Internal Security Watch

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 11 Jun 2010 11:24

what they need are paintballs containing itch inducing ink.
That should help them catch the troublemakers after the crowd has dispersed. it will also keep the creeps busy.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 11 Jun 2010 11:32

Singha wrote:urban samurai - CRPF is getting some cool new riot control gear

Dont know if all these journalists decide on what to report at the same time. A local language paper in the socialist republic have put up a report on the same lines. The K.P armed police wings were spotted in their new riot gear in Kottayam town. All of them with good head gear, arms,knee and shin guards. The protective vests were in Army camouflage pattern, so it seems many people wondered why was Army called out in this town. The earlier protective gear were in khakhi colour.

AdityaM wrote:what they need are paintballs containing itch inducing ink. That should help them catch the troublemakers after the crowd has dispersed. it will also keep the creeps busy.

The "Varun" water cannons used by most of the police forces in India have a provision to mix dyes to the water being sprayed. This leaves marks on the body, and the cops can take their own sweet time to spot people walking around with funny marks on their bodies and pick them up.

In the socialist republic there was a temple procession which always had a round of fighting every year. The procession went through narrow alleyways. During the fights if the police intervened the fighting groups joined hands and attacked the policemen. In these alleyways, if caught in between there was no chance to escape. The policemen took a solid beating. Now, when these fights happen police men standing on a higher level (the road is in a cutting) use their old ink pens to throw ink at the fighting crowds. The fighters soon move ahead and reach a point when the road opens to a paddy field. Policemen are waiting for chaps with good ink marks on their shirts to arrive. And then they are selected for an exclusive round of thrashing. A simple innovative idea I must say

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Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 11 Jun 2010 11:50

Blockade and counter-blockade

Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai and leaders of the Naga Students Federation (NSF) indicated on Thursday that the blockade imposed on Manipur by the NSF on May 3 would be lifted shortly.

NSF leaders entered Manipur through the Mao gate on May 3 “to watch the situation” ahead of a proposed visit to Manipur by Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim. But they were turned away. Soon after their return to Nagaland, they announced the blockade.

Nagaland has started suffering from a counter-blockade imposed by several organisations at Karbi Along, a district of Assam, after the NSF rejected appeals to lift the blockade on Manipur. The supporters of the counter-blockade damaged oil tankers and goods-laden trucks. Truckers now refuse to ply to Nagaland.

kittoo · Post by **kittoo** » 11 Jun 2010 14:29

Aditya_V wrote:From the Socialist Republic - Sorry might be OT here, But I feel this kind of manupulation for Political gains will have internal security consequences.

Loan Waiver Scheme for Christian converts
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/ke ... 451983.ece

Under the debt waiver scheme for the Christian Converts, loans up to Rs.25,000 maturing on 31 March 2006 would be written off fully. In cases where the loan amount exceeds the stipulated amount, penal interest part would be written off, providing the persons with an opportunity to avail a one time benefit.

Is it legal in India to open a scheme for one religion and not to poor under debt in anther religion?? How is this secularism??

I guess we will never see such debates on the Media. Are parties nurturing and ensuring thier vote banks through such means?

God's own country indeed, but only of God of a particular religion I guess.

derkonig · Post by **derkonig** » 11 Jun 2010 15:19

^^
Can this not be challenged in court?

kittoo · Post by **kittoo** » 11 Jun 2010 15:40

derkonig wrote:^^
Can this not be challenged in court?

I am no expert, but am pretty sure it can be. Its a mockery of secularism, even if its vaunted in Indian sense already.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 11 Jun 2010 19:30

^ The game is to announce (not start) a nonsensical scheme like the above. When people like BJP talk against; then use propaganda to portray BJP as anti-poor (poverty has no religion is depicted as BJP is seeing poverty from religious perspective) and create fear-mongering in public mind (If BJP is against loan cancellation for convert SC/STs then soon it will fight against loan cancellation for all SC/ST as it is a Brahmin party).

Like I said the solution is not in political realm. The solution is in civic space. BJP or any nationalistic entity must work at that level.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Jun 2010 14:20

Blast on Railway track in TN; train escapes narrowly

Passengers of Chennai-bound Rockfort Express had a miraculous escape on Saturday morning when the driver stopped the train immediately after receiving a warning about a blast on the track near Perani station, 160 km from here {Chennai}.

The blast damaged three feet of tracks and caused a four feet crater, Vellupuram police officials said.

The driver stopped the train 200 feet before the damaged spot, they said, adding that the railway officials at Trichy and Chennai were informed immediately.

It was a pro-LTTE mischief protesting Rajapakse's visit to India

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 12 Jun 2010 15:43

Sir blowing a railway track is not mischief, it is murder. unless we send the fellows who blasted the track and families and backers to instant deatyh by firing sqaud with no bleeding heart media coverage. This things have to be accepted as part of life.

The Government will arrest and pardon these guys, when they claim they lost thier Youth like some Al-Uema guys did

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Jun 2010 16:42

Reports now emerging that the target of the railway-line blast was P. Chidambaram. Apparently, he was given a last minute Emergency Quota on the Rockfort Express going from Chennai to Tiruchi which was to cross the place at about the same time the blast took place. His flight from Delhi was delayed and he missed the train. Though pro-LTTE literature were found at the blast-site, that could have been a diversionary tactic by the Maoists. The area where the blast occurred had seen some Naxal elements before though they are not very active. Also, we know that LTTE & Maoists have had connections before. It could have been a joint operation as well.

More News from The Hindu

According to Southern Railway officials, the driver and guard of the Salem - Chennai Egmore Express, which preceded the Rockfort Express felt a severe a jolt after crossing the Munndiyambakkam station. The train crew immediately stopped the train at Perani station — an unscheduled stop — and informed the station officials, who in turn alerted the Munndiyambakkam station master.

The station master alerted the crew of the Chennai bound Rockfort Express and asked them to proceed with caution.

The driver of the Rockfort Express noticed the cut in the track and brought the train to a halt.

Appreciate the alertness of the driver and guard of the previous Express train. This is a very busy stretch at that time of the hour.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 12 Jun 2010 18:49

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/ka ... 453884.ece

Madani among the six mentioned in Bangalore police’s chargesheet

BANGALORE, June 12, 2010

The chairman of People Democratic Party Abdul Nasser Madani is one of the six persons against whom the Bangalore police have filed a charge-sheet for his alleged involvement in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore.

A senior police officer, who is overseeing the investigation into the case, said the name of Mr. Madani was included in the additional charge-sheet filed on Friday. "We have secured enough evidence to name Mr. Madani as an accused in the case," the officer said.

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 14 Jun 2010 17:32

NCP leader arrested for Miraj riots

Jun 14 2010

The Maharashtra Police on Sunday arrested Mainuddin Shamsuddin Bagwan of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for allegedly masterminding the communal riots in Miraj in September 2009.

Bagwan was the Mayor of Miraj, Sangli and Kupwad Municipal Corporation when the riots took place. His arrest came as a huge embarrassment for NCP, as he is known to be a close aide of party’s senior leader Jayant Patil, who was the home minister of state when the riots took place.

The riots had started after a controversy over the erection of an arc depicting Shivaji killing Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan during the Ganesh festival last year. It later spread to various areas in Sangli and Kolhapur district, leading to loss of several lives and property.

Krishna Prakash, former superintendent of police, Sangli, had on June 7 revealed to the media that Bagwan was the mastermind of the Miraj riots. The NCP leader had been untraceable since then.

shukla · Post by **shukla** » 14 Jun 2010 19:15

X-post

EADS eyes Indian homeland security

ajit_tr · Post by **ajit_tr** » 15 Jun 2010 04:12

'The govt should open its eyes to Hindu terrorism'

Almost two months have passed since the first reports that Hindu militants, suspected in Ajmer Dargah blast, were also linked to Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad. The Central Bureau of Investigation has picked up a right-wing activist Devender Gupta and others in this connection.

Now the bureau has moved a special CBI court in Hyderabad for a transit warrant to bring the suspects to Hyderabad for interrogation.

Hyderabad has viewed these reports with mixed feelings of relief, anger and dismay because till now the local Muslims bore the brunt as the police and the investigating agencies have always suspected the roles of Muslim organisations or youth in the blasts.

Member of the Lok Sabha from Hyderabad and president of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi told Mohammed Siddique in Hyderabad that at least now the investigative agencies should realise that a new front of terrorism has been opened with in the country by Hindu extremists.

http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/j ... rorism.htm

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 15 Jun 2010 15:33

Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Abdul Nassar Mahdani. The CJM Court has issued this non-bailable warrant against Mahdani. He is to be present in court on June 23rd. There was a quite a commotion in Anvarsseri, Kollam Dt., Kerala as the workers of the political outfit of Mahdani (PDP) started making threatening noises. Now this one week gap may give the police forces of both states to work out a strategy and also coerce Mahdani to avoid the arrest and come to the court directly. Mahdani's anticipatory bail plea is supposed to be put up tomorrow at Sessions Court in Bengaluru.

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 15 Jun 2010 16:22

"Asaduddin Owaisi"
As per my father, this guys dad was a razzakar during Hyderabad crisis after independance

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 15 Jun 2010 17:09

AdityaM-> not him, his father who expired recently was.

Abhi_G · Post by **Abhi_G** » 15 Jun 2010 18:25

http://www.dailypioneer.com/262798/Sama ... faced.html
Samad released on bail; Maharashtra ATS left red faced

The Maharashtra ATS was left red faced on Tuesday with a court granting bail to Abdul Samad, arrested in connection with an 2009 arms seizure case and alleged to be involved in the Pune blast case, saying there was no evidence against him.

23-year-old Samad, a resident of Bhatkal district in Northern Karnataka, had filed a bail application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge S L Pathan claiming that he was an accused in the 2009 arms case for which he had been arrested.

Samad was picked up by the ATS Maharashtra on May 25 at Mangalore airport after he was returning from Dubai and immediately Union Home Ministry was informed about it. He was charged with supplying of arms to three persons arrested from South Mumbai in August, 2009.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 15 Jun 2010 19:23

Two hardcore prisoners escape from high-security Kannur prison

In a daring pre-dawn jailbreak, two hardcore criminals escaped from the high-security Kannur Central Prison at Pallikkunnu, a few km from Kannur town, on Monday.

The two were lodged in a cell of Block 10, a high-security zone of the prison. Usually accused in terror-related cases are lodged in the block. {Apparently Thadiyantavide Naser is also in the same block}

The jailbreak exposes the chinks in the armour of the high security prison in Kannur. Only recently, a state-of-the-art 24-hour surveillance system was installed there. The system, which includes 22 Closed Circuit Televisions, covers the surroundings of all the 10 blocks in the prison. The surveillance system did not function following technical glitches on Sunday night. Officials are yet to ascertain the problem with the system.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 15 Jun 2010 21:16

SSridhar wrote:{Apparently Thadiyantavide Naser is also in the same block}

The Thadiyan WAS in the same prison block. He was subsequently moved to Central Prison Viyyur, Thrissur Dt. and now looks like our pal is having a paid holiday at exotic locations in Karnataka. One among the duo who escaped is a alleged to be a serial killer. K.P has formed special teams all across the state to nab the duo. Smart officers who were part of the 'Temple Squad' have also been roped in. And the escape happened just a week after security cameras (CCTV) was put up in this prison

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sum · Post by **sum** » 15 Jun 2010 21:34

23-year-old Samad, a resident of Bhatkal district in Northern Karnataka, had filed a bail application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge S L Pathan claiming that he was an accused in the 2009 arms case for which he had been arrested.

Huh, we send a RAW team to photograph this guy in UAE, tail him, cajole him to board a India bound plane and give him a "warm" welcome in Desh only for him to get bail in a week?

Praying that he is being used as a bait for some bigger fish and its not just police incompetence at work...

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 15 Jun 2010 21:44

AdityaM wrote:"Asaduddin Owaisi"
As per my father, this guys dad was a razzakar during Hyderabad crisis after independance

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi?

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 15 Jun 2010 23:46

^His father or grandfather.
[quote]In 1947, Rizvi unleashed his forces in support of the Nizam’s claims to independence. Thousands — both Hindus and Muslims opposed to Osman Ali Khan — were killed before the Indian Army swept into the State in September 1948...
...Rizvi’s expulsion did not mark the end of the story. The Majlis was reborn in 1957 under the leadership of the affluent cleric and lawyer, Abdul Wahid Owaisi. Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, his son, took over the organisation in 1976. Salahuddin Owaisi’s sons, Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi[/quote]
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/07/stor ... 661200.htm

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 16 Jun 2010 15:10

The surveillance system did not function following technical glitches on Sunday night. Officials are yet to ascertain the problem with the system.

There are moles in KP ranks inside the prison. without help from police I dont think it is easy to escape just like that.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 16 Jun 2010 15:46

Dilbu wrote:There are moles in KP ranks inside the prison. without help from police I dont think it is easy to escape just like that.

Let us be a bit fair on the "Kerala's finest"

. The jail wardens are not part of the police force, they are part of the Prison Department. And you know what, many of them are employed on a contract basis !. Infact after the above jail break, two of them have been summarily dismissed. K.P (police) only has the job of "prisoner escort".

News has just come in.. One of the jail breakers have been picked up from Wellington,Nilgiris near Ooty. He was found in a small house, along with his wife and children. The police had tracked the cell phone of Jayanandan's wife, from there located where the call originated from and then zeroed in. P.P Sadanandan, Inspector Kannur Town Police and party did the honours.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 16 Jun 2010 16:48

More info on the escaped prisoners

After escaping from the prison, Jayanandan and Riyas had travelled together up to Coimbatore, from were they parted ways.

Police have stepped up efforts to trace Riyas on the basis of information gathered from Jayanandan, they said.

Taking a serious note of the escape, which exposed security lapses in the prison, Home department placed under suspension a deputy jailor and four prison wardens. The government also ordered a departmental inquiry.

The duo escaped after removing the iron grills of their cells window and jumped over the prison wall. {The wall is claimed to be over 30 ft. high ! How the heck did they climb it !}

satyam · Post by **satyam** » 16 Jun 2010 17:19

NEWSALERT: Airports put on high alert due to possible terror strikes

http://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... s/98183/on

Rupesh · Post by **Rupesh** » 16 Jun 2010 21:19

bad news'

Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy gets bail in conspiracy case

KARIMNAGAR (AP): A local court on Wednesday granted bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy as police failed to file a charge sheet against him even after six months of his arrest in a conspiracy case.

Karimnagar Additional Judical Magistrate P Rajendra Reddy granted bail to Ghandy on condition that he shall appear before the Karimnagar rural police once a month for a period of six-month.

negi · Post by **negi** » 16 Jun 2010 21:32

So does this mean whatever they showed in Sholay about our jails is true ?

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 17 Jun 2010 12:55

Madhani's part in the Bangalore blast
This guy appears to me as the real mastermind. He must be having contacts in Pakistan, if so.

Abdul Nasser Madani, the PDP leader from Kerala, had visited Lakkeri estate in Madapura, Kodagu district, which the police said was used by blast mastermind T Nasir for running a terror camp.

Police have booked Abdul Nasser Madani, the PDP leader from Kerala, for abetting waging of war against India.

The additional chargesheet filed in court in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case — which mentions Madani as an accused and a copy of which was reviewed by Express — says the PDP leader was not only present at a meeting to discuss the terror attack, but also gave precautionary instructions to T Nasir, the main accused.

The officer said Nasir along with Sarfaraz Nawaz and others conducted a recce of Bangalore, which they reported to Madani at a house in Ernakulam, Kerala, which was rented by them to explain the plan.

“Madani even assured them support for the jihadi work,” he said.

Investigating officer in the blasts case H M Omkaraiah has cited this in the additional chargesheet.

When Madani attended the meeting in Coorg, Nasir, Ummer Farooq, Ayub, Safaz, Saleem, Abdul Raheem, Mohammed Fayaz, P Fais, Mohammed Yaseen and others were present, {The entire set was present ! Because of Madhani's stature within the jihadi ranks, he must have been their controller}the officer said.

In the second week of March 2008, Sarfaraz Nawaz — now in jail — returned to India from Muscat and met Nasir alias Ummer Haji at Parappuram Fire Station {at the Firestation ?} in Perumbavoor, Kerala.

A couple of days after his arrival, Nawaz along with his family and Ummer Haji left for Haji’s farm house near Virajpet, the officer said.

Then, they came to Bangalore for a recce and selected the places to plant bombs.

Sources said Madani visited Coorg before Nawaz did on his way to Bangalore.

Nawaz had confessed before the police earlier that after the recce, they returned to Kerala and visited the place of one of Nasir’s friends who was a member of the National Development Front (NDF). {who was actually Madhani, as explained later}

The NDF is a right wing Muslim organisation in Kerala.

The investigating officers suspect that the ‘NDF member’ mentioned by Nawaz was Madani.

The anti-terror cell has collected corroborative evidence against Madani which proves his involvement.

The law officers who are working behind the case said in the present situation Madani cannot even get anticipatory bail since it is a sensitive case.

The police have also booked him for concealing information to facilitate war against the country in their additional chargesheet filed before the Ist Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate against Madani and Shohib alias Faizal of Kerala.

An officer said the police are still under dilemma over executing the non-bailable warrant, which the court issued on Wednesday, as it will create repercussions in and around Kerala leading to law and problem problems.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Jun 2010 16:15

SSridhar wrote:Nasir alias Ummer Haji at Parappuram Fire Station {at the Firestation ?} in Perumbavoor, Kerala.

Check up the WikiMapia map of the area. Also note the surrounding buildings, the names etc. would give you a clue. So it could be just that they may have met in front of the Fire Station or used a building next to it (unless Ummer Haji is a fireman).
Fire Station - Parappuram, Perumbavoor

This guy appears to me as the real mastermind.

A leoperd cannot hide its spots for too long

. This chap said he has learnt his lession after 9 years of life in prison. Guess that is not the case. Thanks to the wonderful political climate in Kerala, this chap has managed to continue with his tricks.

The law officers who are working behind the case said in the present situation Madani cannot even get anticipatory bail since it is a sensitive case.

I am happy with the confidence level of "Karnataka's finest", but my feeble understanding of the law tells me that there would be some delay. Mahdani has filed for anticiptory bail in the Sessions Court. If that gets thrown out he can try at High Court and Supreme Court as well. Dont know whether the police can execute the arrest warrant when the anticipatory bail please are still pending.

as it will create repercussions in and around Kerala leading to law and problem problems.

. What to worry when we have a commie government fully in control of Socialist Republic of Kerala. At least the CM & HM has assured all cooperation to Karnataka Police. Now let me see if the duo would walk the talk.

Personally, I dont think PDP, NDF would try any major stunt in Kerala. They would even lose the fig leaf cover they have. Gullible people in Kerala still feel that Islamic fanatics wont target them, and this may soon get changed for ever.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 17 Jun 2010 19:54

Sachin wrote:Check up the WikiMapia map of the area. Also note the surrounding buildings, the names etc. would give you a clue. So it could be just that they may have met in front of the Fire Station or used a building next to it

Sachin, got it. Thanks.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 17 Jun 2010 19:58

It is a conspiracy just like the Coimbatore blast: Madhani

PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani today claimed he was a victim of "deep-rooted conspiracy" by his adversaries, including intelligences agencies, to implicate him in the 2008 Bangalore blasts case.

"What was unfolding now was a well-plotted drama to re-enact what had happened in the 1998 Coimbatore blast case," Madani, who moved an anticipatory bail plea in a Bangalore court yesterday, told reporters.

In the Coimbatore blast case, the PDP leader had to spent nearly 10 years in jail before he was acquitted.

"In the Coimbatore blast case, I was arrested in Kerala and detained in Kannur jail first. I was told by central intelligence officers that I would be a witness in the case.

Later on, I became the 86th accused but subsequently made the 14th accused," Madani said.

He claimed on the same pattern a move was now on to implicate him on the basis of "false charges and statements" purportedly made against him by other accused and witnesses in the case.

There was a reference in the chargesheet that it was he (Madani) who instigated T Nazir, the prime accused in the case, to take to extremist path by asking him to read books of Jihadist proponents like Maududi, Madani said, adding this was totally baseless as he had never been an ideological follower of Maududi.

The PDP leader appealed to his followers to maintain peace.

Meanwhile, a PDP delegation led by party working chairman Poonthura Siraj met Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan to apprise him of the poor health condition of Madani.

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 18 Jun 2010 17:45

Rupesh wrote:bad news'

Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy gets bail in conspiracy case

KARIMNAGAR (AP): A local court on Wednesday granted bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy as police failed to file a charge sheet against him even after six months of his arrest in a conspiracy case.

Karimnagar Additional Judical Magistrate P Rajendra Reddy granted bail to Ghandy on condition that he shall appear before the Karimnagar rural police once a month for a period of six-month.

Kobad Ghandy is a top dog - he was on the Maoists' politburo, and was involved in securing foreign help. Chidambaram needs to explain himself.

It would not be surprising if he has big godfathers - recall how western elites were pressurizing Sri Lanka to spare Prabhakaran.

Anyway, is this fellow charged in other cases or will he walk free?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 19 Jun 2010 01:22

The film Ravaan is based on him!

Meanwhile technology useful to India:

Facial Recognition software for Police use

Need something like that in immigration and in police raids in sensitive areas.

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Sean Mullin, CEO of BI2 Technologies, the company behind the technology used by the app added: "MORIS finally gives law enforcement the most essential tool they need on the street - the ability to know exactly who they are dealing with, and the background and risk factors associated with that individual, in seconds."

"The need and demand for the capability provided by MORIS is overwhelming. It is not an overstatement to say that this may be the most significant technological advance for law enforcement since the introduction of radios. It's that significant."
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satyam · Post by **satyam** » 19 Jun 2010 13:39

Returns may trump politics in India Islamic finance

http://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... e/98517/on

Why they need Islamic finance in India ?

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 20 Jun 2010 18:59

Centre may amend AFSPA, Army could lose cover

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding opposition from the Army and faced with reports of fake encounters, the government is planning to go ahead with certain amendments in the Armed Forces Special Powers Act which includes handing over of an Army personnel in case of extra-judicial killings to the state authorities.

The question is why Armed forces should be asked to handle operations within the country when there is no war like situation? If you ask them, do provide them with adequate legal cover.The kongresi move might backfire.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Jun 2010 23:46

India train sabotage suspect held

Police were quick to blame Maoist rebels for sabotaging the track An Indian militia leader with links to Maoist rebels has been arrested over the derailment of a passenger train that killed some 150 people in May. Bapi Mahato was captured as police stormed a guest-house early on Sunday.
A West Bengal police chief said Bapi Mahato would appear in court on Monday.
About 100 other people were also injured when the express was derailed in West Bengal and some carriages fell into the path of a freight train. Police accused Maoist rebels of sabotaging the track, but Maoists denied the charge. The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous tribespeople and the rural poor, who they say have been neglected by governments for decades

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/10360435.stm

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 21 Jun 2010 09:43

ISI has interest in some Kerala organizations: Union Minister

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency has an interest in certain sectors in Kerala and also in some organisations based in the state, Union Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran said Sunday.

Ramachandran disclosed this when asked if the home ministry was aware of some Kerala based organization in the Middle East having links with the ISI.

"I will not be able to share everything that we have, but one thing that has come to our notice is that the ISI has interest in certain organisations here and also in certain sectors," Ramachandran said.

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 21 Jun 2010 14:36

A positive move by Shri Chidambaram.

Kudos..

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-m ... k/636466/0

Now, MHA to scrutinise all visa applications from Pak

Home Minister P Chidambaram is said to have been quite determined to have this process put in place. This is in tune with what is followed by most developed countries, especially in the case of Pakistan. It also ensures that the Home Ministry remains in full control of the visa issuance process, at least in the case of Pakistan.

As a pattern Shri Chidambarabam seems to be moving aggressively on ALL security related measures, often filling in the decision and governance vacuum created by other ministries responsible.

Especially external affairs....

Good going.