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Visa row: Canada expresses regret, India accepts

May 29, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Bangalore, May 28 — Canada on Friday offered an olive branch to India hoping to end a controversy that had threatened to wreck bilateral ties. The Canadian government expressed “deep regret” over its High Commission officials making disparaging comments about the Border Security Force and the Intelligence Bureau while denying visas to Indian officials. India reacted by saying that the matter was closed. In a letter written to the Ministry of External Affairs, Jason Kenney, Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism said, “We deeply regret the observations made by the personnel of the Canadian High Commission while offering routine visa refusal letters casting aspersions on the legitimacy of Indian government institutions.” Kenney made it clear that such “inaccurate” observations did not reflect the policy of the Canadian government. Kenney’s mollifying letter comes after the MEA summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to India, Joseph Caron, twice on Thursday to send a strong message of protest. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who had asked the North American country to deal with the matter seriously, said, “Considering they have realised their mistake and expressed regrets, we consider the chapter as closed.”

The IB official was granted a visa only after the MEA took up the matter.

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India confirms probe of diplomat who leaked information to Pak

April 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Thimphu (Bhutan), Apr.27 (ANI): A spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday confirmed the news that an Indian woman diplomat is being investigated for passing on sensitive information to Pakistan intelligence agencies.

Spokesman Vishnu Prakash said in Thimphu, Bhutan:”There have been a number of inquiries and a number of questions have been asked. I wanted to share with you that we have reason to believe that an official of the Indian High Commission had been passing on information to Pakistan intelligence agencies. The matter is under investigation. The official is cooperating with the investigation.”

Madhuri Gupta, a second secretary with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was arrested here on Sunday after being called back by the Ministry of External Affairs for consultations related to the XVIth SAARC Summit.

Gupta was produced before a court on Monday and remanded to police custody for four days.

Earlier, the Times Now private television channel had broken the news of Gupta, 53, had been leaking sensitive and strategic Indian Government information to Pakistan for the past two years.

The news report said that Indian intelligence agencies had been monitoring the activities of Gupta, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS)-B grade officer, for the past year, and added that over the past six months, the surveillance had been raised to a higher level.

The channel said the issue was not so much about the arrest of the diplomat, as it was about Pakistan being successful in planting a mole in the Indian diplomatic mission in Islamabad.

Pakistan Government spokesman Abdul Basit said that it was upto the Indian Government to take or not to take action against the arrested official.

Gupta, who was a specialist interpreter in Urdu, was posted in the media and information wing of the high commission

As of now, Gupta is being interrogated by personnel of the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing (R and AW). (ANI)

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Indian diplomat arrested for spying for Pakistan

April 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr.27 (ANI): An Indian woman diplomat has been arrested here after confirmation was received of her passing on sensitive information to Pakistan.

Gupta was produced before a court on Monday and remanded to police custody for four days.

A private television channel quoted sources in the ministry as saying that Gupta, 45, had been leaking sensitive and strategic Indian Government information to Pakistan for the past two years.

They said they had been monitoring the activities of Gupta, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS)-B grade officer, for the past year, and added that over the past six months, the surveillance had been raised to a higher level.

The channel said the issue was not so much about the arrest of the diplomat, as it was about Pakistan being successful in planting a mole in the Indian diplomatic mission in Islamabad.

Gupta, who was a specialist interpreter in Urdu, was posted in the media and information wing of the high commission

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that it will brief the press here in the evening.

As of now, Gupta is being interrogated by personnel of the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing (R and AW). (ANI)

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Benazir murder probe: Pak yet to act against indicted bigwigs

April 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.24 (ANI): It has been more than a week since the UN commission’s enquiry report over former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination was published, but the Pakistan Government is yet to take any action against bigwigs held responsible for her murder.

The UN probe report indicted several top officials who served during General Pervez Musharraf’s regime, including the then Military Imtelligence Director General Nadim Ejaz, former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Ejaz Shah and also incumbent Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan, but barring some action on a few officials, there have hardly been any noticeable step initiated by the government against the big fish.

The government has put names of a bunch of ‘scapegoats’ in the Exit Control List (ECL), but is mum on acting against high notch officials and ministers.

Interestingly, influential officials named in the UN report appear assure of no action from the government against them. Former interior secretary Kamal Shah, who has been indicted for not providing fool-proof security to Bhutto during her election rally in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi, is roaming free.

Shah, who is considered to be a regular visitor to the Presidency, is hoping for the prized slot of governor of the newly-named Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly the North West Frontier Province), The News reports.

But what can be described as an ultimate bluff to the UN, Malik, who was Bhutto’s chief security adviser and had ran away from the crime scene on December 27, 2007, the day Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack, he has been given special benefits of backdated retirement with full honours despite the that he has been already dismissed from the service. (ANI)

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alik, Awan accused of direct involvement in Bhutto’s murder

April 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.22 (ANI): Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s chief protocol officer Aslam Chaudhry’s legal advisor, Asad Rajput, has blamed Interior Minister Rehman Malik and law and parliamentary affairs minister Babar Awan of being directly involved in the former premier’s assassination.

Talking to media persons here, Rajput said the UN enquiry commission’s report over Bhutto’s tragic death has clearly established that former President General Pervez Musharraf had masterminded the gun and bomb attack on Bhutto.

He said that a number of high profile personalities, including former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, Intelligence Bureau chief, the Federal Investigation Agency and the Rawalpindi police were equally responsible for the December 27, 2007 attack, The Nation reports.

Chaudhry had accused both Malik and Rehman of sabotaging the security arrangements, which were put in place at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh, where the ghastly incident took place.

It is worth mentioning here that according to the UN report Malik, who was in-charge of Bhutto’s security and Awan along with the current presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar and Lt. Gen. (retired) Tauqir Zia had sped off in the back-up bullet proof Mercedes soon after Bhutto was attacked and did not stop till it reached Zardari House in Islamabad. (ANI)

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Bhutto murder: UN panel says Gul refused to appear before it

April 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Former ISI chief Hamid Gul, who was named by slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto among those posing a threat to her life, refused to be quizzed by the UN commission that probed her December 2007 assassination, according to the panel’s head.

In a letter written to ex-President Pervez Musharraf two months before she was killed, Bhutto had named Gul, former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and ex-Intelligence Bureau chief Ijaz Shah as the persons who should be investigated if she was murdered.

Gul refused to be interviewed by the UN commission that probed the facts and circumstances of Bhutto’s assassination, the panel’s head, Ambassador Heraldo MuÃ±oz, said.

The UN panel was initially told that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and army were “off limits.”

Army and intelligence officials agreed to be interviewed only after the commission’s insistence, Munoz said in an interview to ‘Express 24/7′ news channel.

The panel met Musharraf during its probe but the interview was subject to the condition of confidentiality, Munoz said.

He also described as “inexcusable” and “irresponsible” the disappearance of a black Mercedes that was to have served as Bhutto’s back-up vehicle in case of an attack on her. The vehicle left the site in Rawalpindi after she was attacked by a suicide bomber on December 27, 2007.

Senior PPP leaders Rehman Malik — currently the Interior Minister, Babar Awan — now the Law Minister and Farhatullah Babar were travelling in the bulletproof black Mercedes.

According to eyewitnesses, the Mercedes left Liaquat Bagh, the site of Bhutto’s rally in Rawalpindi, before her vehicle and was nowhere to be seen afterwards.

The UN commission said it was “incredible” that the occupants of the Mercedes drove all the way to Zardari House, some 20 minutes away, before they became aware that Bhutto had been injured in the attack.

The UN panel’s report has indicted the then Musharraf regime for failing to provide adequate security to Bhutto despite reports of numerous threats to her life. It has also highlighted several security lapses linked to the assassination.

The report described the Musharraf regime’s failure to protect Bhutto as “inexcusable.”

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Pak suspends officials blamed in UN’s Bhutto assassination report

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr 19(ANI): The Pakistan Government has suspended eight officials, including former City Police Officer (CPO) Saud Aziz, who were responsible for on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s security at her last rally in Rawalpindi.

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed the suspension, saying the orders had come from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

“The action on the UN report has been started on the directives of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani,” The Dawn quoted Babar, as saying.

The government has already initiated action against several serving and retired bureaucrats in connection with the Bhutto assassination case by placing their names on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The move follows after a UN report held officials directly or indirectly responsible for the assassination.

Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) insiders said the party has decided to take legal action against all government officials who failed to protect Bhutto.

The Interior Ministry has compiled a list of 13 senior government officers, which include former Director General of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. (Retd) Hamid Gul, former Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Brig. (Retd) Ijaz Shah, former federal Interior Secretary Kamal Shah and a senior bureaucrat of Punjab Government Ashfaq Anwar. (ANI)

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Action against Ex ISI, IB, police officials following UN report on Bhutto’s assassination

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr 19(ANI): The Pakistan Government has initiated action against several serving as well as retired bureaucrats in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by placing their names on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The dramatic move comes after the release of a report compiled by the UN commission, which held the officials directly or indirectly responsible for Bhutto’s assassination.

According to Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) insiders, the party has decided to take strong legal action against all government officials who failed to protect Bhutto.

As many as six police officials, who were also serving during the tenure of former President Pervez Musharraf, have been put on the “duty suspension list”.

In addition to that, the Federal Government has suspended the contract agreement of former Interior Ministry spokesman, Brig. (Retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema, who was working as Director General of Civil Defence.

Meanwhile, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said steps would be taken to bring back Musharraf, if he was found responsible for the tragic incident.

The PPP has held Musharraf for not providing adequate security cover to Bhutto despite having information about the impending threat to her life.

Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007 after departing a PPP rally in Rawalpindi, two weeks before the scheduled Pakistani general election of 2008, where she was a leading opposition candidate. (ANI)

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Pak suspends officials blamed in UN’s Bhutto assassination report

April 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed the suspension, saying the orders had come from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

“The action on the UN report has been started on the directives of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani,” The Dawn quoted Babar, as saying.

The government has already initiated action against several serving and retired bureaucrats in connection with the Bhutto assassination case by placing their names on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The move follows after a UN report held officials directly or indirectly responsible for the assassination.

Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) insiders said the party has decided to take legal action against all government officials who failed to protect Bhutto.

Action against Ex ISI, IB, police officials following UN report on Bhutto’s assassination

April 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The dramatic move comes after the release of a report compiled by the UN commission, which held the officials directly or indirectly responsible for Bhutto’s assassination.

According to Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) insiders, the party has decided to take strong legal action against all government officials who failed to protect Bhutto.

As many as six police officials, who were also serving during the tenure of former President Pervez Musharraf, have been put on the “duty suspension list”.

Meanwhile, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said steps would be taken to bring back Musharraf, if he was found responsible for the tragic incident.

The PPP has held Musharraf for not providing adequate security cover to Bhutto despite having information about the impending threat to her life.

Centre initiates dialogue with Meghalaya militant groups

March 25, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Shillong, Mar 25 (ANI): Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief P C Haldar who was nominated by the Centre to hold talks with militant groups in Meghalaya has initiated a political dialogue with the Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC).

The ANVC is demanding for creation of separate Garo Territorial Council.

The people of Meghalaya are watching the talks with eagerness, as the success of talks will ensure peace and progress in the state.

The representatives of the outfit ANVC, a Garo rebel group demanding autonomy, held the first round of talks with the Centre’s interlocutor Pradyot Chandra Haldar in Shillong.

The group had entered into a tripartite ceasefire with the Union and the State Governments on July 23, 2004.

As the ceasefire agreement between the government and the ANVC ends on March 31, the group recently threatened to break the truce.

Though the ceasefire extension was not discussed in Shillong, the meeting was termed as “cordial” from both the sides.

“Today, regarding the discussion on our demands, it was very encouraging but we feel it should go ahead. We should have a kind of assurance from the government that our demands are going to be looked into seriously,” said

Torik Jangning Marak, ANVC spokesperson.

“I had talked with the ANVC representatives. We had detailed discussion (and it was) very fruitful, very useful. We will continue with the discussion further,” said P C Haldar, Centre’s interlocutor.

The ANVC was formed in December 1995 and was proscribed on November 16, 2000.

In September 2009, the group in a meeting with officials from Union Home ministry, decided to give up its demand for a separate state for Garos.

Instead it put forward the demand for the creation of Garoland Autonomous Council, an autonomous body, for all the three districts of Garo Hills – East, West and South – for effective governance.(ANI)

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Political dialogue gets going with Meghalaya rebels

March 17, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Shillong, March 16 (IANS) The central government Tuesday set the ball rolling for political negotiations with Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), a powerful rebel group in Meghalaya, to ensure lasting peace in the Garo Hills.

‘Today, we have started a political dialogue with the ANVC and discussions on their demand for creation of an autonomous council will continue,’ New Delhi’s pointsman and former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Pradyot Chandra Haldar told journalists here.

ANVC, a tribal Garo rebel group operating in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills region, is fighting for creation of Garoland Territorial Council. It had entered into a tripartite ceasefire with the central and the Meghalaya governments July 23, 2004.

The outfit had threatened to pull out of the agreement and return to armed struggle if the government failed to come forward with an ‘acceptable solution’ to its demands.

‘Today, we have aired our political demands before Haldar and we have left it to the government to decide on it,’ ANVC spokesman Arist Sangma told IANS.

‘We have scaled down our demand from separate statehood to an autonomous council in line of Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam in the larger interests of our people,’ he said, expressing hope that the government would concede the group’s demand to ensure lasting peace and development in Garo Hills region.

However, Tuesday’s meeting between Haldar and the ANVC did not touch on extension of the ceasefire, which is due to expire March 31.

‘Since we discussed mainly about the political issues of ANVC, the ceasefire extension will be discussed in upcoming joint monitoring group meeting scheduled before March 31,’ Haldar said.

Haldar, who arrived in Shillong Monday, also held meetings with Chief Minister D.D. Lapang, Deputy Chief Minister Mukul M.Sangma and other senior government officials.

Meghalaya has asked the central government not to waste time and reach an ‘acceptable tripartite accord’ with the ANVC for lasting peace in the Garo Hills.

Lapang is leaving for New Delhi to meet Home Minister P.Chidambaram to urge upon him the need for extension of the ceasefire with the ANVC.

‘The ceasefire with ANVC will cease March 31. We cannot drive them (ANVC) to the wall…they might go to the extreme,’ Lapang, who also holds the home portfolio, said.

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Talks start with Meghalaya militant outfit

March 17, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

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Shillong, March 16 (IANS) The first official-level talks between the central government and the separatist outfit Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) began in the Meghalaya capital Tuesday, officials here said.

‘Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and the centre’s interlocutor P.C. Haldar started negotiations with the leaders of ANVC, one of the most powerful militant groups based in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district,’ a senior Meghalaya government official told IANS on condition of anonymity.

The official, however, refused to divulge any details or the progress of the first day’s talks.

Haldar, who arrived in Shillong Monday, also held meetings with Chief Minister D.D. Lapang, Deputy Chief Minister Mukul M.Sangma and other senior government officials. The state government reportedly expressed willingness for extension of ceasefire with the ANVC beyond March 31.

‘We want autonomy for the Garo tribals. We also want peace but the government is delaying the process,’ ANVC publicity secretary Arist Sangma told reporters ahead of the meeting.

The banned militant group, fighting for creation of Garoland Autonomous Council, had entered into a tripartite ceasefire with the central and the state government July 23, 2004.

The outfit two months back had threatened to break the truce if the central government failed to come forward with an ‘acceptable solution’ to its demands.

Responding to ANVC’s threat to unilaterally end the ceasefire, Lapang had sent his deputy Sangma last week to New Delhi to impress upon the union home ministry on the need for extension of ceasefire.

‘Mukul Sangma met Home Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi and the latter immediately rushed the centre’s negotiator to Shillong to hold talks with the ANVC,’ the official added.

Another outlawed outfit, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), has been demanding a sovereign Khasi homeland in Meghalaya.

According to the Meghalaya police officials, the HNLC is closely linked to the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) and the National Liberation Front of Tripura.

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NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – here today.

The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, official sources said.

Besides Chandrasekhar, the meeting will be attended by Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary G K Pillai and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.

Top officials of the three armed forces and the Intelligence Bureau will also attend the meeting.

The meeting assumes significance in wake of recent reports of incursions by the Chinese army in Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, involving the air dropping of expired food canes, painting of rocks red among others.

Another media report said that two Chinese Sukhoi fighters had transgressed into Indian air space last month.

The Indian Air Force, however, says no unscheduled flight inside Indian air space had taken place last month. (ANI)

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J and K Govt seeks Center’s clearance to construct concrete huts along LAC

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sought clearance from the Ministry of Defence to construct huts like along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) bordering China.

According to sources the State Government forwarded this proposal with the aim of strengthening the Indian presence along the LAC.

State Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla, said concrete huts would also help the nomadic shepherds to stay.

Nomadic shepherds are currently using mobile tents.

Recently Leh’s Deputy Commissioner Ajit Kumar Sahu said, the Chinese had threatened some shepherds in the remote regions of the district.

The State Government is also reportedly planning to house revenue officials and guards to monitor Chinese activities along the Pangong Lake, sources said.

Meanwhile, National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan has called a meeting of the China Study Group of the Union Government on Wednesday, to discuss the situation along Indo-China border.

Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar, Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary G. K. Pillai, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Senior officials of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, officials from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) would also attend the meeting. (ANI)

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NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.16 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – on Thursday (September 17).

The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, official sources said.

Besides Chandrasekhar, the meeting will be attended by Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary G K Pillai, oreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. Top officials of the three armed forces and the Intelligence Bureau will also attend the meeting.

The meeting assumes significance in wake of recent reports of incursions by the Chinese army in Ladakh,Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, involving the air dropping of expired food canes, painting of rocks red among others.

Another media report said that two Chinese Sukhoi fighters had transgressed into Indian air space last month.

The Indian Air Force, however, says no unscheduled flight inside Indian air space had taken place last month. (ANI)

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Adopt new, transparent selection process for police forces: Chidambaram

September 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday asked the State Governments to adopt new, time bound and transparent selection process for the state police forces on the lines of the Central Police Force selection procedure.

Addressing the three-day long conference of the Directors Generals and Inspectors Generals of state police forces organized by Intelligence Bureau, Chidambaram said: “Revamp the recruitment procedures and make them quick, time bound and transparent. We have introduced a new recruitment procedure in the CPMFs that is based on technology, objective assessment and transparency. I would take this opportunity to urge State Governments to immediately adopt the new procedure.”

Chidambaram expressed concern over the way police officers are treated and asked states to constitute the police establishment boards as the earliest.

“Constitute a Police Establishment Board that would decide on transfers and postings. It is a matter of deep regret that many police officers have been reduced to a football, to be kicked here and there, from one post to another, without regard to the damage done to the job as well as the officer,” he said.

Expressing concern over the non providing of funds to the police forces by some of the states, Chidambaram said: “I am also concerned about the attitude of some State Governments to providing funds for the police. Let me remind you that Police and Public Order are State subjects. States are right in zealously guarding their turf. The Central Government has no desire to encroach upon the jurisdiction of the State Governments. Given the Constitutional responsibility, State Governments must provide adequate funds for the State Police. “

The Home Minister appealed to the state governments to change the practice of allotting the residue – after providing funds for other Plan and Non-Plan Schemes to the head of Police.

The Central Government increased over Rs.13, 000 crore in the budget of the current fiscal to strengthening the CPFs, and for Modernization of Police Force, CCTNS, Strengthening of Fire and Emergency Services, Scheme of ICP, etc.

Chidambaram called on the conference to mark the beginning of a process of reinventing the security system in the country.

“We must learn from our past mistakes. We must also learn from the experience of other countries. It is the neglect of tried and tested methods that has led us to a situation where we seemed unequal to the challenges that face the internal security of the country,” he said.It is not enough to walk with firm steps on the path that is known. We must also lay out a path forward that will draw heavily upon technology and innovation,” Chidambaram added.

He said once the ambitious projects of CCTN and NATGRID are fully rolled out and implemented, it would mark a quantum jump in our ability to counter the challenges that we face.

Chidambaram also stressed on the creation of a first rate National Counter Terrorism Centre.

“It is also my desire that once the Police Mission submits its report, we should implement the recommendations in a time-bound manner. There is the need to enact a “Model Police Act”. Mega-city policing is a new requirement, and there is much to learn from the experiences of other mega-cities,” Chidambaram said.

Chidambaram also asked the state police chiefs to sharply upgrade our Forensic Science Laboratories and make them among the best in the world. (ANI)

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Chidambaram says Maoists seeking alliance with north-east insurgent groups

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that Maoists are seeking an alliance with northeast insurgent groups.

Addressing the inaugural session of a two-day conference on internal security threats, Chidambaram said the Maoists have been sought alliances with secessionists and insurgentse also said that terrorist groups, including the LeT and the JeM, are persisting with their endeavours to launch terror attacks.

“The Communist Party of India-Maoist besides targeting inimical forces was laying a greater emphasis on targeting infrastructure like roads, bridges,” he added

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the conference on Tuesday. He will also present police medals for meritorious services.

The conference provides an interactive platform for senior police professionals and security administrators to freely discuss and debate diverse national security related issues, as also the various operational, infrastructural and welfare related problems faced by them.

Its deliberations would also include formulation and sharing of professional practices and processes in tackling challenges relating to crime control and law and order management.

The conference offers opportunities for generation and exchange of new ideas on capacity building for the police in respect of manpower, training, logistics and advanced technology.

The Intelligence Bureau organised the first ever conference of IGPs in India in 1920 and since then, these conferences have been held regularly at New Delhi in the post-independence period. The first conference was organised in 1950.

To begin with, it was a biennial event, but after 1973, it became an annual meeting for the Heads of Police Organisations in the States/Union Territories and of the Central Police Organisations. Director, Intelligence Bureau, is the ex-officio Chairman of the conference. (ANI)

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DGPS/IGPs conference to deliberate on major internal security issues

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will inaugurate the DGPs/IGPs Confernce-2009 here today.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address the conference on the second day and also present police medals for meritorious services.

The conference is expected to deliberate on major internal security threats, including left wing extremism, terrorism, coastal security, insurgency in the north-east and circulation of fake currency notes in the country.

The agenda also includes presentations on important policing issues such as the National Police Mission, corporate fraud and security arrangements being planned for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Its deliberations would also include formulation and sharing of professional practices and processes in tackling challenges relating to crime control and law and order management.

The conference offers opportunities for generation and exchange of new ideas on capacity building for the police in respect of manpower, training, logistics and advanced technology.

The intelligence Bureau organised the first ever conference of IGPs in India in 1920 and since then, these conferences have been held regularly at New Delhi in the post-independence period. The first conference was organised in 1950.

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Maoists campaign to strengthen ranks in Bihar

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Gaya, Sep.13 (ANI): With the Government of India and the State governments taking coordinated action against them, the Naxalites are carrying out recruitment drives in the rural areas here to strengthen their ranks.

In their campaign, Maoists have been criticising the Manmohan Singh Government for not helping the poor people in rural areas. Slogans are raised against Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister at these meetings.

“Please help our organisation by participating in its activities. You have to build an organisation for yourself to protect your dignity,” said one of the Maoist leaders during a meeting.

The Maoists are particularly angry against the Manmohan Singh, as he has described them ‘a major security threat to the country’. The Central Government has sanctioned special funds to raise additional forces to fight the Naxalites.

Maoists have formally been labelled as a terrorist group by the Central Government, which has given security forces more enforcement powers to curb them

The Naxals have spread to more than 180 of the country’s 630 districts from just 56 in 2001.

They have carried out raids against police stations and jails and made away with weapons. Equipped with automatic weapons, mines and explosives, the Maoists carry out attack and cripple economic activity.

Last year, they carried out around 1,000 attacks, mostly in remote jungles and villages, particularly in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal.

The Intelligence Bureau is holding a conference of Director Generals of Police of all the States of the country to consider security measures.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P.Chidambaram would be addressing the conference, which opens in New Delhi on Monday (Sep.13). (ANI)

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