near Muzzafarabad in Pakistani Kashmir for ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Accused in police officer’s 1992 killing arrested
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested Mohammed Najeeb Ahmed, an accused in the killing of a senior police officer in the city in 1992.Najeeb alias Mohammed Sikander ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Omar disagrees with army chief on special powers act
January 2nd, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has questioned army chief General V.K. Singh's contention on the continuation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Babbar Khalsa plotting revival, big strike: Delhi Police
January 1st, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The arrest of two operatives of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) over a week ago has confirmed what Delhi Police have been suspecting for ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Revoking AFSPA will aid Kashmir terror groups: Army chief
January 1st, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh has opposed the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Explosives seized in Madhya Pradesh, no terror link
October 16th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 16 (IANS) The police in Madhya Pradesh Sunday dramatically seized a huge quantity of explosives, including gelatine sticks, detonators and detonation cords, from a house and a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
N-security, proliferation serious threats around India: PM
October 11th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday warned that nuclear security and proliferation in India's neighbourhood remained "a serious threat" and called for the country's policy-makers ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Islamabad Police foil terror bid
October 1st, 2011 - 5:55 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Islamabad Police have foiled a bid to blow up an important building in the capital, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday.A huge quantity of explosives were ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Not surprised at US views on ISI: India
September 30th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) India Friday said it was not surprised that the US has "lately discovered" the terror links of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency.Home ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Pakistan paying heavily for mixing religion with politics: Blair
September 29th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Pakistan is "paying heavily" for its mistakes in the 1970s of mixing religion with politics and developing religious schools that promoted extremism, former British prime ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Pressurise Pakistan to dismantle LeT infrastructure: US expert
September 19th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Calling Lashkar-e-Taiba one of the greatest threats to American and Indian interests in South Asia today, a US expert has suggested that Washington apply consistent ... Read more...
Posted in World |