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Maharashtra wants awards for all, lands Centre in spot

Sunday 18 January '09

In a season of awards and medals, the Maharashtra government has landed the Centre in a spot.
Ending long pause, two Padma awards go Army way

Thursday 15 January '09

After a long gap, the armed forces will find a place in the Padma awards this year. Former Army deputy chief and military strategist Lt Gen (retd) Satish Nambiar...
Focus on human intelligence, new SWAT teams as CMs brainstorm on terror today

Tuesday 6 January '09

In a paradigm shift, the Centre has urged Chief Ministers to reactivate human intelligence networks in their states without reducing emphasis...
After the disaster, Navy, Coast Guard operation rooms to be linked

Sunday 4 January '09

After the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard failed to intercept the Lashkar-e-Toiba ship in the run-up to the Mumbai attacks...
Don’t need any loose cannons, Centre tells service chiefs

Friday 2 January '09

The UPA Government has told the service chiefs to ensure that there is no “loose talk” on the possibility of a military confrontation with Pakistan...
Lt Cols get a New Year gift

Thursday 1 January '09

It’s official. There is New Year cheer for the armed forces with the UPA government agreeing to increase the salaries of Lt Colonel...
Advani marches into ’09, eyes set on polls

Thursday 1 January '09

With L K Advani deciding to play a privotal role in the selection of the party’s Lok Sabha candidates unlike 2004...
Probe looks at Dawood link to Pak ship that brought Lashkar men

Friday 26 December '08

The Mumbai Police has asked central intelligence agencies to trace the antecedents of Al Hussaini...
What went wrong: The inside story

Friday 26 December '08

A re-look at intelligence failure in run-up to Nov 26 Mumbai attacks and the crossed wires during the 60-hour siege.
Lashkar ship alert reached Navy HQ, was not sent on to Western Command

Monday 15 December '08

An internal probe into the possible intelligence lapses around the Mumbai terror attacks has given a virtual clean chit to the Coast Guard...
Coast Guard moved on LeT alert but was all at sea

Thursday 11 December '08

Inquiries into Mumbai attacks have revealed that despite clear intel inputs Coast Guard and Navy failed to either spot or interdict the Pak ship that carried LeT terrorists.
Cabinet reshuffle on cards, new FM to be named

Wednesday 10 December '08

Congress Rajya Sabha MP S M Krishna is emerging as one of the front-runners for the Finance portfolio.
Little help from America, Centre weighs options

Sunday 7 December '08

Defence Minister A K Antony has made it clear that India needs “more than solidarity” from the Americans in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks...
New Delhi says ISI, Pak Army helped Lashkar strike

Friday 5 December '08

With US help, India is said to have collected evidence that points to the role of the Pakistani ISI in the Mumbai terror attacks.
Gorshkov: Medvedev on his way, Centre okays price renegotiation

Wednesday 3 December '08

On the eve of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to India, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Tuesday gave in to Moscow’s demands...
Lt Col Purohit met RSS chief over Sangh role in Nepal

Wednesday 26 November '08

Lt Col Prasad Purohit, arrested in connection with the September 29 Malegaon blast, has told the CBI that he met RSS Sarsanghchalak K S Sudarshan in Jabalpur...
Another Army officer joined Abhinav Bharat, Lt Col had told CBI

Tuesday 25 November '08

Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, arrested in connection with the Malegaon blast, told his interrogators from the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Togadia funded Abhinav Bharat, Sadhvi said ‘my people’ set off Malegaon bomb: Purohit to CBI

Monday 24 November '08

Arrested Army officer Lt Col Prasad Purohit has told the CBI that VHP general secretary Pravin Togadia was involved in the formation and funding of Abhinav Bharat...
Barak probe slow, OK for must-buys from Israel

Monday 17 November '08

Even as the CBI investigates the 2006 case involving the Israeli Barak missile deal, New Delhi has revived critical defence purchases from Tel Aviv on a case-to-case basis with approval from the CCS.
Centre in loop, ATS mines 40 hrs of taped Sadhvi calls

Sunday 9 November '08

The Home Ministry is backing the investigation carried out by the Maharashtra ATS on the involvement of army officers in the Malegaon blasts that hinges on the 40 hrs of conversation recorded between Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Ramji Kalsangra.
Centre in loop, ATS mines 40 hours of taped Sadhvi calls

Sunday 9 November '08

The Home Ministry is backing the investigation carried out by the Maharashtra ATS on the involvement of army officers in the Malegaon blasts that hinges on the 40 hours of conversation recorded between Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Ramji Kalsangra.
Atif trained at Lashkar camp in PoK, IM co-founder tells investigators

Sunday 19 October '08

Mohammed Sadiq Sheikh, the alleged co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen, is said to have disclosed to his interrogators that Atif Ameen...
Maya learnt of Rae Bareli land transfer 4 days before Sonia visit

Friday 17 October '08

It now transpires that till the day she gave orders for the cancellation of land allotment for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had no idea that the state land revenue department had gone ahead and transferred 261.25 hectares to the Railways for the project.
Maya learnt of Rae Bareli land transfer 4 days before Sonia visit

Friday 17 October '08

It now transpires that till the day she gave orders for the cancellation of land allotment for a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli, UP CM Mayawati had no idea that the state land revenue department had gone ahead and transferred 261.25 hectares to the Railways for the project.
All hands on board: PM’s economic team calls off trips to U S

Saturday 11 October '08

Key members of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s economic team, P Chidambaram, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Kamal Nath...
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