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• In a major breakthrough, police arrested Babbar Khalsa (BK) India Chief Paramjit Singh Bheora and two accomplices along with a sizeable cache of arms outside New Delhi. Bheora and his accomplices were on their way with 4 kilograms of RDX, 3 detonators, a remote control device, wireless set, 3 pistols and 39 live cartridges to set up a hideout and instigate terrorist activities. Bheora assumed leadership of Indian operations after Jagtar Singh was captured last year. Both Singh and Bheora were involved in the assassination of formed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and several terrorist incidents in Punjab. BK worldwide leader Whadwa Singh lives in Pakistan and directs his US chief Harjeet Singh Gill to control terrorists operations in India. Most terrorists based in Punjab have been either killed in action or captured because of actionable intelligence from terrorism-weary civilians.

• An Indian trial formally charged Abu Salem for conspiring and bombing Mumbai in 1993 resulting in the death of 250 innocent civilians. Salem and his associate acted on the orders of most wanted man in India, Dawood Ibrahim who is widely believed to live in Pakistan. Salem had originally confessed to his role and implicated actor Sanjay Dutt who is son of late Member of Parliament Congressman Sunil Dutt. He has later retracted his confession.

• Para-Military Forces to Guard Trains  
  After the latest incident when Naxal terrorists hijacked a train for several hours, the Home Ministry has proposed to the Railways Ministry to seek paramilitary guards to guard trains going through forested and Naxal-infested areas. <More>

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• Nepal besieged by Maoist Terrorists

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• NDA Alleges Corruption in Scorpene Deal 
  The Opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) accused the Government of hiding a major defense scandal involving the USD 3.5 billion deals to buy Scorpene submarines.<More>

• The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal seemed to gain ground in the US Senate as Senator Richard Lugar, who heads the powerful Foreign Relations Committee spoke out in support of the deal. He said, “a majority of the members of the Senate are probably going to come down on the side of this piece of legislation.” He said there were still some lingering concerns although India’s political and economic clout, its democratic credentials, and strategic compatibility with the US outweigh India’s nuclear bomb history. However, he suggested that India was compelled into that situation by a big nuclear neighbor (China) and a more erratic neighbor (Pakistan). Lugar, who has been long associated with non-proliferation, defense, and foreign policy issues agreed with the George Bush assessment that India deserved the accord because of its clean non-proliferation accord.

• Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal in US Congress 

• Editorial: Hamas's victory in Palestinian Territories