India pushes for 26/11 CBM, Pakistan rejects state role (Evening Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India Thursday pressed Pakistan to bring to justice those guilty of the 26/11 attack and said it could be the biggest confidence building measure (CBM) ... Read more...
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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...
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Anti-India terror groups must be defeated, says US expert
September 15th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) The United States must avoid signalling it considers Pakistan-based terrorist groups that attack India less of a terrorism threat than Al Qaeda as they all share ... Read more...
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9/11: World no safer than 10 years back, says Chinese daily
September 9th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 9 (IANS) Two terrorist attacks - one in India and the other in Pakistan - show that the world is no safer than it was 10 years ago ... Read more...
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India says LeT threat persists
August 24th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) As LeT founder Hafiz Saeed renewed the call for a jihad against New Delhi, the government Wednesday said there are reports that the group continues ... Read more...
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India not alert despite terror attacks: Sadhvi Ritambhara
July 31st, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) Right-wing Hindu leader Sadhvi Ritambhara Sunday said unlike the US, India was coming under terror attacks repeatedly as it had failed to become alert."There was one ... Read more...
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India ‘disappointed’ with Rana verdict (Lead)
June 10th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India said Friday it was "disappointed" with the decision of a US court to clear Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana in the 2008 Mumbai attack ... Read more...
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Rana verdict not a setback: India
June 10th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India Friday said the decision of a US court to clear Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana in the Mumbai attack was "not a setback" as ... Read more...
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Pakistan undoubtedly supports terrorism in India: Chomsky
April 20th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 20(ANI): Pakistan has "undoubtedly" supported terrorist groups in Kashmir and terrorism in India, renowned scholar and author Professor Noam Chomsky has said.Speaking about Pakistan's outlook towards India, Chomsky said ... Read more...
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Terrorism should not be tagged to any religion: Advani
March 28th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Terrorism should not be tagged to any particular religion, senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said here Monday."Terrorism in India began from Punjab and ... Read more...
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Advani’s Rath Yatra root of terrorism in India: Digvijay
January 28th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after he held Hindu Mahasabha founder Veer Savarkar responsible for the two-nation theory, Congress leader Digvijay Singh blamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader ... Read more...
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Congress launches frontal attack on ‘insidious’ RSS, BJP (Lead)
December 19th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IAS) Days after the WikiLeaks disclosures of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's take on Hindu terror, the party Sunday went a step further, launching a fierce attack on ... Read more...
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Digvijay likens RSS to Nazis, blames Advani for terror (Lead)
December 19th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh Sunday launched a fierce attack against Hindutva groups, comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's "hatred" of Muslims to that harboured by the ... Read more...
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Anti-Muslim RSS is like Nazis: Digvijay Singh
December 19th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi,Dec 19 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh Sunday mounted a fierce attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by likening the right-wing Hindu group to Nazis."The RSS in the ... Read more...
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India worried over Pakistan support to terror modules
December 18th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India is worried about Pakistani support for "terrorist modules" in Indian territory, according to fresh US embassy cables leaked by WikiLeaks.Writing about the "extra-territorial dimensions of terrorism ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: US voiced fears India could be target of biological terrorism
December 17th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 17 (ANI): American diplomatic cables leaked by the whistle blowing web site WikiLeaks have revealed Washington's concerns about India becoming a target of biological terrorism.According to The Guardian, in the ... Read more...
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BJP says Musharraf’s terror remark vindicates its stand
October 7th, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday that former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's remarks about his country training guerrillas to fight against India was a vindication ... Read more...
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Rising food prices biggest concern for Indians: Survey
July 25th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Rising food prices is the biggest concern for people in the country, says a survey released Sunday.
The Nielsen Company survey found that the concern over increasing ... Read more...
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Book on Karkare killing set to release in Marathi
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 23 (IANS) Author S.M. Mushrif is all set to release the Marathi edition of his book "Who Killed Karkare? - The Real face of Terrorism in India", here June 26. ... Read more...
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Swift and credible steps are must to eliminate terrorists’ safe havens: Ansari
June 10th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
Zagreb (Croatia), June 10 (ANI): Stating scourge of terrorism is disruptive of all civilized life, the Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Thursday said swift and credible steps are needed to eliminate terrorists' safe ... Read more...
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UPA government has failed in tackling terror: Rajnath
May 31st, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 31 (IANS) Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh Monday charged the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government with failing to convince the US that most terrorist activities ... Read more...
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A serious look at communal intolerance in India (IANS Book Review)
May 28th, 2010 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Book: "Decoding Intolerance"; Author: Prateep K. Lahiri; Publisher: Roli Books; Pages: 276, Price: Rs.395Why do communal riots keep occurring in India? Are they spontaneous? Or do they expose ... Read more...
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No misunderstanding in fighting Maoists: Raman Singh
May 20th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Thursday said there was no misunderstanding with the central government in fighting the Maoists and efforts will be made to further ... Read more...
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Naxals are terrorists, says Raman Singh
May 19th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said Maoist insurgency is the worst form of terrorism in India. He was critical of those who showed sympathy ... Read more...
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Maoism worst form of terrorism: Raman Singh
May 19th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Two days after Maoists blew up a bus killing 31 people, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday described Maoist insurgency as the worst form of terrorism ... Read more...
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Row in India as Headley escapes death, extradition (Roundup)
March 19th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago/New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In a bid to escape death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges and ... Read more...
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Headley pleads guilty to Mumbai terror charges (Lead)
March 19th, 2010 - 8:10 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, March 19 (IANS) To avoid a possible death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting his ... Read more...
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David Headley pleads guilty to role in India, Denmark terrorism conspiracies
March 19th, 2010 - 3:19 am ICT by BNO News
CHICAGO (BNO NEWS) – A Chicago resident pleaded guilty on Thursday to a dozen terrorism charges that caused the Mumbai, India attacks.David Coleman Headley, 49, a U.S. citizen partly of Pakistani descent, ... Read more...
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Home Secretary to open India-Bangladesh security conference in Delhi
March 18th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar.18 (ANI): As India strives for safe neighbourhood with intensified engagements with its neighbours, an India-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is being organised later this week in Delhi by two premier ... Read more...
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Mumbai police gets more vigilant on the piracy menace, nabs almost 20 offenders in 2 months
March 15th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Yesterday Mumbai Police on behalf of the film industry raided pirates seizing more than 5789 Pirated Discs worth around 6 Lakhs rupees.Mumbai –On behalf of the film ... Read more...
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RSS chief favours smaller states
February 21st, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday supported the demand for formation of smaller states.
Addressing a meeting of RSS cadre here, he said there was nothing ... Read more...
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US, Britain ask citizens to be on alert after Pune blast
February 14th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The United States and Britain have asked their citizens in India to be on alert after a terror attack in a Pune eatery frequented by foreign nationals ... Read more...
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On SRK, Raj accuses Sena of ‘double standards’(Lead)
February 11th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Thursday accused the Shiv Sena of "double standards" for ignoring Amitabh Bachchan for sharing the dais with Pakistani artistes while ... Read more...
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Why is Shiv Sena soft on Amitabh, Raj Thackeray asks
February 11th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Thursday targeted the Shiv Sena for not criticising Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan despite sharing a dais with Pakistani artistes while ... Read more...
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India united in fighting internal security challenges: Chidambaram (Lead)
February 7th, 2010 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) All state governments, irrespective of political affiliations, are "on the same page" in fighting internal security challenges, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Sunday after a meeting ... Read more...
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