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US special envoy to Afghanistan, Pak is a votary of stability in region

Saturday 24 January '09

US president Barack Obama's administration on Friday appointed Richard Holbrooke as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan...
Selection of cultural bodies’ heads cuts red tape

Saturday 24 January '09

In a significant move to cut bureaucratic delays, the Prime Minister has cleared a proposal to use search-cum-selection method
Mission in Pak among first to seek CISF cover

Thursday 22 January '09

In view of the heightened security threat to Indian installations in Pakistan, especially in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks....
What we learnt from Mumbai: US agencies to Senate

Tuesday 20 January '09

Key US security officials have revealed how their agencies are drawing important lessons from 26/11 to strengthen their own anti-terror mechanism.
Soni urges tax sops to boost tourism

Friday 16 January '09

As it waits for a major economic package for the tourism sector from the Prime Minister, the Tourism Ministry has asked all state governments to take all steps possible at their end to halt the slump in incoming tourist traffic for the last few months...
When dreams turned into a nightmare at sea

Thursday 15 January '09

Abdul Malik, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi, has been held in police custody for the last 15 days for having entered India illegally...
Ahead of Obama swearing-in, US sends Pak a strong signal: sanctions on AQ Khan

Tuesday 13 January '09

In a strong diplomatic signal to Pakistan, the US today imposed sanctions on A Q Khan and a dozen members of his worldwide illicit nuclear trade network...
ISRO calls meet to analyse Chandrayaan data

Monday 12 January '09

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to report some significant new information about the evolution and composition of the moon ...
Security Roadblock

Monday 12 January '09

In a poor reflection of the country’s resolve to strengthen its internal security apparatus, hundreds of vehicles of the security forces...
Centre ‘zeroes in’ on NIA head

Saturday 10 January '09

The choice for the head of recently established National Investigation Agency has zeroed in on three IPS officers...
Chidambaram defers his US visit

Friday 9 January '09

Home Minister P Chidambaram has deferred his plans to travel to the United States this weekend, ostensibly to deal with the crisis...
New Delhi is worried but why it isn’t surprised

Thursday 8 January '09

The sacking of Pak National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani for admitting that Ajmal Kasab...
Obama brings CTBT back on agenda

Tuesday 6 January '09

While the Indian foreign policy establishment was completely focused on trying to step up international pressure on Pakistan...
We can’t say what India must do: Israel

Monday 5 January '09

As the air strikes against Hamas in Gaza entered its second week, Israel’s Ambassador to India has made it clear Israel would continue the strike...
Terrorists’ ‘demand’: Digvijay, Jaiswal correct themselves

Tuesday 30 December '08

Amid controversial remarks by senior Congress leaders claiming terrorists in Mumbai had demanded the release of some of their colleagues...
BSF top brass head for border areas

Tuesday 30 December '08

With a war of words fuelling speculation of an impending military conflict between India and Pakistan...
Nationwide alert: states told to secure 350 airports

Friday 26 December '08

In an unprecedented exercise to secure Indian airspace, the Government has ordered that all possible security loopholes be plugged at every airport and airstrip...
To set up ‘tourist police’, Soni seeks funds from Home Ministry

Friday 26 December '08

With many states reluctant to spare money for setting up ‘tourist police’...
Pak’s new fig leaf: ‘Indian mullahs,’ Samjhauta probe

Sunday 14 December '08

In its bid to deflect attention from its responsibility to act firmly against terrorists operating from its soil...
Jamaat warns India, Pak: ban us, face consequences

Thursday 11 December '08

Jamaat-ud-Dawa’h, considered to be front organisation for the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, on Wednesday warned India and Pakistan of dire consequences if banned by the Government of Pakistan under international pressure.
Countries tone down travel advisories, India hopes for tourism revival

Wednesday 10 December '08

Even as India continues to remain on a high alert, a number of countries, which had issued grim travel advisories to their citizens in the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks in Mumbai, have begun revising and moderating these warnings.
Reports planted by US, says former ISI chief

Monday 8 December '08

Dismissing reports that Pakistan had decided to hand him over to Indian authorities in connection with the investigations into last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai...
Soni offers ASI expertise to renovate Taj Hotel

Saturday 6 December '08

Tourism Minister Ambika Soni has offered the Archeological Survey of India’s expertise in restoring the badly damaged Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai...
Chidambaram has his task cut out: tougher anti-terror law, police reforms

Monday 1 December '08

As Minister of State for Home in charge of Internal Security in 1987, he had successfully piloted significant amendments into the now defunct TADA
Shivraj's tenure of internal insecurity

Monday 1 December '08

The four and half years of Shivraj Patil's tenure were laced with about 20 major terrorist strikes, hundreds of deaths of innocent civilians in internal violence, and an alarming increase in the spread of Naxal activities, to mention just a few elements of internal security.
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