In an interesting twist to the cascading impact that the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are having on national politics, Mr Jayant Chaudhary, son of Rashtriya Lok Dal supremo and civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, resigned from his Assembly segment of Maath in UP on Tuesday. This means Mr Chaudhary will continue to retain his Lok Sabha seat of Mathura.

Terror outfits, Hizbul Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), are now adopting a new strategy for motivating Kashmiri youth and drawing them into militancy. The two terror outfits are said to have joined hands in influencing young men in the Valley by showing them specially-made videos of former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden which are being described as “highly provocative” by top intelligence sources.

Terror outfits, Hizbul Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), are now adopting a new strategy for motivating Kashmiri youth and drawing them into militancy.

The two terror outfits are said

Taking a serious note of the recent reports of bugging of defence minister’s office and use of off air tapping equipment near defence ministry’s South Block office the government has now decided that criminal action will be initiated against any official, even from defence forces, found using off-air tapping equipment.

Investigations into the recent smashing of a Lashkar-e-Tayyaba module by intelligence agencies has revealed that there is a growing concern among the top hierarchy of terror outfits about the sudden d

Investigations into the recent smashing of a Lashkar-e-Tayyaba module by intelligence agencies has revealed that there is a growing concern among the top hierarchy of terror outfits about the sudden d

India’s intelligence agencies probing the 13/2 magnetic bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua have found credible evidence that the Delhi blast was linked to similar attacks in Georgia and Bangkok.

Indian intelligence agencies in course of their investigations into the 13/2 magnetic bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua have found credible evidence that the Delhi blast was indeed linked to similar incidents in Georgia and Bangkok. “It appears from the investigations that the outfits behind these incidents probably wanted to send this signal to Israel that they too are vulnerable and their interests can also be targeted around the world.

With another bugging scare threatening to hit the UPA government, intelligence and security agencies swung into action Friday denying any such incident.

It is mandatory for security and intelligence agencies to conduct a routine de-bugging check of not just defence minister A.K. Antony’s office but that of other high-ranking officials as well. A proper record of such technical checks is maintained in a log book.