Washington: Pakistan is half way through the construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab, which will give it capability to speed up plutonium manufacturing, latest US satellite imagery has revealed. On completion, the reactor would enable Islamabad to build large number of smaller nuclear warheads, Washington-based eminent think-tank Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said. Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme is considered to be among the fastest growing in...
11:59 AM, May 23, 2012
Washington: The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The US-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds - or misses - his US or allied target. It also...
10:21 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is likely to visit West Bengal on Saturday to inaugurate a National Security Guards (NSG) hub. The visit comes amidst the controversy over Chidambaram's brainchild, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), an anti-terror intelligence hub. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is among other chief ministers who have opposed the idea, saying it would infringe upon the powers of the state. The UPA faced...
08:24 AM, Feb 18, 2012
Tehran: Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official said. "Because western countries were unwilling to help us, we began enriching uranium to 20 percent to make nuclear fuel rods," Ali Bagheri, deputy chief of Iran's National Security Council, said in an interview. "These nuclear rods, the first created by Iranian specialists, will be inserted tomorrow into...
07:58 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: The fresh round of India-China Special Representative talks, which were postponed in November after the Chinese protested the Dalai Lama's scheduled participation in a programme in New Delhi, will now be held on January 16-17 in the capital. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said the Indian delegation to the talks will be led by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon while the Chinese...
12:16 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: The country's elite counter-terrorist force NSG is functioning without its top operations commander for almost six months as both the Home and Defence ministries have not been able to get a suitable Army officer for the job. The last incumbent of the post - Inspector General (Operations) Major General RS Pradhan was repatriated from the elite commando force on July 12 last year even before he completed his...
01:12 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Top Haqqani leader Haji Mali Khan was captured during a joint NATO-Afghan forces operation in Afghanistan. ...
09:52 AM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Sources in the National Security Guard (NSG) said the low intensity blast at Jai hospital in Agra blast was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The blast on Saturday evening left four people injured. The forensic report said gunpowder was also used but no traces of nitrate have been found in the residue. Seven batteries of 9 volts each have been also been recovered from the site...
03:03 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Stockholm: Sweden's National Security Service (SAPO) said on Sunday it had arrested four people on suspicion of planning a terror attack on Gothenburg, the country's second-largest city. Ulf Edberg, spokesman for the Vastra Gotaland police in west Sweden, said a culture and arts arena had been cordoned off after information was received about a potential threat. "We decided to clear the area because of a threat that could have involved...
05:23 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Washington: Osama bin Laden "had some sort of support mechanism" while operating out of Pakistan for six years, a top White House official has said, even as he reiterated that there is no evidence so far which indicates that the top leadership in the country knew about it. "The fact is that Osama Bin Laden operated out of Abbottabad, Pakistan for six years or so, in an operational role, leading...
09:50 AM, Jul 04, 2011
New Delhi: A senior National Security Guard official's computer has been hacked into. Miscreants sent out a number of letters on behalf of Major General RS Pradhan who is in charge of operations to numerous people on Friday. Senior officials alerted the Intelligence Bureau the moment they discovered the breach. The NSG's internal mail system has been suspended and an overhaul in the security system has been ordered. Sources said...
10:28 AM, Jul 03, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday urged National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon to take up with Sri Lanka the issue of rehabilitation of displaced Tamils in the island nation and ensure they were allowed to live with dignity and equal rights on par with the Sinhalese. Jayalalithaa also conveyed to Menon her concern over recurring attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan defence forces and sought restoration...
09:40 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama held a conference call with his top national security team to discuss with them the launch and progress of Operation Odyssey Dawn and the situation in Libya, the White House said. Obama received a briefing from AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham, on US military operations in Libya, as part of the international effort to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973; besides from the National Security...
08:31 PM, Mar 20, 2011
CNN-IBN expose Operation Water Rat and Citizen X both revealed crucial loopholes in the country's National Security. ...
12:33 PM, Jan 13, 2011
CNN-IBN expose Operation Water Rat and Citizen X both revealed crucial loopholes in the country's National Security. ...
12:33 PM, Jan 13, 2011
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