Blast well planned: Internal Security Secretary

Blast well planned: Internal Security Secretary

UK Bansal, Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said that the explosive device was kept in a briefcase. He said that the blast was well planned and of high intensity. ...
11:28 AM, Sep 07, 2011
SOTN: How well is the govt handling internal security?

SOTN: How well is the govt handling internal security?

Sagarika Ghose examines issues of internal security and terrorism. ...
11:59 PM, Aug 11, 2011

Bihar: six Maoists killed in gunfight

Bihar: six Maoists killed in gunfight Patna: Six Maoist rebels were killed on Saturday in a gun battle in Bihar, a top state police official said. Neelmani, director general of police in Bihar, said the police has arrested one Maoist rebel as well. The Maoist movement, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as the country's biggest security threat, is active in the country's largely poor, rural areas, and its violence in India's mineral-rich areas has...
08:22 AM, Feb 27, 2011

Chidambaram, MP CM involved in a slanging match

Chidambaram, MP CM involved in a slanging match New Delhi: The meeting on internal security in New Delhi on Tuesday witnessed a political slanging match. When Home Minister P Chidambaram cited the Pune and Varanasi blasts to make the point that prior intelligence warnings given by the Centre were not heeded, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit back saying the biggest threat to internal security was corruption itself, hinting at the numerous scams that have taken...
02:03 PM, Feb 01, 2011

Better policing need of the hour: PM

Better policing need of the hour: PM ...
01:50 PM, Feb 01, 2011

Chidambaram talks tough on internal security

Chidambaram talks tough on internal security New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram at the internal security meet on Tuesday expressed his concern over security situation in the country but called for strong measures to counter the challenge. "We live in troubled neighborhood, as a result we are facing terror, inflow of refugees. We have to face everything within given resources," said the Home Minister. But he pointed out that India is not an isolated case and...
11:12 AM, Feb 01, 2011

You, me and Dantewada

Bloody Mary |  Sagarika Ghose

The Maoist attack in Dantewada has brought out two opposing arguments. One argument focuses on a savagely unequal socio-economic reality where state neglect and exploitation ...
12:10 AM, Apr 14, 2010

Kin of slain CRPF men to get Rs 38-lakh cover

Kin of slain CRPF men to get Rs 38-lakh cover 75 CRPF troopers were massacred in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. ...
12:06 AM, Apr 08, 2010
Families of slain CRPF men mourn their loss

Families of slain CRPF men mourn their loss

The bodies of the CRPF men massacred in Dantewada were brought back home on Wednesday. ...
09:33 PM, Apr 07, 2010
Is Operation Greenhunt failing?

Is Operation Greenhunt failing?

82 CRPFs turned out to be sitting ducks for 1000 Naxals who had probably been tipped off about their movement. ...
10:20 PM, Apr 06, 2010

BJP stands by Govt against Naxals: Rudy

BJP stands by Govt against Naxals: Rudy The BJP spokesperson insisted that this was not the time to debate and discuss but to act. ...
06:45 PM, Apr 06, 2010

Orissa CM gets threat mail from Maoists

Orissa CM gets threat mail from Maoists  This is the third vicious e-mail received by Naveen Patnaik this year. ...
04:28 PM, Mar 28, 2010

Political will hampering war on Naxals

Political will hampering war on Naxals Raman Singh is in agreement with the Centre's war against the Naxals. ...
11:55 AM, Mar 24, 2010
Talking point: Is it time to talk to the Maoists?

Talking point: Is it time to talk to the Maoists?

The Govt has rejected the peace talks offer of the Naxals. ...
12:44 AM, Feb 24, 2010

Lack of consensus dividing UPA over Naxal issue

Lack of consensus dividing UPA over Naxal issue The Naxal violence hasn't ebbed even after the offer of ceasefire. ...
11:54 PM, Feb 23, 2010