In an attempt to foment fresh trouble in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is pressuring militant groups to intensify their activities.

Despite a nationwide hunt it may become increasingly difficult for the intelligence and security agencies to catch Indian Mujahideen kingpin Yasin Bhatkal following revelations during a multiple agenc

The contentious issue of formation of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is far from over with the Cabinet Committee on Security set to discuss the matter again shortly. In fact, highly-placed government sources said, the CCS has so far only cleared the first stage of forming the NCTC and eventually the centre will “work as an independent body and a separate unit.’’

In a significant development the Mumbai ATS, while justifying its arrest of Naquee Ahmed Sheikh, prime suspect in the 13/7 Mumbai triple bombings, has told the Centre that Naquee, who was an Intelligence Bureau informer, had in fact double-crossed the intelligence and security agencies.

Recoveries made during a recent raid at a Naxal hideout deep inside the thick jungles of Malkangiri in Orissa have thrown the security and intelligence agencies into a tizzy. Apart from the usual arms and ammunition and communication devices, the security forces recovered a substantial quantity of condoms and contraceptive pills from the Naxal camp.

In an interesting twist to the ongoing National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh the Comptroller-and-Auditor-General (CAG), during its performance audit probe into the scheme, has come across several incriminating documents revealing that some top state government officials, involved in the implementation of the NRHM, went on a number of trips abroad, particularly in the last three years.

In an interesting twist to the ongoing National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), during its performance audit probe into the scheme, has com

It’s not just the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh that is responsible for the massive financial irregularities in the UPA government’s ambitious National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme but also the former state government headed by then chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.

In a concerted bid to stall any questioning of Ajmal Kasab by Pakistan’s Judicial Commission on Mumbai terror attack, that is visiting India from February 3 to 6, security and intelligence agencies have expressed serious reservations over the issue to the government. Kasab was the only Pakistani terrorist to have been caught alive by security forces during the Mumbai terror strike.

Having failed in his attempts last year, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is making a fresh bid to get into the country’s illegal mining and coal business, specially in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Bihar where the illicit trade is estimated to be worth over Rs 1,000 crores.