Nearly two dozen terrorists have sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir from across the border in the last 10 days, according to latest intelligence inputs. Hunt is on to track these terror operatives mostly belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terror outfits, based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The government is alert to the delicate situation in Kashmir following the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and security forces have been asked to maintain a high vigil against attempts by terror groups and other anti-national elements from disturbing peace in the Valley. Government sources said that security forces have been asked to beef up security across Jammu and Kashmir.

The Centre has firmed up a proposal allowing interception of voice calls, 3G voice calls, SMS, MMS and other latest modes of communication by state police special branches in at least 30 locations acr

The Centre has said that “manual scavenging” be treated as a criminal offence which can attract up to five years jail for persons who “violate the dignity of a member of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Trib

The government has received reports of a possible “explosion’’ on top of a hill called Eagle’s Nest in West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh which could be linked to the missing helicopter of stat

The Centre has decided to make public details of assets of all serving IAS officers and other Group ‘A’ Central Service Officers by June 1.
The DoPT is planning to post all details on its website as a move to bring transparency where information regarding assets, income tax returns and assets of their dependants, submitted by the civil servants is brought in the public domain.

The Union sports ministry is mulling sacking Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi if the top body of Indian sports fails to remove him from the post. Mr Kalmadi was on Monday arrested by the CBI on charges of cheating, conspiracy and corruption in connection with awarding some Games contracts. Sports minister Ajay

Leaks such as the Radia tapes could soon be punishable by law with the government firming up the draft Right to Privacy Bill, 2011, to check misuse of interception of communications and protect “personal information” of citizens.

Home minister P. Chidambaram is all set to campaign for the Congress-Trinamul alliance in West Bengal next week. Government sources said that Mr Chidambaram has shared a set of dates around April 24 and 26, with Congress general secretary in charge of West Bengal, Shakeel Ahmed, and may soon be travelling to the Marxist bastion to participate in the electoral campaign.

The BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has objected to the Centre’s move of unilaterally handing over the Sunil Joshi murder case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).