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New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) US' Director National Intelligence Dennis C Blair today met Home Minister P Chidambaram and is understood to have discussed issues related to terrorism emanating from Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Blair was accompanied by a delegation of US Secret Service and Ambassador Timothy J Roemer. Prior to his meeting with Chidambaram, Blair held a meeting with Intelligence Bureau Director Rajiv Mathur about the scenario of threat posed by terrorists and ways to counter these.  

A fresh wave of terror attacks swept Pakistan the previous week. Two attacks in Lahore, one in Peshawar, another in Mingora and a spate of low intensity hits in various residential areas of Lahore to create harassment, awe and shock were the order of the week. The total casualties of the week ran in hundreds while the trauma was worse, since it was assumed that the victories by Pakistan Army in Swat and Waziristan and arrest of Taliban/Al-Qaeda leaders were expected to have broken the back of the Terror m

it is no secret that every militant organization that is based in Pakistan, is supported by the ISI. Lashkar, Hizbul Mujahedeen, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Al Badr — each one of them is supported by the ISI.   -P Chidambaram

 

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today accused the state government of setting up "bureaucratic obstacles" at the political-level discussions today and "delaying" the process of taking forward the talks on Gorkhaland. The state government had said at today's meeting that it would not be able to discuss the Morcha's "secret proposal" since the documents had only been sent to the Centre. "The Morcha's proposal had been circulated through the media and every party concerned should have been aware of its conten

We received the proposal of the Morcha for the first time and thus mentioned that the state government needs more time to discuss and decide on it. We were not in a position to comment on the proposal as we have not gone through it.   -Asok Bhattacharya

 

Ahead of the court hearing in Chicago in which Lashkar-e-Tayyeba operative David Coleman Headley, facing terror charges, is expected to plead guilty, a top US intelligence official met Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday. While India could get access, if at all, to Headley only after his conviction, New Delhi was also interested in questioning Headley's American wife for more details of his activities, an official, who refused to be identified, said. Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Mathur is unde  

Both Centre and NSCN-IM were sincere towards finding a negotiated settlement of the vexed Naga problem, the group's general secretary Th Muivah said today. Muivah, who arrived at Dimapur to hold consultations with various Naga groups, said "Time and again we have clarified our position based on historical rights of the Nagas to the government of India and from our side no stone will be left unturned to find an honourable settlement to the decades-old Naga political conflict." Muivah arrived in New Del  

A group of some 40 students from the Kashmir Valley, now on a tour to north India, met Home Minister P. Chidambaram here Thursday, and during interaction with them he reiterated the government's commitment to bring peace and development to the terror-riven state. "Peace is necessary for the developmental process to gain the required momentum in Jammu and Kashmir. If peace prevails in the state, everything that is available in other parts of the country in terms of development can be made available in Jam  

Another 26/11 and "India will react swiftly and decisively", Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had said recently at the India Today Conclave 2010. India has been working to strengthen its forces to meet such challenges in future. Two latest additions to its arsenal - Harop and cluster bomb CBU-105 - are set to enhance India's striking capabilities against the enemies manifold.  

After the success of the first phase of the joint anti-Maoist operation in West Bengal, a similar operation will be launched in Jharkhand. This was disclosed by Bhupinder Singh, Director General of Police, West Bengal here on Wednesday. "So far as Orissa goes we had one in the month of January that was of course on a much smaller scale but our basic problems being with Jharkhand so we plan to do that again. I had a meeting with special DG (Director General) CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), so we w

So far as Orissa goes we had one in the month of January that was of course on a much smaller scale but our basic problems being with Jharkhand so we plan to do that again. I had a meeting with special DG (Director General) CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), so we will be doing this joint operation with Jharkhand in few days time   -Bhupinder Singh

 

A unanimous resolution is proposed to be adopted in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday requesting the Central government to delete clause 14 (f) of the Presidential Order treating Hyderabad as a free zone in the recruitment of police. A one-line resolution will be moved in the House which the Opposition parties have consented to pass without a formal discussion. This was decided at an all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister K. Rosaiah to decide the future course of action following the Supreme Co

We have followed the legal procedure, but our pleas have been rejected twice. It was, therefore, decided to pass a unanimous resolution in the Assembly   -G Kishan Reddy