Homeland Security
ULFA’s niche war
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
Mr Hiteshwar Saikia told me: “These ULFA boys do not understand that they can not achieve their aim. They can only create hardships for the people of Assam. Where will they get such a large...
Maoists: Enemies of India
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Nov , 2010
The anti-national character of the Maoists was quite evident during the Independence Day celebration and in the run-up to it. In Bengal, they burnt the National Flag. In Bihar, they gave a call...
Global Terrorism and Responses
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 09 Nov , 2010
In today’s context when we talk of international terrorism, we invariably refer to Islamic/jehadi terrorism. Unfortunately, the response to this, described as the global war on terror, is...
Maoist Warriors: More than foot soldiers
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2010
Predictably, Delhi’s Left-dominated intellectual circles have condemned the reported move on the part of Chhatisgarh police to implicate a high-profile Delhi University Professor for her...
Terrorist Tentacles in India
By: Wilson John | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Investigations into the recent terrorist attacks and the subsequent chain of arrests and seizures in different parts of India, particularly rural Maharashtra, have revealed a growing alliance...
The China Factor in Kashmir
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Oct , 2010
The truism is that China has all along been a player in J&K. However, in order to maintain goodwill and peace with China at all costs, the Indian policy makers have deliberately been downplaying...
Need to act swiftly and decisively on J&K
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Oct , 2010
The situation in Jammu & Kashmir is going from bad to worse. The widespread acts of violence on the Eid day and the outburst on September 13, 2010, in the wake of baseless rumours of insult to...
Agenda for Obama’s Visit : Counter – Terrorism
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2010
Indo-US co-operation in counter-terrorism has the following components: Assistance in capacity building in traditional counter-terrorism: Started in the early 1980s during the administration of...
Combating ‘Red Terror’
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 19 Oct , 2010
The Indian ‘Red Brigade’ is the Indian brand of Taliban. It assumes different aliases, the current favourite being ‘Maoists’. In the modern context, they stand for ‘insurgency,...
Headley’s Case : Indian Distrust of FBI will increase International...
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Oct , 2010
More disclosures relating to David Coleman Headley of the Chicago cell of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) embarrassing to the USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been brought out in two...
Politics at the Cost of India’s Security
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
The indifference and lack of understanding amongst the country’s political leadership on matters relating to national security has been a part of our national culture. Several reasons could be...
The Teenage Maoists : a challenge unprecedented
By: Brig Abhay Krishna | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 Oct , 2010
A Challenge Unprecedented On Sunday April 04, 2010, during a visit to Lalgarh in West Bengal, the Home Minister PC Chidambaram called upon the Maoists to abjure violence and come forward for...
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...