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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Thorn In The Side (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
One of the most serious threats to India's security is from the proxy war unleashed against it on the eastern front, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Fratricidal Wars (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
Not very long ago we had in these columns highlighted the occurrence of suicides in uniformed forces. Indeed, it is an unhealthy feature.
- Mumbai Police May Seek Transit Remand Of Pak Terrorists (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested from Hingalganj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district revealed some clues during interrogation and Mumbai police may seek their transit remand, police sources said here on Saturday night.
- ‘Jaish Was Planning Suicide Strikes In Mumbai’ (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 20, 2006)
This is what security agencies find after interrogating two Pak nationals caught sneaking in from Bangladesh.
- Transit Remand For Pak Terrorists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested from Hingalganj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district revealed some clues during interrogation and Mumbai Police may seek their transit remand, police sources said here on Friday night.
- Kashmir Sex Scandal: High Court Order Stayed Partially (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
CBI asked to hold custodial interrogation
- Sc Puts Break On Indiscriminate Arrests In J&k Sex Scandal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Putting a break on indiscriminate arrests in the Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today partially stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order directing CBI to hold custodial interrogation of all public functionaries named by kingpin Sabeena . . .
- Of Terror Twosome & Mumbai Blasts (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Mohammad Sohail and Mohammad Zubair, militants arrested by the Border Security Force at Hingalgunj on Monday, belong to the terror module which triggered off serial blasts on Mumbai’s local trains in July.
- 5 Militants, Soldier Killed In Machhil Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
While at least five infiltrating militants and a soldier have died in a fierce gunbattle on the LoC in Machhil sector of Kupwara, troops have apprehended eight young boys, who were leaving for a militant training camp in PoK, from Kangan area and . . .
- The Mumbai Death Cells (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 17, 2006)
Investigations into the serial bombings in Mumbai might end in a replay of the 1993 terror strikes — with the perpetrators out of reach.
- Bsf, Bdr To Reduce Tension (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
After exchanging gunfire, troop movements, and tension the Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) agreed to reduce tensions by pulling out additional troops from the frontier and adhere to border guidelines and land-boundary agreement.
- Bill On Aids Likely To Be Tabled In Winter Session (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 16, 2006)
`HIV a serious issue in paramilitary forces'
- Pak Ultras Smuggled In Rdx: Bsf (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Aug 16, 2006)
Two Pakistani terrorists arrested by a special team of the Border Security Force from Hingleganj of North 24 Parganas district, close to the Indo-Bangladesh border, on Monday, admitted to having smuggled into the country two consignments of RDX to . . .
- Where Militants Earn Goodwill Of People (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 14, 2006)
Youngmen aid and abet them
- India, Bangla Border Clashes Continue (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Indo-Bangla border tensions escalated with heavy mortar attacks from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to cover mass troop movement along Assam killing 2 women and retaliatory fire from Border Security Force (BSF) resulted in the death of 5 BDR soldiers.
- Bangladesh Attacks 3 Bsf Outposts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) today fired at three Indian border outposts and killed two women, injured five others and displaced 4000 persons, creating a war-like situation in Cachar district, BSF sources said.
- Aids Cases Found Among Indian Forces; Govt Plans Prevention (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
As many as 986 cases of HIV/AIDS have been detected in the Central para-military forces which included the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others.
- India Accuses Isi Of Recruiting Youths From Five States (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India on Tuesday alleged that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has spread its reach to recruit youths from five Indian states besides Jammu and Kashmir.
- New Pak Posts On Border, Ls Told (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
If there is a fresh frost in India-Pakistan relations, the government is not hiding it.
- Indian Consulate Involved In Terror Acts, Iran Told (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Islamabad has conveyed its concern to Tehran that the Indian consulate in Zahidan is involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan.
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- 6 Bsf Jawans Hurt In Grenade Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Six BSF jawans and two civilians were injured when militants hurled two grenades on a security force picket in the Sopore area of Baramula district today.
- Poonch Youth Held For Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A joint team of the Mumbai and the J&K police has arrested a terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Abdul Hameed, from a border village of the Poonch district in connection with the serial train blasts in Mumbai that claimed about 190 lives last month.
- Security Along Pak-Afghan Border: Pakistan And Us Sign Mou (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Pakistan and the United States on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby Washington pledged to provide its key ally in the war on terror US$2.7 million in security and communications equipment to bolster security along the . . .
- *20 Hurt In Surankote Blast (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
and police today gunned down two militants of Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) and apprehended another as troops suffered a fatal casualty in day long operation at village Kochal in Chatroo area of Doda district while 20 persons were injured, two of . . .
- Two Militants Killed While Making Ied, 3 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Two militants were killed and three others injured when they were manufacturing an IED which exploded accidentally in a village in Tral. Elsewhere, two more militants were killed in separate encounters at Awantipora and Bandipore while as four . . .
- Jem Strikes Twice, Kills Four Crpf, Bsf Jawans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Militants of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) struck twice killing four security personnel in Srinagar when the Legislative Assembly and Council sessions were on.
- 8 Killed In Clashes Between Terrorists, Security Personnel (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Aug 02, 2006)
Amid tight security arrangements in Srinagar for the ongoing Assembly session, militants of the Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit struck at Dalgate and Karan Nagar areas killing four security personnel.
- Bsf Says “Indian Smugglers” Helping Bdr (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) accused “Indian smugglers” of “using “SIM cards of Bangladesh mobile service providers to pass on strategic information” to the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) but said have not . . .
- Indo-Bangla Border Tense As Bsf Thwarts Land-Grab Bid (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Tension gripped Harinagar along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Cachar district on Saturday when Bangladeshi farmers for the third time in a month began cultivating a 200-acre plot of Indian land.
- Grabbers Keepers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2006)
That's what Dhaka believes ---- Adverse possession, those acquainted with the daunting and near impossible task of evicting squatters from their property will aver, is nine-tenths of the law.
- Indian Bristles At Bangladeshi Hostility (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
A minister in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has accused Bangladesh of grabbing two square kilometres (500 acres) of Assam’s land by shifting international boundary markers.
- Punitive Action Sanctioned On Bangla Border (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Increased infiltration of illegal economic migrants, terrorists, lack of adequate response from Bangladesh, and suspected official complicity has changed India’s attitude ordering the infusion of another 40 battalions on the border and authority . . .
- Sex Scandal Reveals The Seedy Side Of Indian Rule In Kashmir (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 27, 2006)
The two-year criminal investigation of a Srinagar brothel, allegedly protected and patronised by top Indian and state officials, could undermine what faith Kashmiris have got left in the Indian government.
- Dhaka Grabs 2 Sq Km Of India's Land (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Jul 27, 2006)
Assam Minister says Bangladeshis have moved border posts ---- In a sudden and daring move, Bangladeshis, backed by their country's Army, have uprooted pillars demarcating the Indo-Bangla border along Dhubri and Karimganj districts of Assam, and . . .
- Victim's Age May Take Sting Out Of J&k Sex Scandal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The J&K sex scandal case could lose its sting if it is proved that the victim in question was of consenting age and the very law on which prosecution was leaning wasn't applicable to the state.
- More Vigilance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
How a country defends its border is determined by its threat perceptions. New Delhi’s decision to strengthen the vigil on the India-Bangladesh border can, therefore, mean only one thing — India’s perception of a worsening security threat from across . . .
- Teeth For Forces On Bangla Border (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jul 26, 2006)
The security set-up along the border with Bangladesh has been rejigged with a record number of battalions of the Border Security Force being deployed.
- J&k Sex Scandal: Ias Officer’S Plea Transferred (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
A single Bench of the J&K HC on Monday transferred the Criminal Revision Petition of IAS officer Iqbal Khanday — who is in jail after he was arrested by CBI for his alleged involvement in the sex abuse scam — to the Division Bench. A petition filed . . .
- Lashkar-E-Taiba Mastermind Arrested In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Mudasir Gujri planned attacks on tourists, Congress rally
Interrogation reveals hand of Pakistani agencies in training militants
Responsible for attacks on BSF, CRPF bunkers, Army convoys
- Talking Past Each Other (Times of India, Khaled Ahmed, Jul 23, 2006)
After the terrorist bombing of trains in Mumbai, India has stepped back from the peace process with Pakistan by cancelling the upcoming foreign secretaries' meeting.
- Inhuman Sacrifices (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Islamists have harvested the public outrage against the Srinagar sex scandal.
- Talking Past Each Other (Times of India, Khaled Ahmed, Jul 22, 2006)
After the terrorist bombing of trains in Mumbai, India has stepped back from the peace process with Pakistan by cancelling the upcoming foreign secretaries' meeting.
- Bharat Mata Ki Jai Banned In J&k District (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 20, 2006)
Don't invoke Mother India, Yatris told ---- The Jammu and Kashmir Government is complementing efforts of terror groups to isolate the State from the Indian mainstream. Don't believe it? Read on.
- Blasts Take A Toll On Indo-Pak Sporting Events (Indian Express, PTI, Jul 20, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts took a toll on Indo-Pak sporting ties with two upcoming tournaments featuring the two countries being deferred indefinitely on Wednesday.
- Terrorist Handover: Congress Asks Bjp To Apologise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
The Kandahar controversy resurfaced today with the Congress asking the BJP to either tender an apology or expel former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh for the “revelations” in his forthcoming book “Call to Honour”. Mr Jaswant Singh is . . .
- Kargil Martyrs’ Kin To Hold Yajna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
On the seventh anniversary of Vijay Divas, families of 1999 Kargil martyrs will hold a nine-day “sarva dharma prarthana” at Drass in Kargil.
- 92 Afghan Nationals Held In Quetta (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Police arrested 92 Afghan nationals in raids on various areas of the provincial capital here on Sunday, sources told APP.
- Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
For the second time in four days the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fire in the Chapra Thana area of West Bengal's Nadia district early on Sunday.
- Bangladesh Hotbed Of Terror Activities (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Bangladesh is fast becoming the new international hub of terrorist activities and the country has become the hotbed of militant training and recruitment ground with even the Bangladeshi Army directly involved with terror outfits, sources said.
- Bsf Launches Search Operations On Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
In view of the Mumbai blasts, the Border Security Force launched massive search operations, along the Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF sources said here today.
- Failure Of Intelligence Led To Mumbai Blasts: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Vigil stepped up along the border with Bangladesh: Buddadeb
- Blast Suspects Took Bangla Route (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jul 15, 2006)
Two of the three masterminds behind the serial train blasts in Mumbai are suspected to have sneaked into West Bengal through the porous Indo-Bangladesh border and stationed themselves in the city before moving on to the financial capital of India, . . .
- No Bail For Ex-Minister, Ias Officer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Blaming former J&K minister Ghulam Ahmad Mir and IAS officer Iqbal Khandey, both accused in the sex scandal case, for “procuring innocent girls in an organised manner against payment of small amounts of money for sexual exploitation and abuse”, the . . .
- Bail Pleas Of Mir, Khanday Dismissed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar today dismissed the bail applications of the ‘sex scam’ accused Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Mohammad Iqbal Khanday even as the court is scheduled to conduct a hearing on similar petitions filed by a number of other . . .
- Experts For New Law On Terrorism (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2006)
The absence of a cogent policy in tackling terrorism and vote bank politics coming in the way of framing laws to deal with this menace have been emboldening anti-national elements to create mayhem in any part of the country.
- Al-Qaida Enters Kashmir (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 14, 2006)
Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida has arrived in Kashmir. Though there have in the past been intelligence reports indicating the presence in the violence-hit state of the terror . . .
- Leak Not Plugged Even 2 Months After Complaint: Cbi (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 10, 2006)
It was a shocking security lapse in the Naval and Air Force headquarters that led to the war room leak case. But that’s only part of the story.
- Ulfa Makes A Point (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 08, 2006)
Amidst indications that the stage is getting ready for direct talks between the government and the United Liberation Front of Asom . . .
- A War With Three Fronts (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 08, 2006)
Violence continues to decline in Kashmir, but Islamists launch new military, ideological and political wars.
- Canada Confirms Babbar Khalsa Militant's Expulsion (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Canada has confirmed the deportation to India of suspected Babbar Khalsa terrorist Bachan Singh Sogi, accused of plotting to assassinate former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his son Sukhbir and former state DGP KPS Gill.
- Policy And Policing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 06, 2006)
The first mustn’t impede the second
The Central police organisations may have been remarkably successful in holding elections as they should, but have on occasions miserably failed when it comes to tackling crime.
- War-Room Leak Chargesheet: Cbi Cites 7,000 Pages Of Secret Data (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 04, 2006)
As the Government probes the security breach in the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the National Security Council secretariat, the CBI’s chargesheet in the Naval war-room case cites 7000 pages of classified information to allege how top secret . . .
- 5 Militants, Civilian Killed In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Five militants, including two involved in a grenade attack on tourists, were killed in three separate gunbattles between militants and security forces in Kashmir valley today. Two of the major gunbattles took place in Telbal and Nishat outskirts of . . .
- Top Lashkar, Al-Badr Militants Killed (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 04, 2006)
Including those responsible for the attack on a tourist bus
- 4 Infiltrators Killed In Gulmarg Sector (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
At least six residential houses were gutted and a soldier got killed in a fierce gunbattle between militants and security forces at Gamroo village in Bandipore area of Baramulla district even as a group of . . .
- J&k Sex Case: Dsp Held For Raping Minor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
CBI on Saturday arrested J&K DSP M Yousuf Mir for raping teenaged victim of the J&K sex racket Yasmeen. Mir was picked up on Friday for questioning in connection with the scandal. The chief judicial magistrate remanded Yousuf to four days’ CBI custody.
- Militants Kill Lt Col In Bandipore After Shootout In Market (Indian Express, MIR EHSAN, Jul 02, 2006)
Days after the J&K Police announced a cash reward for information on Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Kashmir chief Bilal who is believed to be hiding in the mountains of Bandipore, militants killed a Lt Colonel today in a fierce firefight in the main market of . . .
- Lt-Col Dies In J&k Encounter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
A Lieutenant Colonel and three militants were killed in an encounter between militants and security forces at Bandipore in Baramulla district today.
- Sex Scandal: Senior Ias Officer Arrested (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 30, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a senior IAS officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Government in connection with the sex scandal.
- Now, Top J&k Ias Officer In Cbi Net (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jun 30, 2006)
Two weeks after it arrested two top J&K politicians for their alleged role in the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, the CBI today arrested one of the seniormost IAS officers in the state in the same case:
- Addl Security Forces For Railway Project In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 30, 2006)
One of Jammu & Kashmir state's most influential bureaucrats and a senior officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, has been arrested by CBI today for his alleged involvement in the infamous 'Srinagar sex scandal'.
- Concern Over Increase In Infiltration (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Concerned at a marginal increase in infiltration from Pakistan, the Government today said "remedial measures", including synchronisation between various security forces, would soon be put in place as concerted efforts continued to usher in permanent . . .
- Top Brass Meet To Review Situation In J&k (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 29, 2006)
Expressing grave concern over increase in infiltration from Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff General JJ Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting, attended by Union Home Secretary VK Duggal and other senior officials of the Home Ministry and top brass of the . .
- Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 29, 2006)
Dispute over plot of land along bank of Surama river
No report of casualty on Indian side
BSF had not retaliated to BDR firing on June 23
BSF disputed Bangladesh's claims, destroyed cultivation
- Cbi Submits Report In Sex Racket (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The CBI today submitted its second status report in three days on its investigation of the sex racket in Jammu and Kashmir to the High Court, which is monitoring the probe.
- Kashmir’S Iron Maidens (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jun 28, 2006)
Long before the sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir erupted in angry street demonstrations in the Valley, the minister of health in the Mufti . . .
- Cbi Submits Status Report In Sex Racket Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation submitted on Monday a status report on its investigation of the sex racket in Jammu and Kashmir to the High Court, which is monitoring the probe.
- Cbi Submits Status Report In J&k Sex Racket Probe (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The CBI today submitted a status report on its investigation of the sex racket in Jammu and Kashmir to the state High Court, which is monitoring the probe.
- Officials Were Spotted In Sabeena's Net In 2002, Politicians In 2004 (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 27, 2006)
Whether former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had hushed up Sabeena's 'sex racket' in 2004 or not is a matter of investigation but the involvement of his Ministers, first spotted by CID of J&K Police, had been established, rather alarmingly.
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