Maoists, gravest threat to National Security: PM
The Indian Army guards the Line of Actual Control -- India's border with China -- along with the ITBP.
A high power committee comprising heads of various probe agencies and specialised departments has been constituted to monitor the investigation and steps taken to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks, Government told the Supreme Court on Monday.
The police have stepped up security following an intelligence alert over the possibility of terror strikes on key installations and oil refineries based at Jamnagar in Gujarat, and released photographs of the suspected terrorists. The Intelligence Bureau had recently alarmed the authorities in Jamnagar and capital Gandhinagar, about possible strikes by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists.
The Ram Pradhan Committee report on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai has revealed that the Maharashtra intelligence chief never received inputs of Central spy agencies prior to the mayhem unlike the Director General of Police's office, which received alerts from the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel, a close confidante, as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This appointment would make Patel the highest-ranking Indian American in Trump's incoming administration. Patel has previously served in various roles in the Trump administration, including Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council. Trump praised Patel's work in uncovering the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax" and his commitment to "bringing back Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity to the FBI." Patel, who has extensive experience in law enforcement and national security, is known for his work on the Russia investigation and his criticism of the "deep state."
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit Raipur on Monday to monitor the coordination of strategies to combat Left-wing extremism in the region. Chidambaram will emphasis the importance of verifying and forwarding intelligence inputs to the Centre. He will hold a coordination meeting with the director-general of police and the joint director of the Intelligence Bureau posted in Raipur.
The statement by West Bengal Director General of police Naparajit Mukherjee, regarding a nexus between Naxals and the Inter-Services Intelligence is something that needs to be taken seriously, says Vicky Nanjappa.
The attack on an Israeli diplomat's vehicle in New Delhi in February was indicative that India will not be spared by international terrorists seeking to attack foreigners in the country, Intelligence Bureau Chief Nehchal Sandhu said on Thursday.
Police asked to develop de-encryption software to improve gathering of technical intelligence on terror groups, who were using it to avoid detection.
The chiefs of intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan held a meeting in Islamabad as part of cooperation to fight terrorism and deal with security issues.
The centre has convened a two-day conference of the Directors General of Police on August 24-25 to discuss internal security with the backdrop of Hindu terrorism.
The recent blasts in Mumbai and Delhi are a "grave reminder" of the great challenge that terrorists posed to India's national security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
Tamil Nadu Director General of Police on Monday told mediapersons that he had received a terror alert for the state. Nanjil Kumaran said market places and crowded areas in the city were given security cover
The famous Meenakshi temple in Madurai in Tamil Nadu is on the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's hit-list, fears the Intelligence Bureau.
"Had corona (COVID-19) not been there, the prime minister would have dedicated NATGRID to the country. I am hopeful that the prime minister will dedicate NATGRID to the country in some time," Union home minister Amit Shah said during the 51st Foundation Day event of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) here on September 4.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated a three-day long conference of directors general and inspectors general of police organised by the Intelligence Bureau in New Delhi on Monday. During his address, the home minister warned the senior police officials that cross-border terrorism 'is a matter of deep concern' and policing in India was always a challenge that has become graver after the terror attack on Mumbai.
Various theories are being attached to the constant targetting of India's north eastern states. Intelligence Bureau officials confirm that the mantle of infiltrating into the north eastern states is in the hands of the Bangladesh-based Director General of Forces Intelligence.
The meeting came after terrorists carried out a series of targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley that include non-Muslims, security personnel, an artist and local civilians.
With the Intelligence Bureau sounding an alert about possible terror strikes in southern cities, the Tamil Nadu police has put in place a preventive mechanism, even though no specific warning has been received by the state. An alert was sounded in Hyderabad on Thursday following inputs from IB that three LeT terrorists have entered the country and are planning to strike important cities of south India.
A two-day conference of state police chiefs of the northeastern region convened by the Intelligence Bureau has gone underway in Guwahati with an objective to have a coordinated strategy to tackle cross-border and inter-state movement of insurgents, Maoists threat and check fake currency and arms proliferation through borders in the region.
His name was cleared by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as members.
A former bureaucrat has said that most business houses "maintain" MPs to influence government policies or decision making in their favour.
The CAA was enacted in December 2019 for granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or before December 31, 2014. These include Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians.
The CBI's new boss has never served in the Bureau.
Sreekumar's counsel claimed that each page of the 207-page diary had the signature and official seal of the then Inspector General of Police (Administration), O P Mathur.
To curb the menace of illicit fund flows, the government has set up a high level panel that will look into trade-based money laundering activities which particularly involve manipulation of invoices.
'They only bring pieces. Dialogue is the only way forward.' 'We should get people who have influence to bring the community leaders to sit across the table and talk.' 'Otherwise, our adversaries across the borders will add fuel to the fire. Let's not give them a chance.'
The Centre has convened a three-day conference of directors general of police from December 19 to draw a road map for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
The military establishment is in no mood to forgive or forget Imran's anti-military utterances, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
The income tax department will share PAN and bank account details of any entity with 10 investigative and intelligence agencies, including the CBI and NIA, under the integrated counter-terrorism platform NATGRID, according to an official order.
Jaiswal has been asked to be present to record his statement on October 14, the police official said.
In a petition filed in the Islamabad high court, he requested the court to refer the matter to the Inter Services Intelligence for a thorough probe, Dawn reported.
He takes over the CBI in challenging times. The perception is that the agency is reduced to being an instrument of blackmail and intimidation by successive governments.
The five-member team will be given a detailed presentation before they visit the attack site on Tuesday.
The magistrate court has remanded the accused Pakistani national Subair, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau to 14 days of judicial custody.
The appointments committee of the cabinet headed by the prime minister had on October 1 issued the order for the appointment of Singh who has service till December 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for the setting up of a high-power police technology mission under the leadership of the Union home minister to adopt future technologies for grassroot policing requirements.
The team's movement would be restricted only to the area of the engagement between security forces and the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists.
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