In a major climbdown and a clear bid to keep powerful regional satraps like Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik on its side, the Centre has removed all controversial provisions of NCTC.

Faced with the threat of high-technology espionage — corporate espionage and leaking of sensitive official documents — the government has decided to rework the definition of spying in the vintage Official Secrets Act of 1923 (OSA) to define “espionage” and provide for stringent punishment under the law, which makes unauthorised disclosure and possession of official information criminal acts.

Rattled by the brutal Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh which has left 28 persons dead, the Centre has decided to hold a high-level inquiry to probe lapses and fix responsibility.

Top security officials said slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma was a Z-plus protectee and it was the responsibility of the Chhattisgarh government to provide him adequate security cover.
Notably, Karma was instrumental in setting up salwa judum in the state and was the known enemy No. 1 of the Maoists in the state.

The fate of the Union home ministry’s ambitious National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) will be decided on June 5 when the chief ministers of all states gather for the annual conference on internal security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. With general elections scheduled for 2014, many within the security establishment are viewing this as one last effort of the MHA to cobble up support for the ambitious project which has not been able to take off so far.

A day after eight persons, including three children, were gunned down by joint anti-Naxal forces in Chhattisgarh, the Union home ministry has admitted “collateral damage’’ has taken place, clearly ind

Mega cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ahmedabad may soon be covered by aerial surveillance as the Union ministry of home affairs formalises a “safe city” project to be rolled out in seven cities.

The brutal attack on Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in a Pakistani jail, has taken place at a time when an Indian delegation is present in Pakistan to review conditions of Indian prisoners in

Not keen to solely depend on the Indian Army, the Union home ministry will soon equip the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) with world-class technology like satellite imagery or UAVs to step-up vigilance on the Indo-China border particularly the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh region.

Chinese forces for the first time have intruded nearly 18 km inside the Indian side of the unresolved Line of Actual Control and pitched tents.