Homeland Security
Maoists : China’s Proxy Soldiers
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 Oct , 2010
General SK Sinha, former governor wrote in the newspaper ‘Pioneer’ (6 June 2010): “One Maoist gets killed against four deaths against civilians and security personnel in the rebel affected...
Capture of India : the Maoist blueprint
By: Maj Gen GD Bakshi, (Retd) | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 Oct , 2010
In 2003-2004 the former Peoples War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Centre held a series of confabulations to work out their merger. Their Central Committees met five to six times to...
From Kashmir to Mumbai : Terror Comes Full Circle
By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 20 Aug , 2010
The Mumbai Carnage, wherein a dozen terrorists, held an entire country to ransom for three days, is unprecedented and unusual, not only for India but for the entire world community. For close to...
A vision for India
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2010
Vision for India means setting a goal, what India should be at the end of a specified period, say 20 years. It will be an all encompassing vision. Strategic vision for India will be located...
The White-Collared Jihadis: Role of Pakistani Returnees from US
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2010
As part of the investigation into the attempt by Faisal Shahzad, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, to cause an incendiary car bomb explosion in the Times Square of New York on May 1, 2010,...
Maldives to Re-Settle Two Terrorism Suspects from Guantanamo Bay
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2010
In a controversial decision, which should be of concern to India’s national security managers, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives has accepted a request from the US Government...
Need to Strengthen Protective Security in Chattisgarh
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2010
About thirty innocent civilians and 20 other civilians serving as Special Police Officers (SPOs) are reported to have been killed on May 17,2010, when a group of Maoists (Naxals) blew up a...
Indian Dependence on Chinese Equipment & Technology
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2010
The Pakistan Railways is reportedly facing a crisis because of the unserviceability of 32 of the 69 locomotives bought from a Chinese company. It has been alleged that the Railways were forced...
Thimpu talks: Downgrading terrorism as core issue once again
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2010
“Both Prime Ministers recognized that dialogue is the only way forward. Action on terrorism should not be linked to the Composite Dialogue process and these should not be bracketed. Prime...
Unsuccessful Attempt in NY for an Incendiary Attack
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2010
An unsuccessful attempt was made by an unidentified element or elements to cause an incendiary attack in the Times Square of New York on the evening of May 1, 2010. The attempt involved causing...
The Naked Truth of Naxalism
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 03 Nov , 2009
A couple hailed by the Indian Express for their stupendous social work in a village ‘Sabdo’ in Bihar were killed, because the Maoists felt that their influence was being eroded. A Maoist...
Fight the Terrorist Like a Terrorist
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 16.3 July-Sep 2001 | Date: 22 Oct , 2001
The Ghost That Came Back to Haunt. These statements are true. First, While exiting Afghanistan, America left behind 5 billion dollars worth of sophisticated arms in the hand of terrorists. This...
Dismantle the Moghul Darbar!
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 14.4 Oct-Dec 1999 | Date: 04 Nov , 1999
Elders continue to glibly state that Pakistan being our neighbor, we cannot wish it away. Therefore, we have to learn to live with it. For the size and the resources of India, the fact is that...