Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday expressed happiness over what he called the central government's acknowledgement that the "controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has to be lifted from Jammu and Kashmir".
Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a function in Srinagar, the Chief Minister said the state government was in touch with the centre regarding the revocation of the AFSPA.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said recently that all the stakeholders in Kashmir and the northeast would be taken on board before taking a final decision on the revocation of the act.
The AFSPA gives sweeping powers to the Army and the paramilitary in troubled states for arrest, search and seize operations....
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01:06 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said there was need for a consensus on setting up a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) but his ministry did not have plans to move the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on the issue. Shinde said that the government has to think about the opposition to the proposal to set up NCTC from some non-Congress chief ministers. "We will have to...
04:57 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held an all party meet on the Naxal insurgency. An all-party resolution against naxal violence and armed insurgency was passed at the meeting. The meet ended with the Prime Minister assuring full support to the governments in Naxal affected states. The meeting was held in the backdrop of the recent attacks in Bastar in which top Congress leaders were killed. Ruling out any compromise...
10:25 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened an all-party meeting in Delhi on Monday to discuss ways to tackle Naxal menace in the backdrop of killing of Congress leaders in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in May 2013. The meeting, also to be addressed by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, is expected to work towards evolving a consensus on the strategy to deal with the challenge posed by Left...
01:17 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: The much talked-about NCTC may be a non-starter but the government has rejected the demand of non-Congress Chief Ministers for a law to set up the anti-terror body. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said his Ministry was not exploring the option of bringing a bill in Parliament for the purpose. "No, we have no such proposal," Shinde told reporters when asked about the possibility of bringing a law...
08:00 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistan on Thursday termed as "baseless and unwarranted" the remarks of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde about ISI fanning Sikh militancy, and said that all issues between the two countries should be sorted out by constructive dialogue. An official release from the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi said this while referring to media reports about Shinde's remarks that Sikh youths were being trained in Inter-Services Intelligence facilities...
04:05 AM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court was petitioned on Thursday for its nod to summon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi as witnesses in a case filed against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his alleged "Hindu terror" remarks made at Jaipur. The complainant, right to information (RTI) activist Vivek Garg, also sought to call Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar and Chandrabhan of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress as...
01:45 AM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: India on Wednesday blamed Pakistan for trying to revive Sikh militancy and said youth are being trained in ISI facilities to carry out terror attacks in the country. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said there have been significant developments on the Sikh militancy front and its commanders based in Pakistan are under pressure from the ISI to further the Pakistani intelligence agency's terror plans not only in Punjab...
02:46 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Two weeks after the Bastar bloodbath, the government on Wednesday held an all-party meet to firm up its anti-Naxal strategy. Sources say that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde proposed Andhra Pradesh's model of policing and improvement of local level police stations. There were also proposals to crack down on funding for Naxals and illegal mining in Jharkhand. The Maoist-hit states resolved to take a uniform approach to deal...
09:28 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Ten days after the deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister inaugurated the internal security meeting of Chief Ministers on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister said the Centre and state governments must work together to combat Naxalism. He said the government has instituted measures in 34 Naxal-hit areas. "We are meeting today in the aftermath of Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. Such violence has no place in...
11:33 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: 10:45 am: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said several laws have been enacted to tackle crimes against women. "There is a need to put in place institutional mechanisms such as sensitisation of policemen," the Prime Minister said at the internal security meet. 10:44 am: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Centre and state governments must work together to combat Naxalism. He says the government has instituted measures in 34 Naxal-hit...
10:27 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Chief ministers of Naxal-affected states will meet in New Delhi on June 5 to formulate strategy on how to check unabated violence by Maoists and tackle the menace. The special session of nine chief ministers will be held on the sideline of the Chief Ministers conference on internal security convened by the Home Ministry next week. Chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,...
06:14 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde minced no words when he called the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh a terror attack on Friday. In Chhattisgarh for a review of the security situation in Bastar after the deadly massacre there on May 25 that killed several top Congress leaders, including the state party president, the Home Minister admitted that there had been "some lapses" on part of the intelligence. He, however,...
03:42 PM, May 31, 2013
Raipur: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde reached Chhattisgarh on Friday, six days after the Naxal attack on a Congress convoy in Darbha ghati in which at least 24 people were killed. Shinde met the families of the May 25 attack victims including that of slain Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma and state Congress president Nand Kumar Patel in Nandeli. The Home Minister then headed towards Raipur where he met the...
02:18 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: Back after his more than a week-long tour to the US, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday did his best to explain his absence when the country witnessed one of its deadliest Naxal attacks in recent times. "I took prior permission to stay in US beyond May 23. I had a meeting with an eye-specialist and I had got the permission to stay there till May 29,"...
07:33 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday slammed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his absence from the country in the aftermath of the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. Party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said, "At a time when so much of commotion is happening, the gentleman there (Shinde) is on a private trip for past four days when rest of the people from the official trip have come back." She rejected explanations that...
05:50 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: At a time when India is facing its most acute internal security crisis, the country's Home Minister continues to remain in the US. Sushil Kumar Shinde attended a US Homeland Security dialogue from May 20 to 22 and then extended his visit until May 29. His officials, including Home Secretary RK Singh have returned. Had he come back as per schedule, he would have been able to travel...
02:35 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh after the Centre received a go-ahead from Chief Minister Raman Singh for the same. "I have spoken to Raman Singh and he has agreed for probe by NIA and he has agreed to the probe by the central agency", Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said. Shinde said he has asked Union Home...
11:29 PM, May 26, 2013
Washington: India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana - both of whom were sentenced by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges. While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently raised by Home Minister...
12:27 PM, May 22, 2013
Washington: The US has pledged to collaborate with India on developing global approach to combat increasing terror threats and asked international community to take effective steps to eliminate sanctuaries and infrastructure that support terrorism. After talks between visiting Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, a joint communique said the two countries also agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation to combat terror financing and currency...
11:15 AM, May 22, 2013
