After having objected to the government’s move on FDI in multi-brand retail and the Lokpal Bill, Trinamul Congress president and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has now raised a red flag to the National Counter-Terrorism Centre being set up by the Union home ministry, terming it an infringement on federal rights of the states.

The Central security agencies had raised alarm in January over a fresh modus operandi emerging among terror groups based abroad, particularly in the West Asian countries, of using magnetic strips to attach an IED to attack the target vehicle. The “sticky bomb” has been used recently, particularly in attacks in Iran in the last two years. The IB in January had shot off a detailed missive to all police forces across the country about such fresh techniques being employed by terror outfits based in West Asia.

Differences in the beleaguered Marxist outfit CPI(M) have surfaced again over the inclusion of the party’s central committee member Subhashini Ali in the party’s top policy-making body, the politburo.

The CPI (Maoist) threat is looming large over the panchayat elections already underway in Maharashtra and beginning in Orissa from Saturday. The Union home ministry has alerted these two states against Maoists stepping up their attacks to disrupt the poll process and create trouble in the districts — many of which are Naxal hotbeds.

The Intelligence Bureau has warned the Uttar Pradesh government, this time over Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s security being in tatters at the rally in Allahabad on February 1.

After the electoral rout, an ideological shift.

The intelligence bureau (IB) has warned Maoists are setting up bases at the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and have adopted a fresh strategy to counter operations by security forces.

The Intelligence Bureau has warned that the Maoists are setting up bases on the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and have adopted a fresh strategy to counter anti-Naxal operations by s

As Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s election rallies acquire a feverish pitch, the Intelligence Bureau has shot off a warning to all five poll-bound states that repeated breach of security at rallies being addressed by the Congress general secretary are posing a serious threat to him.

As Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s election rallies acquire a feverish pitch, the Intelligence Bureau has shot off a warning to all five poll-bound states that repeated breach of security at rallies being addressed by the Congress general secretary are posing a serious threat to him.