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Despite signs of souring
relations with Tehran and
strained relations with
Washington, Pakistan has
asserted that it will not
allow its territory to be
used by the U.S. for
anti-Iran operations.<More>
2. Manipur Ambush, Army on
Hunt
(February 26, 2007)
After 40-50 heavily armed
terrorists ambushed and
killed 16 policemen in
Manipur, security forces
are combing the area to
catch the perpetrators and
have recovered a large
cache of weapons.<More>
3. Russia Uranium Pilfered?
(January 31 , 2007)
Georgia revealed that its
agents posing as Islamic
rebels arrested a Russian
businessmen trying to sell
weapons-grade uranium hidden
in his jacket a independent
reports quoted US authorities
confirming that the uranium
was 90% enriched.<More>
4. First India-Russia-China
Structured Meeting
(January 30 , 2007)
India, Russia, and China will
hold their first structured
foreign ministerial meeting in
New Delhi seen as an effort to
coordinate response and
efforts in international
affairs, although the foreign
ministers have met thrice over
the last 2 years .<More>
5. Islamic Leader Surrenders in
Kenya
(January 23, 2007)
An Islamic leader of Somalia’s
ousted Islamic movement
surrendered to Kenyan
authorities raising hopes that
the moderate Sheik Sharif
Sheik Ahmed can facilitate
moderation of widespread
Jihadist insurgency in
Africa..<More>
6. Involve Myanmar in ULFA Hunt
(January 20, 2007)
With increased violence from
United Liberation of Asom (ULFA),
External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee is visiting
Myanmar over the weekend to
cement oral agreement on the
sidelines of the ASEAN meet in
the Philippines on joint
operations.<More>
7. US Bombs Islamists in
Somalia
(January 11, 2007)
At least two incidents
of US plane and
helicopter bombed
Islamists caught in a
pincer between Ethiopian
and Somali forces on the
one hand and Kenyan
troops on the other and
many believe that key al
Qaeda militants may have
been killed in the attack.<More>
8. ULFA Killing Wave in NE
(January 10, 2007)
Army and paratroopers searched
remote jungles trying to flush
out United Liberation Front of
Asom (ULFA) terrorists who
killed 69 migrant workers from
Bihar and their excuse is that
they do not want non-Assamese in Assam.<More>
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9. China-Pak End Exercises
(December 19, 2006)
China and Pakistan ended a
10-day joint military exercise
that focused on anti-terror
operations to share “each
others experiences in planning
and conduct of anti-terrorist
operations” for mutual benefit
and also to strengthen
traditional bilateral bonds of
friendship.<More>
10. Zero Tolerance for Terrorism
(November 27, 2006)
Addressing a call made by the Intelligence
Bureau Chief for stronger laws against
terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said
that the nation must “use relevant provisions”
in a “professional and scientific manner” but
not link it to any religion.<More>
11. Helicopter Use to Fight NE Terrorists
(November 14, 2006)
Large areas, highly-wooded terrain, and an
invisible enemy in the North East is prompting
the Indian Army and Air Force (IAF) to start
using helicopters to curb insurgency in Assam
sparked mainly by the United Liberation Front of
Asom (ULFA).<More>
12. FBI Warning Raises Terror Fear
(November 14, 2006)
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert
to India of a possible attack on airport or
vital installation by al-Qaeda bolstered by an
anonymous untraced letter in Tiruchinapalli
increased security levels across airports,
tarmac, and leaders.<More>
13. Madrasa Bombing Inspires Protests, Reprisals
(November 09, 2006)
The monster Pakistan created came back to haunt
the master with a reprisal attack in response to
a helicopter attack on a madrasa alleged to be a
terrorist training camp as thousands of armed
tribals protested against the Army action.<More>
14. Assam Blasts Pinned on ULFA
(November 08, 2006)
A top Government team headed
by the Federal Home Secretary
and attended by Army and
Central forces pinned the
blame for the twin blasts in
Guwahati killed 14 people and
injuring 48 others on United
Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).<More>
15. Security and Telecom Investment
(November 08, 2006)
After a year of deregulation in the
Telecommunications space allowing
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
from 49% to 74%, the Government has
received only 2 applications while
others complain that the security
restrictions are too harsh for
viable investment.<More>
16. Indo-US Anti-Terrorism Exercises
(October 30, 2006)
As part of the ongoing “Malabar” series of
exercises, Indian and US Navies will practice
expeditionary maneuvers off the Konkan coast in
addition to a simulated joint semi-urban
anti-terrorism exercise by in Belgaum, Karnataka.<More>
17. Internal Security Concerns to the Fore
(October 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned the country
that focusing on external aggression reduces
awareness and focus on internal security which
is far more dangerous because of the number of
threats and causes and the effort that is
required to defeat them.<More>
18. J&K Autonomy Working Group DoA?
(October 27, 2006)
The Hindu reported that the
Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K) Autonomy Working group promised by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh 5 months ago may be dead on arrival (DoA) because of a lack of
suitable leadership to lead the group and procedural issues.<More>
19. Mizo Insurgent Group Surrenders
(October 25, 2006)
After fighting a bush war for 9 years with the
Assam Rifles, about 800 activists of the Bru
Liberation Front of Mizoram (BLFM) surrendered
to in Tripura along with their fire arms and
grenades in exchange for a grant Rs. 40,000 to
each surrendered insurgent.<More>
20. India , Britain Share Terror Concerns
(October 12, 2006)
Visiting Britain right after the North
Korean (NK) nuclear test, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and British Prime Minister
Tony Blair concluded their third annual
summit and discussed terrorism, energy
cooperation, and investment promotion.<More>
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21. Iraq War “Spawned new Terror”
(September 26, 2006)
A classified report by US Intelligence found
that the war in Iraq has “spawned new terror”
activity and a new generation of Islamic
radicalism and that the overall terror threat
has grown significantly since September 11, 2001.<More>
22. Army Restarts War on ULFA
(September 26, 2006)
India called off its truce with the United
Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) moving several
Army columns to re-launch anti-militant
operations in Tinsukia and Jorhat districts in
upper Assam and in Nagaon, Barpeta, and Darrang
districts in lower Assam.<More>
23. UN Treaty Seeks to Curb Arms Trade
(September 20, 2006)
A draft resolution for an international arms
trade treaty is being floated by Britain,
Finland, Japan, Argentina, Australia, Costa
Rica, and Kenya in the UN seeking to reduce
human rights, limit the spread of terrorism,
and reduce unintended suffering of millions.<More>
24. IBSA Sets Goals
(September 19, 2006)
With the end of the India-Brazil-South
Africa (IBSA) first summit in Brazil , the
world’s largest democracies in developing
countries set common goals in the world’s
political, economic, and social forums and
promised better calibration of policy
making..<More>
25. 18 Nuclear Emergency Response
Centers
(September 18, 2006)
India has set up 18 emergency
response centers that will
augment existing emergency
preparedness capacities to
deal with nuclear-related
emergencies that could be
triggered by terrorism,
nuclear attacks,
transportation, or accidents.<More>
26. India Worried About Taliban Resurgence
(September 12, 2006)
India is increasingly worried about conventional
offensive well-orchestrated operations of a
resurgent Taliban and their hold on the fight
till broken with air raids and analysts say that
these tactics bring back memories of their
ascendance in early 1990s.<More>
27. Bush Strategy to Combat Terrorism
(September, 07 2006)
Days before the 5th anniversary of 9/11
terrorism attack on the US , President George
Bush released a document called “National
Strategy for Combating Terrorism” portrayed as
“unclassified version” of US approach to dealing
with terrorism.<More>
28. BDR Denies ULFA Presence
(September, 06 2006)
At the end of a 3 day face to face between the
Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)
where
India demanded imprisoned terrorists be repatriated,
Bangladesh denied the presence of leaders of the
terrorist movement.<More>
29. 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>
30. Punitive Action Sanctioned on Bangla Border
(July 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
to deliver retaliatory fire.<More>
31. 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>
32. India, Russia, and China for
Trilateral Ties
(July 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, Russian President Vladimir Putin,
and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet
on the sidelines of the ‘outreach’ summit
of G-8 in St Petersburg to discuss
“positive” roles their countries can play
to safeguard global peace.<More>
33. 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>
34. 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>
35. US Subpoenaed International Money Transfer Records
(June 23, 2006)
US Treasury Department gained sweeping access to
international banking records as part of a secret
program to choke off financial support for terrorism
that US Government sources say is "legal and proper use
of our authorities.<More>
36. Poll Says US Troops Greater
Peace Threat
(June 16, 2006)
A poll of people in Britain,
France, Germany, Spain, and
Russia rated the presence of
US troops in Iraq is a
greater threat to world
peace than the Government of
Iran and such opinion was
even lower in Indonesia,
Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and
Pakistan.<More>
37. China Firm on Fighting Terror
(June 16, 2006)
China vowed to strengthen coordination efforts and
support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS) “To fight the
‘three evil forces’ including the ‘East Turkistan’ force
and safeguard security and stability in the region.<More>
38. Indonesia frees radical Islamic cleric
(June 15, 2006)
Indonesia set free radical imprisoned Islamic cleric Abu
Bakar Baasyir convicted for his role in "a sinister
conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion resulting in
deaths" after he completed his prison term that was
reduced to about 26 months from 30.<More>
39. Army Called to Curb ULFA Terror
(June 14, 2006)
The
Assam Government has called out the Army to battle
the United Liberation Front of Assam’s (ULFA) terror
campaign of bombing oil, pipeline, and other
installations and targeting civilian centers inviting
the wrath of many influential organizations.<More>
40. Al-Qaeda’s Top Iraqi Man Killed
(June 09, 2006)
Intelligence driven precision air raid
on a safe house in Baquba killed al
Qaeda’s main man responsible for most
terrorist incidents in Iraq who carried
a bounty of USD 25 million.<More>
41. Salem Seeks Portugal Help
(June 07, 2006)
Extradited mobster Abu Salem has
alleged that India has violated the
terms of his extradition and plans to
seek a Lisbon court intervention to
recall him to Portugal.<More>
42. Largest Coke Haul
(June 05, 2006)
Narcotics Control Bureau official
say that they have seized 200
kilograms of cocaine from a ship
from Honk Kong with an estimate
street value of USD 50 million.
They say this is the largest
recorded haul of cocaine.<More>
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