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Navy chief says input too vague but alert gave coordinates of Lashkar ship

Wednesday 3 December '08

While Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today claimed the Navy had not received any actionable intelligence ahead of the Mumbai attack...
Mumbai sea attack alert came Nov 19

Sunday 30 November '08

The most brazen and longest terror attack on India has left several red faces in the government with facts emerging that not only was there advance intelligence...
Kashmir men return from PoK, say terror camps losing appeal

Sunday 23 November '08

As Kashmir votes for phase II of the assembly elections on Sunday after an unexpected voter turnout in the first phase.
Parallel to tale of two terrors and two types of bombs

Tuesday 18 November '08

The purported admissions of Lt. Col Prasad Purohit may have suddenly expanded the scope of the Malegaon probe with even the Rajasthan police now sending a team to examine links with the Ajmer Sharif blasts but as it turns out, the entire effort boils down to a reality that hit investigators over a year ago.
More summits loom beyond this week’s G20

Thursday 13 November '08

All eyes may be set on the G20 summit starting in three days in Washington to find a global response to the financial meltdown but from indications available, this is just the first of more such summits and an understanding to this effect is expected to be reached this time.
Obama calls Manmohan, says India important for US

Wednesday 12 November '08

US President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday telephoned Manmohan Singh and said US-India strategic relationship is a 'very important partnership' and his administration wants to work together with India on all important global issues.
After Assam blasts, congratulations from Bangladesh to ‘planner’ in Agartala

Monday 10 November '08

A congratulatory message from Bangladesh, intercepted a day after the serial blasts in Assam, holds the key to the investigation into the bombings.
Lt Col is key man in Malegaon blast, says ATS

Friday 7 November '08

ATS have claimed that Purohit allegedly forged documents during his stint in J-K for obtaining arms licences for others.
At Bush meet, Montek to be Prime Minister’s ‘sherpa’

Sunday 2 November '08

Preparing for the crucial G20 Summit called by US President George W Bush on November 15...
PoK-Dhaka intercept talked of action in Assam: focus on ULFA-Lashkar-HuJI role

Friday 31 October '08

While the United Liberation Front of Assam sought to deny its involvement in today’s devastating serial blasts across the state...
‘No similarity between Malegaon and Kanpur, Nanded blasts’

Sunday 26 October '08

While the Mumbai police has claimed that RDX was used in the Malegaon blasts last month, central agencies have not found any trace of RDX in their explosive...
China attended meet to oppose UNSC expansion

Thursday 23 October '08

Breaking away from its traditional backstage diplomacy to thwart India’s attempts to secure a permanent seat in the UN Security Council...
Govt orders regulator war-room meetings with RBI, Sebi chiefs

Wednesday 22 October '08

Stepping up crisis-management measures to cushion the anticipated economic downturn precipitated by the global financial turmoil...
On day of Kabul embassy bombing, a chatter about ‘mazedaar attack’

Sunday 19 October '08

Five to six weeks before the Indian Embassy attack in Kabul on July 7...
Peerbhoy got 'nervous', so didn't upload video

Saturday 18 October '08

Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy has caught the attention of interrogators the most as his association with IM brought in a degree of sophistication.
One nuclear deal done, more lined up

Sunday 12 October '08

With External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signing the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement...
Bush signs deal into law, guarantees India fuel supply, reprocessing rights

Friday 10 October '08

More than three years after the blueprint was outlined in a Indo-US joint statement in Washington...
US pressure behind Pak army shake-up

Monday 6 October '08

In India’s assessment, the shake-up in Pakistan’s top military brass, particularly the ISI, is clearly aimed at changing the approach of operations...
Bush delivers

Friday 3 October '08

The Indo-US nuclear deal cleared its last hurdle this morning when the US Senate passed the 123 agreement with an overwhelming two-thirds majority...
India, France ink nuclear deal, first after NSG waiver

Wednesday 1 October '08

India on Tuesday emerged out of a 34-year-old nuclear isolation and signed a historic agreement for civil nuclear cooperation with France.
Don’t want n-weapon state in region, so no backing Iran: PM

Tuesday 30 September '08

A day before India signs its first civil nuclear cooperation agreement with France after the waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group earlier this month...
US House clears n-deal, But wait for final outcome

Monday 29 September '08

India and US are now just one step away from closing a 38-month Herculean effort to have a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between the two countries after the House of Representatives cleared the agreement with a two-thirds majority late Saturday night.
Bush brings up China, tells PM we’re different, open societies

Monday 29 September '08

The nuclear deal may have weighed on the minds of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s delegation...
US House clears n-deal, PM says happy but wait for final outcome

Monday 29 September '08

India and US are now just one step away from closing a 38-month Herculean effort to have a civilian nuclear cooperation...
NSA meets top US anti-terror outfits

Monday 29 September '08

NSA M K Narayanan hold long meetings with top officials from Directorate of National Intelligence and Homeland Security to understand how US has managed to avert a major attack since 9/11.
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