Quote:The hospital administration feigned ignorance about the incident.

"I do not remember any such case in last few days. We are verifying our records," the hospital's Additional Medical Superintendent, Shashi Gururaja, told IANS.

The police said the three Pakistanis were arrested in 2000 for planting a bomb near Delhi airport. A large amount of RDX was seized from them.

Quote:02/01/2010



3 Pak terrorists escape from Delhi hospital



[color="#0000FF"]NEW DELHI: Three Pakistani terrorists who have already completed their sentences and were soon to be deported home on Saturday escaped from a city hospital after giving immigration officials the slip, police said.[/color]



The trio managed to slip out of the clutches of Foreigners Regional Registration (FRRO) officials at the G.B. Pant hospital in central Delhi.



"There were not in the custody of the police. But they were under restraint orders of the FRRO. We have registered a case and are searching for them," Joint Commissioner of Police Karnal Singh said.



[color="#0000FF"]The hospital administration feigned ignorance about the incident.[/color]



"I do not remember any such case in last few days. We are verifying our records," the hospital's Additional Medical Superintendent, Shashi Gururaja, said.



The police said the three Pakistanis were arrested in 2000 for planting a bomb near Delhi airport. A large amount of RDX was seized from them.



Source: IANS

Quote:They also released the pictures of the trio for identification.

Abdul Razzak, Mohammed Sadiq and Rafaqat Ali, who were arrested in connection with blasts near the Red Fort nine years ago and were to be deported to Pakistan

Quote:Three seasoned diplomats are in the running for the post of National Security Advisor (NSA) amid strong indications that the incumbent M. K. Narayanan is on his way out. He is tipped to be sworn in as governor of an important State.



Appointments to gubernatorial slots under concurrent charge of governors from other states have acquired urgency in the run-up to the Republic Day, sources told Hindustan Times. They said Narayanan’s experience as NSA and former Director of Intelligence Bureau could be useful in the Kolkata Raj Bhawan as the CPM-ruled state fights Naxalism.



The new NSA could be from among three seasoned diplomats: former foreign secretaries Shiv Shankar Menon and Shyam Saran, and former Indian Ambassador to the United States, Ronen Sen.

Quote:Manan Kumar

First Published : 19 Jan 2010 01:29:00 AM IST

Last Updated : 19 Jan 2010 09:46:13 AM IST



NEW DELHI: The abrupt ouster of M K Narayanan from the powerful post of National Security Adviser has, it seems, more to it than just the sharp differences which emerged during his day-to-day functioning with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.



There are three reasons to which sources attribute Narayanan’s being shunted out to West Bengal as Governor.



The first is that he goofed up on the Telangana issue, misreading the spread of the agitation and drawing Chidambaram to commit a blunder by announcing initiation of the process for the formation of Telangana. The sources said Narayanan relied a bit too much on the judgment of a senior IB man who was sent from New Delhi to AP to gauge the situation, as analysis later revealed that the agitation could have been dealt with at the state level despite TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao’s fast unto death.



The second reason has to do with the approach taken with Pakistan after 26/11. While Narayanan was adamant about not having a dialogue with Pakistan unless there was substantial progress on the 26/11 probe, the political view within the government, especially because of US pressure, was to engage Pakistan and get on with the peace process.



The differences became more obvious when the government moved on with its agenda and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed the joint statement at Sharm el-Sheikh.



Finally, Narayanan was dead against Chidambaram’s idea of an over-reaching National Counter Terrorism Centre that would bring the National Technical Research Organisation, Joint Intelligence Committee, Aviation Research Centre and RAW under its command. The move would have clipped Narayanan’s wings as he had a major say in the functioning of these agencies.

Quote:“Hijack threat, AI planes put on high alert”

PTI, 22 January 2010, 11:02am IST



SNIPPET: “NEW DELHI: Government has put all Air India planes operating in the country’s neighbourhood on high security alert and directed the airlines to deploy sky marshals following intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based LET and other terror groups were planning to hijack a flight. ( Watch Video )



A directive has been issued to all Indian missions abroad to sensitise the staff of the airlines, official sources said.



According to intelligence inputs, terrorist groups having allegiance with al-Qaida, Lashker-e-Taiba and Jamat-ul-Dawa were planning to hijack an Air India plane especially operating in or from SAARC countries — Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as well. ( Watch Video )



Hijacking could be attempted by the terrorists from airports located at Yangon, Dhaka and Colombo. Security of planes operating to Bhutan has also been beefed up, the sources said.”

Quote:he advertisements issued by the government's Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) for the ministry on the occasion of National Girl Child Day had inexplicably the photograph of former Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Ahmed, who was Pakistan's air chief 2006-2009, along with such national heroes as Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag and Amjad Ali Khan.



With television channels playing it up, the government quickly ordered a probe into the faux pas. PMO has ordered an internal inquiry into the lapse in the advertisement.

"An inquiry is being ordered into the matter. We are convening the meeting," said Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath, who initially said that it being a Sunday the ministry could not do anything.



According to official sources, DAVP had in turn outsourced the concept and design of the advertisement to a private agency.



It was not immediately known how the photograph of a Pakistani air chief got into an Indian government advertisement and who cleared the final advertisement.

Quote:The cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, one of the most visited pilgrimage centres in the country, is on the radar of militants, a senior official said on Wednesday.



"There is a threat to the cave shrine of Vaishnodevi from militants. We have received inputs that militants want to do some mischief," Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) N K Tripathi told reporters here.



"Elaborate security measures are in place as per the threat perception. There is no laxity on part of the CRPF," he said.



Jawans have been put on high level of vigilance and they started patrolling well before January 26 in Trikuta hills, the abode of cave shrine, Tripathi said, adding "the shrine is secured and safe so pilgrims should not fear. They can undertake pilgrimage as CRPF is there for their security".



To a question, he said CRPF is main security agency providing security cover to the shrine and a full 6th battalion is guarding it. There is always a change in the strategy as per threat perception from time to time.



"I had visited the shrine for security review after the threat inputs. There is frisking of pilgrims, round the clock patrolling, check points, nakas and electronic surveillance at the shrine and around it," he said.

Quote:Making the first admission from the Government about the possible existence of a local link behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that investigators were aware about the possibility of an Indian handler, whose identity is yet to be ascertained.



While refusing to speculate on the name of the handler, the Home Minister said investigators had known for long that there was a local handler in Mumbai terror attacks.



“There was a handler in 26/11 whom we have known for long or suspected for a long time. He could be an Indian,” Home Minister said in an interview to CNBC-TV18.



“When we say he could be an Indian, he could be somebody who acquired Indian characteristics. He could have infiltrated into India and lived here long enough to acquire an Indian accent, familiarity with Indian Hindi words or he could be somebody who exfiltrated from India to Pakistan and was adopted by the militants there,” Chidambaram said.



Asked if the local handler was one Abu Jindal, Chidambaram accused Pakistan of not providing evidence to trace the persons behind the 26/11 attacks. “We know him by Abu Jindal that something we have known for many months now... But he is not Abu Jindal. That is not his real name. We cannot put a finger who he is, unless we get a voice sample. And they (Pakistan) won’t give us voice sample.”



“There is speculation that Abu Jindal could be A, Abu Jindal could be B... But how as a Home Minister I can speculate? I can’t speculate, secondly, when we say he could be an Indian, he could be somebody who has acquired Indian characteristics.”



The Home Minister said they were not aware of the role or presence of David Hedley behind the 26/11 terror attacks till the US provided information. “All that was before 26/11. He came to India only once after 26/11,” said Chidambaram on the trips of Hedley.



To a question on the failure of Indian agencies’ ignorance of Hedley’s trips to India, the Home Minister said that it was not easy to track his trips, as “he is white, Caucasian looking person” and bearing American name and American passport.

Quote:ilyas kashmiri's name crops up everywhere, and we let him go from jail?

feb 17th, 2010



there must be a death in india that leads us to release serious terrorists whom we have caught.

Quote:RajeevSrinivasa ilyas kashmiri, suspect in pune attack, 313 brigade leader, suspected in khost CIA attack. let go from indian jail! http://bit.ly/dcsUhO

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