With the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy meeting on Friday, CBI director Ashwani Kumar is reportedly preparing his reply to questions expected to be raised at the meeting.

India has sent its comments to the United Nations about the cases pending against underworld don Kaskar Dawood Ibrahim.
The comments have also been conveyed to the Interpol for renewal of the “red corner” notice (RCN) against the underworld don. Sources in the intelligence agencies informed that Dawood, who is wanted in several cases by the Indian agencies, is operating from the UAE and Pakistan.

A London court has reportedly asked the government of India to explain the delay in the extradition request for Mr Ravi Shankaran, the prime suspect in the Navy war room leak case made by the investigating agency.

A CBI team is likely to question Ajmer blast suspects again, arrested by Rajasthan ATS, following fresh leads that have emerged after recent interrogation of Malegaon accused by the agency officials.

In what is giving the government considerable concern in the ongoing battle against the Maoists, it is learnt that following the recent imposition of President’s Rule in Jharkhand the ultra-left rebels have started shifting their operational base from that tribal-dominated state to parts of West Bengal.

The Enforcement Directorate has now booked alleged international hawala operator Naresh Jain under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act for allegedly laundering international drug money.

While a group of ministers has been constituted to discuss the issue of listing castes in Census 2011, the ongoing demographic exercise is throwing up a complex problem. At present, even legitimate Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are not being bracketed in their respective categories if they live outside their home state and do not figure in the list of STs and SCs notified by the state in which they reside.

The Centre may be all eager to launch an offensive against “Red terror”, but the infrastructure of the forces to execute the plan seems to be in shambles. As far as the Border Security Force (BSF), one of the security agencies also engaged in the counter-insurgency operations, is concerned, two of the three helicopters that the Union home ministry had purchased for the force are now in a state of neglect.

Around 40 hardcore terrorists of different Pakistan-based militant outfits will attempt to cross into the Indian territory this month. The latest intelligence inputs reveal that these militants will try to enter India through Gurez and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that the majority of the militants who would attempt infiltration belong to Lashkar-e-Tayyaba.

The Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan has now decided to pay Rs 1,000 per month to each of the family members of militants, who are killed by the Indian security forces. Identical amounts would also be given to the family members of those who are fighting “jihad”.