New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill that seeks to expand the definition of "terrorist act" to include offences that threaten the country's economic security amid protests from some members who termed the measures as "draconian". The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, which was passed by voice vote, also extends the period of ban on an organisation from two years to five years.
The amendments also seek to include procurement of weapons, raising funds for terrorist activities and counterfeiting Indian currency under the definition of a "terrorist act."
Prabodh Panda (CPI), Saidul Haque (CPM) and Bhratruhari Mahtab (BJD) sought deferment of the Bill and pressed for a thorough debate. Asaduddin Owaisi (MIM) opposed the Bill claiming it was more draconian than the erstwhile Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA).
Replying to the debate, Shinde assured the House that the government would not misuse the provisions of the Act. He said that when there was uproar over POTA and TADA, it was this very Parliament which had repealed the controversial laws....
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05:32 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Bangalore: Government has information that terror groups have been investing money in Indian stock markets, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Friday. Asked by reporters about "intelligence information" that Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa is investing money in Indian stock exchanges, the minister said he had spoken at the Interpol meeting in Rome that the Government has "some information" that some terror groups were engaged in such activities. Shinde, however, said he...
11:11 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Cairo: Al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa is calling for attacks on US diplomats and an escalation of protests against an anti-Islam video that triggered a wave of demonstrations in Muslim countries. In a statement released on Tuesday, Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb praised the killing of Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11. The group...
04:26 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Pune: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Thursday said investigating agencies were probing all angles to determine whether any terror outfit was behind the low intensity serial bomb blasts that rocked the city on Wednesday night. "Whether it was a terrorist act or not will be determined only after proper investigations are carried out by Maharashtra ATS, city crime branch and central agencies," Patil told reporters after visiting the four...
10:02 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Washington: With al-Qaeda on the ropes, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with the help of its Pakistani backers, is now probably the most dangerous terror group in the world, according to a former CIA analyst. The November 2008 attack by ten LeT terrorists on multiple targets in Mumbai, India was the most significant and innovative terrorist attack since 9/11, Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow Foreign Policy at Brookings Institution, a Washington based think tank,...
11:04 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Kabul: The US-led coalition says a senior leader of the Haqqani militant network has been killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. The coalition on Wednesday identified the militant leader as Dilawar, who used only one name. NATO says he was killed on Tuesday in Musa Khel district of Khost province. NATO says Dilawar operated along the border between Khost and Paktika provinces. He ran weapons, coordinated attacks on Afghan...
06:11 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New York: In its quest to maintain an "asymmetric" influence in its neighbourhood, Pakistan cooperates with the US to attack terror groups it considers hostile to it while simultaneously supporting outfits like the LeT, which it perceives as "beneficial" to its objectives, a report by a US think-tank has said. The report states that Pakistan's intelligence agencies support terrorist groups that target India, Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force...
01:52 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Ahmednagar: Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday challenged terror elements and groups to "come out in the open and fight" rather than target innocents in terror strikes. Speaking to media-persons in his home village Ralegan-Siddhi village on Wednesday evening, Hazare said that terror groups should not hide and fight by targeting innocents. "Come out in the open and fight. Don't target innocents in this manner," Hazare declared, expressing his sympathies...
09:21 PM, Sep 07, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Have Right-Wing terror groups been exposed'. ...
11:42 PM, Jun 20, 2011
London: Britain has asked Pakistan to "dismantle" all terror groups operating on it's soil and posing a threat to it as well as to the region and beyond. In a response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's March report on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Foreign Secretary William Hague noted that Pakistan has suffered more casualties from terrorism than any country since September 11, but nonetheless called upon the beleaguered country to do...
05:36 PM, May 10, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Right wing terror groups weakening war on terror?' ...
10:42 PM, Jan 11, 2011
Washington: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan had trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir, the first such admission by a top leader of the country. Musharraf's candid remarks came days after he announced his return to active politics from London where he has been living in self-imposed exile. "They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were indeed formed," Musharraf told German magazine...
02:21 PM, Oct 05, 2010
Pakistan government has declared JuD as a terror outfit. ...
10:49 AM, Jul 06, 2010
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen maintains terror training camps in West Bengal's Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia districts. ...
11:54 AM, Jun 17, 2010
Terror group like LeT blamed for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. ...
10:39 AM, Apr 02, 2010
Pakistani leaders continue to blame India for its internal turmoil. ...
02:09 AM, Oct 28, 2009
Bangladesh Minister promises a crackdown on such terror groups. ...
07:43 PM, Feb 18, 2009
They called on Pak govt to release 150 imprisoned Jamaat, Lashkar activists. ...
02:09 PM, Feb 05, 2009
Centre said such groups have tarnished the image of the country internationally. ...
10:31 PM, Nov 12, 2008
Lalu and Mulayam though favour lifting ban on Islamic group. ...
03:44 PM, Aug 06, 2008
