tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37710602740171280912024-02-18T20:06:22.028-08:00Indian Terror Alertsinlunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12162122497563416936noreply@blogger.comBlogger510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-40381264185426593862021-01-22T21:50:00.003-08:002021-01-22T21:50:47.345-08:005 Things to Consider When Hiring a Commercial Cleaning Company<p> </p><p style="color: #777879; font-family: "Helvetica Light"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 42px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">New business? Bigger building? Better results? There are several reasons why you may be considering hiring a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.capeclean.in&source=gmail&ust=1611467174089000&usg=AFQjCNFCsSB0D3yFxoP8xBQaIw2O2ayUOw" href="https://www.capeclean.in" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">commercial cleaning company</span></a> at
this time, but it’s not as cut and dry as a quick online search. While
commercial cleaning in Bangalore or Karnataka will bring up quite a few
results, you will want to know what to look for in order to know if they
are the right fit. Here are 5 things to consider when you are ready to
hire or finally outsource your commercial cleaning.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1b204d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 26.4px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Outsourcing Is the Best Option</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Often
moving into a new location, business owners may choose to use current
staff for janitorial services because they think it offers cost savings,
or they don’t want to take the time to hire a commercial cleaning
company.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Outsourcing
can be incredibly economical, especially when taken into consideration
the increased skill and efficiency of a dedicated cleaning crew who
isn’t make a financial impact on payroll, benefits or unemployment
insurance.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">By
outsourcing your commercial cleaning in Denver, you are ensuring your
building will be cleaned to the highest industry standards with a focus
on safety, cleanliness, and avoiding cross contamination. And, if done
with consistency, you will recognize cost savings through preventative
maintenance, healthier staff and production, and a safer environment for
staff and guests.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1b204d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 26.4px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">All Commercial Cleaning Companies Aren’t the Same</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Commercial
cleaning companies vary in the types of services they provide, so it’s
important you know what you need, what they provide, their satisfaction
ratings, and their training process. Some companies specialize in
certain industries, while other specialize in just one area of cleaning
(such as power washing), so be sure you know.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Check out online reviews about the company, ask for references and check the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kscdrc.kar.nic.in/&source=gmail&ust=1611467174089000&usg=AFQjCNG3QayuWKMZr1lmEv4D5m59ygM4cg" href="https://kscdrc.kar.nic.in/" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">Karnataka Consumer Redressal Commission</span></a> for
any complaints. Ask them for their experience with businesses or
buildings such as yours to determine their ability to successfully meet
your needs.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1b204d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 26.4px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Understanding Your Needs is the First Priority</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">A
quality commercial cleaning company will always start with a building
audit to determine the full scope of your needs and to provide you with a
quote. Understanding your unique situation is important to reaching
your goals, whether that be on an ongoing basis, or in a specialty
cleaning need such as high-rise windows, specialty architecture or even
pre- or post- remodeling clean.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Some
companies will offer standard commercial cleaning such as trash
removal, dusting, floor care and bathroom sanitation. While this is
typical, your specific needs may require a more robust menu of options,
so define them clearly, along with the cleaning company to make sure you
are getting all your needs met.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1b204d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 26.4px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Get a Fresh Start</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">If
you have moved into a newly remodeled space, or know you will need to
be doing a remodel either prior to move in, or shortly thereafter, you
may want to consider a special cleaning prior to, during or after. Prior
to remodel, cleaning may need to be done to create a clean area on
which to build. During and after the process, dust, dirt, and
construction debris can create a safety hazard, and a cleaning company
can help keep it safe for production.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">A
fresh start can also include semi-annual deep cleaning to address any
specific needs not handled on a regular rotation. When doing your
building audit, consider everything within the realm of janitorial
services. The cleaning company may be able to provide it, or they may
have partnerships with others in the industry who they can refer for
stellar results, saving you time.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1b204d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 26.4px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Align with Your Goals</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">As
with any outsourcing, you will want to really understand the value it
brings, and make sure you understand what to do when something goes
wrong, how the company is with communication, safety, processes and
more, to make sure they align with your overall business goals and
bottom line.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">If
green cleaning matters, if being able to provide services after office
hours (or during) is important, or if you are in a highly confidential
industry such as the medical field, you want to choose a company who
will support that.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br />
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<p style="background-color: #eaeaea; color: #26272a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16.8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16.8px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">At
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your office clean and safe all year long. Our effective and responsive
team has genuine concern for our clients, meeting or beating any
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employees are trained for, and take pride in cleaning and maintaining
your facility to the high standards required. We always use the latest
cleaning technologies to insure your facility is clean and germ free.
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Hailing from Nanded, he had gone into hiding in the city after the first set of arrests<br />
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<br />The Central Crime Branch of the Bangalore police
arrested one more person as part of its ongoing anti-terror
investigation. With this, the number of arrests has gone up to 13.<br /></div>
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Twenty-two-year-old
Mohammed Akram — with aliases such as Khalid and Imran Khan — was
allegedly arrested late on Saturday evening from the busy Majestic area,
which is the city’s main transit point. </div>
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He was allegedly trying to flee the city. <br /></div>
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The
police claim to have recovered a foreign-made 7.65 mm pistol, 16 live
rounds as well as other incriminating material from him. Mr. Akram
allegedly told the police that he is from Nanded in Maharashtra (where
the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad recently arrested four men). <br /></div>
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Revealing
these details at a press conference here on Sunday, Bangalore Police
Commissioner B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji said Akram had managed to evade
arrest so far and had gone into hiding after the first set of arrests
where 11 men were taken into custody on charges of plotting to
assassinate some politicians and journalists.<br /></div>
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For the
first time since the August 29 operation came to light, Mr. Mirji
confirmed that those arrested by the Maharashtra ATS and those arrested
by the Bangalore police were part of the same alleged terror module.
However, he refused to comment on whether the Maharashtra ATS and the
Bangalore CCB were working together. <br /></div>
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Referring to
articles in a section of the media, Mr. Mirji appealed to journalists to
exercise restraint and caution in reportage. <br /></div>
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He said the case was an extremely serious one but it “should not be used to incite communal sentiments.” </div>
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Delhi
Police unfolds that the suspects of bomb attack on Israeli diplomat in
Delhi were members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of
nation’s military.
<br /><br /><b>NEW DELHI:</b> Alleging that an Iranian state agency was involved in the
February 13 bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat in the capital, the Delhi Police has concluded that the suspects were members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the nation's military. <br />
<br />
The investigation report, exclusively accessed by TOI, states that the
IRGC members had discussed the plan to attack the Israeli diplomats in
India and other countries with Indian journalist Syed Mohammad
Ahmad Kazmi in January 2011, after Iranian scientists had been attacked
allegedly by the Israelis. The cops have also learnt that Kazmi was in
touch with these people for almost 10 years. <br />
<br />
Details about the suspects have been shared with Iran
through a letter rogatory. Delhi Police has sought more details of the
five IRGC members, including the main bomber, Houshang Afshar Irani, who
mentions his profession in Iran as a builder, Sedaghatzadeh Masoud
(sales employee in a commercial company on Baharestan St, Tehran), Syed
Ali Mahdiansadr (a mobile shopkeeper in Tehran), Mohammad Reza
Abolghasemi (clerk in the finance department of Tehran's water
authority) and Ali Akbar Norouzishayan (a retired accountant in Tehran).
<br />
<br />
According to the sources, Masoud is said to be the operational
head and it was he who planned the attacks in Georgia, Bangkok and
Delhi. <br />
<br />
Apart from these five, police have also come across the
role of an Iranian woman, identified as Leila Rohani, in the February 13
attack in New Delhi as well as the attacks in Bangkok and Georgia, and
has sought details about her as well from Iran. Rohani had allegedly
helped Iranian suspects in Bangkok attack of February 14 in getting a
flat, after which she fled to
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-12856549280082210972011-11-22T21:00:00.001-08:002011-11-22T21:00:07.713-08:00India Maoists 'spread to north-east states'By Amitabha Bhattasali BBC News, Calcutta
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<img alt="Maoists on the move in Chhatisgarh" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56789000/jpg/_56789551_maoist1.jpg" width="304" /> <br />The Maoists are being squeezed in their traditional
central heartland
<br />
India's Maoists have spread north-east, gaining a foothold in the
strategically located states bordering China and Burma, officials and analysts
say.
<br />
The Maoists are filling the void created by dwindling ethnic insurgent groups
like the Ulfa, an Institute for Conflict Management (ICM) report says.
<br />
One key Assam official told the BBC that boys thought to have gone south for
jobs had instead joined the rebels.
<br />
The Maoists have become squeezed in their traditional central states.
<br />
'Extortion letters'
<br />
The ICM, an Indian security think-tank, said the Communist Party of India
(Maoist) (CPI-M) had made determined moves to replace the dwindling Ulfa, NSCN
and PLA insurgent groups.
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Deaths related to violence by these groups have been in steep decline and the
organisations are being progressively marginalised.
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<h4>
India's Maoist Insurgency</h4>
<ul>
<li>Violent rebellion began in 1967 in West Bengal village of Naxalbari and
spread over rural areas of central and eastern India
</li>
<li>Led by elusive military commander Kishenji, supported by between 10,000 and
20,000 fighters
</li>
<li>More than 6,000 killed since rebellion began
</li>
<li>Bloodiest attacks on security forces include 76 killed in April 2010 ambush;
55 killed in 2007 attack on police post </li>
</ul>
The institute said the Maoist spread raised grave concerns within the
security establishment.
<br />
Ajit Singh, author of the report, said the Maoists had come under tremendous
pressure in their core areas of central and northern India.
<br />
They are short of arms and ammunition to fight the large number of security
personnel ranged against them. The north-east provides a way to procure Chinese
weapons.
<br />
Iftiqar Hussein, who administers five sensitive districts of Upper Assam,
told the BBC officials had become aware of the Maoist build-up after arresting
and interrogating young boys.
<br />
"The Maoist guerrillas are getting food and shelter in the area. There were
several cases of arms-snatching. Even extortion letters were sent to some rich
people," he said.
<br />
Intelligence officers say that many of the large number of young boys thought
to be leaving to find jobs in southern states had in fact left their villages to
join the Maoists.
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Mr Hussein agreed, saying: "We have found out such a situation prevailing in
an area called Sadia near the Arunachal Pradesh border."
<br />
Retired police officer, Subir Dutta, a specialist in Maoist and north-eastern
affairs, told the BBC the Maoists had been trying to gain a foothold in the
north-east for 20 years and appear to have now succeeded.
<br />
Maoist representation there, initially with the Maoist Communist Centre,
which merged with the CPI in 2004 to form the CPI-M, had been dominated by
ethnic insurgency movements.
<br />
But most of these have became marginalised or have begun negotiations with
the government.
<br />
Ajit Singh said the Maoists had adopted the strategy of supporting mass
movements, such as opposition to dams or support for the creation of new
administrative districts.
<br />
The issues are local in nature but enjoy huge popular support.
<br />
Police say they have made a number of arrests of suspected Maoists involved
in such movements.
<br />
Leaders of such campaigns in Assam insist they have no links to Maoists and
say the government is trying crush their movements with the claimsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-27590796485038560562011-10-21T21:52:00.001-07:002011-10-21T21:52:03.419-07:00Maoists’ West Bengal bandh today<div class="articleabstract">
<b>Jhargram</b>:
Security has been heightened across Junglemahal with West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee's seven-day deadline to Maoists for laying down
arms coming to an end on Saturday and the ultras calling a 24-hour
bandh in defiance.</div>
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Joint
forces intensified patrol with some entering on motorcycles in interior
areas in West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts, the forested
areas of which are collectively known as ''Junglemahal'', police said.<br />
Maoist
posters have appeared at Lodhasuli market, Lalgarh and Belpahari in
West Midnapore district calling for isolating the "anti-people"
Trinamool Congress, its "boycott" and "defeat".<br />
In some posters,
the Maoists decried the recent suspension of some Indian Reserve
Battalion personnel for going on hunger-strike in their camps in
Junglemahal against prolonged posting in hazardous areas and the alleged
apathy of superiors.<br />
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The posters also protested the rape of a housewife allegedly by the joint forces.<br />
Trinamool
Congress MP Subhendu Adhikary said the posters were a desperate attempt
by the Maoists, who were isolated from the people.<br />
PHED minister
and Trinamool leader Subrata Mukherjee said in Kolkata that such posters
would hinder the development process and restoration of peace in
Junglemahal by the state government.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-56093835185325085392011-10-21T21:50:00.001-07:002011-10-21T21:50:16.243-07:00Tripura to step up counter insurgency operations<b>Agartala</b>: Counter insurgency operations would be intensified by the Tripura government following a notification by the Centre on link up of two insurgent groups with those outside the state, official sources said on Friday.<br /><br />The banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) have established links with the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and Meitei extremist outfits of Manipur, they said.<br /><br />"If there is no immediate curb and control of the NLFT and the ATTF, they will take the opportunity to mobilise their cadres for escalating secessionist, subversive and violent activities and indulge in killings of civilians and target police and security personnel," a gazette notification, dated October three, by the Ministry of Home Affairs said.<br /><br />The state government extended the terms of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) for another six months to deal effectively with the insurgent outfits, they said.<br /><br />A total of 74 persons mostly tribals were kidnapped by the NLFT and ATTF, they said. Last year, 114 people were kidnapped by ultras and 121 in 2009.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-3766068056013452922011-10-14T00:03:00.001-07:002011-10-14T00:03:50.743-07:00Indian Army troops to get hi-tech shelters by 2012<div class="articleabstract">
<b>New
Delhi: </b>Several thousand Indian Army soldiers posted in rugged mountain
terrain of Jammu and Kashmir along the borders with Pakistan and China
will now be able to stay comfortably with the military commanders
conferrence here deciding to provide them "plush" hi-tech shelters by
2012.</div>
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The
move comes following the success of a pilot project with the modern,
eco-friendly shelters that the army launched in 2010, according to
officers in the army headquarters here Thursday. The army commanders
conference, that began here Monday, concludes Friday. The project was
launched after Defence Minister A.K. Antony's visit to the forward
areas, when such a request was made by soldiers, who had to vacate their
posts for six months during winter due to the inhospitable weather.<br />
"The
army commanders discussed the necessity to improve habitat in difficult
areas. While there have been incremental efforts to improve the
infrastructure along border areas, a pilot project was initiated for a
quantum jump in improvement of habitat, which becomes the most important
factor to boost the morale of all ranks," a defence ministry statement
said. <br />
The pilot project, implemented in posts at heights over
14,000 feet, had improved the satisfaction levels of troops deployed in
difficult terrain and bad weather conditions in high altitude areas
where the temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in winter.<br />
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The
project involved construction of plush-looking, insulated shelters at
various posts on the borders on "an incremental module" concept using
technologies suitable to the terrain and weather conditions. "These
hi-tech shelters will not only improve the living conditions of troops
manifold, but will also have a direct bearing on the individual
capacities to perform their tasks better, since terrain and weather
impose severe restrictions on all ranks," the statement said.<br />
The
"light-weight, modular, pre-fabricated" shelters require minimum
logistical and transportation efforts and are an apt answer to the
climatic challenges that officers and soldiers face. In consonance with
the armed forces efforts to go green, special emphasis has been laid in
designing the shelters on incorporating appropriate active and passive
measures for energy conservation. The special design also maximises sun
light exposure and minimises heat loss to keep the troops warm under
extreme cold temperatures.<br />
In addition, various types of
bio-digesters, sewage treatment plants, and composting toilets are being
constructed to ensure better sewage disposal in extreme cold climatic
conditions.<br />
Source: IANSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-72546153900835099532011-10-13T02:50:00.001-07:002011-10-13T02:50:50.276-07:00RDX-laden car was headed to Delhi for terror strike: Police<b>NEW DELHI:</b> Delhi police has said that the explosives-laden Tata Indica found at Ambala Cantonment railway station was headed to the national capital for a terror strike.<br /><br />Five detonators, two timer devices, five kg explosives in two packets and two batteries were seized from the car lying parked outside the railway station.<br /><br />Delhi Police said the explosives were meant for terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International, which had plans to target the national capital.<br /><br />The police claimed that the explosives were being supplied by LeT to Babbar Khalsa International.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-41765876173947850662011-10-12T21:53:00.000-07:002011-10-12T21:53:04.933-07:00Bidanda Chengappa: A case for using air power against Maoists<b>Bidanda Chengappa</b><br />India’s paramilitary forces, which until now had only nine helicopters for anti-Maoist operations, have been sanctioned six more Mi-17 helicopters by the Centre. The expanded fleet strength of helicopters will provide the paramilitary forces much needed agility in their ongoing battle against left-wing extremism, significantly reducing their vulnerability to ambushes while negotiating through jungles on foot or by motorised vehicles.<br /><br />The nine helicopters presently deployed with the paramilitary forces are from the Indian Air force and the Border Security Force.<br /><br />These include four Mi-17 choppers of the IAF stationed in Chhattisgarh, two each at Raipur and Jagdalpur, while out of the five ‘Dhruv’ Advanced Light Helicopters of the BSF, three are deployed at Raipur and two at Ranchi in Jharkhand.<br />Article continues below the advertisement...<br /><br />The cabinet committee on Security headed by the prime minister mandates that the IAF and BSF helicopters will be used only for air-mobile transportation and casualty evacuation and not for offensive action. The government in October-November 2009 permitted the IAF to defend itself from Maoist small arms fire and specified conditions for use of weapons in self-defence.<br /><br />Consequently the IAF fitted sideward-mounted machine guns on its helicopters flying in Maoist-affected areas. The IAF ‘Garud’ commandos flying on-board these helicopters are trained to operate this weaponry. The IAF has drafted ‘Rules of Engagement’ to regulate such action, in order to avoid any ambiguity and damage to helicopters or injury to aircrew.<br /><br />While helicopters fly the paramilitary or security forces to their target areas to ‘induct’ troops into operations and fly them back after their mission, these whirly birds are exposed for a few minutes to hostile fire while ‘landing’ or ‘taking off. To effectively thwart such hostile attempts to open fire the time-tested solution is to ‘secure’ and ‘sanitise’ the landing zone against such threats.<br /><br />For instance, Maoists targeted Andhra Pradesh Police Greyhound commandos in 2008 while travelling on a motor-launch in a reservoir near the Andhra-Orissa border with rocket propelled grenades. Such threats need to be neutralised through effective intelligence inputs and avoid cases of rocket propelled grenades or shoulder fired missiles by Maoist groups that can successfully shoot down helicopters.<br /><br />Officialdom’s rationale that the use of military force, in this case airpower, against one’s own citizens goes against principles of democracy is totally misplaced. Otherwise, how does one explain the use of the army in June 1984 against the late<br /><br />Bhindranwale-led group of Sikh extremists holed up in the Golden Temple at Amritsar? If the government can choose to use the army to open fire against the Sikh extremists what prevents them from doing so by the Air Force against Maoists? The Union government used airpower in an offensive role as weapon platforms in the northeastern state of Mizoram when the separatist Mizo National Front almost overran the state. This refers to the IAF’s controversial use of fighter aircraft in Mizoram to bomb/strafe insurgent areas in March 1966.<br /><br />Evidently the government’s decision to use air power to fight left-wing extremism implies a sense of helplessness against an elusive and hard-hitting foe. Now that New Delhi has opted to use helicopters it may as well use these rotary wing aircraft or helicopters, as weapons platforms against the Maoists. The advantages of airpower are primarily swift response, lower casualties, larger area of coverage, ease of access to hostile terrain, total destruction, day and night operations and lastly a psychological advantage against the foe.<br /><br />The use of airpower against Maoists should prove to be a game changer in terms of a swift response by security forces. To that extent, the helicopter would now primarily be used as a transport platform for anti-Maoist operations and secondarily as a weapon platform only in the event the helicopter crew is compelled to open fire against the Maoists in self-defence.<br /><br />Considering that the Maoists operate with stealth and surprise against security forces the only way to neutralise them is through ruthless use of airpower.<br /><br /><i>— The writer is a Visiting Fellow with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-40877773172364604152011-10-07T02:10:00.000-07:002011-10-07T02:10:13.099-07:00Maoists’ new plan to cripple Indian economy<img align="left" alt="Maoists’ new plan to cripple Indian economy" src="http://znn.india.com/Img/2011/10/7/maoists-280.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left;" /> <b>Dinesh Sharma</b>
<br /><br /><strong>New Delhi:</strong> The Centre has warned all Naxal affected
states to be alert against a plan by the Maoists to cripple India’s economy.
<br /><br />The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent a letter to the Chief
Secretaries and DGP's of 11 states warning them of the new strategy of CPI
(Maoists) - infiltrate various infrastructure related ministries, departments
and projects with cadre and sympathisers. <br /><br />The letter, dated Oct 3, was
sent to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttarakhand. <br />
Based on analysis of intelligence data collected by central intelligence
agencies, the letter said that the CPI (Maoist), as part of the new strategy, is
planning to target the surface transport and highways, shipping, railways, civil
aviation, telecom and rural development. <br /><br />While educated sympathisers
will be used to take up office work or jobs with such ministries and
departments, the uneducated cadre will be pumped into various ongoing
infrastructure projects across the country. <br />
This extremely dangerous strategy is being adopted by the CPI (Maoist) as
they want to fill critical infrastructure areas with their cadres so that when
the need arises they can stall work and cripple the Indian economy. <br /><br />The
MHA has advised all concerned states to conduct extensive verification drives to
check background of all employees working with such crucial
ministries/departments, besides ensuring that stringent mandatory checks are put
in place for new appointments. <br /><br />Moreover, all states have been asked to
prepare a detailed list of suspicious persons to be sent to Multi Agency Centre
(MACs) for further perusal. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-29124873095799770302011-10-06T20:48:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:48:06.604-07:00Alarm bells ring as Maoists set up base in capital<b>New Delhi:</b> The arrests of three Maoist operatives from the city points towards the presence of a number of operatives in the city according to senior police officers and intelligence agencies. The cops said they are now investigating the existence of sleeper cells that are very much functional in the Capital. This comes after information that several Naxal leaders from Jharkhand and West Bengal have set up base in the metropolis as it is relatively easier to conceal one's identity in a big city.<br /><br />"We have intercepted conversations between Naxal sympathizers in Delhi and operatives living in the jungles of Dankaranya. We know that besides gathering funds, some of these foot soldiers are now busy transporting drugs from Orissa and Jharkhand in trucks and express trains. We are now questioning some suspects in order to understand how much of this drug money is used to finance the Maoist cause,'' said a source.<br /><br />Police sources said that Maoist operatives - hailing from Jharkhand - have been travelling to the borders of eastern UP and have been making frequent calls to Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and West Bengal. Among these, sources claim, information about six suspects is too strong "to be ignored. They have bases in Shakarpur and Punjabi Bagh.'' The fact that the suspects transported arms procured from both sides of the border also needs to be investigated further though the questioning of the two trainers arrested by special cell has thrown up many new leads. "Our team will discuss these aspects in detail once they reach Ranchi,'' said a source.<br /><br />This is the first time that the police have developed inputs about Maoists once again developing their contacts in the city after the arrest of alleged Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy by the Delhi police special cell. "Maoists usually came here to gather funds for the movement and also to treat various medical conditions. They also try to use the intellectual support that they enjoy among a particular section of the middle class in the city to spread awareness about their movement. However of late, cops have found that the ideologues have been mixing with workers especially those who hail from Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand in the Azadpur and Shakarpur areas of north and northwest Delhi. These areas have a floating population and hence it is easy for them to hide themselves and try to spread their ideology,'' said a source.<br /><br />Maoists have reportedly assigned one of their senior politburo members to liaison with north-east based insurgent outfits such as Peoples Liberation army of Manipur and Kanglaipak Communist Party (KCP) of Manipur. The latter keeps in direct contact with the Maoist party in Bangladesh which has formed NCOMPOSA, another forum to fight together. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-88401160801801066712011-10-03T23:39:00.001-07:002011-10-03T23:39:58.013-07:00Lt Gen Hasnain wins over KashmirisLt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain
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Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain, AVSM, SM (BAR), VSM (BAR), is currently the
only Muslim officer of his rank in the Indian Army. Since October, 2010, he has
served as the General Officer Commanding of XV Corps in Kashmir. Lt Gen Hasnain,
who became only second Muslim officer, after Lt Gen M K Zaki, to command 15
Corps in the past 20 years. Lt General Zaki was the last Muslim officer to
command the 15 Corps, one of the three Corps in Jammu and Kashmir, since
1990.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-31670969226054976642011-09-30T22:48:00.000-07:002011-09-30T22:48:02.088-07:00India gives list of terror camps to Bangladesh<b>Kolkata, Oct 1 </b>: The Border Security Force (BSF) has given a list of terrorist camps operational in Bangladesh to its counterpart, the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), asking them to find and dismantle them, a top BSF officer said Friday.<br /><br />"We have given the BGB a list of terrorist camps operational in Bangladesh and asked them to find and dismantle them. The terrorist groups which are proactive in the northeastern part of the country include The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), The Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), among others," BSF Director General Raman Srivastava said here.<br /><br />Srivastava returned to the city Friday after leading a 21-member delegation to Dhaka for the bi-annual conference with the BGB.<br /><br />He said the BSF hoped to bring down the killing of unarmed Bangladeshi nationals across the border.<br /><br />"One of the major issues discussed was the killings across the border. We have assured them and hope that we can bring down the figure to zero. After our personnel have been armed with non-lethal weapons, the killings have come down drastically."<br /><br />Srivastava said the number of people killed by the BSF across border was 55 in 2009 which came down to 32 in 2010. In the current year, seven people have been killed so far.<br /><br />However, the number of injuries to BSF personnel increased after they were armed with the non-lethal weapons.<br /><br />"The criminals across the border are now emboldened as now they know the BSF would not kill them, so the injuries have increased. In 2010, 57 personnel were injured while in the current year, the number of injured is already 71. This surely is a matter of concern and we are looking into it," said Srivastava.<br /><br />Joint patrolling of the border would soon materialise as the formalities have been completed, he added.<br /><br />The BSF and the BGB man a 4,096 km border, of which 6.1 km has not been demarcated.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-45582194337981549632011-09-30T22:40:00.001-07:002011-09-30T22:40:39.951-07:00Helicopters to be deployed in Naxal affected areas, discloses Chidambaram<b>New Delhi, Oct 1</b> : Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here today that six MI-17 helicopters would be hired on wet lease for anti naxal operations.<br /><br />He disclosed this here today while presenting the report card of the Ministry of Home Affairs for September 2011.<br /><br />Chidambaram said that the Government of India is providing assistance to the Left Wing Extremist affected districts. Appropriate development scheme were discussed with the district collectors and CEOs of the LWE affected districts here on September 13.<br /><br />Chidambaram disclosed that 57.59 crore was released to the States of Chhattisgarh (` 3.06 crore), Jharkhand (` 48.22 crore) and West Bengal (` 6.31 crore) as reimbursement towards the expenditure incurred by these States on anti-naxal operations under the SRE scheme for the year 2010-11<br /><br />Home Minister disclosed that 100 crore was released to the LWE-affected States for the scheme of construction and strengthening of fortified police stations. A sum of ` 1.14 crore was sanctioned as assistance to 38 beneficiaries at the rate of ` 3 lakh each under the Central scheme of assistance to the victims of terrorist/communal/naxal violence,.<br /><br />He said on September 20 ` 34.60 crore was reimbursed to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir under SRE scheme.<br /><br />The three interlocutors visited Samba, Baramulla, Shopian and Kupwara in J&K during September 15-21 and interacted with a cross-section of the people including leaders, students and opinion makers. I am happy to report that the interlocutors have visited all the districts of J-K and are now preparing their final report," he added.<br /><br />On north-east, he said: " On September 3 the first Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement was signed with the ULFA. Owing to the persistent efforts of Ministry of Home Affairs, the 4th & 5th phases of repatriation of Brus are under way during September 16-30 and October 11-25, 2011, respectively. A total of approximately 2000 Bru families are likely to be repatriated.<br /><br />Talking about border management, he said: "India-Bangladesh Border: 12 kms of fencing and 17 kms of road works were completed in September, 2011 under phase II of the project. 13 kms of fencing were replaced in September, 2011 under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 20 kms and cables were laid on 20 kms stretch in September, 2011.<br /><br />On coastal security, Chidambaram said: " On September 20 an amount of ` 8.78 crore was released to the coastal States/UTs for construction of Coastal Police Stations and Jetties.<br /><br />He said in September, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams comprising 1601 personnel and 197 boats were deployed for emergency response and rescue operations in the flood-prone States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. In addition, 243 NDRF personnel were deployed for various other search, relief and rescue operations in the States of Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />He further said in the aftermath of the earthquake in Sikkim, 10 teams comprising of 420 NDRF personnel with 14 dogs and equipment have been deployed for rescue and relief operations.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-31884156262948665062011-09-27T22:38:00.001-07:002011-09-27T22:38:47.352-07:0074 Bangla terrorists have shares in Indian markets<b>NEW DELHI, Sept 28 </b>– Close on the heels of the reports of ULFA commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua investing huge sums in the neighbouring country, there are reports of over 74 notorious terror kingpins from Bangladesh currently in hiding here, investing millions of dollars in Indian stock markets.<br /><br />In the season of allegations and counter-allegations, fresh reports suggest that Bangladeshi criminals and terror kingpins have made huge investments especially in West Bengal. These wanted criminals have allegedly bought properties in metros like Kolkata, besides investing in Kolkata and Mumbai stock exchanges.<br /><br />Bangladesh media reports quoting intelligence sources for instance alleged that absconding criminal Rafiqul Islam Kajol and his close associates have bought shares of Apollo Tyres, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Colgate Palmolive, Dabur India, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Maruti-Suzuki, Oriental Bank, Reliance Power and Siemens among others.<br /><br />The total amount of investment made by this terror syndicate in purchasing shares of companies listed with Bombay Stock Exchange and most of the amounts of investment were transferred to India using the name of an expatriate Indian named Mishra, who currently lives in Hong Kong.<br /><br />Another terror suspect Mollah Masud has allegedly bought large areas of agricultural and horticultural land in West Bengal.<br /><br />Absconding Bangladeshi terrorist Prokash Kumar Bishwas, also is hiding in India for over two decades has reportedly invested Rs 64 million in shares of companies registered with Kolkata Stock Exchange, it was alleged.<br /><br />The report names a number of individuals, all wanted criminals who have made huge investments in properties and business ventures in India.<br /><br />Reports of Paresh Barua’s investments in business ventures in Bangladesh have led to sharp reactions in the country and the National Security Intelligence (NSI) is reportedly looking into the media reports, which also revived old corporate rivalry among three business conglomerates.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-67916068763668870302011-09-24T22:41:00.001-07:002011-09-24T22:41:27.331-07:00Will India need a new executioner?<strong>By:</strong> Andrew Buncombe<br /><strong>Date:</strong>
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With an ease and fluidity that suggested considerable practice, Pawan Kumar
picked up a rope and demonstrated how to tie a hangman's noose. <br /><img alt="" border="5" src="http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2011/sep/kashmir-protests.jpg" /><br /><em><strong>(Top):</strong>
Activists of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) shout anti-<br />Indian slogans
during a protest against the death sentence of Mohammad <br />Afzal Guru (below)
in Srinagar. Afzal was convicted for his role in the <br />December 2001 attack on
the Indian parliament. pic/AFP photo.</em><br />He showed precisely where the loop
should be fitted to ensure things went quickly and smoothly. And finally he
showed how, with a silent nod from the jailer, either he or his grandfather
would ease back the lever controlling the trap-door and dispatch the condemned
prisoner to his death. <br />"There is a lot of process that goes into getting the
noose correct so that the person does not suffer," he said. "I know, because of
my grandfather. He explained to me the science behind it." <br />India is in
search of an executioner and Mr Kumar may be in the frame. The nation has long
been in two minds about the death penalty, reserved only for "the rarest of
rare" cases, and has not executed anyone for seven years. There are presently an
estimated 350 prisoners on death row, each uncertain of his fate. <br />But amid
growing pressure on the government to show it is being "tough" on security and
following the recent rejection of mercy petitions of several death row inmates,
there is the potential for half-a-dozen or so executions within a matter of
months. <br />A pressing problem is the shortage of hangmen. When President
Pratibha Patil announced in May she was rejecting the appeals of Devinder Pal
Singh Bhullar and Mahendra Nath Das, the prison authorities in Assam, where Das
is held, admitted they retained no hangman and asked other jails across the
country to lend them one. At Tihar jail in Delhi, where Bhullar is held,
officials have also said they have no executioner and will have to borrow one.
<br />"The last execution here was 22 years ago and for us to keep an executioner
on the payroll" makes no sense, said the jail's legal officer, Sunil Gupta.
<br />Mr Kumar is adamant he should be the man to fill the void. His grandfather
and later his father were both retained by the authorities at Meerut jail as its
official hangman. <br />Indeed, his grandfather was a celebrated executioner, he
said; in 1989 it was he who hanged Satwant Singh, one of the two bodyguards who
assassinated prime minister Indira Gandhi five years earlier. Following his
father's death this spring, Mr Kumar applied for the position. So far, the
48-year-old has undergone two trial demonstrations. <br />Seated on a bench at his
neat home two hours north-east of Delhi, Mr Kumar, who has seven children, said
he had assisted his grandfather on a number of occasions and claimed to have
even carried out one hanging by himself when his grandfather was unable to
attend. <br />The first time he helped was the execution in 1992 of two brothers
convicted of murder. "I tied the feet of the two men. My grandfather fitted the
noose," he said. "After that first execution there was no emotional feeling. I
was not frightened because I had wanted to do it since childhood." <br />Not
everyone feels that way. The man who carried out India's most recent execution
was Nata Mullick, who also hailed from a family of hangmen and who in 2004 put
to death a man convicted of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl. Before he died
last year, he said that he was haunted by the faces of the 25 people he had
hanged. <br />After that last execution several people in West Bengal were
reportedly strangled to death by accident, after Mr Mullick demonstrated for TV
cameras how to tie a noose and triggered a wave of "pretend hangings". Mr
Mullick's nephew was to have inherited the position but, having assisted at the
2004 hanging, found himself ill-suited. Now the opportunity has fallen to his
son, Mahadeb Mullick, who has said he is unenthusiastic about taking on the role
given the way "hangmen are used and discarded". <br />Others worry about bad karma
and its possible impact on a future reincarnation. Some fear social exclusion.
Another veteran hangman or "jallad", Amhadullah Khan, 58, from Lucknow, also
doubts he will ever again work the gallows' lever. Speaking by phone, Mr Khan
said somewhat angrily: "I don't want to speak to the media about the barbaric
profession. I don't support capital punishment. I don't remember how many people
I have hanged." <br />The first of a flurry of executions may take place in Tamil
Nadu, where three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former
prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the son of Indira Gandhi, were scheduled to have
been hanged on September 9 until a court ordered a two-month stay. Jail
officials have said a member of the prison staff will carry out the executions
if they proceed. <br />Finding a hangman is not the only issue. In Tamil Nadu
local politicians have passed a resolution calling for clemency for the men,
Murugan, Chinna Santhan and Perarivalan, who have spent years on death row. The
move has put considerable pressure on the ruling Congress Party. <br />There are
similar issues surrounding the possible execution of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar,
who has always denied his role in a deadly 1993 bomb attack for which he was
sentenced to death and whose supporters have fought a vociferous campaign for
his freedom. <br />And in Kashmir, officials have warned that if the authorities
proceed with the hanging of Afzal Guru, who was convicted of a 2001 attack on
the Indian parliament but who maintains his innocence, there will be a serious
backlash. <br />"Kashmir will erupt if he is hanged," the moderate separatist
leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, told reporters. Yet there is also pressure on the
government to show a strong hand on matters of security. <br />Amid allegations it
has not done enough to prevent terror attacks, such as the bomb set off outside
the Delhi high court last week killing more than a dozen people, the government
seeks to project itself as being firm. <br />Following the conviction of Ajmal
Kasab, the lone surviving member of the group of militants that attacked Mumbai
in 2008, there was talk of a fast-track execution process but nothing has come
of it so far. <br />As it is, the fear of further attacks has created a mood for
revenge, admit campaigners against the death penalty.<br />"There has been
increasing criticism from the opposition that the government is soft on terror,
often citing the failure to hang those convicted for
terrorism.<br />Unfortunately, a series of recent violent attacks have also led to
public outrage and rather bloodthirsty demands for retribution," said Meenakshi
Ganguly, of Human Rights Watch. <br />Pavan Kumar is happy to share the tricks of
the trade. While some hangmen are said to have used clarified butter or crushed
bananas to help work the noose, Mr Kumar says his family never did, and instead
placed the loop inside an empty pitcher to help it retain its shape. <br />But if
he is to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and father and secure the
monthly retainer of 3,000 Indian rupees ((pounds sterling)40) it is the
officials at Meerut jail he must impress. <br />Things have not gone entirely
smoothly. Mr SK Kesarwani, superintendent of the white-washed prison that was at
the centre of the 1857 uprising against British forces by Indian troops,
declined a request to visit the prison's gallows where Mr Kumar recently tried
to show his prowess by "executing" a 150 pound sack of sand. <br />But he played a
video of Mr Kumar's performance on his mobile phone The footage showed Mr Kumar
standing atop of a gallows set over a trap-door and checking the noose before
releasing the lever. <br />The sack of sand thudded to the floor with the rope
still slightly loose, indicating that had it been a real execution the prisoner
would most likely not have been killed. He had misjudged the length of rope
required, said Mr Kesarwarni. "The technicalities are [not correct]." <br />He
himself has something of a reputation for progressive thinking at the prison,
where there are two inmates on death row, and said that he was personally
opposed to capital punishment. <br />However, he recognised it was something he
had to prepare for. He admitted too, that given the scarcity of candidates for
the position of hangman, he would be obliged to persist, at least for now, with
Mr Kumar. "We don't have any options," he sighed. "That is why we are willing to
give him another trial." Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-48366085294248447722011-09-16T00:49:00.001-07:002011-09-16T00:50:00.292-07:00NIA denies reports on Delhi blast leads<div class="articleabstract">
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In a press statement, NIA Director General S.C. Sinha termed all such reports as "speculative".<br />
He also appealed for "caution" as such media reports are likely to cause "an irreparable damage" to the ongoing investigation.<br />
According
to sources, barring the arrest of two class 11 students of Kishtwar,
who had reportedly sent the emails claiming responsibility for the
terror attack, the NIA denied all other reports appearing in the media
related to case.<br />
News reports had also mentioned arrest of a
teenager student from Jharkhand's Pakur district from Kolkata for
sending two emails, threatening to carry out more attacks, including one
on a shopping mall.<br />
According to the reports, the two emails --
both in the name of Chotoo of the Indian Mujahideen --- were traced to
the DAV school student's home after New Delhi approached the US for
assistance.<br />
However, earlier in the day, Jammu and Kashmir Police
and NIA teams arrested two more people from Kishtwar town for their
links to an email that claimed terror group Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islami
(HuJI) had triggered last week's Delhi High Court blast, sources said.
An official said details of the case will be shared at an appropriate
time.<br />
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The
police sources said that the two -- Amir Abbas Dev and Hilal Asmin
alias Hafiz -- were arrested on the basis of disclosure made by two
Class 11 students of the town taken into custody Wednesday.<br />
Police
sources said that the disclosures made by the two students were being
corroborated. "This is a big lead but no conclusions need to be drawn at
this moment," an officer associated with the investigations told IANS.<br />
Inspector
General of Police, Jammu zone, Dilbag Singh said: "Relevant details of
the case shall be shared with the media at appropriate time officially."<br />
He
said "speculative publication/telecasts are seriously hampering the
investigation of the case and are not in the national interest".<br />
The
email claiming responsibility of the Sep 7 Delhi blast to the terrorist
outfit originated from Kishtwar, 230 km from Jammu. Seven people were
detained soon after the email was sent.<br />
The email warned of more
attacks if 2001 parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru, now on death row,
was hanged. The blast killed 14 people and injured more than 90.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-86783289164049371932011-09-15T09:43:00.001-07:002011-09-15T09:43:52.885-07:00U.S. designates Indian Mujahideen as a terrorist outfit<b>Washington, Sep 15</b> : The U.S. on Thursday slapped sanctions on India-based terrorist group Indian Mujahideen (IM) by designating it as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and said it has significant links with Pakistan-based groups like the LeT.<br /><br />Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slapped sanctions on the organisation. The State Department said IM maintains close ties to other U.S.-designated terrorist entities including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Harkat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HuJI).<br /><br />“IM’s stated goal is to carry out terrorist actions against non-Muslims in furtherance of its ultimate objective — an Islamic Caliphate across South Asia,” it said.<br /><br />IM is responsible for dozens of bomb attacks throughout India since 2005, and has caused the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians.<br /><br />“These designations highlight the threat posed by IM not only to Western interests, but to India, a close U.S. partner. The Indian populace has borne the brunt of IM’s wanton violence and today’s actions illustrate our solidarity with the Indian Government,” stated Daniel Benjamin, the Department of State’s Coordinator for Counter terrorism.<br /><br />These designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to abandon terrorism.<br /><br />The State Department said, IM’s primary method of attack is multiple coordinated bombings in crowded areas against economic and civilian targets to maximise terror and casualties. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-63821423720747929662011-09-14T04:53:00.001-07:002011-09-14T04:53:45.552-07:00China dares again, dismantles Indian bunkers<img align="left" alt="China dares again, dismantles Indian bunkers" src="http://znn.india.com/Img/2011/9/14/china280.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left;" /> <strong>Leh</strong>:
Chinese troops are reported to have entered into Indian territory and destroyed
some old Army bunkers and tents in Chumar division of Nyoma sector, about 300
kilometres from here. <br /><br />While some reports suggested that the Chinese
troops in helicopters entered one-and-a-half kilometres into Indian airspace,
other reports said that the helicopters landed in Chinese territory and then the
troops marched into the area to dismantle the bunkers, a move aimed at
displaying that the area belonged to them. <br /><br />The Army denied that any such
incident had taken place. But sources in the know said that two Chinese
helicopters had entered into air space and landed one-and-half kilometres into
the Indian territory at Chumar in Chingthang area of Tehsil Nyoma. <br /><br />The
Chinese troops attempted to dismantle an old army bunker, which was not used by
the troops for long, the sources said. <br />
Another version quoted to eyewitnesses, who are often the grazers, said that
Chinese helicopters landed near the Line of Actual Control and then marched in
to destroy old bunkers of the army and tents of ITBP. <br /><br />A report in this
regard has been sent by the state government officials to their headquarters.
<br /><br />Udhampur-based Northern Command Army Spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said
there was no such report of helicopter landing or destruction of bunkers.
However, senior Army officials said that Chumar was an area were the LAC was not
clearly demarcated and there was always a difference of perception in the area.
<br />
Chinese troops had in July 2009 entered nearly 1.5 KM into Indian territory
near Mount Gya, recognised as international border by India and China, and
painted the boulders and rocks with red spray paint. <br /><br />The incursions were
reported from the area, generally referred in the Chumar sector in east of Leh,
and painted "China" in Cantonese with Red spray paint all over the boulders and
rocks. <br /><br />On June 21 in 2009, a Chinese helicopter had entered the Indian
airspace and is reported to have air-dropped canned food again at Chumar, which
is northeast of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-37143154460756176762011-09-13T21:19:00.001-07:002011-09-13T21:19:55.441-07:00PM for integrated development in Maoist areas<div class="articleabstract">
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Delhi: </b>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called for "integrated
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"Development
in Naxal areas must be in tune with the need of the local people," the
prime minister said, addressing 60 district collectors of Maoist
affected areas. <br />
Highlighting "lack of security" as a "big
constraint" in pushing development plans, Manmohan Singh said the
government must provide security to those dealing with the cash
component of the development schemes.<br />
"Post offices and bank branches can be operated from the police stations," said the prime minister. <br />
Stating
that the challenge before the Planning Commission and the rural
development ministry was to make the best use of the resources
available, the prime minister stressed on better "monitoring" systems
for the development schemes. <br />
He said the feedback of the local administrators was crucial in the 12th Five Year Plan. <br />
The prime minister said the challenge was how panchayati raj institutions can become a genuine instrument in rural development. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-63985144938541024502011-09-13T01:03:00.001-07:002011-09-13T01:03:41.388-07:0013th again: Terror alert across the country<img align="left" alt="13th again: Terror alert across the country " src="http://znn.india.com/Img/2011/9/13/delhipolicenew280.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left;" /> <strong>New
Delhi:</strong> A high alert has been sounded across major cities in the country
on Tuesday in view of the heightened threat perception of a terror attack.
<br /><br />In an email sent to television channels on September 8, Indian Mujahideen,
that was held responsible for the 2008 blast, claimed responsibility for the
blast on September 7 and warned of a similar attack on "a shopping complex" on
September 13, Tuesday. <br /><br />Moreover, today is the third anniversary of the
2008 serial blasts in Delhi that killed 25 people and injured a 100. <br />
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Not willing to take any chances, over 20,000 police personal have been
deployed all across Delhi today and 20 companies of central paramilitary forces
have been kept on standby. <br /><br />Extra security personnel have been deployed
at sensitive places including, shopping malls, Metro stations, railway stations,
airport and markets. <br /><br />Police in NCR towns such as Noida and Gurgaon that
have a high concentration of malls are also on high alert. <br /><br />In Mumbai too
increased vigil is being maintained. Union Home minister P Chidambaram had,
yesterday, held discussions with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and home
minister RR Patil over the security scenario in the city as well as in the
entire state. <br />
Chidambaram and also held a meeting with the Mumbai Police Commissioner and
Maharashtra ATS chief over the situation as well as the progress in the probe
into the July 13 serial blasts in the city that had left 21 dead and over 100
injured. <br /><br />Meanwhile, as per a media report, the Intelligence Bureau has
issued a warning of a possible terror strike at the Chatrapti Shivaji
International Airport. <br /><br />Gujarat Police is on tenterhooks over the
possibility of a terror strike. The threat level is very high this time around
in view of intelligence reports that three terrorists have sneaked into the
state and are planning a strike. <br /><br />As a precautionary measure, all
vehicles entering the state are being thoroughly checked, besides deployment of
police personal at all sensitive locations. <br /><br />Increased vigil is also
being maintained at other cities like Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Banglore,
Chennai, and Kochi among others. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-69972842918527629742011-09-12T23:57:00.001-07:002011-09-12T23:57:12.136-07:00Terror threat to Mumbai airport: Reports<div class="articleabstract">
The
security at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji airport has been tightened
following an alert sent by central agencies of a possible attack by a
small aircraft. Further details are awaited.</div>
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The
entire nation and especially the NCR cities are on high alert today,
the third anniversary of September 13, 2008 when blasts had killed over
20 in the national capital.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-54705410445280166712011-09-06T23:01:00.000-07:002011-09-06T23:01:05.395-07:00Powerful blast outside Delhi high court; 9 killed, at least 30 injured<img align="left" alt="" border="0" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=9893771&width=300&resizemode=4" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="" width="300" />
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<em>Explosion outside Delhi High Court, many injured<br /></em><br />
<strong>NEW DELHI:</strong> 9 people were killed and at least 27 others
injured in a powerful blast outside Delhi high court gate number 5 on Wednesday
morning. <br />Home ministry official UK Bansal told reporters that "as of now we
have leant that four people ... are dead". He said the explosives appeared to
have been kept in a briefcase. The blast took place at around 10.15 am.
<br /><br />The injured have been taken to AIIMS, RML and Safdarjung hospitals. The
Delhi Police have cordoned off the area, not far from Parliament and the Prime
Minister's Office. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. <br /><br />Court
business is usually heavy on Wednesday which is listed as a Public Interest
Litation day when the visitors come to the court in large numbers. <br /><br />The
blast was the second explosion at the high court this year. On May 25, a small
explosion that appeared to be a failed car bomb hit the court parking lot.
<br />More details are awaited. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771060274017128091.post-18768147473205477312011-09-02T01:02:00.001-07:002011-09-02T01:02:52.494-07:00Chinese warship confronted Indian Navy vessel: Report<strong>London</strong>: A Chinese warship confronted an Indian naval vessel
shortly after it left Vietnamese waters in late July in the first such reported
encounter between the navies of the two countries in the disputed South China
Sea.
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The unidentified Chinese warship demanded that the India's INS Airawat, an
amphibious assault vessel identify itself and explain its presence in the South
China Sea, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reported.
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The London-based paper said that the Indian warship was in international
waters after completing a scheduled port call in Vietnam.It termed the actions
of the Chinese warship as the latest example of Beijing's assertiveness which
had irked India and Vietnam.
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China claims the South China Sea in its entirety and rejects claims by other
nations like Vietnam and Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan over the resource rich
region.
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The paper said that the Vietnamese foreign ministry has acknowledged that the
Indian warship had visited the country from July 19-22 but added that it had no
information about the incident. The Financial Times said, that Chinese defence
and foreign ministries declined to comment as did India.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently condemned acts of intimidation
in the international waters in an apparent reference to mounting tensions in the
South China Sea.
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A Pentagon report last week had said China was rapidly building up its
surface and underwater naval capabilities as it places growing priority on
securing shipping lanes and mineral rich areas in South China Sea.
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