Homeland Security
Al Queda intends to nuke heart of Christianity – The Vatican?
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 May , 2011
In the aftermath of operation Geronimo , that killed Osama Bin Laden, leaders around the world are expecting some kind of retaliation from Al Queda. In the last week on April ‘ 2011, Wikileaks...
Nagaland: The Beginning of Insurgency – II
By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha | Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 10 May , 2011
The Shillong Accord The defeat of Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak war was a grievous blow to Naga insurgency. The insurgents lost their bases in East Pakistan. During the war self-styled General...
Nagaland: The Beginning of Insurgency – I
By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha | Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 09 May , 2011
The origin of the word ‘Naga’ is shrouded in mystery. It is however clear that the appellation “Nagas” was quite foreign to Nagas themselves. It is only after the advent of the British...
Laden and Ladenism
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 May , 2011
Osama Bin Laden has been killed by the Americans, though many Pakistanis and Arabs do not believe so in the absence of such “hard evidence” as displaying his dead body or the burying ritual....
President Obama declares Osama Bin Laden dead
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2011
President Obama: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al...
Chinese media coverage of chopper in Arunachal
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 May , 2011
An M-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Tawang in India’s Arunachal Pradesh on November 19,2010, killing all the 12 persons—11 from the Indian Air Force including the two...
Insurgencies & Terrorism in India
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Apr , 2011
India has been confronted with periodic eruptions of insurgencies and terrorism in different parts of the country since it became independent. These have had different causes—- feelings of...
US and Indian Law Enforcement officials build partnership
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Apr , 2011
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, on April 22 concluded a five-day Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar focusing...
Was INSAT-4B victim of malicious malware Stuxnet?
By: Tejas Patel | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Apr , 2011
The Ministry of Communications & Information Technology recently said that all the ministries/departments of the Union and state governments are implementing a crisis management plan to counter...
After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism – II
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 16 Apr , 2011
In 2004, the Government of Dr Manmohan Singh created two posts of National Security Advisers — one for external security, which was held by the late JN Dixit, and the other for internal...
After 26/11: Need for Smart Counter-Terrorism – I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 15 Apr , 2011
The 26/11 attack has been the subject of study by the intelligence and security agencies of many countries in order to examine whether the modus operandi (MO) used by the terrorists in Mumbai...
Samjauta Blast Probe: Messier & Messier
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Apr , 2011
The investigation into the February 18,2007, explosions on board the Samjauta Express to Pakistan that killed 68 persons 43 of them Pakistanis returning home after visiting India is becoming...
Cricket World Cup and Politics over Terror
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2011
The tenth edition of Cricket World Cup has taken South Asia by storm – four host nations, forty-eight matches between fourteen teams at thirteen venues makes it truly a mega sporting event....
Some reflections on India’s Defence Policy
By: Brij Raj Singh | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 31 Mar , 2011
India remembered Kargil a few weeks back. We all recall with pride the sacrifices our soldiers and airmen made in this conflict ten years ago. Kargil no doubt was a military success but it...
Designer Wars and India
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 25 Mar , 2011
Be it military philosophies, social systems, cultural ethos, political doctrines, economic concepts, business environments and cosmic theories, technology over the last fifty years has been the...
We the mere Indians
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Mar , 2011
The publication in instalments of leaked WikiLeaks diplomatic cables by selected newspapers such as the “Guardian”of the UK, the “New York Times”, “Le Monde” of France, “Der...
Lessons from Japan
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Mar , 2011
On 11 March, Japan was jolted by an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude. Soon a massive tsunami followed. Ten-meter-high waves invaded the eastern coast of the country. The epicentre of the earthquake...
Hostages on Sea
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Mar , 2011
As I write this, family members and supporters of the six Indian sailors onboard MV Suez, an Egyptian ship, captured by Somali pirates in August 2010, remains uncertain. With the deadline to pay...
Internal Security and the Military
By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 11 Mar , 2011
After a century of peace since 1857, we entered an era of independence — a totally new era of representational democracy, secularism of our brand, social equality, economic equity, uplift of...
Northeast: the future prospects
By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha | Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 09 Mar , 2011
It is always difficult to predict the future course of events. Nonetheless, there are some trends that are discernible. One such is the illegal immigration from Bangladesh, which will continue...