The threat of a terror attack remains low for the Vancouver Winter Olympics with only a small contingent of demonstrators expected, the head of security for the Games said on Wednesday.
Apprehending Mumbai-type terrorist attack in various parts of India, the US on Wednesday alerted its citizens to be cautious during their visit to that country and asked them to defer their travel to Andhra Pradesh as violence continues over issue of separate Telangana state.
The Northwest Airlines flight, targeted by a terror suspect on Christmas, came under scanner once again as the crew asked for emergency assistance for a disruptive passenger who was arrested after the plane landed in Detroit, but the FBI termed it as a "non-serious incident".
Police in Ahmedabad are on high alert and have taken extensive security measures following intelligence reports stating that terrorist may target the city on December 6, which marks the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.
Pakistan-based groups like Lashker-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed persist in their attempts to launch terror attacks in India posing a "grave" challenge, Home Minister P Chidambaram warned Indian police officials on Monday.
Cellular services were on Sunday night suspended in four major Pakistani cities, including Lahore and Karachi, to prevent terrorist attacks using bombs triggered with mobile phones, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
A high alert has been sounded and security beefed up in and around Jammu city following intelligence reports of a terror attack in the area, a police official said."A high alert was sounded today by authorities in Jammu city after intelligence reports of a fidayeen (suicide) attack. Security has been increased in and around the sensitive places," the official said.More police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the city, particularly in VVIP areas.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has objected to exclusion of terrorism from the agenda of National Integration Council (NIC) meeting.
A government school teacher-turned Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist was arrested for allegedly carrying out multiple blasts, including one in a bus carrying Vaishno Devi pilgrims, with the intention to damage communal harmony and revive terrorism in the Jammu region, J-K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday.
The various terrorist outfits through letters, e-mails and SMSs had threatened to strike in UP on Friday, which necessitated the stringent security measures across the state, the reports reaching Lucknow at the state headquarters said.
Lack of preparation, coupled with the pathetic state of health care, make India highly vulnerable to the threat of bio-terrorism, says Vicky Nanjappa
Security is a worry but the Gujarat chief minister will continue is campaign ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
Indian investigators are looking into a relatively new terror module known as the Bullet 313 brigade. It is evident that the name of the outfit has been inspired by the Ilyas Kashmiri led 313 brigade of the Al Qaeda. Indian Mujahideen, the terror outfit suspected to be behind the Mumbai serial blasts, was formed four years ago. Investigators initially suspected that it was an offshoot of the Students Islamic Movement of India, which was merely using a new name.
Indian Coast Guard Commander of Western Region A Rajasekhar said, "Though infiltration through sea is possible, the Coast Guard is patrolling the coastline by air and water to thwart any potential threat."
New Delhi has turned into a virtual fortress ahead of the Independence Day celebrations as thousands of armed security personnel kept a hawk-eyed vigil to pre-empt any possible terror strike in the city.
It is important for Indian security agencies to pay attention to likely threats from Al Qaeda elements outside the Af-Pak region, cautions B Raman.
The latest terrorist plot unearthed in the United States would have no impact on American President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to India and other Asian nations, the White House said on Saturday. "Whenever the President travels, we take a very careful look at what the threat environment might be and look at what the terrorist environment is. So we are taking this into account, but at this point there is no effect," said John Brennan, assistant to the president.
Patel's name was declared as the leader of the legislative party unanimously at the meeting held at the party's state headquarters 'Kamalam'.
Indigenous extremist outfits like Indian Mujahideen and the Student Islamic Movement of India could help Pak terror groups in retaliatory terror strikes in India in the wake of Afzal Guru's hanging, says Col R Hariharan, in an updated summary of comments made by him in a TV discussion
Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Indian Mujahidin and two Sikh militant groups have threatened to carry out terror acts in India, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Inputs available from different agencies suggest that Dawood, a prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has bases in Pakistan and keeps changing his location from time to time, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary told the House.
Terming internal security as a "critical" matter, India today expressed concern over increased infiltration attempts from Pakistan recently and said these threats shall be overcome "at all costs" with a coordinated effort between the Centre and states.
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar has said work on India's nuclear programmes will continue despite media reports of the country's nuclear power plants being placed on alert and being made more secure to prevent a terror strike.
The rising pitch of road shows and long rallies with hectoring pitches seem to have exhausted and numbed the audiences, rather than motivating them to vote for the party, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
At the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul the focus is on countering nuclear terrorism, strengthening nuclear security and ensuring that nuclear material does not fall in the wrong hands.
The chief of the National Security Guards had recently warned that India could be struck by terrorists using biological weapons and with the help of women affiliates of the Al-Qaeda.
It also assured that the amount of medical insurance coverage under the Ayushman Bharat scheme would be doubled from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
Sources stated that a discussion is likely on the changed geopolitical situation in wake of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan and the drawdown of the US forces from the region.
Nine years after the 9/11 attacks, the United States faces the threat of more home grown terror assaults, including prospects of suicide bombings and assassinations of top leaders, apart from Mumbai-style strikes, a leading research group in Washington has warned.
At a joint media briefing with Lavrov, Jaishankar listed issues such as "factors of instability" such as terrorism and its cross-border manifestation and said it remains a "major concern".
Amidst reports that 400 trained terrorists were waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt the coming Lok Sabha polls, the government has ordered stepping up of security in the border state to thwart any attempts to cause violence ahead of the elections.
"I have not seen anything to corroborate that report," Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters at a news conference on Thursday when asked about the reported allegations by former Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani that Pakistan had sent between 10,000 to 15,000 of its men along with the Taliban to capture Kabul and Afghanistan.
At least 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Jammu and Kashmir due to a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, have been shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson said on Saturday.
'The last thing he would want is new tensions with India.'
The Centre has accorded a security cover of armed Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) commandos for the Hyderabad premises of Bharat Biotech, one of the major COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers in the country, official sources said on Tuesday.
'Many senior officers are unhappy with him, but many lower level officers are still supportive.' 'This is also not something that has happened for a long time. So this is certainly a milestone.'
'It's waging an offensive with no seeming precedent.' 'The fact that it's now entering cities, as opposed to remaining massed around their perimeters, is a game changer.'
The UN Security Council Resolution 2309 calls governments to meet their responsibility to keep citizens secure while travelling by air.
"Those who wish America harm, we will hunt you down and you will pay the ultimate price," the US President said
Dhamaka doesn't always hit the right buttons and Kartik Aaryan is a puny choice for a role of enormous calibre and incessant focus, rues Sukanya Verma.
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