Naxalism, Micro-Terrorism Major Security Threats (September, 07 2006)
A security review by Chief Ministers with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh found leaders worrying about increasing activities of Pakistan-sponsored and directed terrorist outfits organized into “sleeper cells” who are motivated to perform suicide attacks.<More>

Three Uranium Mines in Jharkhand (September, 06 2006)
The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is setting up 3 small uranium mines and 1 processing plant in Jharkhand near the sole uranium mine Jadugoda and is expected to become operational between 2006 and 2008.<More>

Special Anti-Naxal Force (September, 06 2006)
India has created special force body of 14000 personnel raised from 13 states, which would include 9000 from Central paramilitary and State police and rest ex-servicemen, to fight naxal violence and perform other internal security duties.<More>

New Defense Procurement Policy (September, 05 2006)
In a radical move to limit number of scandals surrounding defense policy and increase transparency, the Federal Government announced several changes to procurement policy that is expected to reduce delays and eliminate corruption during vendor selection.<More>

Private Nuclear Power Generation Considered (September, 05 2006)
As the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is becoming more of a reality, there is increasing signs that the Federal Government may be considering private nuclear power operators as a viable alternative to double nuclear power capacities by 2030.<More>

7 Nation Futuristic Nuclear Reactor (August 23, 2006)
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Director at Kalpakkam Baldev Raj has been elected Chairman of a 7 nation collaborative project to define a futuristic fast reactor with closed nuclear fuel cycle capable of generating 300-500 GWe nuclear energy. <More>

India, Singapore for Air Force Cooperation (August 22, 2006)
In the first ever Air Force-level dialogue, India and Singapore agreed to focus on “mutually supportive roles,” including “interoperability” between respective air forces for disaster management and humanitarian relief in South East Asia. <More>

Scores of Taliban Terrorists Killed (August 21, 2006)
Afghani officials say that their forces assisted by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) aircraft and artillery killed 71 Taliban terrorists in Southern Afghanistan where there is a resurgence of Taliban activity and bloodiest clashes since their ouster in 2001. <More>

Iran Test-Fires Short-Range Missiles (August 21, 2006)
A day after large-scale military exercises across the nation, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed that Iran has successfully test-fired 10 short-range surface-to-surface Saegheh missiles. <More>

PM Convinces Commies of Nuke Deal (August 21, 2006)
Facing intense pressure from communists allies for ideological reasons and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for political reasons, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh eloquently defended the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal outlying ways it could help India. <More>

LeT Operatives Disclose ISI, Army Links (August 17, 2006)
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives arrested by the Delhi police on August 10, have confessed to their role and disclosed that they have been directed, monitored, and inducted by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Army. <More>

IIT-Kanpur Develops Biometric Software (August 17, 2006)
The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) says that it has developed software that will help financial institutions and security agencies create biometric data banks using fingerprints, retinal scans, and signatures. <More>

Major Terrorism Attack over Atlantic Averted (August 14, 2006)
British counter-intelligence seem to have averted a major terrorism attack attempt on as many as 10 civil aircraft using common over-the-counter chemicals used by most people that officials say would have been worse than September 11 twin tower bombing. <More>

Pak Navy’s “Offensive punch” (August 14, 2006)
Claiming to not have “offensive designs,” Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf  revealed plans that his country was following a strategy of “offensive defensive deterrence” and strengthening its armed forces. <More>

Ordnance Board Collaborates with Israeli Company (August 07, 2006)
Government-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is entering into a joint venture with an Israeli company to manufacture “cargo ammunition” (known to maim but does not kill) but raising hackles of human rights organization seeking to stop these products. <More>

Naxals Attack WB IRB Camp (August 07, 2006)
In an area in West Bengal adjacent to Jharkhand, suspected Naxal terrorists attacked an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp and a heavy exchange of fire lasted for over an hour as retribution for arresting a senior local terrorist leader. <More>

Army Plans for Nuke Attack (August 03, 2006)
Faced by increasing intelligence that non-state actors plan to attack nuclear facilities in the nation, the Indian Army has set up special teams to coordinate and execute response to nuclear attacks. <More>

LeT Targeting Sensitive Spots (August 02, 2006)
Senior Indian officials took umbrage to US comments absolving Pakistan on the 7/11 Mumbai blasts and said they have actionable intelligence that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was behind the terrorist attack and of plans to attack sensitive spots. <More>

NATO Set to Take Over Afghan Security (August 01, 2006)
In its most ambitious mission in Asia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has taken control of security operations in insurgency-ridden southern Afghanistan to stop the Taliban with new tactics and approach. < More >

Raytheon Offers AESA Radar to IAF (August 01, 2006)
US defense vendor Raytheon said that it was ready to supply the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar in addition to advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) if the Indian Air Force (IAF) would choose the F-16 and F-18 fighter jets. < More >

US Congress Passes Nuke Deal (July 31, 2006)
After several hours of debate, the US House of Representatives approved the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal with an overwhelming majority but has unfortunately raked partisan politicking in India even though the Government looks resolute in defending the deal. <More>

Political Failure in War on Terror (July 28, 2006)
The continued politicking dealt a serious blow to India’s ability to fight terror as Opposition sought to embarrass the Government more than solving the issue while the senior Ministers sought to divide the country further on the basis of religion. <More>

India Signs Nuclear Terrorism Convention (July 28, 2006)
Sharing the objective of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism to deny terrorists access to nuclear materials and enhance international cooperation to prevent nuclear terrorism, India announced its acceptance of this measure. <More>

Pak Warns of Nuclear War over Hot Pursuit (July 27, 2006)
Briefing journalists on a recent article in the Washington Post on the expansion of nuclear facilities, Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said trivialized its contents and warned nuclear war if India pursues terrorists into Kashmir that it has occupied. <More>

Some Successes against Naxals (July 25, 2006)
Finally, there seems to be some forward movement on some policies from the Federal Home Ministry and some successes against Naxals in Andhra Pradesh with the topmost terrorist in that state killed in an encounter by the elite Greyhound Force. <More>

Broader Naxal Agenda (July 20, 2006)
The recent daring attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) protect camp is causing Home Ministry officials to finally pay attention to a politically-discredited Naxal blueprint document that describes their plan to further their evil agenda. <More>

Home Ministry Wants Direct Talks with ULFA (July 20, 2006)
As suspected insurgents of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) attacked an Assam Rifles post in Assam on the border with Manipur, Home Secretary V.K. Duggal wanted the group to talk to the Government directly and not through a panel of intermediaries.<More>

Russia, US, to Expand India Nuclear Ties (July 18, 2006)
Russia and the United States praised India’s “important non-proliferation commitments” and revealed their desire to expand “civil nuclear cooperation to address its energy requirements, and on further enhancing global non-proliferating regime.” <More>

Naxals Attack Relief Camp, Brutally Kill 25 (July 18, 2006)
A 800 person Naxal horde attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and civilian relief camp in Errabore in Chhattisgarh and “hacked” 25 civilians “with sharp weapons” to send a message that colluding with the Government will bring them gory death. <More>

Global Anti-Terror Initiative (July 17, 2006)
Ahead of the G8 summit, US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism to jointly detect, track, and capture terrorists trying to obtain nuclear and radioactive materials.<More> 

Mumbai Restarts, Terrorist Hunt Continues (July 13, 2006)
In true defiance of terrorism, Mumbai restarted life in just 12 hours after 8 blasts ripped through suburban trains causing scores of death and mayhem even as authorities are on heels of Islamic terrorists from Pakistan outsourced terror to local disenfranchised youth.<More> 

Terrorists Target Mumbai Again (July 12, 2006)
Terrorists struck Mumbai, the Indian financial nerve center, by blasting a string of 7 powerful bombs within 11 minutes on commuter trains and stations packed to the brim at commute hour killing 150 people and injuring 439 others.<More>

No US Support for India as Nuke Weapon State (July 12, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that while the US will “not support India joining the Non Proliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state” it will strive to “include India” in the “global nonproliferation regime” through the civilian nuclear deal. <More>

GSLV Fails, INSAT 4-C Lost (July 11, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) failed to place the most sophisticated satellite it has created as the rocket carrying the INSAT-4C veered off its trajectory due to a strap-on motor failure forcing controllers to abort the mission and destruct the rocket.<More>

India, IAEA Discuss Nuclear Safeguards (July 11, 2006)
India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met a 2nd time to discuss nuclear safeguards as a step to fulfilling the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and reports suggest that the talks went well and focused on broad India-specific safeguard issues. <More>

Indigenous AWACS Prototype by 2007 (July 11, 2006)
The Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS) revealed that an indigenous Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is being developed and a prototype will be ready next year and will be inducted 2010.<More>

Agni-III Test Fails (July 10, 2006)
India tested the intermediate ballistic, 2-stage, solid propellant, nuclear weapons capable, 3500 kilometer Agni-III missile but reports suggest that a design flaw caused a snag and scientists say they have identified the error and will to retest the missile soon.<More>

Kashmir Blast Targets Political Rally (July 10, 2006)
Terrorists targeted a political rally by moderate National Conference party in Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir by hurling a grenade killing 5 people, including a former legislator, and injuring 60 others.<More>

Top Security Meet to Review J&K (July 05, 2006)
Senior members of the security apparatus met recently to review the increase in infiltration from Pakistan, the continued existence of terror infrastructure in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and use the bait of human rights violations to distract attention.<More> 

Govt Rejects Israeli Arms Request (July 04, 2006)
The Federal Government said that security of diplomats in India is its responsibility and has rejected a request from the Israeli embassy to import 20 pistols for its security staff and asked it to return another 4 dozen imported earlier.<More>