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January - 3 
According to PTI, with the catch line "who is against development?", the Union Government is hitting at Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) with a media blitzkrieg by putting out an advertisement in national and regional newspapers about the destruction of vital infrastructure by the Communist Party of I
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According to PTI, with the catch line "who is against development?", the Union Government is hitting at Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) with a media blitzkrieg by putting out an advertisement in national and regional newspapers about the destruction of vital infrastructure by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). The advertisement carries photographs of a bridge and railway wagons damaged by the Maoists through their subversive activities and full particulars of the telephone towers, school buildings and railway properties destroyed by the extremists during 2009. Through the advertisement, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) wanted to highlight the Naxal menace, its impact on people and society. "Who is against development?" the advertisement questions people, in an attempt to isolate the Maoists. It says that during 2009, the Naxals destroyed 38 railway properties, 53 telephone towers, 20 panchayat buildings, 47 schools buildings and 121 forest buildings, roads and culverts. This is for the second time that the Home Ministry has come out with such an advertisement in three national and several regional newspapers (in Naxal-affected States) against the Maoists and the latest one is part of Government's larger media plan to corner the Naxals and convince people about the ill-effects of left-wing extremism.
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January - 6 
A US Congressional report released on January 5 identified Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company as a "5,000-member criminal syndicate operating mostly in Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates," which has a "strategic alliance" with Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence ag
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A US Congressional report released on January 5 identified Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company as a "5,000-member criminal syndicate operating mostly in Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates," which has a "strategic alliance" with Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, and has "forged relationships with Islamists, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and al Qaeda." The report, prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research wing of Congress, is aimed at priming US lawmakers on various issues, and has no immediate policy implications. The US Department of Treasury has already designated Ibrahim as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2006 and former President Bush designated him, as well as his D-Company, as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The report also notes that some press accounts have reported that Ibrahim’s network might have provided a boat to the 10 LeT militants who 26/11 Mumbai attack and records that the "US Government contends that D-Company has found common cause with Al Qaeda and shares its smuggling routes with that terrorist group."
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January - 7 
According to intelligence agencies, a 9/11-type terrorist attack using hijacked aeroplanes stares India in the face with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist having acquired pilot training and waiting to strike, reports India Today. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu
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According to intelligence agencies, a 9/11-type terrorist attack using hijacked aeroplanes stares India in the face with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist having acquired pilot training and waiting to strike, reports India Today. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu, one of the key accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi bomb blasts case, learnt to fly planes in Bangalore and could now be planning to execute an airborne terror strike. A dozen other trained IM terrorists are also at large and, together with Shahzad, pose a big security threat. Shahzad underwent pilot training just before the Delhi bomb blasts and has been absconding since the Batla House encounter. The IB has raised the alert levels of an airborne terrorist attack and is trying to unravel Shahzad's sinister plans.
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January - 7 
According to intelligence inputs, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and IM, along with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), could attempt to kidnap key political leaders, target helicopters carrying VIPs, strike public functions with explosives-laden trucks and hire or hijack aircraft or helicopters t
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According to intelligence inputs, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and IM, along with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), could attempt to kidnap key political leaders, target helicopters carrying VIPs, strike public functions with explosives-laden trucks and hire or hijack aircraft or helicopters to carry out 9/11-type attacks.
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January - 7 
Bihar Government sent 428 Police Personnel, from constables to DSPs, to different Central Police organisations for specialised training in jungle warfare, weapon tactics and counter insurgency and commando operations, reports Times of India. While some of them have returned trained, most of them are
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Bihar Government sent 428 Police Personnel, from constables to DSPs, to different Central Police organisations for specialised training in jungle warfare, weapon tactics and counter insurgency and commando operations, reports Times of India. While some of them have returned trained, most of them are still being trained. "After all of them return, the Bihar Police would have a good strength of commandos and we can think of forming our own ATS [Anti Terrorist Squad]," said ADG (headquarters) U.S. Dutt. In fact, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has advised all the States to form an ATS to take on terrorists or even Communist Party of India –Maoist (CPI-Maoists) as and when required. The State has currently 700 officers and personals deputed in the Special Task Force (STF), an elite battalion of the Bihar Police which has specialised in anti-Maoists operations as well as overpowering hardcore criminals operating in different Districts.
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January - 7 
Express Buzz reports that while infrastructure programme like the rural connectivity is not making headway in the hinterland due to direct opposition from the Maoists, rural electrification programme is not facing any problem from the Maoists. Three Central agencies - NTPC, NHPC and PGCIL - executin
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Express Buzz reports that while infrastructure programme like the rural connectivity is not making headway in the hinterland due to direct opposition from the Maoists, rural electrification programme is not facing any problem from the Maoists. Three Central agencies - NTPC, NHPC and PGCIL - executing the massive infrastructure programme in the State reported that the Government works undertaken in the Maoist-stronghold areas are going very smoothly. However, the contractors and their people have been warned against associating with the local Police and bring any Police personnel to their work sites. They have been further instructed to come to the workplace with identification card which should be visible and cooperate with the Maoists. They have been asked to suspend their works during bandh (general shut down) calls or economic blockades by the extremists, a highly placed source in the Government said. Although no significant progress has been achieved in Malkangiri, the contractors and their workers have not faced any problem in the District.
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January - 8 
A Union Home Ministry report revealed that among the worst Naxal (left wing extremism)-infested states, maximum Naxalites were killed in Chhattisgarh, Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said, according to Business Standard. Minimum Naxal incidents had taken place in the state in the last
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A Union Home Ministry report revealed that among the worst Naxal (left wing extremism)-infested states, maximum Naxalites were killed in Chhattisgarh, Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said, according to Business Standard. Minimum Naxal incidents had taken place in the state in the last one year as well, he added. Ranjan said 217 encounters took place between the Security personnel and Naxalites in various parts of the state in 2009. During the encounters, 107 Naxalites were gunned down, the DGP said. The figure could be much more as the Police officially take down the number on the basis of bodies found. Since the rebels carry away the bodies, Police suspect that the number will be more. "Even the Naxal literatures underline heavy casualties in Chhattisgarh," Ranjan added. Referring to the operation against the Naxalites, Ranjan said the drive of Chhattisgarh Police was on while the joint operation with the central forces would be launched soon. "We are getting support from the villagers to the Centre in our operation against the Naxalites," he added. The central Government had provided adequate forces for the operation against the ultras while the assistance would continue in future as well, Ranjan said, adding that after the inhuman acts of the Naxalites, villagers in the interior areas of red zone are helping the Security personnel. The Police chief said the urban network of the Naxalites was under scanner and Police were keeping a close vigil as without an urban base, the Naxals cannot operate an underground movement in the forests
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January - 10 
A total of 23,051 kilograms of marijuana was seized in Chhattisgarh in 2009, Police said, according to Sify.com. “Police seized 23,051 kg marijuana, 67,700 marijuana plants and 2,598 lethal drug injections in 2009, estimated to cost Rs.40.06 million,” said a booklet brought out by Police headquarter
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A total of 23,051 kilograms of marijuana was seized in Chhattisgarh in 2009, Police said, according to Sify.com. “Police seized 23,051 kg marijuana, 67,700 marijuana plants and 2,598 lethal drug injections in 2009, estimated to cost Rs.40.06 million,” said a booklet brought out by Police headquarters highlighting its achievements during 2009. The booklet said 217 gun battles were fought in 2009 till December 15 and 107 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed. A total of 177 Maoists and 445 sangham members, followers of the CPI-Maoist, were arrested in the State in 2009.
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January - 12 
Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that the links between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is a well established fact and the ULFA is still receiving help from ISI. Sources added that the militant groups, including the ULFA, are s
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Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that the links between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is a well established fact and the ULFA is still receiving help from ISI. Sources added that the militant groups, including the ULFA, are still receiving explosives, including RDX, from the ISI. The report adds that ULFA still has a good quantity of ISI introduced Programmable Time Devices (PTDs) and PTD switches.
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January - 12 
The Home Ministry on January 12 convened a meeting of Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of nine States which are most affected by the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), reports PTI. Official sources said the 24th meeting of the coordination on LWE, discussed the developmental activiti
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The Home Ministry on January 12 convened a meeting of Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of nine States which are most affected by the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), reports PTI. Official sources said the 24th meeting of the coordination on LWE, discussed the developmental activities that needs to be undertaken in the Naxal affected areas. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary or their representatives of Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. The DGPs of all the nine States were also present except that of Uttar Pradesh, the sources said.
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January - 12 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has received substantive inputs that many Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, including its ‘general secretary’ Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganapathi, have slipped out of their forest hideouts and entered urban pockets, reported Telegraph. They
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has received substantive inputs that many Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, including its ‘general secretary’ Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganapathi, have slipped out of their forest hideouts and entered urban pockets, reported Telegraph. They have reportedly sought shelter in traditionally non-Naxalite (left wing extremist) States like Gujarat and Tamil Nadu and in pockets of western and coastal Maharashtra. This, sources claimed, was happening essentially on account of the “build-up of security heat” on Naxalite concentrations in south Bastar (Chhattisgarh) and the “fear of joint operations” across most-affected States. The information on Naxalite letters scattering away is based mainly on recent telephone intercepts which reveal that most of them are frequently changing locations, sometimes twice or three times during the course of a day. Asked why the Security Forces hadn’t arrested any senior Naxalite leader since Kobad Ghandy if precise information on their movement existed, a source said: “There is mostly a time lag in the receipt and analysis of such intercepts. Most often by the time you have pinned down a location, the person has moved. Not only to another place but also to a new mobile phone.” ANI reported that since costs of procuring arms and ammunition have skyrocketed due to inflation, the Maoists have increased their protection money. They have increased their levy rates by 5 to 10 percentage in 2010. The Maoists illegally levy huge amounts on contractors, traders and even Government servants to allow them function in a hassle-free way.
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January - 14 
The CID also said it has unearthed a major arms racket involved in acquiring illegal firearms through private security agencies using forged licences and then selling them off to several militant groups in North Bengal and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Left Wing Extremism-affec
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The CID also said it has unearthed a major arms racket involved in acquiring illegal firearms through private security agencies using forged licences and then selling them off to several militant groups in North Bengal and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Left Wing Extremism-affected Districts of the State. It also found that miscreants used Government establishments as safe haven for stacking their illegal arms. The CID came to know this after its officials seized illegal firearms from a BSNL telephone exchange in Tiljala on January 5 followed by a similar recovery of arms cache from the water treatment plant of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) at Palta on January 9. “This business has been going on for a long time and the Government offices have become the store houses for these illegal arms. We have reports that the arms have been passed on to several militant groups, including Maoists, operating in Bengal,” said an unnamed senior CID officer. “We are investigating it. But at present, we are concentrating on seizure of illegal arms,” the officer added. At present, the CID is conducting several raids in different parts of the state, and till date 53 illegal guns and forged licences have been unearthed from various Government establishments. Five people have been arrested.
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January - 15 
Daily Excelsior reports that though a number of militants were making attempts to infiltrate from Line of Control (LoC) as well as International Border (IB), a number of other militants were desperate to return home from any route and were even ready to surrender to Security Forces. This has been re
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Daily Excelsior reports that though a number of militants were making attempts to infiltrate from Line of Control (LoC) as well as International Border (IB), a number of other militants were desperate to return home from any route and were even ready to surrender to Security Forces. This has been revealed in the letters received by a number of families, whose kin had gone across the border for arms training more than a decade ago and were still held up in Pakistan unable to find a route to return. Official and Intelligence sources have confirmed that a number of families in different parts of the State have received distress letters from their wards from Pakistan asking their parents to take up their issue of safe return with the State Government.
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January - 15 
SF sources said that China’s own political exigency in Myanmar was the factor responsible for ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua finding a safe haven along the China-Myanmar border. Sources said Barua had been traced to Ruili in Yunan province of China bordering Myanmar. “Most of the arms deals
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SF sources said that China’s own political exigency in Myanmar was the factor responsible for ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua finding a safe haven along the China-Myanmar border. Sources said Barua had been traced to Ruili in Yunan province of China bordering Myanmar. “Most of the arms deals are struck at Ruili and from there the Chinese arms are brought to Bamo in Myanmar, from where they are routed to different places mostly through the Irrawaddy and its tributaries. ULFA and other militant outfits of the northeast also bring their arms and ammunition through this route,” sources said. “Since the Myanmar junta and these rebel groups are in ceasefire, the Indian insurgent outfits like National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN -K), ULFA, and Meitei groups of Manipur have found safe haven in the areas under control of the Kachin and Wa rebels [Myanmar],” added sources. Sources further mentioned that after the Bangladesh Government had stepped up action against the ULFA, Barua shifted base to the China Sino-Myanmar border and also set up camp in rebel-administered areas in Myanmar’s Kachin.
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January - 17 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) now has developed the expertise to clone sophisticated weapons, including assault rifles of AK series, according to Times of India. Security agencies came across the Maoists’ innovative skills when a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team neutraliz
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) now has developed the expertise to clone sophisticated weapons, including assault rifles of AK series, according to Times of India. Security agencies came across the Maoists’ innovative skills when a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team neutralized an arms manufacturing unit in the forests close to Gobardaha village in the Chatra District of Jharkhand and recovered a number of ‘duplicate’ AK-47 and AK-57 rifles of “high standard”. The CRPF also seized as many as 59 different types of instruments, which were used to manufacture and assemble these rifles and various types of pistols. An unnamed official said, “Though Security Forces have busted other arms manufacturing units of the Maoists in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh in the past, they have for the first time come across such sophisticated weapons of high standard, manufactured by the ultras.” The first big arms manufacturing unit of the Maoists was neutralized by Andhra Pradesh Police in 2006 when they recovered a huge stock of rocket shells and launchers in the State. Probe later revealed that the Maoist’s ‘technical wing’ designed the launchers and initially made them at a foundry in Chennai.
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January - 22 
Another intelligence input said that LeT is ready to carry out airborne suicide attacks using para-gliders in India. The outfit has already acquired more than 50 para-gliding equipment, which can be quickly assembled and used as ‘missiles’ from open highland areas or from over 300 of unused/unmanned
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Another intelligence input said that LeT is ready to carry out airborne suicide attacks using para-gliders in India. The outfit has already acquired more than 50 para-gliding equipment, which can be quickly assembled and used as ‘missiles’ from open highland areas or from over 300 of unused/unmanned airstrips in the country. The intelligence input — which came barely days ahead of the Republic Day celebrations — on LeT’s shopping spree for para-gliding equipment in different European countries, including Germany, prompted authorities to ensure tight air security around all vital installations and nearly 326 unmanned, abandoned or mostly unused airstrips spread across the country. The inputs also suggest the possibility of LeT acquiring related equipment — possibly Chinese make — from within Pakistan.
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January - 28 
A fear psychosis has gripped the managerial staff of nearly six tea estates located in the fringe areas of Chariduar reserve forest in Sonitpur District following constant harassment by militants of the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), reports Telegraph. Dhekia
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A fear psychosis has gripped the managerial staff of nearly six tea estates located in the fringe areas of Chariduar reserve forest in Sonitpur District following constant harassment by militants of the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), reports Telegraph. Dhekiajuli tea estate has witnessed at least two abductions in the past few months. A few more executives are said to be toying with the idea of resigning. Sources said that fear of the gun was forcing the staff to quit.
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January - 28 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reviewed the security scenario in the State in a high level meeting with the officials of the Assam Government on January 28. Sources said that there have been some disturbing intelligence inputs about the situation in the bordering areas and though, Black Widow
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reviewed the security scenario in the State in a high level meeting with the officials of the Assam Government on January 28. Sources said that there have been some disturbing intelligence inputs about the situation in the bordering areas and though, Black Widow (BW) group, surrendered weapons, the situation in the hill district remains a matter of concern. As the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-IM (NSCN-IM) is under cease-fire agreement with the Government of India, the activities of the militants of the group in North Cachar Hills have become a matter of serious concern and it was one of the key points of discussions in the meeting. The Government of India has taken serious note of a newly formed militant group United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA), which snatched weapons from the headquarters of an Assam Police battalion in Cachar in November, 2010. Sources added that the activities of the newly formed militant outfit were one of the issues discussed. In addition to these, the overall law and order situation was reviewed and the State Government was asked to make optimum utilization of the forces available as it might not be possible for the Centre to rush additional forces whenever required.
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February - 1 
Daily Excelsior quoting Jammu & Kashmir Police sources on February 1 reports that over a dozen new militants are reported to have managed to reach Doda belt safely during past few days despite majority of failed infiltration attempts on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB). Mo
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Daily Excelsior quoting Jammu & Kashmir Police sources on February 1 reports that over a dozen new militants are reported to have managed to reach Doda belt safely during past few days despite majority of failed infiltration attempts on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB). Most of the militants were Pakistani national, Police sources added. More than 20 visible infiltration attempts were made by the militants to intrude into this side from the LoC in Poonch-Rajouri sector and the IB in Jammu during December-January taking advantage of dense fog and hostile weather conditions. According to Police and Intelligence inputs based on specific intercepts, two groups of six militants each had reportedly reached safe hide-outs in upper reaches of Doda from where some of them could be deputed to Kishtwar and Banihal. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Jammu zone Ashok Gupta declined to comment on the reports of infiltration but said there had been inputs that some fresh group of militants have managed to reach Doda belt. The militants sometimes also cross over to Doda from Anantnag area of Kashmir valley, he pointed out.
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February - 1 
The programmes taken up under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which increase agriculture productivity in the rural areas, are not being "blocked" by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a study has claimed, reported PTI on February 1. Council for Social Development (CSD) n
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The programmes taken up under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which increase agriculture productivity in the rural areas, are not being "blocked" by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a study has claimed, reported PTI on February 1. Council for Social Development (CSD) noted in its draft report that “contractors are paying higher wages to the manual workers (in the areas hit by left-wing extremism) as a combined result of NREGA and Naxalites' (Left Wing Extremists) pressure." The CSD, a study group of social workers and social scientists, conducted the study in tribal-dominated and Maoists-affected areas in Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh on implementation of NREGA and its impact there.
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February - 14 
The preliminary probe showed that RDX and ammonium nitrate were used in the explosion that ripped through German Bakery in Pune (Maharashtra).
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The preliminary probe showed that RDX and ammonium nitrate were used in the explosion that ripped through German Bakery in Pune (Maharashtra).
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February - 15 
According to Sentinel, three militants of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB killed on February 10 were identified as Lokiram Basumatary alias Jetli (35) of Goriamari, Biju Daimary (26) of Gelagaon and Mukut Daimary (29) of Bagoribari. The trio belonged to Udalguri District. Lokiram Basumatary wa
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According to Sentinel, three militants of the anti-talks faction of the NDFB killed on February 10 were identified as Lokiram Basumatary alias Jetli (35) of Goriamari, Biju Daimary (26) of Gelagaon and Mukut Daimary (29) of Bagoribari. The trio belonged to Udalguri District. Lokiram Basumatary was operating as the outfit’s Jingabil and Orang ‘area commander’. The group was involved in various anti-State activities in the recent past including abduction, killing of senior Congress party leader Arun Sarkar on January 15 and setting ablaze of two tractors in Sonitpur District for non payment of extortion money. The report adds that six cadres of anti-talks faction of the NDFB were shot dead in a span of 20 days in Jingabil area by the combined force of the Assam Rifles and Udalguri District Police.
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February - 17 
An unnamed spokesman of the newly formed outfit United Democratic Liberation Front of Barak Valley (UDLFBV) claimed that “Reangs are not involved in the kidnapping of forest guard Nizamuddin Majumdar,” according to Sentinel. He said that it might be the handiwork of Atabur Bahini, a gang of goons op
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An unnamed spokesman of the newly formed outfit United Democratic Liberation Front of Barak Valley (UDLFBV) claimed that “Reangs are not involved in the kidnapping of forest guard Nizamuddin Majumdar,” according to Sentinel. He said that it might be the handiwork of Atabur Bahini, a gang of goons operating along the Assam-Mizoram border of South Hailakandi. The forest guard was abducted at gun-point on February 13 and abductors demanded INR one million and 10 sets of cellular phones from his family members. Sources said they were speaking in broken Bengali language and it was assumed that they might belong to the Reang community. The report adds that UDLFBV had recently come up after the Panchram Apeto led United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV) surrendered before the Assam Government in September 2008 while another Reang outfit United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA) almost perished following the arrest of its leader Dhanyanram Reang. The report also mentioned that Dhanyaram’s erstwhile accomplice Atabur formed his own group Atabur Bahini, which has increased its activities in the region.
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February - 24 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) affected States, like West Bengal and Orissa, top the list having the highest shortfall of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, reports PTI. While the sanctioned strength of IPS officers in West Bengal is 297, the actual strength is only 226, a shortfall
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) affected States, like West Bengal and Orissa, top the list having the highest shortfall of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, reports PTI. While the sanctioned strength of IPS officers in West Bengal is 297, the actual strength is only 226, a shortfall of 71. In Orissa there is a shortfall of 60 IPS officers, as per the latest Home Ministry figures. The combined shortage of officers in seven of the most Naxal affected States - Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh - is 253, which is about 40 per cent of the national figure of 630.
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March - 1 
According to Mumbai Mirror, 25-year-old Abdhulla Unni, a resident of Pakistan, is one of the most wanted LeT militants in Jammu and Kashmir. He is reported to have dodged SFs eight times during encounters in Sopore. Unni, the operational head of LeT, is the mastermind behind all suicide attack opera
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According to Mumbai Mirror, 25-year-old Abdhulla Unni, a resident of Pakistan, is one of the most wanted LeT militants in Jammu and Kashmir. He is reported to have dodged SFs eight times during encounters in Sopore. Unni, the operational head of LeT, is the mastermind behind all suicide attack operations in the region. “He is presently the most wanted militant in north Kashmir and carries a reward of Rs [INR] 10 lakh on his head,” said Deputy Inspector General of Police (North Kashmir) Abdul Qayoom Manhas. Police said there were more than 200 militants in North Kashmir which shares a very long Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan.
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March - 1 
Reports indicate that a new outfit with both Muslim and Reang militants had been formed. Some local sources said a splinter group of Atabur Bahini led by Abdul Salem had formed a new outfit called the United Revolutionary Army of Barak Valley with the help of some Reang tribals. It is to be noted th
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Reports indicate that a new outfit with both Muslim and Reang militants had been formed. Some local sources said a splinter group of Atabur Bahini led by Abdul Salem had formed a new outfit called the United Revolutionary Army of Barak Valley with the help of some Reang tribals. It is to be noted that militancy in the south Hailakandi, which shares its border with Mizoram, was started by Panchuram Reang who formed an outfit called United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV). Panchuram later surrendered to the State government and subsequently joined the Congress. But militancy did not came to a halt with his surrender and another Reang outfit was formed by Dhanyaram Reang, once a cadre of Panchuram. Atabur, joined the United Democratic liberation Army (UDLA), the outfit Dhanyaram had formed. In 2009, Dhanyaram, along with his wife was arrested in Mizoram. Meanwhile, in the backdrop of a series of kidnapping, in maximum cases Muslims being the victims, relation between the Reang and Muslims started to sour. A group of Reang youths, once associated with Panchuram’s outfit, were mercilessly assaulted by villagers. Panchuram squarely blamed the Muslims for the incidents and subsequently.
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March - 7 
In a change of strategy to avoid casualties in its ranks, terrorists have triggered 11,876 explosions which claimed 1,754 lives while 15,589 others were injured during the last two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, reports DNA. According to the latest official data of the State Home Ministry, terrorists
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In a change of strategy to avoid casualties in its ranks, terrorists have triggered 11,876 explosions which claimed 1,754 lives while 15,589 others were injured during the last two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, reports DNA. According to the latest official data of the State Home Ministry, terrorists have now resorted to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and grenade attacks to avoid direct conflict with Security Forces in the State since 1990. "Militants are using IEDs and grenades as a tool to cause casualties to security forces and civilians, and thereby avoiding direct conflict with security forces. This is the part of their target and hit strategy to avoid their own casualty," An unnamed senior Police officer told PTI. Of these 11,876 explosions, 5,682 were caused by the IEDs and 6,194 by hurling of grenades. The highest number of explosions (1,522) took place in 1990, followed by 1,005 explosions in 1993, it said. Similarly, the maximum number of casualties reported was 153 killed and 1,021 injured in 1995. While 133 were killed and 1,443 injured in 2001, the report said, adding the number of blasts in those two years were 945 and 775, respectively. However, there was fall in grenade attacks during the past two years with 79 and 170 blasts in 2009 and 2008, respectively. Around 47 persons were killed and 208 injured in these grenade attacks, the report added.
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March - 9 
As many as 577 militants were killed in various group clashes between different militant outfits during past two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, reports PTI. As per the recent State Home Ministry statistics, as many as 820 incidents of group clashes have taken place between various milita
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As many as 577 militants were killed in various group clashes between different militant outfits during past two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, reports PTI. As per the recent State Home Ministry statistics, as many as 820 incidents of group clashes have taken place between various militant outfits due to turf war in last 20 years of militancy and 577 militants and 173 civilians were killed in these incidents. Around 102 terrorists and 398 civilians were injured in these incidents, the report said. "The militant outfits clash with each other over turf war, women, land disputes and supremacy. Group clashes between foreign militants and locals were also witnessed more this time," an unnamed senior Police officer said. The highest number of 170 group clashes took place in 1995 in which 108 militants and 35 civilians were killed and 23 militants and 57 civilians were injured. It was followed by 168 incidents in 1994 in which 110 terrorists and 29 civilians were killed and 15 militants and 47 civilians injured. Similarly, 121 incidents took place in 1993 followed by 103 in 1992, 87 in 1996 in which 74 militants and 30 civilians were killed. In 1992, 64 militants and 41 civilians were killed.
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March - 12 
The central investigating agencies on March 12 confirmed Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) role in the bomb blast at Pune's German Bakery on Feburary13 that killed 17 persons and injured more than 70, reports DNA. The agencies have conveyed this to Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have named the
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The central investigating agencies on March 12 confirmed Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) role in the bomb blast at Pune's German Bakery on Feburary13 that killed 17 persons and injured more than 70, reports DNA. The agencies have conveyed this to Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have named the absconding Bhatkal brothers - Iqbal and Riyaz - for the operation. According to the report, Riyaz Bhaktal oversaw the entire operation from Dubai. Although the central agencies have asked other investigating agencies to identify local operatives who assisted in carrying out the blast, Police teams in Pune have failed to make any arrests. Although 16 IM cadres had been arrested in the last two years from the outfit's north and south modules, the Police believe that fresh recruits were used for the German Bakery blast. And that is why it is difficult to identify them. An officer said that the perpetrators of the Pune blast were not from the State and had received support from sleeper cells in Pune. According to security officials, while Iqbal is based in Dubai, Riyaz is living in Karachi in Pakistan.
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March - 16 
According to Assam Tribune, more than 10,000 militants surrendered before the Government in Assam since 1998. As per the list submitted by the Assam Government in the State Assembly, the ULFA topped the list of surrendered militants as during the period from 1998 to March 5, 2010, more than 4260 mil
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According to Assam Tribune, more than 10,000 militants surrendered before the Government in Assam since 1998. As per the list submitted by the Assam Government in the State Assembly, the ULFA topped the list of surrendered militants as during the period from 1998 to March 5, 2010, more than 4260 militants belonging to the outfit have laid down arms. The list included 2711 militants of the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT), which was disbanded following the signing of the Memorandum of Settlement between the Government and the outfit in 2003. The list included 514 Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) and 416 Black Widow (BW) militants. These outfits surrendered weapons to come for talks with the Government for political solution of their problems.
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March - 18 
The composition of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be dominated by foreigners — of the 398 militants killed 304 were foreigners, making it 76 per cent of total militants killed in the valley in 2008-09, reports The Hindu. Foreign militants generally come from North Western Frontier Provi
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The composition of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be dominated by foreigners — of the 398 militants killed 304 were foreigners, making it 76 per cent of total militants killed in the valley in 2008-09, reports The Hindu. Foreign militants generally come from North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), Punjab, Pakistan occupied Kashmir and other areas of Pakistan. In 2008, of the 237 militants killed 171 were foreigners and in 2009 of the 161 militants killed 133 were foreigners. In 2010, 21 militants have been killed, of whom five were foreigners.
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March - 27 
The Hindu reports on March 27 that Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan is suspected to have been seriously injured during the seven-hour-long gun-battle between security forces and the Maoists. The Police also suspect that the insurgents suffered heavy casualties during the exchange of
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The Hindu reports on March 27 that Maoist politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan is suspected to have been seriously injured during the seven-hour-long gun-battle between security forces and the Maoists. The Police also suspect that the insurgents suffered heavy casualties during the exchange of fire and are pegging the casualty figure at around 10, although none of the dead bodies could be recovered on March 26. Though West Bengal Director-General of Police Bhupinder Singh declined to comment on whether Kishan was injured, he said: “It is suspected that several of those rebels injured in the firing have succumbed to their injuries.” There was also a report that a student of the city-based Jadavpur University was one of the Maoists killed in the exchange of fire, but Singh said there was no confirmation on the matter.
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March - 28 
Intelligence agencies of Security Forces and Police believed that the number of Kashmiri youths held up in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was precisely 2500. "There is no accurate official data as families of most of the youths, who had crossed over to PoK for arms training during past several year
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Intelligence agencies of Security Forces and Police believed that the number of Kashmiri youths held up in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was precisely 2500. "There is no accurate official data as families of most of the youths, who had crossed over to PoK for arms training during past several years of militancy, have not lodged their missing reports. We have through our own sources of information managed to identify most of the youths who were stationed in PoK", official sources told the Daily Excelsior. "To be very precise, the number of such youths could be around 2500. The number, however, varied with different agencies with some putting it at 2000 and others at 2500 or 3000. We are taking it at 2500", they said, adding there was no basis in the claim of some human rights organisations which described the number around 10,000 or so.
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March - 29 
The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) for the year ended March 31, 2009 points out that the State’s Police department is facing shortage of weapons, reported Business Standard on March 30. The Police department had 49,143 units of weapons, of which 11,232 or about
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The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) for the year ended March 31, 2009 points out that the State’s Police department is facing shortage of weapons, reported Business Standard on March 30. The Police department had 49,143 units of weapons, of which 11,232 or about 23 per cent were obsolete. There was also shortage of weapons as per Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) norms. There was shortage of light vehicles in the Police stations as well.
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March - 30 
As per the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Left Wing Extremist (LWE) violence in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have seen a drop in 2009 as compared to the situation in 2008, reported DNA on March 30. There were only 529 incidents of LWE violence in 2009 in Ch
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As per the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Left Wing Extremist (LWE) violence in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have seen a drop in 2009 as compared to the situation in 2008, reported DNA on March 30. There were only 529 incidents of LWE violence in 2009 in Chhattisgarh as against the 620 in 2008. Similarly, in Andhra Pradesh, as against the 92 such incidents in 2008, there were only 66 in 2009, according to the Annual Report 2009-10 of the MHA. Interestingly, 2009 has seen an overall increase in incidents of LWE violence from 1,591 in 2008 to 2,258 in 2009. West Bengal has seen a seven time increase in LWE violence with the State reporting 255 such incidents in 2009 as against a mere 35 in 2008. In Orissa, the incidents have more than doubled as compared to 2008. While there were 103 such incidents in the State in 2008, there were 266 in 2009. Other LWE infested States like Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar and even Uttar Pradesh have seen an increase in LWE violence. Overall, 908 lives were lost to such violence in 2009 as against 721 in 2008.
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March - 30 
Some of the items seized from the eight infiltrators killed in Keran Sector of Kupwara District last week (March 23-27) indicate that there is an Afghanistan link to the insurgency in the State, according to Daily Excelsior. In fact, the militants were carrying arms, ammunition, gadgets, clothing, f
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Some of the items seized from the eight infiltrators killed in Keran Sector of Kupwara District last week (March 23-27) indicate that there is an Afghanistan link to the insurgency in the State, according to Daily Excelsior. In fact, the militants were carrying arms, ammunition, gadgets, clothing, food and cosmetic products manufactured in at least seven different countries including the USA, the UAE, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, China and Russia. Army recovered several cans of tin-food meant for the personnel of Afghanistan's defence forces from the slain militants in Keran sector. The cans carried a label which read Wizarat-e-Difa'a (Defence Ministry), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The tin cans were part of large haul of arms, ammunition and war like stores recovered by the Army from the scene of five-day operation near the Line of Control (LoC) which began on March 23. The recovery of the tin-food meant for the soldiers of the Afghan Army from militants heading for Kashmir has raised concerns among the security agencies in the State. Defence sources said it was a worrisome development as these things have changed many hands before landing with the Army here. "Given the situation in Afghanistan, the tin food reaching the militants means that there is some link … the militant groups active in Jammu and Kashmir might as well be active in Afghanistan as well," the sources said. The militants were not only carrying things meant to be in Afghanistan only but possessed the state of the art gadgets like Magellan Global Positioning System (GPS), which is made in the US. "This is the latest in GPS technology as it contains seven layers of maps and is operated like a touch screen phone, which reveals the exact location of the person," an unnamed senior Army officer said. To back up the GPS, the militants were equipped with Thuraya satellite phones as they kept in touch with their handlers across the LoC to navigate their way. Thuraya is a regional satellite phone provider with its coverage area in most of Europe, the Middle East, North, Central and East Africa, Asia and Australia. The shoes, water bottles and other allied winter gear, that was used by the militants, carried the 'Made in China' while the AK rifles must have been manufactured in the land of Kalashnikov - Russia. The woolen clothing, like the socks and the hand gloves, had labels showing their land of origin as Pakistan. However, the most surprising recovery made from the slain militants was a tube of popular brand fairness cream - Fair and Handsome -- manufactured in Assam with its head office in Kolkata. However, Brigadier General Staff of Army's 15 Corps Brigadier Gurmeet Singh, during his briefing on Keran operation on March 27, told reporters that there was no corroborative evidence to suggest presence of Taliban elements in the State.
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March - 31 
Keeping pace with the requirement of senior cops to meet various security challenges across the country, the Union Government has increased the cadre strength of Indian Police Services (IPS) officers in 16 States and all Union territories by 287 with Uttar Pradesh being allotted the maximum 47 posts
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Keeping pace with the requirement of senior cops to meet various security challenges across the country, the Union Government has increased the cadre strength of Indian Police Services (IPS) officers in 16 States and all Union territories by 287 with Uttar Pradesh being allotted the maximum 47 posts followed by 36 to Maharashtra, reports Times of India. The remaining States will also get additional posts after a mid-term review of their cadre strength by June 2010. A notification to this effect was issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on March 30 after reviewing the strength and composition of the IPS cadre. The last time such a revision of strength was made was in April 2000. Almost one-third of the increased strength of IPS (96 posts) will be allotted to State Police personnel on promotion basis. The remaining seats will be filled in due course through direct recruitment — a process which has already been initiated by increasing the annual intake of IPS officers from 130 to 150 through the Civil Services Examination. According to the notification, the total strength of IPS has been increased from 1,178 to 1,465 in 16 States and seven UTs. While Andaman Goa Mizoram Union Territory cadre, which includes Delhi, will have an additional 54 posts, Bihar will get 22 followed by Gujarat (20), Manipur-Tripura (19), Karnataka (18), Orissa (16), Punjab and Jharkhand (15 each), Jammu and Kashmir (7) and Uttarakhand (5).
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April - 1 
INR 222.5 million was released by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the families of 416 slain Central Para-Military Forces personnel as a grant-in-aid for payment of compensation, he said. Chidambaram also said that the Government also sanctioned procurement of 801 assault rifles for the
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INR 222.5 million was released by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the families of 416 slain Central Para-Military Forces personnel as a grant-in-aid for payment of compensation, he said. Chidambaram also said that the Government also sanctioned procurement of 801 assault rifles for the National Security Guards (NSG) at a cost of INR 206.8 million. He also said Andhra Pradesh Government has issued a notification for acquisition of land for the NSG regional centre at Hyderabad. The Home Minister informed that a CCTV system was approved for 29 markets and check posts in the national capital and an advance withdrawal of 70 per cent (INR 476.2 million) of the total cost was sanctioned on March 17, 2010.
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April - 1 
PTI quoting Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sources reported on April 1 that Security Forces (SFs) have regained control over large tract of lands, which were under occupation of Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) in Lalgarh of West Midnapore District and they are intensifying operations to flush out
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PTI quoting Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sources reported on April 1 that Security Forces (SFs) have regained control over large tract of lands, which were under occupation of Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) in Lalgarh of West Midnapore District and they are intensifying operations to flush out the LWEs from the remaining areas. Civil administration has started development activities as per the Government's anti-Naxal strategy.
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April - 4 
The 2009-10 annual report of the Union Ministry of the Home Affairs (MHA) has indicated that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan continues to remain intact and infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir remains unabated with a substantial increase in 2009, reports Times of India. "There are reports to ind
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The 2009-10 annual report of the Union Ministry of the Home Affairs (MHA) has indicated that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan continues to remain intact and infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir remains unabated with a substantial increase in 2009, reports Times of India. "There are reports to indicate that the infrastructure for training terrorist elements across the border continues to remain intact," the 2009-10 annual report of the MHA said. It also mentioned that the Government was firmly committed to thwarting the challenge posed by terrorists and violence sponsored from across the border. "The available information reveals that the infiltration that consistently decreased since 2005 has reversed in 2009 and increased substantially when compared to 2008," the report said. There were 485 attempts of infiltration in 2009 in comparison to 342 in 2008. Giving an overview of the internal security scenario, the MHA annual report said, the situation in the country remains largely under control, though violence has increased in terms of number of incidents and casualties of civilians and security personnel, as compared to the corresponding period of 2008. "In the recent years, the concentration of Left Wing Extremist (LWE) violence has been mainly in the States of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and Maharashtra," the report said. Left wing extremists operate in the vacuum created by functional inadequacies of field level governance structures, espouse local demands and take advantage of prevalent dissatisfaction and feelings of perceived neglect and injustice among the under-privileged segments of population. "CPI (Maoist) [Communist Party of India-Maoist] philosophy of armed struggle to overthrow the Indian State is not acceptable in our Parliamentary democracy and will have to be curbed at any cost. Government has given a call to the Maoist to abjure violence and come for talks. This has not been accepted by them so far," it said. While the overall counter action by the affected States in terms of LWEs killed, arrested and surrendered has shown much better results in 2009, there is an urgent need to strengthen Police response particularly by Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh by improving actionable intelligence collection and sharing mechanisms and strengthening their Police Force, the report said.
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April - 6 
A US Defence Department think tank warned that India’s transportation, economic infrastructure and political establishment are on the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) radar, report Economic Times. It has also confirmed India’s charge that the militant outfit still enjoys funding from Pakistan’s Inter-Service
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A US Defence Department think tank warned that India’s transportation, economic infrastructure and political establishment are on the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) radar, report Economic Times. It has also confirmed India’s charge that the militant outfit still enjoys funding from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The think tank found the close links between LeT and Karachi-based D-Company of underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim. “D-Company has established smuggling routes in the region, access to material, a partnership with LeT, and depends on ISI for refuge in Pakistan,” the report has said. The think tank associated with the US Army War College said that the LeT, though having a close relationship with al Qaeda, will continue to evolve into a distinctive South Asia-centric terrorist actor while still receiving aid from fringe elements in Pakistan’s security and intelligence apparatus and elsewhere. “This will not only allow LeT to continue to plan future Mumbai-style terrorist attacks in India from safe havens in Pakistan, but will also enable it to guide and assist the predominantly indigenous Indian Mujahideen (IM), ” According to the think tank, LeT collects donations from the overseas Pakistani community in the Persian Gulf and the UK, Islamic non-Governmental organisations, Pakistani/Kashmiri business people and through its parent organisation Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD). The militant outfit also counts on donations from sympathetic Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Islamist-leaning ISI leaders. “In addition, LeT maintains relations with extremist and/ or terrorist groups across the globe ranging from the Philippines to the Middle East and Chechnya by means of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa [JuD] network,” the report said.
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April - 6 
Manipur continues to be the hotbed of insurgency followed by Assam as 150 violent incidents have been reported in the two States in last three months, claiming 100 lives, reports Sangai Express. According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), those killed included 77 militants, 20 civilians and t
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Manipur continues to be the hotbed of insurgency followed by Assam as 150 violent incidents have been reported in the two States in last three months, claiming 100 lives, reports Sangai Express. According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), those killed included 77 militants, 20 civilians and three Security Force (SF) personnel. Altogether, 105 persons were killed in six Northeastern States — Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh —in 174 incidents till March. Mizoram had no major insurgency and was comparatively a peaceful State. In 2009, 435 persons, including 81 civilians and 336 insurgents, were killed in 659 incidents in Manipur, while 368 persons, including 152 civilians, were killed in 424 incidents in Assam. 517 persons, including 364 militants, were killed in 2008 in Manipur while 373 persons, including 245 civilians, lost their lives in Assam in the same year. A MHA official said, "Though there is a declining trend in the incidents of violence, both Manipur and Assam continue to be the most troubled States in the North east." Overall, there were 1297 incidents of violence that claimed 877 lives, including 571 militants and 264 civilians, in 2009 in the entire Northeast. There were 1,561 incidents in the region in 2008 in which 1,152 people, including 466 civilians, lost their lives. The MHA report stated that Nagaland, home to major insurgent groups like National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), has become relatively peaceful, thanks to the peace pacts signed by the two groups with the Government. Though there were 12 incidents of violence in the first three months of 2010 in Nagaland, there was no report of any casualty while in 2009 only 31 persons lost their lives. However, in 2008, the State saw 321 incidents in which 213 persons, including 140 extremists and 70 civilians, were killed. In Meghalaya, four persons were killed in 2010 in five different incidents while one person was killed in Arunachal Pradesh. Though, there were nine incidents in Tripura in 2010, no report of any casualty has come from the State. In 2009, 22 persons lost their lives in Arunachal Pradesh, nine in Meghalaya and 10 in Tripura.
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April - 7 
Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on April 7 submitted its investigation report on the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast report to the State Government claiming the perpetrators of the bombing that killed 17 people have been identified and their arrest would be made soon, reports PTI. The repor
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Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on April 7 submitted its investigation report on the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast report to the State Government claiming the perpetrators of the bombing that killed 17 people have been identified and their arrest would be made soon, reports PTI. The report was submitted by newly-appointed ATS Chief Rakesh Maria to the State Home Department and was then forwarded to the Union Government, ATS sources said but refused to disclose the identity of the suspects. According to the sources, terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) is suspected to be behind the bomb blast and the suspects would be arrested in a day or two. State Home Minister R.R. Patil had told the Legislative Council on April 6 that the investigating agency had identified the suspects and more details would be disclosed after their arrest. The Police department has zeroed in on the accused.
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April - 16 
Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the outfit's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16, reported NDTV.
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Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the outfit's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16, reported NDTV.
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April - 16 
The Hindu reported on April 17 that according to Ramanna, ‘secretary’ of the ‘south Bastar regional committee’ of the Maoists, media reports that Maoists used 1,000 fighters and three light machine guns and booby-trapped all trees on April 6 to attack CRPF men in Dantewada District were exaggerated.
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The Hindu reported on April 17 that according to Ramanna, ‘secretary’ of the ‘south Bastar regional committee’ of the Maoists, media reports that Maoists used 1,000 fighters and three light machine guns and booby-trapped all trees on April 6 to attack CRPF men in Dantewada District were exaggerated. He also claimed to have set the ambush in 40 minutes.
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April - 16 
According to PTI, Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the terror group's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16. "The Pakistani military organised and supported the Ta
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According to PTI, Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has used the terror group's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on April 16. "The Pakistani military organised and supported the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan in 1996. Similar tactics were used in Kashmir against India after 1989," said the much-awaited report by UN-appointed independent panel to probe the killing of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto.
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April - 20 
Militants in Jammu and Kashmir are recruiting more and more women, a secret Police document accessed by Daily News & Analysis has shown. “Each village has a substantial number of women Over Ground Workers (OWGs) who are being used to deliver money, weapons or information to terrorists,” the report s
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Militants in Jammu and Kashmir are recruiting more and more women, a secret Police document accessed by Daily News & Analysis has shown. “Each village has a substantial number of women Over Ground Workers (OWGs) who are being used to deliver money, weapons or information to terrorists,” the report says. Recruiting women has its advantages, according to the report, which says, “Getting women convicted under preventive detention is a distant dream. For example, one woman was caught transferring terrorist money and grenades but was let off on bail after Sopore witnessed law and order problems.” Society, too, doesn’t look kindly on women being held for terrorist activities. Also, the militants have started using upgraded technology. They are using voice overlapped internet protocol (VOIP) and encrypted messages. “Terrorists have switched to different methods of communication, including VOIP calls, which are difficult to track,” the six-page document reveals, adding, “All messages sent and received are matrix-based and take a lot of time to decipher. By the time they are decoded, their importance is lost.” The report further said that in the past six months, more than 20 Security Force (SF) personnel and 15 militants were killed in Sopore in various militancy-related incidents. The high casualty among SFs is attributed to a new strategy developed by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Uni, who has been able to bring together several outfits. In 2010, Sopore has seen more than eight militant attacks on Policemen and security installations. Most of them have been carried out by a module comprising LeT, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and HM, all headed by Uni. Pakistani national Uni had replaced Furqan, LeT’s Kashmir chief, who returned to his home country a few years ago. Uni was earlier operating from Lolaab and Bandipora areas, but has now started operating from Sopore.
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April - 20 
Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla, on April 20 informed the Legislative Assembly that in all 38,119 families, comprising 2,168 Muslim families and 1,749 Sikh families have migrated from the Kashmir Valley due to the disturbed condition, reports Orissa Diary. The Minister
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Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla, on April 20 informed the Legislative Assembly that in all 38,119 families, comprising 2,168 Muslim families and 1,749 Sikh families have migrated from the Kashmir Valley due to the disturbed condition, reports Orissa Diary. The Minister said that since 1989, 219 Kashmiri Pundits have been killed. He informed the House that 808 Kashmiri Pundit families, comprising 3445 souls are still living in the Valley.
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April - 20 
Sentinel reports that West Bengal Government has launched a special scheme at Jalpaiguri to rehabilitate the surrendered cadres of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). The report adds that they are being trained in productive vocations under the Rashtriya Sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY) scheme. Out
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Sentinel reports that West Bengal Government has launched a special scheme at Jalpaiguri to rehabilitate the surrendered cadres of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). The report adds that they are being trained in productive vocations under the Rashtriya Sam Vikash Yojana (RSVY) scheme. Out of the 150 and odd surrendered KLO cadres, 52 have been attending the rehabilitation programme mooted under RSVY. Biswajyoti Das, coordinator of the programme said, “Although we have expected around 100 surrendered persons to undergo this special rehabilitation programme, presently we have 52. Actually when the Chief Minister visited Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and other regions in north Bengal he wished to know whether we have maintained any contact with the surrendered and former KLO cadres. He prompted the Commissioner to lend a fillip to this rehabilitation programme and it has been going on well.”
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April - 30 
The Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) from India have developed links with the Shailen Sarkar Group of the Bangladesh Communist Party, which is providing arms training to Maoists at their camps in Bangladesh. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which received inputs in this regard from Bangladesh in
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The Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) from India have developed links with the Shailen Sarkar Group of the Bangladesh Communist Party, which is providing arms training to Maoists at their camps in Bangladesh. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which received inputs in this regard from Bangladesh intelligence agencies, has written to the Home Secretaries of Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal, warning them to take steps against such dangerous nexus which has added a new dimension to the Maoist problem.
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April - 30 
An inquiry committee probing the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on February 15 at the Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Silda in West Midnapore District, which left 24 Easter Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers dead, submitted its report to the West Bengal Government on April 30, repor
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An inquiry committee probing the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on February 15 at the Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Silda in West Midnapore District, which left 24 Easter Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers dead, submitted its report to the West Bengal Government on April 30, reported PTI. The three-member committee, headed by former Home Secretary and new Chief Secretary Ardhendu Sen, submitted the report, which was later placed before Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Sen declined to divulge details of the report on the attack.
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May - 2 
Police sources reports that Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) is currently divided into three groups. Police said that the first major group belongs to those cadres whose primary interest is to be rich by means of extortion. "Most of the cadres belonging to this group have already associated t
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Police sources reports that Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) is currently divided into three groups. Police said that the first major group belongs to those cadres whose primary interest is to be rich by means of extortion. "Most of the cadres belonging to this group have already associated themselves with the new militant outfit GNLA [Garo National Liberation Army] led by Meghalaya Police 'DSP' Champion R. Marak," Police sources said on April 30. The GNLA has been under the Police scanner for serving extortion notes, ranging from INR 500, 000 to ten million , to petrol pump owners, coal dealers and businessmen in the coal-rich Districts of Garo Hills. Police sources said the second group includes mostly the top leaders, who are involved in peace talks with the Government. "These top leaders of the ANVC are also living lavish lifestyle," Police sources added. On the other hand, the third group with a very few numbers includes those who wanted to return to the mainstream. "Most of them are ANVC members for namesake only. They are fed up with the outfit's activities," Police sources said.
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May - 3 
Around 150 cadres are believed to be with Ranjan Daimary faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Source said, “Daimary is to NDFB just as Barua is to ULFA... those who have joined the outfit have been inspired by Daimary, not the other leaders. So his future moves would be cruci
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Around 150 cadres are believed to be with Ranjan Daimary faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Source said, “Daimary is to NDFB just as Barua is to ULFA... those who have joined the outfit have been inspired by Daimary, not the other leaders. So his future moves would be crucial for finding a solution.” The Government plans to get him to the negotiating table. Source further said, “Sooner or later we need him to join the ongoing peace process between the Centre and the NDFB to bring permanent peace in the state in general, and in Bodo belt in particular.” Source added, “Though the Centre has already begun a dialogue with a faction of the NDFB, any talks without the Daimary faction is unlikely to ensure lasting peace, as a section of armed NDFB cadres are under his control and they still have a nuisance value.”
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May - 3 
The bomb blasts carried out at the Ajmer (Rajasthan) Dargah (Snfi Shrine), the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) and Malegaon (Maharashtra) are linked, with the self-styled right-wing group, Abhinav Bharat, believed to be behind them, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on May 3, reports The
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The bomb blasts carried out at the Ajmer (Rajasthan) Dargah (Snfi Shrine), the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) and Malegaon (Maharashtra) are linked, with the self-styled right-wing group, Abhinav Bharat, believed to be behind them, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on May 3, reports The Hindu. “Yes, there is a link between the Ajmer blast and the Mecca Masjid blast [in Hyderabad],” CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said when asked about the ongoing investigation into the Ajmer blasts and the new facts that have emerged since the arrest of three persons owing allegiance to radical right-wing outfits.
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May - 4 
An uncorroborated intelligence input from Assam Police about groups of al-Qaeda terrorists slipping into India was one of the reasons behind the high alert sounded over the weekend, reports Times of India. The Police was asked to look out for groups of terrorists from the al-Qaeda trying to sneak in
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An uncorroborated intelligence input from Assam Police about groups of al-Qaeda terrorists slipping into India was one of the reasons behind the high alert sounded over the weekend, reports Times of India. The Police was asked to look out for groups of terrorists from the al-Qaeda trying to sneak into the country from the western coast. Though the input was not corroborated, authorities did not want to leave anything to chance at a time when the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and other Pakistan-based terrorist groups sound determined to launch huge attacks on India. At least a couple of inputs from Assam over the past two weeks said about 140 al-Qaeda members may have sneaked into India from the western coast, using Sri Lankan fishing boats.
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May - 4 
Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was maintaining links with Pakistan. Sources said that at least two batches of NDFB cadres were sent to Pakistan for training with the support of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). However, the exact
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Assam Tribune quoting security sources reports that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was maintaining links with Pakistan. Sources said that at least two batches of NDFB cadres were sent to Pakistan for training with the support of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). However, the exact number of militants who received training in Pakistan is yet to be ascertained. The NDFB was also maintaining close ties with different anti-India groups having bases in Bangladesh. According to an assessment by the Security Forces (SFs), at least a hundred trained cadres of the outfit are still in Assam, while, around 50 cadres must be in Bangladesh. Sources further said that the NDFB launched joint operations with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) from time to time, but the outfit also maintained close ties with other groups like National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) etc, as well as with some other anti-India groups in the neighbouring country. Sources revealed that under pressure in Bangladesh, anti-talk faction of the NDFB recently established a camp in Myanmar and is located near a camp of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL). Also, sources said that after the arrest of NDFB ‘chief’ Ranjan Daimary, the Government of India provided information about the whereabouts of several other militant leaders in Bangladesh and waiting for the response. Though the arrest of Ranjan Daimary is viewed as a major diplomatic victory for India, the Government will keep mounting diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh to take action against the militants, particularly those belonging to the ULFA and the NDFB, who are still staying in Bangladesh. Sources added that from the security point of view, the arrest of Ranjan Daimary was even more important than the arrests of the leaders of the ULFA.
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May - 4 
Navy sources said that it was impossible for such a large number of people to reach Indian shores in foreign fishing vessels. But the Assam police not just repeated their warning, they also gave more details on the al-Qaeda plot, insisting that the terrorists had landed along the Gujarat-Maharashtr
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Navy sources said that it was impossible for such a large number of people to reach Indian shores in foreign fishing vessels. But the Assam police not just repeated their warning, they also gave more details on the al-Qaeda plot, insisting that the terrorists had landed along the Gujarat-Maharashtra coast and dispersed to various parts of India. Some 30 of them were said to have gone to Rajasthan and 14 to Uttar Pradesh. About 15-20 may have gone to Hyderabad and 12 to Maharashtra. Of the remaining, 40 went to southern states and five to the Delhi/Haryana area. A few of them may have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir in encounters in recent days, the Assam Police input said. Sources within the security establishment, however, are doubtful of the claims. There was no corroboration from any other sources, they said. However, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued detailed alerts on April 30 to the affected States, not wanting to take any chances. This is the second time in the past two weeks when the Centre has issued serious terror warnings to several states.
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May - 8 
The ongoing anti-militancy operation in North Kashmir has been further expanded towards Kralgund and Vilgam forest areas in the Kupwara District as the SFs have credible information about presence of 11 militants including ‘divisional commander’ of the LeT in dense forests of the area. The area of o
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The ongoing anti-militancy operation in North Kashmir has been further expanded towards Kralgund and Vilgam forest areas in the Kupwara District as the SFs have credible information about presence of 11 militants including ‘divisional commander’ of the LeT in dense forests of the area. The area of operation has now been expanded to jurisdiction of all the three Police Stations - Vilgam, Kralgund and Handwara -- of the Handwara sub-division. "The cordon-cum-search operations in the forests falling between Baramulla and Kupwara districts have been intensified following intelligence inputs about presence of 11 more militants in the area," sources told Daily Excelsior. They said top LeT commander Abdul Rehman, who heads the subversive activities in North Kashmir, was believed to be among the group of militants hiding in the forests. "A coordination meeting of LeT, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen [HuM] was scheduled to take place at a secret location but Rehman and his group had to retreat to the forests of Handwara after eight militants were eliminated by Security Forces in two separate operations at Dogaripora in Dangiwacha area and Chak-e-Adoora in Kupwara over past two days," the sources said.
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May - 9 
A telephonic conversation between two suspected cadres of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) gave the security agencies a clue about outfit’s involvement in the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast, Police said on May 9, reports Times of India. Days after the German Bakery bomb blast on February 13, in which
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A telephonic conversation between two suspected cadres of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) gave the security agencies a clue about outfit’s involvement in the February 13, 2010 Pune bomb blast, Police said on May 9, reports Times of India. Days after the German Bakery bomb blast on February 13, in which 17 people were killed and over 50 injured, alleged IM operative Salman Ansari's telephonic intercepts suggested that he had received a phone call from someone, believed to be Riyaz Bhatkal, from abroad congratulating him for the blast, the sources added. Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti Terrorist Squad had arrested Salman alias Chhotu from near the Nepal border in UP On March 5, 2010 and he is currently in Delhi Police's custody. "This conversation between the duo has given us an important clue to believe that it was a handiwork of the IM cadres. Hence, the probe was initiated in that direction," an ATS official said, refusing to divulge contents of the conversation.
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May - 9 
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) on May 9 warned that Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) are planning a major offensive in Gadchiroli District, reported IBN Live. The report also points out that most national highways despite being metalled have been heavily mined by the Naxals and the bombs can be triggered
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) on May 9 warned that Naxals (Left Wing Extremists) are planning a major offensive in Gadchiroli District, reported IBN Live. The report also points out that most national highways despite being metalled have been heavily mined by the Naxals and the bombs can be triggered even after several months depending on the target or opportunity. Contractors have reportedly been coerced into planting the mines on the national highway passing though the areas dominated by the Naxals.
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May - 10 
Mizoram Government is prepared to carry out the repatriation as planned, from May 11 to 15. ''We have not officially received any objections from the Bru refugees. The stage has been set for the repatriation from Tuesday [May 11]. Administrative officers have been posted in each village where the B
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Mizoram Government is prepared to carry out the repatriation as planned, from May 11 to 15. ''We have not officially received any objections from the Bru refugees. The stage has been set for the repatriation from Tuesday [May 11]. Administrative officers have been posted in each village where the Bru families will be resettled,'' a Police official said. It may be noted that the Bru refugees, who will be taken back this time, were those who left Mizoram following a communal conflict triggered by the killing of a Mizo youth by suspected Bru militants on November 13, 2009. According to the state government reports, about 500 Bru families fled to Tripura in the wake of the ethnic flare-up. These 500 Bru families joined the Bru refugees, about 35,000 in number, who had been lodged in six relief camps in Tripura following a similar ethnic conflict in 1997 sparked off by a killing of a Mizo forest official. The repatriation of the 1997 batch of Bru refugees was underway until it stalled by the November 13 killing. The State Government following request from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had made arrangements for repatriation of Bru families from May 11. It was likely to be completed by May 15.
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May - 10 
Repatriation of Bru refugees from North District in Tripura has run into a deadlock as the Mizoram Bru Displaced People Forum (MBDPF), apex body of the refugees, has argued with the Mizoram Government’s version on the number of refugees. MBDPF president Elvis Chorky alleged that they had received a
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Repatriation of Bru refugees from North District in Tripura has run into a deadlock as the Mizoram Bru Displaced People Forum (MBDPF), apex body of the refugees, has argued with the Mizoram Government’s version on the number of refugees. MBDPF president Elvis Chorky alleged that they had received a list of 284 families to be repatriated to Mizoram, whereas the exact number of Bru families that fled from the following an ethnic conflict in November 2009 stood at 800. ''What will happen to others if the Mizoram government takes back only 284 families,'' Chorky said. ''We are not going to cooperate with the Mizoram government’s move to repatriate only less than half of the displaced families,'' Chorky said, insisting that the Mizoram goes to Tripura to conduct a on-the-spot verification of the displaced families. The MBDPF also criticised the government’s arrangement of transportation for the repatriated Bru families. ''The Mizoram government has sanctioned Rs 1500 for each family’s transportation to Mizoram, which is to be reimbursed once they arrive in the state. No family has that much money in hand to be reimbursed later,'' Chorky said. Chorky further argued that INR 1500 is too meager an amount for those families whose places of resettlement are not along the border area, but as far as Mamit (a District capital in western Mizoram) town.
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May - 12 
Intelligence inputs, meanwhile, revealed that there was heavy concentration of militants in launching pads like Rudki and Rasool opposite Abdullian besides nearly six other places opposite Budhwar, Jabowal and Aik nullah. The possibility was that the militants could make more attempts to intrude int
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Intelligence inputs, meanwhile, revealed that there was heavy concentration of militants in launching pads like Rudki and Rasool opposite Abdullian besides nearly six other places opposite Budhwar, Jabowal and Aik nullah. The possibility was that the militants could make more attempts to intrude into this side with the backing of the Pakistani Rangers. According to sources, a number of militants opposite Jammu sector were reported to have been shifted to IB along Punjab by the Pakistani Rangers to force their intrusions from that State and then shift them towards border villages of Kathua and Samba for further movement towards Doda and Udhampur.
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May - 12 
Officers investigating the Pune (Maharashtra) German Bakery bomb blast that killed 17 persons on February 13, 2010 have claimed that four prime suspects in the attack have fled to Pakistan, reports Times of India. Initial suspicion had fallen on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and Police leaks ha
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Officers investigating the Pune (Maharashtra) German Bakery bomb blast that killed 17 persons on February 13, 2010 have claimed that four prime suspects in the attack have fled to Pakistan, reports Times of India. Initial suspicion had fallen on the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and Police leaks had hinted at the involvement of the outfit’s founder Riyaz Bhatkal, his brother Iqbal and Yaseen, who is said to be a relative of the Bhatkal brothers. But for months there has been little headway into the case and the Police now privately admit that the IM may have little to do with it. The report says that the sudden talk of four prime suspects fleeing to Pakistan could also indicate a failure by the Anti-Terrorist Squad to find enough evidence to nail any suspect and fend criticism by saying that the main attackers had fled. "We are now considering asking the Union Government to approach Pakistan to help bring these suspects to India," a senior Police Officer, who is part of the investigations, said. "We have enough evidence to establish the involvement of these four suspects in the actual execution of the blast. We were able to trace their residences in India and have even questioned the family members of some of the suspects. We have information that all four suspects are presently in Pakistan," he said.
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May - 12 
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) played a key role in the formation of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), while the outfit also maintained links with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) since the early 1990s. Sources revealed that Ranjan Daimary first joined
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The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) played a key role in the formation of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), while the outfit also maintained links with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) since the early 1990s. Sources revealed that Ranjan Daimary first joined the Bodo National Front in 1983 and later in 1984, he, along with other persons including Govinda Basumatary, decided to form the Bodo Security Force (BSF) and wrote to the leaders of the NSCN seeking their help. The BSF, which was later renamed as the NDFB, first started a training camp in the forests north of Rangapara in Sonitpur District in 1988 and the NSCN provided them with some weapons and trainers. Sources further revealed that Daimary also stayed in the bases of the NSCN in Thailand for quite some time and established contacts with some agents of the ISI in 1993. The ISI provided the NDFB with some communication equipment, explosives and timer devices.
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May - 16 
Afghanistan security agencies have traced back a recent anti-India operations in the country to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) cell located inside a military cantonment in Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, reports Indian Express. According to information available with Indian agenci
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Afghanistan security agencies have traced back a recent anti-India operations in the country to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) cell located inside a military cantonment in Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, reports Indian Express. According to information available with Indian agencies, this was mentioned in a dossier on Pakistani intelligence activities in Afghanistan, prepared for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai ahead of his just concluded visit to the US. He is believed to have shared the information with US authorities. While this was a detailed dossier on ISI activities across Afghanistan, there was a section that specifically dealt with Pakistani efforts to target Indian assets in Afghanistan which included the Indian embassy, its consulates across that country, Indian companies and their projects.
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May - 16 
Kashmiri terrorists and refugees from Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have both received a pay hike, Times of India reports. According to the latest inputs from various agencies, Pakistani authorities are now offering terrorists coming to fight in Jammu and Kashmir a monthly sal
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Kashmiri terrorists and refugees from Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have both received a pay hike, Times of India reports. According to the latest inputs from various agencies, Pakistani authorities are now offering terrorists coming to fight in Jammu and Kashmir a monthly salary in the range of INR 8,000 to INR 10,000. This is a huge jump from the average pay of INR 5,000 they were getting earlier. Also, those staying back in refugee camps of PoK too have been given increased financial benefits. From INR 1,800 per month, their financial allowance has gone up to INR 2,400 a month early this year [2010], sources said. There are no clear numbers, but some estimates say as many as 30,000 could be in PoK, holding State Subject Facility Cards which grants them certain rights.
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May - 16 
Majority of the militant groups of the Northeast are still getting weapons manufactured by the Government run ordnance factories in China, while the weapons offloaded by the Chinese Army is also being sold to the militants by the clandestine arms dealers. Though it is not yet ascertained whether any
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Majority of the militant groups of the Northeast are still getting weapons manufactured by the Government run ordnance factories in China, while the weapons offloaded by the Chinese Army is also being sold to the militants by the clandestine arms dealers. Though it is not yet ascertained whether any Chinese Government official is involved in selling of weapons to the militant groups, it is now an established fact that the weapons manufactured in the Government run ordnance factories are available with the militants of the Northeast region, sources said. Sources further revealed that as a part of its modernization programme, the Chinese Army has been offloading the old weapons and some of those weapons are now in the hands of the militants of the North East.
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May - 16 
Sonitpur District Police sources said the NDFB by a conservative estimate was making about INR 50,000 everyday by way of “tax” from timber smugglers, but that it has now stopped. “So of late, they have turned to abduction and extortion to compensate for the loss of revenue from timber smuggling,” th
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Sonitpur District Police sources said the NDFB by a conservative estimate was making about INR 50,000 everyday by way of “tax” from timber smugglers, but that it has now stopped. “So of late, they have turned to abduction and extortion to compensate for the loss of revenue from timber smuggling,” the Police official said. He said two persons from the District, including an 11-year-old boy, were still believed to be in NDFB’s captivity.
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May - 16 
Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, arrested by Hyderabad Police (Andhra Pradesh), had received e-mails originating from Pakistan asking him to carryout "subversive" activities in India and had millions of rupees deposited against his name in various banks, the investigatin
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Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, arrested by Hyderabad Police (Andhra Pradesh), had received e-mails originating from Pakistan asking him to carryout "subversive" activities in India and had millions of rupees deposited against his name in various banks, the investigating agency revealed, reports Hindustan Times. Officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that they are trying to verify the statements made by Haq, who is accused of plotting terror attacks in the city. Haq, currently under Police custody, reportedly confessed to having received e-mails from one Abdul Aziz of Pakistan, who instigated him to carry out subversive activities in India, they said. For receiving and sending the e-mails, Haq had visited cyber cafes in Rein Bazar and Mehdipatnam areas among others last month, the officials said, adding they have seized four computer hard disks from the shops and sent them to Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis. The accused have also told the SIT officials that he had many bank accounts in various parts of the city with deposits running to Millions of rupees. The investigators are trying to find out the source of the money and suspect that Haq, a private car driver, received huge amounts through hawala (informal money laundering system) or other illegal means to carry out "subversive" attacks.
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May - 16 
Terrorists have started regrouping along the Line of Control (LoC) in PoK apparently to stoke violence in Jammu and Kashmir, PoK-based Kashmiri nationalists have warned. "Jihadi activities have restarted in the last few weeks," All Parties National Alliance (APNA) secretary general Arif Shahid told
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Terrorists have started regrouping along the Line of Control (LoC) in PoK apparently to stoke violence in Jammu and Kashmir, PoK-based Kashmiri nationalists have warned. "Jihadi activities have restarted in the last few weeks," All Parties National Alliance (APNA) secretary general Arif Shahid told BBC. He said most of the activities were concentrated in the Neelum Valley along the LoC. Shahid, who visited the region with other APNA leaders, said militants were based there in large numbers and have set up camps in the area. Shahid said the militants were planning to sabotage ongoing India- Pakistan peace negotiations. "This is the start of another proxy war." The number of terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is now hovering around 700, an all-time low since militancy erupted in the State in the late 80s, sources say.
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May - 16 
To tackle the growing incidents of stone pelting in Kashmir valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, under special initiative, have decided to appoint stone pelters as Special Police Officials (SPOs), and entrust them with responsibility of taking on their former stone pelter partners. Police sources s
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To tackle the growing incidents of stone pelting in Kashmir valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, under special initiative, have decided to appoint stone pelters as Special Police Officials (SPOs), and entrust them with responsibility of taking on their former stone pelter partners. Police sources said that 85 youths have been appointed as SPOs and deployed in areas, which are most sensitive and infamous for stone pelting. They said that the incidents of stone pelting have considerably decreased after the deployment of stone pelters-turned-SPOs in the area. The State Police says that militant outfits based in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), particularly HM and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have prepared dozens of groups who are paid to instigate stone pelting in the valley. The Police claimed that these groups are paid between INR 5 lakh and INR 8 lakh, and a portion of this money is supposed to be paid to the stone pelters who pelt stones at Police and para-military troopers.
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May - 19 
According to IANS report on May 18 there are at least 57 front organisations of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and they are under constant vigil of intelligence agencies. A circular by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) alerts heads of paramilitary forces and Police in Maoist
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According to IANS report on May 18 there are at least 57 front organisations of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and they are under constant vigil of intelligence agencies. A circular by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) alerts heads of paramilitary forces and Police in Maoist-affected States that the CPI-Maoist has 57 "front bodies" of peasants, labourers, women, students, tribals and trade unions who have helped the them raise the level of their tactical warfare, including winning court battles and getting their arrested leaders released. Among the groups being watched include People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) that has Justice (retd) Rajinder Sachar as one of its key members. The group was formed in 1976 by late politician Jai Prakash Narain. The others being closely watched are the Krantikari Lok Adhikar Aangathan of Uttarakhand, the Revolutionary People’s Front of Kerala, the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a political party that has fielded candidates for the Madhya Pradesh elections, the Disha Sanskritik Manch of Haryana and the Bandi Mukti Committee of West Bengal.
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May - 19 
Intelligence inputs suggest that some top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including top militant Furqan, have sneaked into Kashmir Valley infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC), reports PTI. Sources in the state Home department have said the inputs of wireless intercepts suggested that Furqan, whos
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Intelligence inputs suggest that some top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including top militant Furqan, have sneaked into Kashmir Valley infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC), reports PTI. Sources in the state Home department have said the inputs of wireless intercepts suggested that Furqan, whose actual name was not known, had infiltrated into the Valley to muster support among the local population and to streamline the operations of the terror outfit. Besides Furqan, five other top LeT militants were also among them, the sources said.
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May - 20 
Nearly 100 Village Defence Committees (VDCs) have been activated right from Akhnoor to Lakhanpur along the International Border (IB) in Jammu sector, Police sources told Daily Excelsior. While 28 VDCs have been set up in R. S. Pura, 10 others have been formed in Arnia, 7 in Bishnah, one in Miran Sah
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Nearly 100 Village Defence Committees (VDCs) have been activated right from Akhnoor to Lakhanpur along the International Border (IB) in Jammu sector, Police sources told Daily Excelsior. While 28 VDCs have been set up in R. S. Pura, 10 others have been formed in Arnia, 7 in Bishnah, one in Miran Sahib, 15 in Hiranagar, 18 in Samba sector and rest in Akhnoor, Kanachak, Domana and Rajbagh etc. The VDCs have been equipped with weapons and WLL phones and given specialized training to deal with the militants by the Police. Sources said the newly created as well as re-activated VDCs have been given a fresh training in handling of arms and fighting with the militants. The VDCs along Punjab-Kathua border have also been activated.
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May - 20 
Security sources said that the ULFA has started a massive drive to extort money to boost its coffers and a number of persons including businessmen received extortion notes, reports Assam Tribune. Most of the extortion notes were sent by post and not delivered by anyone personally as was the case ear
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Security sources said that the ULFA has started a massive drive to extort money to boost its coffers and a number of persons including businessmen received extortion notes, reports Assam Tribune. Most of the extortion notes were sent by post and not delivered by anyone personally as was the case earlier. According to information available with the security agencies, some of the persons, who received such extortion notes, also received phone calls from persons identifying themselves as leaders of the militant outfit and apparently on most occasions, the militant outfit is ready to negotiate the amount demanded. However, no one is very sure whether anyone was paying up and if someone really paid, where the exchange of money took place.
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May - 21 
DNA reported that according to a joint report by the Intelligence Bureau and West Bengal intelligence, CPI-Maoist has set up an eight-member special coordination committee to improve coordination between different units in Maoist affected States. Lalgarh in West Midnapore District would house the he
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DNA reported that according to a joint report by the Intelligence Bureau and West Bengal intelligence, CPI-Maoist has set up an eight-member special coordination committee to improve coordination between different units in Maoist affected States. Lalgarh in West Midnapore District would house the headquarters of this Maoist committee. According to the report, the eight representatives in the new committee are Papa Rao and Gopal from Dantewada-Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Arjun and Bihari from Gurbandha, Sukhdev and Uday from Malkangiri-Koraput (Orissa) and Kanchan and Shahebda from Junglemahal. While Shahebda is a CPI-Maoist politburo member, Kanchan is a state secretary in West Bengal. The report added that all eight Maoists are currently hiding in the Belpahari region of West Midnapore District.
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May - 21 
The quantity of arms and ammunition seized from militants and their hideouts in the State since eruption of militancy in 1990 is more than enough to raise 42 new battalions of Security Forces, reports Daily Excelsior. "The Security Forces including Army, Police, CRPF [Central Reserve Police Force] a
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The quantity of arms and ammunition seized from militants and their hideouts in the State since eruption of militancy in 1990 is more than enough to raise 42 new battalions of Security Forces, reports Daily Excelsior. "The Security Forces including Army, Police, CRPF [Central Reserve Police Force] and BSF [Border Security Force] have seized more than 30,000 AK rifles from the militants and militant hideouts in the State over the past 20 years when militancy began here," said authoritative sources. They said over 12,000 pistols were also seized by the security forces during the anti-insurgency operations in the State. "The quantity of arms and ammunition that the security forces have recovered from the militants and their hideouts across the State is good enough to arm 42 battalions of security forces," an unnamed senior intelligence official said. He said many countries in the world had lesser arms, ammunition and explosives to defend their country. "Many countries even do not have armies and many countries do not arm their police personnel," he added. More than 50,000 grenades of various makes and types have also been seized since the turmoil gripped the State in 1990. "The security forces have also recovered tonnes of other explosives like RDX. If the militants had been able to use all the explosive material provided to them by their masters across the Line of Control (LoC), the devastation in the State would have been far more than what we have witnessed," he further added.
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May - 26 
Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir are fighting a "dozen-odd Hindu militants", according to a document prepared by Police, reports Telegraph. The document says four "Hindu militants" were among those killed in encounters with the SFs over the years, while one had surrendered and another was
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Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir are fighting a "dozen-odd Hindu militants", according to a document prepared by Police, reports Telegraph. The document says four "Hindu militants" were among those killed in encounters with the SFs over the years, while one had surrendered and another was arrested. "Some of the (Hindu) militants are listed in the ‘A’ (the most dreaded) category and all are from various Districts of the Jammu region. The first time any Hindu was known to have joined a militant group was in the early 1990s," an unnamed Police officer said. The dozen-odd surviving Hindu militants are with the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), the officer said, adding they are active in the Jammu Districts of Rajouri, Kishtwar, Doda and Reasi. The police document claims that the "Hindu militants" operate with code names. Sham Lal, for instance, became Shamsuddin and he is with Al Badr. Krishan Lal is with the Lashkar. Kripal Singh is also with Al Badr. The Police said one of the longest-serving militants was a Hindu, Bipin Kumar of the HuA. Bipin, killed by the forces in 2008, had been active since 1996. Kuldeep Kumar alias Qamrain of HM died at Kulhind in Doda two years ago [2008] after being active for seven years. Uttam Kumar alias Saif-ullah of the HM died in an encounter in August 2005. Bittu Kumar, who was also with HM, is also suspected to have been killed. The only "Hindu militant" to surrender is Sunil Kumar. He has been absorbed into the paramilitary forces.
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May - 30 
The Criminal Investigation Department on May 30 claimed of having “definite evidence” that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were involved in derailing of the Gyaneshwari Express in West Midnapore District from intercepts of conversations of several Maoist leaders' mobiles, reported T
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The Criminal Investigation Department on May 30 claimed of having “definite evidence” that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were involved in derailing of the Gyaneshwari Express in West Midnapore District from intercepts of conversations of several Maoist leaders' mobiles, reported The Hindu. Meanwhile, there were conflicting reports about the final death toll. While Director-General of Police Bhupinder Singh put the count at 151, the South Eastern Railway authorities pegged it at 148 and the Paschim Medinipur District administration put it at 145.
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June - 4 
Hindustan Times reported that the Maoists are using Chinese wireless communication sets to intercept Police communications, thus, allowing them to remain a step ahead of the authorities, a report to the State Police from a central intelligence organisation says. The report says Maoists have cracked
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Hindustan Times reported that the Maoists are using Chinese wireless communication sets to intercept Police communications, thus, allowing them to remain a step ahead of the authorities, a report to the State Police from a central intelligence organisation says. The report says Maoists have cracked the communication codes of the Security Forces with the help of Chinese walkie-talkies.
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June - 6 
The report submitted to the Union Government by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) stated that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is no longer a force to reckon with, reports Sentinel. In its report on peace talks with the ULFA and the law-and-order situation in Assam, the IB official said, the IB
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The report submitted to the Union Government by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) stated that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is no longer a force to reckon with, reports Sentinel. In its report on peace talks with the ULFA and the law-and-order situation in Assam, the IB official said, the IB clearly mentioned that unlike the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) in Nagaland, the ULFA was not the “sole representative” of the people of Assam, and hence the Centre directly holding peace talks with ULFA would be simply giving the outfit more importance that it deserved.
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June - 7 
Assam Tribune quoting security agency sources reports that there are efforts by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) groups to make inroads in the Northeast. The report adds that the newly constituted Eastern Region Bureau of the CPI-Maoist had been entrusted with the task of establishing fo
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Assam Tribune quoting security agency sources reports that there are efforts by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) groups to make inroads in the Northeast. The report adds that the newly constituted Eastern Region Bureau of the CPI-Maoist had been entrusted with the task of establishing foothold in the Northeast. Sources said that the Eastern Region Bureau of the CPI-Maoist was initially entrusted with the responsibility of launching operations in the States of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and parts of Orissa. But recently, the Bureau had been given the additional responsibility of the Northeast region. The Bureau is headed by Prashanta Bose alias Kishanda, who is originally from West Bengal but now spends most of his time in Jharkhand. One person from Assam is also a member of the Bureau. Sources, however, refused to disclose his name and only said that he is from an area bordering West Bengal.
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June - 9 
Asian Age reported that following the imposition of the President’s Rule in Jharkhand the Maoists have started shifting their operational base from Jharkhand to parts of neighbouring West Bengal. Intelligence sources claim that inputs received from the field indicate that the Maoists have relocated
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Asian Age reported that following the imposition of the President’s Rule in Jharkhand the Maoists have started shifting their operational base from Jharkhand to parts of neighbouring West Bengal. Intelligence sources claim that inputs received from the field indicate that the Maoists have relocated their training camps from Ghatshila, Chatara, Palamau and Latehar in Jharkhand to areas around Lalgarh, Baita and Jhargram in West Midnapore District of West Bengal.
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June - 9 
Assam Tribune reports that Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D) and the Kuki National Front (KNF) have increased their activities in North Cachar Hills District bordering Nagaland. Police sources said two militant outfits are believed to be involved in three blasts in the District within the
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Assam Tribune reports that Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D) and the Kuki National Front (KNF) have increased their activities in North Cachar Hills District bordering Nagaland. Police sources said two militant outfits are believed to be involved in three blasts in the District within the last one month. Sources said that the two outfits have joined hands to form the Hills Tiger Force (HTF) with the objective of opposing the renaming of the District as Dima Hasao. The HTF has already sent letters to the Government offices opposing the renaming of the District and the possibility of the outfits indulging in more acts of violence in the days to come cannot be ruled out.
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June - 15 
More than 380 civilians have been killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the first five months of this year {2010], with West Bengal bearing the most brunt, reports DNA. According to statistics compiled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and circulated among affected Sta
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More than 380 civilians have been killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the first five months of this year {2010], with West Bengal bearing the most brunt, reports DNA. According to statistics compiled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and circulated among affected States, Maoists killed approximately 600 people, including paramilitary and State Police personnel, between January 1 and May 30. The count was the highest in West Bengal at 291. Of these, 230 were civilians and the remaining state and central paramilitary personnel. An unnamed senior official in the West Bengal home department said the reason for the high casualty in the State was the recent Gyaneshwari Express sabotage that took 148 lives. Barring the Gyaneshwari victims, a majority of civilians killed by Maoists in Bengal were Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) workers suspected to be Police informers. The second most casualties were in Chhattisgarh, where 202 people were killed by the Maoists in the said period. The civilian toll in the State, however, was comparatively low at 91. Jharkhand and Orissa lost 50 people each to the Maoist menace. Of these, 34 and 30 were civilians.
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June - 15 
Only about 500 insurgents, about 40 percent of them foreign militants, are still active in Jammu and Kashmir, said Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda, reports IANS. "There are about 500 militants presently active in Jammu and Kashmir and their number has come down from 700-800 last year
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Only about 500 insurgents, about 40 percent of them foreign militants, are still active in Jammu and Kashmir, said Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda, reports IANS. "There are about 500 militants presently active in Jammu and Kashmir and their number has come down from 700-800 last year and around 1,000 in 2008," Khoda said. The DGP said 40 percent of these militants were foreigners, mostly from Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK). He said the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) - the terror outfits that have bases in Pakistan - were active in the State. "The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is more in a supportive role to the LeT but it depends on the plans conceived across (the border)," he said. Khoda said the overall security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir was improving and there was a drop in violence in the last three years. "There was a 20 percent drop in violence in 2007 which improved to 28 percent in 2008 and 30 percent in 2009," he said. The last year [2009], Khoda added, also saw the lowest number of civilian deaths in militancy-related incidents. However, he maintained that there was no let-up in incursion attempts by militants from across the border with security forces. "Infiltration is going on though not to the extent as it was last year. Going by the (infiltration) bids made, there is no change in attitude of handlers across the border who want to push in infiltrators," he said. According to Khoda, Security Forces (SFs) had been able to curb militant incursion mainly due to better border management. Khoda said Pakistan continued to support militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir. "Terrorists are coming or attempts are being made to infiltrate and they are getting training, equipment, funding... Militants trying to cross over do not face obstructions from Pakistani security forces but were, instead, provided covering fire. All this points to the direct role (of the Pakistan establishment)," he said. According to official data, a little less than 500 terror incidents were reported in 2009 in which 239 militants, 71 civilians and 79 SF personnel were killed. In 2008, 339 militants, 91 civilians and 85 SF were killed in 708 militancy incidents.
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June - 15 
Several Afghanistan and international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), with the help of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and set up training camps, adding ne
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Several Afghanistan and international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), with the help of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and set up training camps, adding new volatility to the relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad, quoting The New York Times, reports ANI. The LeT is believed to have planned or executed three major attacks against Indian Government employees and private workers in Afghanistan in recent months, officials said. Pakistan maintains that it no longer supports or assists the LeT, responsible for the ghastly November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, but its expanded activities in Afghanistan, particularly against Indian targets, prompt suspicions that it has become one of Pakistan's proxies to counteract India's influence in the war ravaged country, The New York Times reports. "Our concern is that there are still players involved that are trying to use Afghanistan's ground as a place for a proxy war," said Shaida Abdali, Afghanistan's deputy National Security Adviser. "It is being carried out by certain State actors to fight their opponents," Abdali added. Experts are of the view that now the LeT presents more of a threat in Afghanistan than even al Qaeda does. There were a few LeT cells in Afghanistan three or four years ago, but they were not focused on Indian targets and, until recently, their presence seemed to be diminishing, the report said. Pakistani analysts, in a recent testimony to the US Congress, described the LeT as a terror group 'having ambitions well beyond India.' "They are active now in six or eight provinces. They are currently most interested in Indian targets here, but they can readily trade attacks on international targets for money or influence or an alliance with other groups," a senior NATO intelligence official, who spoke on conditions of anonymity said. Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, who recently resigned following an altercation with President Hamid Karzai, also confirmed that the attackers, who targeted Indians during the deadly car bombing and suicide attack on two guesthouses in the heart of Kabul in February 26, 2010 were "not Afghans." "They were not Afghans," Atmar said. "What we know for sure is that it was planned, financed, organized, and that people trained for it, outside Afghanistan," he added. "Over the past six months more than four attacks in Kabul had suicide bombers with telephones that we recovered with active numbers that were from Pakistan," Atmar informed.
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June - 15 
The number of tribals, especially from Naxal (Left Wing Extremist)-affected States who are migrating either inside or outside the State, have reduced, indicates a Government survey released on June 15, reports Hindustan Times. National Sample Survey Organisation’s (NSSO) study on Migration in India
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The number of tribals, especially from Naxal (Left Wing Extremist)-affected States who are migrating either inside or outside the State, have reduced, indicates a Government survey released on June 15, reports Hindustan Times. National Sample Survey Organisation’s (NSSO) study on Migration in India revealed that the migration of tribals is very low from rural areas of Naxal-affected states such as Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa as compared to non-Naxal-affected tribal States. The migration-prone households in Chhattisgarh are 1.9 per cent, in Jharkhand 0.8 percent and 1.3 per cent in Orissa. In comparison, the number of such households in tribal-dominated States of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Manipur was 4 per cent, 3.8 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively. However, the survey does not give reasons for fall in migration in tribal areas especially.
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June - 16 
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar informed State Legislative Assembly that since May 1993 last to 2010 a total of 7992 armed cadres surrendered from all militants groups active in Tripura. Giving details of militant activities across the State, Sarkar said that militants’ activity has almost come
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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar informed State Legislative Assembly that since May 1993 last to 2010 a total of 7992 armed cadres surrendered from all militants groups active in Tripura. Giving details of militant activities across the State, Sarkar said that militants’ activity has almost come to end. About 175 to 185 cadres of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants are still underground and 35 to 40 All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) cadres more are active in militant camps, he mentioned. Chief Minister also said, during the financial year 2009-10, seven NLFT militants and five ATTF cadres were arrested by the Security Forces (SFs) and 225 more cadres from same groups laid down their arms before SFs. In the same period, militants also killed nine persons in 20 militant attacks, he added. Chief Minister also in his written reply said, altogether 21 persons were killed and 59 persons abducted in 113 militants attacks in the year 2007, 10 persons were killed and more 32 civilians were abducted in 80 militant attacks during the year 2008. In the year 2009, nine SFs were killed in an ambush by NLFT cadres at remote bordering Thalcherra road under Dhalai District, stated the Chief Minister. In the same year, militants abducted seven civilians in their registered 24 attacks, said Sarkar.
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June - 18 
In the 11th dossier handed over to Pakistan since the November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) terrorist attacks, India, on June 18 has provided details on the 34 terrorists, including fugitives who have been recruited by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) combine to launch t
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In the 11th dossier handed over to Pakistan since the November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) terrorist attacks, India, on June 18 has provided details on the 34 terrorists, including fugitives who have been recruited by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) combine to launch terror attacks as part of the Karachi Project, in the form suggested by Pakistan, reports Times of India. India gave Pakistan the full copy of the Mumbai trial, a copy of the verdict, the charge sheets, evidence presented and used, and confessional statements. Pakistan had asked India for all of these in its last dossier. The LeT chief Hafiz Saeed evidence, Indian officials feel, is crucial. Although nobody was willing to confirm it, it's believed the Indians have got this from the LeT operative David Headley interrogations. "The deputy high commissioner of Pakistan was called in the afternoon and handed over a set of responses to the six dossiers received from Pakistan on April 25, 2010 on the Mumbai terror attacks," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said.
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June - 18 
Protesting the inclusion of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] issue under the realm of an "armed conflict" in a United Nations (UN) report India told the UN that the violence being perpetrated by these groups does not make it a zone of armed conflict as defined by international law, according to PTI. Refe
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Protesting the inclusion of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] issue under the realm of an "armed conflict" in a United Nations (UN) report India told the UN that the violence being perpetrated by these groups does not make it a zone of armed conflict as defined by international law, according to PTI. Referring to the recent UN report that deals with 'Children and armed conflicts', India's envoy to UN Hardeep Singh Puri told UN Security Council that operations of the Naxal groups did not fall into the realm of an "armed conflict". "At the outset I should make clear that the violence being perpetrated by these groups though completely abhorrent and condemnable, certainly does not make this a zone of armed conflict as defined by international law," he said. "We, therefore, cannot accept reporting on these incidents as falling within the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict," he said, referring to top UN official Radhika Coomaraswamy. The report, which is produced by the office of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and submitted to the UN Security Council, highlighted the recruitment and use of children by the Naxals in some Districts of the Chhattisgarh. "The Naxals have admitted that children were used only as messengers and informers but have admitted that children were provided with training to use non-lethal and lethal weapons including landmines," the report said. It also described the incident, in which Naxalites forced villagers to provide five boys and girls for their armed group in October 2009, and stated that the Jharkhand Police had vacated 28 of 43 schools in Naxal-affected areas of the State and was in the process of vacating 13 more.
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June - 21 
The rising number of Pakistan linked terrorist plots in the United States largely stem from Islamabad's (Pakistan) continued support to some anti-India extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), blamed for the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, indicates the report released on June 21 by
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The rising number of Pakistan linked terrorist plots in the United States largely stem from Islamabad's (Pakistan) continued support to some anti-India extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), blamed for the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, indicates the report released on June 21 by the RAND Corp, Hindustan Times reported. "The country's acquisition of nuclear weapons emboldened its support to militant groups by dampening concerns of retaliation by India," the report mentioned. Seth G. Jones, the study's co-author and a political scientist at RAND said, "A number of militant networks-including al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM]-remain entrenched in Pakistan and pose a grave threat to the state and the region." In addition to al Qaeda, numerous foreign and domestic militant groups have established networks in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) currently known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas of Pakistan. Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing, reportedly had ties to several groups, such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Haqqani network, the study notes. Researchers suggest the United States should restrict some military assistance to Pakistan until the nation ends its support of militant groups operating on its soil. Further, Jones and co-author Christine Fair of Georgetown University say that Pakistan's Army and the Frontier Corps have failed to demonstrate a consistent ability to clear and hold territory for long periods. While Pakistan has undertaken a number of operations against insurgent groups since 2001, the study finds the successes are short-lived and do not address the long-term threat. The Pakistan Army and the Frontier Corps forces have had some recent successes, however. This includes efforts during Operation Sher Dil (Lion’s Heart) in 2008 (Bajaur region), Operation Rah-e-Rast (Path to Truth) in 2009 (Swat region) and Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) in 2009 and 2010 (South Waziristan region), the report finds. "Yet even with this success, Pakistan's efforts are thwarted by its decision to support some militant groups. In recent months, there appear to be changes in Pakistan's policy as evidenced in the capture of senior Taliban leaders such as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. But it remains unclear whether Pakistani leaders have made a systematic break with militant groups, the report finds.
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June - 22 
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued an alert that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) might be tying up with militant groups active in the country, reports India Today. Sources said the IB has warned that Maoists are tying up with groups in the North-East and the Kashmir Valley. The
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued an alert that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) might be tying up with militant groups active in the country, reports India Today. Sources said the IB has warned that Maoists are tying up with groups in the North-East and the Kashmir Valley. The Manipur-based Revolutionary People's Front is believed to be in contact with the Maoists for military training.
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June - 24 
The 10 National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants escaped from their camps in different places of Bangladesh and crossed over to India and surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) and Assam Rifles troopers in different places of Tripura on June 24, a Police spokesman said, accor
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The 10 National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants escaped from their camps in different places of Bangladesh and crossed over to India and surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) and Assam Rifles troopers in different places of Tripura on June 24, a Police spokesman said, according to Sentinel. “The tribal guerrillas during interrogation told the police and para-military troopers that they fled from their base camps in Bangladesh few days back following raids by Bangladesh security forces,” the spokesman said, adding that the militants have been facing fund crisis. The report adds that with this, since June 21, 16 Bangladeshi trained NLFT cadres have laid down their arms. “During interrogation of the militants, we received vital information about militants from Northeast India taking shelter in the Bangladeshi territory,” the Police official told reporters. In 2010, around 60 militants of the NLFT and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) outfits left Bangladesh and surrendered to the Indian SFs.
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June - 29 
Times Now quoting fresh warning from intelligence agencies reports that Indian missions in Bangladesh and Nepal are under threat from a possible terror attack from Pakistani terrorist outfits. The alert suggests the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) are planning to attac
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Times Now quoting fresh warning from intelligence agencies reports that Indian missions in Bangladesh and Nepal are under threat from a possible terror attack from Pakistani terrorist outfits. The alert suggests the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) are planning to attack Indians working on different projects in Bangladesh and could try and create a hostage like situation. A similar threat also looms on the Indian mission in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Indian Government has already spoken to the Sheikh Hasina Government in Bangladesh and is even mulling use of Indian Security Forces to guard foreign missions. After the alert from the agencies, sources said that the threat perception has been communicated to Dhaka already and India has been assured full assistance. Meanwhile the Government is contemplating a security review of missions in Bangladesh and Nepal. Indian forces may be used to man these foreign missions under threat. “We do not deny any potential threat to our missions abroad. In this case, the matter has been taken up with the Bangladeshi Government and has been assured full assistance. The government of India is also thinking of a security review soon in Bangladesh and Nepal to decide whether the missions should be manned by Indian forces in these two locations. Intelligence agencies have communicated that the threat is from LeT and HuJI,” Government sources said.
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June - 30 
A court of inquiry (CoI), set up by the Central Reserve Police (CRPF) to probe "specific acts of omission and commission" by an inspector general and three other officers in connection with the April 6 Dantewada Maoist attack, on June 30 submitted its report to the force headquarters in New Delhi. T
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A court of inquiry (CoI), set up by the Central Reserve Police (CRPF) to probe "specific acts of omission and commission" by an inspector general and three other officers in connection with the April 6 Dantewada Maoist attack, on June 30 submitted its report to the force headquarters in New Delhi. The inquiry was constituted in the aftermath of the recommendations of E. N. Rammohan Committee, which probed the Dantewada massacre, that "specific" responsibility of the four officers should be "fixed" and disciplinary proceedings, if needed, be initiated. 75 CRPF personnel and a Chhattisgarh Policeman were killed by Maoists in the attack.
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June - 30 
Times of India reports that Maoists-sponsored bandh has become a regular feature in Bihar with as many as 19 bandhs called by the Maoists in the State in 2010 alone. These exclude the 48-hour bandh called by them from June 29-midnight against "anti-people policies of the Central government". Accordi
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Times of India reports that Maoists-sponsored bandh has become a regular feature in Bihar with as many as 19 bandhs called by the Maoists in the State in 2010 alone. These exclude the 48-hour bandh called by them from June 29-midnight against "anti-people policies of the Central government". According to figures compiled by the Bihar Police, the State during the past six months saw bandhs called by the Maoists on 38 days. In terms of hours - the Maoists usually give call for 24, 48 or 72 hours - they enforced bandh for 912 hours from January to June. The Maoists called bandh for four days in three phases in January, for six days in four phases in February, for six days in three phases in March, for a day in April and for 10 days in four phases each in May and June. An unnamed railway official estimated losses to the tune of a whopping INR 10 crore due to Maoist attacks on the railways' properties on each bandh day. A somewhat similar loss is incurred by the State Government, an unnamed Government official said and explained the Maoists destroyed Police pickets, school buildings, roads and bridges during such bandhs. Totalled, the loss comes to INR 740 crore, INR 370 crore each to the railways and the State Government, during the past six months.
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July - 5 
A national TV channel and Intelligence sources on July 5 reported that United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah was provided safe home in Pakistan by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), according to Sentinel. Earlier it was reported that he was shifted to Kachin provi
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A national TV channel and Intelligence sources on July 5 reported that United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Baruah was provided safe home in Pakistan by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), according to Sentinel. Earlier it was reported that he was shifted to Kachin province of Myanmar following Bangladesh crackdown on Northeast insurgents. Sources said, Barua was escorted by the ISI from his hideout in Chittagong Hills Tract and brought to an undisclosed location of Pakistan.
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July - 5 
The Planning Commission decided in favour of pumping nearly INR 140 billion into social and physical infrastructure building in some 35 Districts affected by activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports Telegraph. The plan, formulated at the request of finance minister Pra
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The Planning Commission decided in favour of pumping nearly INR 140 billion into social and physical infrastructure building in some 35 Districts affected by activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports Telegraph. The plan, formulated at the request of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, will focus on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, rural roads, health, rural electricity, universal elementary education, child nutrition and health and new residential schools called ashram schools.
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July - 6 
Times of India reports that Chandrakala Tiwari, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activist who was arrested on February 4, 2009, from Udhamsingh Nagar in Uttarakhand, had named Babita Upreti as an activist of the Krantikari Mahila Morcha, the women’s wing of CPI-Maoist, and her husband
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Times of India reports that Chandrakala Tiwari, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activist who was arrested on February 4, 2009, from Udhamsingh Nagar in Uttarakhand, had named Babita Upreti as an activist of the Krantikari Mahila Morcha, the women’s wing of CPI-Maoist, and her husband Hem Pandey as a party activist during her interrogation in 2009. While Chandrakala was recently released, her husband Prashant Sanglikar, a qualified engineer and a zonal committee member of the party, is still in jail.
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July - 7 
Assam Tribune reports that the recent arrest of an agent of Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent in Tripura foiled a game plan of the Pakistani agency to create a new network in the Northeast States including Assam. Security sources said that one of the tasks given to the ISI agent Omar
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Assam Tribune reports that the recent arrest of an agent of Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent in Tripura foiled a game plan of the Pakistani agency to create a new network in the Northeast States including Assam. Security sources said that one of the tasks given to the ISI agent Omar Ashraf alias Momin Khan was to create a network of “sleeper agents” in the Northeast region. Sources said that Omar was a well trained ISI agent and after receiving his training in Pakistan, he was sent to Dhaka, Bangladesh from where he managed to sneak into India by taking advantage of the porous international border. After completion of his initial job of establishing a network of contacts in the Northeast, he was to be posted in either Western of Northern India to work as a “sleeping agent” and work for the Pakistani agency whenever required. He was planning to board a flight out of Tripura when he was trapped, sources added. This was not his first visit to India and in the past also, he visited the Northeast region and during questioning by the Police and security agencies, he admitted that he even visited Guwahati during his previous visit and stayed for a few days.
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July - 8 
A report submitted by security agencies to the State Government says that with Maoist Politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan no longer mobile, the CPI -Maoist has set up new jurisdictional units with additional responsibility to Jharkhand-based Dwijen Hembram. Hembram alias Anantada is from Binp
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A report submitted by security agencies to the State Government says that with Maoist Politburo member Koteswar Rao alias Kishan no longer mobile, the CPI -Maoist has set up new jurisdictional units with additional responsibility to Jharkhand-based Dwijen Hembram. Hembram alias Anantada is from Binpur in Jhargram. A regional and State Committee member, Hembram is prime accused in the November 2008 Salboni attack. The report indicates that frequent encounters with Security Forces and tighter Police surveillance have forced Maoists to shift their core operational base from the Lalgarh-Belpahari area in West Midnapore to the Ayodhya hills of Purulia. This area is currently not covered by the Security Forces.
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July - 9 
Reports indicate that another faction of the Military Council faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP-MC) has emerged and the new faction has formed its own Central Security Council (CSC) comprising of 18 members led by Lalhaba Mangang, ‘secretary’ military affairs. A statement issued by Lalh
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Reports indicate that another faction of the Military Council faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP-MC) has emerged and the new faction has formed its own Central Security Council (CSC) comprising of 18 members led by Lalhaba Mangang, ‘secretary’ military affairs. A statement issued by Lalhaba Mangang said the outfit held its Congress from June 11 to 15 at its general headquarter located at somewhere in Indo-Tibetan border and assigned portfolio of 13 CSC members.
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July - 9 
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) have shifted some of their cadre to Kulgam and Shopian areas from Mahore in Reasi District reportedly after getting a SOS from their ‘commanders’ based in Kashmir Valley, reports Daily Excelsior. Intelligence reports said a HM’s ‘district command
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The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) have shifted some of their cadre to Kulgam and Shopian areas from Mahore in Reasi District reportedly after getting a SOS from their ‘commanders’ based in Kashmir Valley, reports Daily Excelsior. Intelligence reports said a HM’s ‘district commander’ Hanief Mohammad alias Basharat, a known motivator of youths into militancy who was operating in Mahore for past several years, has recently crossed over to Kulgam along with his couple of associates two to three days back on being called by his Valley based ‘commanders’. Three LeT militants led by Abu Qatil have also moved to Kulgam and Shopian areas bordering Mahore through Pir Panjal range during the past few days along with arms and ammunition, reports said. Security Forces (SFs) and Police have intercepted a number of messages of the militants which confirmed departure of Basharat and Qatil along with their associates from upper reaches of Mahore to surrounding Kashmir areas of Kulgam and Shopian. Due to their migration, the activities of remaining cadre of LeT and HM outfits have virtually come to a standstill despite the fact that 14 militants, including four to five foreign mercenaries were still active in Mahore, Arnas and Chasana areas. Reports added that there could be some other reasons also behind migration of the militants from Mahore to Kulgam and Shopian though the apparent cause at this stage appeared to be latest upsurge in Kashmir which the LeT and HM outfits are trying to exploit to the best possible extent. Mounting pressure of Army and police against the militants especially their leadership in Mahore might have also forced the militants to take refuge in some "safe shelter houses’’ in Kulgam, Shopian and surrounding areas for the time being. Recent incidents of inter-group rivalry among the LeT and HM cadre in Mahore in which some militants have been killed could also be a reason for some militants shifting to Kashmir to get the differences sorted out with the help of their ‘commanders’, reports added further. Few days back, Security Forces and Police had recovered skeleton of a militant in Mahore which was later identified as that of Zubair Gujjar, a LeT militant, who had been shot dead by Irfan Kashmiri, a HM ‘area commander’. Investigations had revealed that Zubair was killed by Irfan Kashmiri to take the revenge of his colleague Abu Talha, a HM militant from Kashmir operating in Mahore-Gool-Gulabgarh belt for past several years. Reports said Hanief alias Basharat, a HM ‘commander’ and Abu Qatil, a LeT militant might have been called by their group leaders for a truce between the two outfits before they suffer more losses.
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July - 12 
Raids on some PFI activists last week revealed that the outfit tried to infiltrate its cadres into an exhibition organised by Navy in Kochi. It was also found that PFI took undue interest in a mock anti-terror drill jointly conducted by Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Kerala Police in October 2009. Maps
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Raids on some PFI activists last week revealed that the outfit tried to infiltrate its cadres into an exhibition organised by Navy in Kochi. It was also found that PFI took undue interest in a mock anti-terror drill jointly conducted by Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Kerala Police in October 2009. Maps of at least three temples and CDs of al-Qaeda and Taliban training were also seized.
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July - 14 
Intelligence agencies had earlier received reports that a 15-member ULFA group had entered Dibrugarh District from Myanmar through Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh. They said the group has hardcore cadres like Samudra Nirmaliya and Gojen Konwar. However, the 15 to 20-member group was not moving t
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Intelligence agencies had earlier received reports that a 15-member ULFA group had entered Dibrugarh District from Myanmar through Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh. They said the group has hardcore cadres like Samudra Nirmaliya and Gojen Konwar. However, the 15 to 20-member group was not moving together. “They have split into groups of two or three and are working in areas like Joypur, Tingkhong, Namrup, Naharkatia, Duliajan and Moran. They have also served extortion notes to some businessmen,” a Police official said. “Ulfa is desperately trying to make its presence felt in Upper Assam by making efforts to rebuild its network in the villages,” the official added. The Police also believe that the hardliners within ULFA were encouraged by the fact that the direct talks between the Centre and the outfit were not making much headway.
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July - 15 
Sources told NDTV that Maoists went to Yunan in China and possibly were trained there as well. However, there's no evidence to suggest the involvement of the Chinese establishment in this, it could have been the mafia. Security Forces are now pursuing the angle for further information.
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Sources told NDTV that Maoists went to Yunan in China and possibly were trained there as well. However, there's no evidence to suggest the involvement of the Chinese establishment in this, it could have been the mafia. Security Forces are now pursuing the angle for further information.
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July - 19 
The intelligence agencies in New Delhi on July 19 submitted reports to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stating that a number of former Khalistani militants based in Germany had been trying to revive militancy in Punjab, reports Times of India. Sources said that the Punjab Police had been du
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The intelligence agencies in New Delhi on July 19 submitted reports to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stating that a number of former Khalistani militants based in Germany had been trying to revive militancy in Punjab, reports Times of India. Sources said that the Punjab Police had been duly informed, and asked to keep a strict vigil on activities of all those who were directly or indirectly linked to all the former militants who had not only been living in Germany but also in USA, Canada and UK.
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July - 21 
Intelligence reports indicates that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has renewed efforts to set up new sleeper cells in Gujarat and elsewhere in the country, reports DNA. For the last six months, the ISI has been trying to create new sleeper cells in the State to replace those of the Stu
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Intelligence reports indicates that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has renewed efforts to set up new sleeper cells in Gujarat and elsewhere in the country, reports DNA. For the last six months, the ISI has been trying to create new sleeper cells in the State to replace those of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) that were neutralised by the Gujarat Police. Sources in the State intelligence said SIMI’s sleeper cells had provided key support to the terrorists who had carried out the bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in 2008. Though Simi is now banned, investigation into the activities of its suspected members has continued. The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad Police, recently arrested three persons suspected of planning bomb blasts in the city.
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July - 21 
Myanmarese nationals have made Shillong as their "rendezvous point" for arms transaction with Northeast rebels, a top intelligence official said on July 21, reports Assam Tribune. A central intelligence agency has recently alerted the Meghalaya Police of former 'captain' of Chin National Army (CNA),
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Myanmarese nationals have made Shillong as their "rendezvous point" for arms transaction with Northeast rebels, a top intelligence official said on July 21, reports Assam Tribune. A central intelligence agency has recently alerted the Meghalaya Police of former 'captain' of Chin National Army (CNA), Tialkulhtang, of smuggling arms and ammunition from Mandalay in Myanmar. Chin are an ethnic group of Myanmmar. "Tialkulhtang, a known arms smuggler, is in the process of smuggling consignment of arms and ammunition meant for some rebel groups operating in the region," the intelligence official told IANS on condition of anonymity. Tialkulhtang is believed to be operating from somewhere in Shillong. The arms are likely to enter India through Mizoram via Siakhumphaivaphai area of Champai District, he added. The report adds that India-Myanmar is used by the illegal weapons syndicate to smuggle small and medium arms and ammunition, besides explosives, to Northeastern militant groups. "These Burmese Mizo (read Myanmarese ethnic Chin) have made Shillong as their safe haven taking advantage of tribal Indian Mizo identity who have settled here," a senior Meghalaya Police requesting anonymity, said. The Police official, however, claimed that a number of Myanmarese Chin arms smugglers have been arrested from Shillong.
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July - 25 
Polish intelligence had, a week before the July 7, 2008 Indian embassy bombing, warned of a possible Taliban attack on Indian interests in the Afghan capital with the "main goal" to show its ability to attack on every object in Kabul, according to a document leaked by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, r
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Polish intelligence had, a week before the July 7, 2008 Indian embassy bombing, warned of a possible Taliban attack on Indian interests in the Afghan capital with the "main goal" to show its ability to attack on every object in Kabul, according to a document leaked by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, reports Times of India. The document on possible attack on the Indian embassy is part of a massive leak of 92,000 intelligence reports that suggested that the war in Afghanistan is going badly for the US and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is fuelling the insurgency in the war-torn country. Advance copies of the leak were made available to three publications - The New York Times, British daily newspaper Guardian, and German weekly Der Spiegel, which made some excerpts available. The document dealing with the Indian embassy is titled 'Threat Report: Threat to Indian Embassy.' The date of information is June 30, 2008, while the date of report is July 1, 2008. The organisation involved is "Taliban Center" and the Report number is 75010708. "Taliban are planning to carry out an attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. TB (Taliban) designated an engineer to take this action," the document reads. "He intends to use stolen ANA/ANP (Afghan National Army/ Afghan National Police) car, and wears stolen uniform. He speaks Dari with distinct Iranian accent. Allegedly, he is the owner of a company," it added. "INS (insurgents) are planning to divide into two groups: first will attack Indian embassy building, whilst the second group will engage security posts in front of MOI (ministry of interior), IOT (in order to) give possibility to escape attackers from the first group," the report said. However, other documents strongly indicate that Pakistan's ISI is supporting the insurgency in Afghanistan, as well as plotting with Taliban leaders to assassinate Afghan leaders. The New York Times pointed out that it has been difficult for the US to pin Pakistan's spy agency directly to an attack orchestrated by the Taliban. But the assault on the Indian embassy led the Central Investigation Agency's then deputy director Stephen R. Kappes to immediately go to Islamabad to confront the ISI with evidence that it had helped organise the attack. Another leaked document, dated August 2008, identifies a colonel in the ISI plotting with a Taliban official to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai. However, there were no accompanying details and the report could not be verified. Meanwhile, US national security advisor James Jones, in a statement, condemned the leaks as "irresponsible" and said that WikiLeaks had not contacted the US Government before going public. "The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organisations which could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security," Jones said.
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July - 25 
Times of India reports that India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may attempt to strike during the October 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report. The fears were conveyed by the Indian Army leadership to Admiral Mike Mu
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Times of India reports that India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may attempt to strike during the October 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report. The fears were conveyed by the Indian Army leadership to Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was in New Delhi on July 24 and 25, The Sunday Times said in a dispatch from Islamabad. After his arrival in Pakistan, Mullen had on July 24 said that the LeT has expanded its operations to Afghanistan and the West and has become more active throughout the region. The paper said the LeT has joined forces with the Taliban in a new alliance to kill western soldiers in Afghanistan. In the past few weeks NATO commanders are convinced that LeT are behind a string of attacks and influx of fighters into eastern Afghanistan, the newspaper said. The issue was raised by Admiral Mullen after he arrived in Islamabad for meetings with Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani, the report said. Outlawed under US pressure in 2002, the outfit has continued to operate under different names. The LeT's camps have long been used by al Qaeda for training.
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July - 26 
Times of India reports that Nagpur appears to be emerging as a new hub for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) with security agencies suspecting that it is being used for transit, treatment and regrouping. With its proximity to Naxalite [Left Wing Extremists] hotbeds like Chhattisgarh,
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Times of India reports that Nagpur appears to be emerging as a new hub for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoists) with security agencies suspecting that it is being used for transit, treatment and regrouping. With its proximity to Naxalite [Left Wing Extremists] hotbeds like Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, sources also indicated that Nagpur was being used not just as a transit point but also for medical treatment. As per sources in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), there are credible bits of information available to suggest that Naxalites from Naxal-affected States like Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in particular, are increasingly using Nagpur as a transit point.
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July - 28 
the leaders of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) asked the cadres to target Security Forces (SFs) and Central Government installations. However, the ULFA cadres were asked to avoid killing of civilians as far as possible, Police sources said. Sources said that in recent times, the ‘109th ba
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the leaders of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) asked the cadres to target Security Forces (SFs) and Central Government installations. However, the ULFA cadres were asked to avoid killing of civilians as far as possible, Police sources said. Sources said that in recent times, the ‘109th battalion’ of the ULFA has become active in lower Assam Districts, particularly in Goalpara District and the recent ambush of CRPF personnel, proved the intercepts to be correct. On the activities of the other battalions of the ULFA, sources revealed that recently Police and SFs foiled a bid by the ‘27th battalion’ of the outfit, headed by Nayan Medhi to target the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL). Sources, however, refused to divulge the details of the operation. The ‘28th battalion’ is concentrating more on launching extortion drive in recent times; members of the unit have not launched any major offensive. After the surrender of a number of cadres, the leaders of the unit are apprehensive of sending cadres to Assam from their bases in Myanmar, sources added. The ‘709th battalion’ headed by Hira Sarania has not indulged in major act of violence in recent times and Police believes that Sarania is closer to the ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa and the possibility of his agreeing for talks in future cannot be ruled out. A 10-member group of the ULFA built tent on some chaporis (sandbars) along the Brahmaputra River close to Majuli Island to intensify its operations in the Upper Assam Districts, according to Telegraph. Sources in the State Intelligence Bureau said the group was taking shelter at a few chaporis near Lakhimpur District and coordinating a fund collection drive in Lakhimpur, Jorhat and Golaghat Districts. “The group, led by Biplab Barua of Sivasagar district, is using the river network and was shuttling between Sikoli Chapori and Charai Chapori till a few weeks back; it is distributing extortion notes among businessmen in Lakhimpur, Golaghat and Jorhat districts,” the source said.
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July - 28 
There are total 27,261 Bru refugees from Mizoram in six relief camps in North District in Tripura as per a head count completed on July 28, reports Press Trust of India. The head count exercise was undertaken as per the instruction of the Mizoram Government, which is regarded as the first step in th
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There are total 27,261 Bru refugees from Mizoram in six relief camps in North District in Tripura as per a head count completed on July 28, reports Press Trust of India. The head count exercise was undertaken as per the instruction of the Mizoram Government, which is regarded as the first step in the effort to repatriate all Bru refugees in 2010, following instructions of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram that it be completed by October end. Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), which undertook the exercise, said the relief camps were located at Kanchanpur sub-division in North District in Tripura and the refugees were classified into two groups – those who migrated en masse in 1997 and those in 2009. Union Home Minister, who visited Aizawl on May 25, asked the Bru leaders to ensure that all refugees were repatriated to Mizoram and said he would visit Mizoram again to oversee the repatriation process.
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July - 30 
Assam Tribune quoting the Union Ministry of Home Affairs sources reports that militancy-related violence in the Northeastern region has come down during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Of the Northeastern States, Assam and Manipur continue to remain trouble-torn,
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Assam Tribune quoting the Union Ministry of Home Affairs sources reports that militancy-related violence in the Northeastern region has come down during the first six months of 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Of the Northeastern States, Assam and Manipur continue to remain trouble-torn, although the incidence of violence has come down during the past six months. Mizoram remains the most peaceful State. For the period January to June 2010, Assam accounted for 121 incidents of violence. In 2009, during the same period 263 incidents were reported. Two Security Forces (SFs) and 23 civilians died in 2010. However, in 2009, 20 SFs and 99 civilians died between January to June. Sources said that Manipur continues to remain violence-prone with 183 such incidents reported so far. However, in 2009 till June, 362 cases were reported. Two SFs and 16 civilians have died so far, a figure less than 2009’s with seven and 51 SFs and civilians killed respectively. In Meghalaya, 11 such militant related violence occurred and one civilian has died in 2010. In fact Meghalaya is the only State in the region to have accounted an increase in violence during the first six months of 2010 compared to 2009’s figures. In 2009 between January and June there were just four cases of militant-related violence. Mizoram remains the only State with no militant-related violence reported since 2009. In 2008, there was just one such case. There was no death of civilians or SFs in the State since 2008.
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August - 4 
The Government on August 4 said that a total of 36 civilians were killed and 1,266 Security Force personnel injured in different violent incidents in the Valley in the last three months, Times of India reports. "Between June 11 and August 2, 36 civilian deaths were reported. Total 1,266 were injured
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The Government on August 4 said that a total of 36 civilians were killed and 1,266 Security Force personnel injured in different violent incidents in the Valley in the last three months, Times of India reports. "Between June 11 and August 2, 36 civilian deaths were reported. Total 1,266 were injured among Security Forces," Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament). "During June and July, 872 stone-pelting incidents were reported in the Valley," he said in a written reply to a question. Maken said there have been a "series of protests since June 11 and the Security Forces were targeted by protestors by a volley of stone-pelting incidents and this led to clashes and casualties of civilians and injuries to Security Forces and civilians." Casualties were followed by more protests leading to a vicious cycle of events and more clashes, the mobs engaged in arson and destruction of public property and the Police had to resort to curfew and restrictions in the Valley, he said. Replying to another question, the minister said there was no death on the side of Security Forces and 220 civilians were injured in violence between June and July.
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August - 11 
The total number of surrendered militants of the NLFT and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) outfits rose to around 130 in 2010. According to an official document, over 8,200 militants have surrendered to the authorities in Tripura since 1993. According to the BSF and other security officials, milit
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The total number of surrendered militants of the NLFT and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) outfits rose to around 130 in 2010. According to an official document, over 8,200 militants have surrendered to the authorities in Tripura since 1993. According to the BSF and other security officials, militants belonging to various militant groups in the Northeast region have set up about 90 camps in different parts of Bangladesh, especially Sylhet District and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), bordering Tripura, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
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August - 12 
According to Times of India, Indian Air Force (IAF) is contemplating deployment of additional helicopters in the ongoing anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] operations, with its two Mi-17s and two Dhruvs already operating in Chhattisgarh armed with "sideward mounted machine guns'' to fire back in "self
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According to Times of India, Indian Air Force (IAF) is contemplating deployment of additional helicopters in the ongoing anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] operations, with its two Mi-17s and two Dhruvs already operating in Chhattisgarh armed with "sideward mounted machine guns'' to fire back in "self-defence'' if they come under attack from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres. IAF feels it will be in a better position to deploy additional helicopters for logistical support in the coming months since its 19 choppers currently deployed in UN peace-keeping duties in Congo are slated to return to India soon. "Moreover, the first lot of the 80 advanced Mi-17 helicopters ordered from Russia, for around $1.2 billion, should begin arriving by October-November,'' said a source.
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August - 13 
The Centre has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh Government on 600 tonnes of explosives reported missing while being transported from Rajasthan, reports The Hindu. "It is a very serious matter. We have asked the Madhya Pradesh government to send a report immediately," a Union Ministry of Home
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The Centre has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh Government on 600 tonnes of explosives reported missing while being transported from Rajasthan, reports The Hindu. "It is a very serious matter. We have asked the Madhya Pradesh government to send a report immediately," a Union Ministry of Home Affairs official said. 61 trucks carrying the explosives were sent from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited at Dholpur to a trading company at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The explosives were sent over four months, from April to July 2010.
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August - 16 
The total number of Bru refugees, lodged at six relief camps in North District of Tripura, stands at 31,703, according to a resurvey of their population conducted in August 2010 by the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), reports Press Trust of India. “The population of the ones who had lef
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The total number of Bru refugees, lodged at six relief camps in North District of Tripura, stands at 31,703, according to a resurvey of their population conducted in August 2010 by the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), reports Press Trust of India. “The population of the ones who had left Mizoram in the wake of the murder of Lalzawmliana, a forest guard inside the Dampa Tiger Reserve in October 1997 by Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) militants stands at 29,520 individuals from 5,448 families,” MBDPF president Elvis Chorkhy said.
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August - 18 
Among the 28 Pakistani nationals repatriated to their country via the Attari-Wagah border on August 19 were two persons who had served time in Indian jails for doing their bit to aid the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan, according to Indian Express. Haji Iqb
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Among the 28 Pakistani nationals repatriated to their country via the Attari-Wagah border on August 19 were two persons who had served time in Indian jails for doing their bit to aid the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan, according to Indian Express. Haji Iqbal Ahmad and Mohammad Asif were in jail for eight years in Maharashtra for aiding a bank robbery in Mumbai to generate funds for the hijacking of IC-814. “Whatever we did, we have been punished for it. I am happy that I have been finally released and can go home,” said Iqbal Ahmad, adding that his years in Indian jails were “memorable”. He said his jail term had ended long ago but he could not go home because Pakistani authorities had not completed verification formalities. They were escorted to the border by Maharashtra Police Constables. They had completed their jail terms in February 2008. “Since then, we had been living at the Borivli police station,” said Iqbal Ahmad.
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August - 18 
Surrendered Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) cadres are slowly taking charge over some crucial business interests in Meghalaya. Sources said the surrendered cadres are also getting the bulk of contract works in North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU). The unemployed youths in the State a
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Surrendered Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) cadres are slowly taking charge over some crucial business interests in Meghalaya. Sources said the surrendered cadres are also getting the bulk of contract works in North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU). The unemployed youths in the State allege that the Government is tilted towards the surrendered militants instead of encouraging educated youths for productive growth. Sources said that whenever any tenders are floated by NEHU the officers of the construction wing direct the youths to meet and seek permission from Julius Dorphang, the former self-styled HNLC ‘chairman’ and his associates. Incidentally Dorphang is also a seasoned businessman now. Some registered contractors of NEHU on request of anonymity said, "Surrendered HNLC cadres are the bosses in NEHU and they are the ones who control the tendering process now."
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August - 20 
Combined forces battling the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in seven States are not having much success, Union Home Ministry statistics for 2008, 2009 and the first six months of 2010 show. Combined forces men are running anti-Maoist operations in Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, And
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Combined forces battling the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in seven States are not having much success, Union Home Ministry statistics for 2008, 2009 and the first six months of 2010 show. Combined forces men are running anti-Maoist operations in Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Compared to previous years, the performance of the combined forces has slipped in 2010. In the first six months alone, 209 Security personnel have been felled by Maoists. In 2009, a total of 317 soldiers were killed and 231 were killed in 2008. However, fewer Maoists died at the hands of Security Forces (SFs). Between January and June, just 97 ultras were killed in encounters. A total of 217 Maoists died in 2009 and 199 in 2008. The high number of civilians killed by Maoists in these three years also goes to show how badly the combined forces have done. During the first six months of 2010, the number of civilians killed by ultra-reds stand at 325, whereas 591 and 490 were killed during the whole of 2008 and 2009. Very few Maoists surrendered this year too, which is another cause for worry. In 2008, 400 Maoists gave up arms and expressed their wish to join the mainstream. This number fell to just 150 in 2009 and to 134 between January and June 2010. The only silver lining was that the paramilitary were successful in destroying many Maoist training camps, the home ministry report shows. In 2008, there were 199 training camps. In 2009, Maoists set up 18 more camps, but the forces destroyed many and today, only 97 camps are known to exist.
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August - 20 
Police in Jharkhand are fighting the well-armed groups of Left Wing Extremists without having adequate number of main strike weapons (e.g. Insas rifles, AK-47 and stein guns), area weapons (e.g. mortars, light machine guns and hand grenade launchers) and security equipments like bullet proof jacket
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Police in Jharkhand are fighting the well-armed groups of Left Wing Extremists without having adequate number of main strike weapons (e.g. Insas rifles, AK-47 and stein guns), area weapons (e.g. mortars, light machine guns and hand grenade launchers) and security equipments like bullet proof jackets and bullet proof helmets. An audit report, released in Ranchi on August 20 by the State's principal accountant general (PAG), revealed that five Naxal [Left Wing Extremist]-affected Districts - Palamu, Ranchi, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Hazaribagh - have shortfalls of main strike weapons ranging between 29 to 64 per cent. While Ranchi, one of the worst hit Districts by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) activities, has shortfall of 64 per cent, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum have shortfalls of 42 and 47 percent respectively. In Ranchi District, the total strength of Police manpower is 4,895 whereas only 1,773 main strike weapons and area weapons are available, causing shortfall of 3,122 weapons (64 per cent). Similarly, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum Districts have shortfall of 969 and 1016 weapons, which constitute 42 and 47 per cent less that the sanctioned strength of Police manpower. Palamu and Hazaribag that always remain in news for Naxal attacks on Police and civilians, have shortfall of 29 and 45 percent weapons, respectively. "Though two units of Jharkhand Armed Police, JAP-one and JAP-five, were found to be over armed by 77 and 81 per cent respectively; the newly formed and centrally-funded India Reserve Battalion (IRB-2), one of the main combat force of the state Police, was found to be under-armed to the extent of 49 per cent," the audit report reads. The IRB-2 has shortfall of 463 such weapons. Similarly, only 12 per cent Police personnel deployed in these Naxal-hit Districts have bulletproof jackets and bullet proof helmets. As per convention, each personnel should have one set of bulletproof jacket and helmets. "The shortfall in strike weapons and their irrational distribution could lead to under-performance and casualties in anti-insurgency operations, especially in Naxal-affected Districts," the PAG, Jharkhand, Rakesh Kumar Verma told Hindustan Times. The State Director General of Police (DGP), Neyaz Ahmad said, "Efforts are underway to purchase more strike weapons and bullet proof jackets for the State's constabulary. We have already placed orders for supply of such gadgets under the Police modernization programme."
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August - 20 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has alerted the Assam State Police about Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) establishing links with militants in Assam. The missive issued this week also States that the Maoists, who had a base in North Bengal earlier, are trying to revive it. Besides,
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has alerted the Assam State Police about Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) establishing links with militants in Assam. The missive issued this week also States that the Maoists, who had a base in North Bengal earlier, are trying to revive it. Besides, they are trying to establish fresh contact with several Naxalite groups that had so far been dormant. The MHA has pointed out that the Maoists are trying to rope in former members of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) and use them as conduits. Already, two Maoist "linkmen" have been arrested from Kokrajhar with AK-47. The Maoists are now contacting militants in Assam and also looking for supply of arms, the MHA missive says. Maoist leader Kishanji recently proposed a three-month ceasefire, but senior Police Officers feels this is a ploy to buy time as the Maoists' arms stock is dwindling in Jangalmahal, West Bengal. The communication says the Maoists could try to set up a corridor connecting North Bengal to Assam for supply of arms.
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August - 25 
In 2008 and 2009, the Police engaged Maoists and criminals in encounters on 46 and 40 occasions respectively.
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In 2008 and 2009, the Police engaged Maoists and criminals in encounters on 46 and 40 occasions respectively.
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August - 30 
The security agencies have come across links between the CPI-Maoist and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSC-IM) which is under cease-fire agreement with the Union Government. Sources said that the security agencies have definite information of NSCN-IM leaders attending a meet
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The security agencies have come across links between the CPI-Maoist and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSC-IM) which is under cease-fire agreement with the Union Government. Sources said that the security agencies have definite information of NSCN-IM leaders attending a meeting of the Maoist groups in Dandakaryana in Chattisgarh and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has taken serious note of the situation and the matter was taken up with the NSCN-IM leaders. Sources said that the CPI-Maoist has openly supported all the “nationality struggles” including the struggle of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). The report adds that Maoists have started issuing statements supporting the cause of the ULFA and CPI-Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji recently openly extended support to the ULFA in an interview.
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September - 20 
In 2010, BSF troops of the Assam and Meghalaya frontier killed four militants of ULFA and Military Council of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), arrested 17 militants belonging to the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), KLNLF, People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Mi
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In 2010, BSF troops of the Assam and Meghalaya frontier killed four militants of ULFA and Military Council of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), arrested 17 militants belonging to the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), KLNLF, People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Military Council faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) among others. They also got nine militants of ULFA, NDFB and All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) to surrender along with arms and ammunition.
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September - 22 
More than 200 Village Defence Committees (VDCs) were activated in Bani-Billawar belt and more than two dozens in border areas of Hiranagar in Kathua District by The police and civil administration following reports of movement of seven LeT militants in the upper reaches and inputs cautioning about f
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More than 200 Village Defence Committees (VDCs) were activated in Bani-Billawar belt and more than two dozens in border areas of Hiranagar in Kathua District by The police and civil administration following reports of movement of seven LeT militants in the upper reaches and inputs cautioning about fresh infiltration by the militants. Over 200 VDCs in Bani-Billawar belt, each comprising about six to eight members which have been lying low for past quite sometime, were activated by the authorities after visit to all remote and mountainous areas and asked to maintain a strict vigil on activities of the anti-national elements. There had been reports with Police and civil administration that seven militants, headed by a Pakistani Abu Maaz, were moving in Bani-Billawar belt especially in upper reaches of Lohai Malhar. Movement of the militants has been confirmed by local people and Police besides some nomads.
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October - 7 
The law-enforcing agencies over the last seven years are not taking action against surrendered Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) cadres who are involved in killing, abduction and extortion cases, reports Sentinel. The Police records said that most of the HNLC cadres who surrendered befo
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The law-enforcing agencies over the last seven years are not taking action against surrendered Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) cadres who are involved in killing, abduction and extortion cases, reports Sentinel. The Police records said that most of the HNLC cadres who surrendered before the Government during 2003 and 2007 were behind heinous crimes committed in the State. The report adds that the surrendered HNLC leaders like Khainborlang Wanniang, Kynsai Jyrwa, James Sylliang, K. Tongwah, Herman Pakyntein, Lung ktung and others have not been booked for their past criminal activities except a couple of cases filed against surrendered HNLC cadres for their ‘misadventures’ on certain occasions. The report reveals that not a single case has been registered against surrendered HNLC ‘chairman’ Julius Dorphang so far. The report also mentions that there are 300 surrendered HNLC cadres in the State.
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October - 7 
Unified Headquarters decided to revoke the Public Safety Act against 12 protesters, who had been arrested during the ongoing unrest in the Valley, official sources said. The State Government has booked 322 persons, including 50 on the charge of stone pelting and 22 separatists for fuelling the unres
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Unified Headquarters decided to revoke the Public Safety Act against 12 protesters, who had been arrested during the ongoing unrest in the Valley, official sources said. The State Government has booked 322 persons, including 50 on the charge of stone pelting and 22 separatists for fuelling the unrest since January 2010.
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October - 7 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) called upon its cadres to repeat Dantewada like attack (in which 75 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in Chhattisgarh in April 2010) as a counter offensive to the Operation Green Hunt taken up by the UPA Government to crush the Maoist mov
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) called upon its cadres to repeat Dantewada like attack (in which 75 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in Chhattisgarh in April 2010) as a counter offensive to the Operation Green Hunt taken up by the UPA Government to crush the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya region. A report signed by spokesperson Abhay and released on October 4, said the Maoists had lost 1500 of their comrades after the formation of the party and 300 in the last one year. In all, 10,000 people died in the Naxal movement in the country, the report said. It stated that there was a qualitative change in counter-intelligence activities after UPA came to power for the second time. The party said the "War on People" in Andhra-Orissa, Telangana-Chattisgarh, Jharkhand-Orissa, Jharkhand-Bihar and Dandakaranya regions was influenced by the "War on Terror" unleashed by the US." The report also noted that though the movement had suffered some setbacks in Andhra Pradesh and north Chhattisgarh and north Orissa, it had many successes which compensated the loss and gave a boost to the self confidence of the cadres. According to the note, eight top most leaders, including Azad, were killed between May 2009 and June 2010 and another 10 state-level leaders were either killed or were put behind bars. The party listed the attacks of Singanamadugu, Tadimetla, Kongera (Chhattisgarh), Laheri (Maharashtra), Sankrail and Silda (Bengal), Gumla, Vishnupur, Latehar (Jharkhand) Tandwa Bazar (Bihar) as successful attacks and said all these incidents won the party the support of the revolutionary forces, intellectuals, democrats, progressive and patriotic forces.
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October - 10 
A new phenomenon called 'legal infiltration' is causing concern among security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir as reports emerge that youths are visiting Pakistan on regular visas which are extended to facilitate their basic training in handling explosives and weapons, Times of India reports. The matt
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A new phenomenon called 'legal infiltration' is causing concern among security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir as reports emerge that youths are visiting Pakistan on regular visas which are extended to facilitate their basic training in handling explosives and weapons, Times of India reports. The matter came to the fore when Police arrested one person from Budgam who had ostensibly gone across the border for meeting relatives and later extended it by another two weeks during which he underwent the Daura-e-Aam (basic) training being organiszed by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). During interrogation, the youth, whose identity has not been revealed, told the investigators that there were other youths who were using the same modus operandi to get the training facility. In first week, a complete religious course is imparted after which assembling of assault rifles and detonating of grenades are taught. An unnamed senior official said LeT adopted this method and has been targeting educated unemployed youth in the Valley. "We have approached the immigration officials to keep a close tab on youth who extended their visas in Pakistan and the Gulf," the official said.
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October - 10 
The Centre has warned all the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected states of a turn in the fight against Naxalites — hundreds of Maoists being trained in Nepal by the People’s Liberation Army of Nepal Maoists and being supervised by terrorists from Lashkar-e-Toiba. According to Indian Express, in
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The Centre has warned all the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected states of a turn in the fight against Naxalites — hundreds of Maoists being trained in Nepal by the People’s Liberation Army of Nepal Maoists and being supervised by terrorists from Lashkar-e-Toiba. According to Indian Express, in an October 5 letter to chief secretaries and Director Generals of Police (DGPs) of the eight Left Wing Extremism-affected states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, MP, Andhra Pradesh and UP, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) gave the details of the movement of Maoists from India to Nepal and vice-versa, and requested the respective State Governments to be alert. The MHA note, says that on June 28 five cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Andhra Pradesh who were led by Pankaj from Bihar crossed over to Malangwa in Nepal and joined 20 trainees undergoing training by the People’s Liberation Army of Nepal Maoists. It also said it had information regarding 234 Maoists training in Nepal under supervision of Maoist leaders like Vinod Gurung, Prakash Mahato, and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) members like Latif Khan from Karachi and Razzaq Ansari.
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October - 15 
The al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had planed to carry out deadly attacks through ‘multiple shoot-outs' targeting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, sports venues and a five-star hotel in New Delhi specifically on October 12 and 13, reports Times of India. Al Qaeda and LeT had chosen thes
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The al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had planed to carry out deadly attacks through ‘multiple shoot-outs' targeting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village, sports venues and a five-star hotel in New Delhi specifically on October 12 and 13, reports Times of India. Al Qaeda and LeT had chosen these two dates for their strikes using terrorists trained in the region along Afghan-Pakistan border. The plan was to sneak in a number of jihadis simultaneously through India-Nepal or India-Bangladesh borders or from across the India's western border. There was also intelligence input that some others would come from West Asia, using legal channels through proper visas. Government sources said that a Western intelligence agency had tipped off India on October 10 about these specific plans. The Government had immediately enhanced the security of the Games venues and village from three layers to four and brought in additional forces, including armed commandos, to foil any attempt of sabotage even from air. "The input was very specific about the venues and suggested that the terrorists would probably come from West Asia, Nepal or from across India's western border," a source said. Security was also increased in all eight leading five-star hotels in Delhi. There was also information that the terrorists may use paragliders to reach the venues prompting authorities to put in place anti-aircraft guns. "Credentials of all foreign nationals arriving in international airports were checked one-by-one. Twenty Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) were deployed besides keeping ready a special team of 40 army and NSG commandos -- equipped with special weapons capable to shoot down paragliders from a distance -- near the sporting venues, including Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium," said the source. "Though the general threat still exists, the Delhi Police and other security agencies through their meticulous planning and deployment averted any strike specifically during the CWG," the source said. Sources said that the fresh inputs had nothing to do with what the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuJI) ‘commander’ and al Qaeda member Ilyas Kashmiri had threatened a month before the Games. "The latest plan was the brainchild of some other elements/modules within al-Qaeda and LeT," said a source.
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October - 15 
The wife of a key figure in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported on October 15. Citing sources close to the case, the daily said
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The wife of a key figure in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported on October 15. Citing sources close to the case, the daily said the wife of David Coleman Headley warned Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in August 2005 that her husband had undergone intensive training with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and was in contact with extremists. Headley's wife, who was not named in the report, called a terrorism hotline after getting into a fight with him in August 2008, the Post said. The FBI agents followed up, and interviewed her three times, the newspaper reported in a story co-authored with journalism foundation Pro Publica. She told agents that her husband "was an active militant in the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, had trained extensively in its Pakistani camps, and had shopped for night vision goggles," the Post reported. Despite the warning, Headley was able to continue moving freely, travelling to Pakistan, India, Dubai and Europe in 2006, gathering information and material that made the attack possible. US anti-terrorism agencies did warn Indian counterparts about a possible LeT plot to target Mumbai in 2008, but it was unclear whether the warnings were based on Headley's wife's tip-off two years earlier. Headley was reportedly also bragging about being a US Government informant before the attacks, telling his wife and others that he is working for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and FBI. Headley did work as an informant for the DEA in the 1990s when he was known by his birth name Daood Gilani and had been arrested for smuggling heroin from Pakistan. After a second arrest and more work for the agency, he went to Pakistan, where he became radicalized, the Post reported. Then, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, he began telling people he was working for a joint DEA-FBI project. But FBI officials told the Post they did not believe Headley, who changed his name in 2006, had ever worked for the FBI. Headley, the son of a former Pakistani diplomat and a white American woman, is being held in the United States. He confessed to plotting the attacks and in exchange for pleading guilty, US prosecutors agreed he would not face extradition to India or the death penalty.
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October - 17 
Two of the three wives of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley forewarned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the US media reported, according to The Hindu. Headley's American wife had given the FBI in New York a tip-
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Two of the three wives of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley forewarned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the US media reported, according to The Hindu. Headley's American wife had given the FBI in New York a tip-off on his Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) links in 2005, while his Moroccan wife, Faiza Outalha, had told authorities in the US embassy in Islamabad, less than a year before the Mumbai attacks, that Headley was plotting a terror strike. Faiza Outalha, claims she even showed the US embassy officials in Islamabad a photo of Headley and herself in the Taj Mahal Hotel, where they stayed twice in April and May 2007. “Hotel records confirm their stay,” the New York Times (NYT) reported. Outalha said that in two meetings with officials at the US embassy in Islamabad, she told them that her husband had many friends who were known to be LeT members. “Despite those warnings by two of his three wives, Headley roamed far and wide on Lashkar'sbehalf between 2002 and 2009, receiving training in small-calibre weapons and counter surveillance, scouting targets for attacks, and building a network of connections that extended from Chicago to Pakistan's lawless north-western frontier,” NYT said. Meanwhile, Mike Hammer, spokesman of the National Security Council, White House, told PTI, “Had we known about the timing and other specifics related to the Mumbai attacks, we would have immediately shared those details with India.” He said the US “regularly provided threat information” to Indian officials in 2008 before the attacks in Mumbai, adding, “It is our Government's solemn responsibility to notify other nations of possible terrorist activity on their soil.” He made the remarks when asked about an investigative report on the Mumbai attacks published by Pro Publica, an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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October - 19 
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, played a major role in helping prepare the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11), one of the planners of the attacks has told Indian interrogators, a report said on October 19 (today), according to Times
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The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, played a major role in helping prepare the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11), one of the planners of the attacks has told Indian interrogators, a report said on October 19 (today), according to Times of India. Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, who confessed to surveying targets for the attacks that left 166 people dead, made detailed claims about support from the ISI, said Britain's Guardian newspaper. Headley described dozens of meetings between officers of the ISI and senior militants from Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), said the paper, citing a 109-page Indian Government report into his interrogation. Guardian said Headley claimed the ISI was attempting to strengthen militant organisations with links to the Pakistani State which were being marginalised by more extreme groups. Headley claimed that at least two of his missions were partly paid for by the ISI and that he regularly reported to the spy agency, said the British daily. "The ISI... had no ambiguity in understanding the necessity to strike India," Headley is cited as telling the Indian investigators, who reportedly interviewed him over 34 hours in the US in June. The documents suggest, however, that the ISI's supervision of the militants was often chaotic and that most senior officers in the agency may have been unaware of the scale of the attacks before they were launched, added the paper. Headley, who changed his name from Daood Gilani, confessed to his role in plotting the attacks after being arrested in the US. In exchange for pleading guilty to the attacks, US prosecutors agreed he would not face extradition to India or the death penalty.
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October - 21 
A total of 797 personnel from State Police and Central Para Military Forces (CPMFs) like Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and National Security Guard (NSG) were killed during a period from September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010 in operations or attacks on them, reporte
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A total of 797 personnel from State Police and Central Para Military Forces (CPMFs) like Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and National Security Guard (NSG) were killed during a period from September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010 in operations or attacks on them, reported Times of India. The CRPF topped the list with 191 such cases which included 76 personnel who laid their lives in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District. Uttar Pradesh Police and BSF followed CRPF in casualties with 99 and 64 cases respectively. During 2008 September and August 2009, the Police forces lost 841 lives with UP Police topping the list with 107 cases followed by CRPF (81) and BSF (72). Punjab Police lost 57 Policemen during the period while Naxal-affected state Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Police had 43 and 21 casualties respectively. The figures for Jammu and Kashmir Police (49), West Bengal Police (48), Shahastra Seema Bal (SSB, 29), Railway Protection Force (RPF, 18), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF, 8) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP, 6). 25 Policemen died in Orissa while the figure was nine for Karnataka, Uttarakhand (18), Bihar (16), Manipur (10), Madhya Pradesh (8), Nagaland (5) and Assam (1). The National Security Guards lost five of their sharpshooters while Rajasthan Police lost one during the period.
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October - 22 
Nearly 80 trained militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, are waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from across the border along the Line of Control (LoC) to create trouble in the State in the run up to American President Barack Obama's visit to India early November, reported Times of India.
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Nearly 80 trained militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, are waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from across the border along the Line of Control (LoC) to create trouble in the State in the run up to American President Barack Obama's visit to India early November, reported Times of India. Intelligence inputs, available with security agencies, pointed out that the militants, belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM), Al Badar, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and other terror groups, are looking for opportunities to cross over to Jammu and Kashmir. "The next 10 days are very crucial. We have information that the militants will try to engage in violence in the run up to the US president's visit to India," a Government official said. The official said, "Militants may also try to attack security forces and public properties before or during the shift of government machinery from Srinagar to Jammu, the winter capital of the State, on November 4 and 5". "At present, there are about 500 active militants in the State, and there also is need for us to step up vigil in the border areas as the threat of infiltration persists," Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda told reporters in Srinagar on October 21. "The leadership of various outfits such as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, HUJI [Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami] had done recess along the LoC to plan infiltration. The HM supreme and United Jihad Council (UJC) Chief Syed Sallaudin also visited camps to morally boost his cadres along the Indo-Pak border some time back," the sources said.
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October - 25 
Imphal Free Press reports that the Naga Students community, Delhi, took out a silent rally in Delhi on October 25 and submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expedite the "Indo-Naga peace process."
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Imphal Free Press reports that the Naga Students community, Delhi, took out a silent rally in Delhi on October 25 and submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expedite the "Indo-Naga peace process."
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November - 2 
The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on November 2 submitted their report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after their maiden visit to the State, with their leader Dileep Padgaonkar saying he is "hopeful" of a solution of the issue but did not have a "magic formula", according to Daily E
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The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on November 2 submitted their report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after their maiden visit to the State, with their leader Dileep Padgaonkar saying he is "hopeful" of a solution of the issue but did not have a "magic formula", according to Daily Excelsior. The three-member group briefed Chidambaram about its visit to J&K and presented its report which included recommendations. "This was our first visit to the State. We gave our set of recommendations," Padgaonkar said but refused to divulge details about the contents of the report. The interlocutors undertook their six-day visit to the State from October 23.
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November - 2 
Times of India on November 2 reports that the Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to the interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that had the 26/11 attackers landed during the day on Mumbai's coast, the Mumbai Police headquarters
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Times of India on November 2 reports that the Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to the interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that had the 26/11 attackers landed during the day on Mumbai's coast, the Mumbai Police headquarters at Crawford Market would have also been attacked on the first day of the carnage. However, since 10 Pakistani militants including Ajmal Kasab, the lone arrested attacker, landed ashore in the night of November 26 they moved to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) as per the alternate plan. Headley also told the Indian sleuths that originally, 13 militants, including an Indian national (possibly from Maharashtra) who was considered a good "asset", were trained for the attack, but the LeT commander Sajid Majid later dropped three of them from the mission. During his questioning, Headley also gave details of LeT’s attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore where an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor M C Puri was killed on December 28, 2005. He told the NIA team that the entire operation was executed by LeT's ‘commander’ Abu Hamza. Another terrorist Abdul Aziz had supervised this operation in December 2005. He further mentioned that during his training programmes he was shown CDs of atrocities on Indian Muslims including videos of Gujarat riots and hate speeches of right wing Hindu leader Babu Bajrangi.
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November - 3 
According the Shillong Times, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) is attempting to increase its activities again with intelligence reports of a tie-up between the HNLC and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The move comes only a few days after a similar tie-up between the HNLC
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According the Shillong Times, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) is attempting to increase its activities again with intelligence reports of a tie-up between the HNLC and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The move comes only a few days after a similar tie-up between the HNLC and the anti-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). According to intelligence sources, HNLC ‘commander-in-chief’ Bobby Marwein recently held a meeting with GNLA ‘commander-in-chief’ Champion R Marak 'somewhere' in Dhaka. Intelligence sources also reported that the two militant leaders agreed to work together on all aspects.
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November - 3 
Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to his interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that two Pakistani handlers, Abdur Rehman (a retired Pakistan Army major) and Sajid Majid had visited India in 2005 on the pretext of watching a I
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Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley revealed to his interrogators of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June that two Pakistani handlers, Abdur Rehman (a retired Pakistan Army major) and Sajid Majid had visited India in 2005 on the pretext of watching a Indo-Pak cricket match. They had travelled to Delhi and Dehradun for a recce of the National Defence College (NDC) and Indian Military Academy (IMA) respectively as terror targets. Headley’s interrogation report also carries some information on a number of aspects relating to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mission of the LeT. It includes information on the jihadis' attempt to get "the arrested militant (Ajmal Kasab) released in exchange for some people held hostage in Chabad House".
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November - 3 
The Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on November 3 arrested a person suspected to be involved in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007). The arrestee, identified as Mukesh Vasani is the second person from Gujarat, to be arrested by the ATS following the arrest Harshad Bhai Solanki. Vasani,
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The Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on November 3 arrested a person suspected to be involved in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007). The arrestee, identified as Mukesh Vasani is the second person from Gujarat, to be arrested by the ATS following the arrest Harshad Bhai Solanki. Vasani, an anti-cow slaughter activist, was arrested from Godhra in Gujarat. According to the ATS, he had conducted a recce of the Dargah three days before planting explosives there. The ATS has so far arrested five men, including senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar, in connection with the case.
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November - 5 
As part of its outreach in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has finalized the surrender policy for those who have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and now want to return even though the initiative will not offer an unqualified general amnesty, according to Times o
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As part of its outreach in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has finalized the surrender policy for those who have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and now want to return even though the initiative will not offer an unqualified general amnesty, according to Times of India. If there are cases of a serious nature against militants wanting to surrender, they will be prosecuted while cases of crossing into PoK will be reviewed separately. The policy has been sent to Jammu and Kashmir Government in September and is likely to come up for discussion in the next State cabinet meeting, said a senior State Government official. The policy will be implemented after it is passed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
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November - 5 
As reported in Assam Tribune, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has established links with Adivasi People’s Army (APA) raised in Sonitpur District through United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Police said on Novemebr 5. This was revealed during the interrogation of Tarjan Majhi, the
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As reported in Assam Tribune, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has established links with Adivasi People’s Army (APA) raised in Sonitpur District through United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Police said on Novemebr 5. This was revealed during the interrogation of Tarjan Majhi, the Sonitpur District ‘commander’ of the APA. Majhi was arrested with five others on November 3 at Bhairabguri under Dhekiajuli Police station of Sonitpur District. Majhi claimed that an ULFA self-styled sergeant Major Das had provided arms training to APA cadre in Majbat area of Udalguri District and helped them contact the Maoists. The APA ‘District commander’ from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District claimed he had recruited a large number of APA members and procured some firearms.
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November - 6 
The Urdu Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on November 6 reported that hundreds of students, including foreigners are being trained in militant camps in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), to wage jihad (Islamic holy war) against India. According to the
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The Urdu Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on November 6 reported that hundreds of students, including foreigners are being trained in militant camps in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), to wage jihad (Islamic holy war) against India. According to the report, after a lull, several militant outfits have now again raised their heads and increased their activities in and around Muzaffarabad. However, the Pakistani authorities denied the report as "baseless".
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November - 7 
Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has advised the Director General of Police, Manipur to prepare a draft perspective Plan for next five years (2011-12 to 2015-16) under Modernisation of State Police Force (MPF) scheme, so that Annual Action Plan can be chalked out of the next five
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Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has advised the Director General of Police, Manipur to prepare a draft perspective Plan for next five years (2011-12 to 2015-16) under Modernisation of State Police Force (MPF) scheme, so that Annual Action Plan can be chalked out of the next five year. The advisory followed an Impact Assessment Study of the various schemes taken up in the State under the MPF scheme.
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November - 8 
The US formally sent to India the reply of Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. on the review of slip-ups following the warning received by US agencies about the Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley's possible connections with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and involvement
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The US formally sent to India the reply of Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. on the review of slip-ups following the warning received by US agencies about the Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley's possible connections with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and involvement in the 26/11, reports The Hindu. The report was received by the Union Home Ministry on November 8.
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November - 8 
Two militants were killed in a failed infiltration bid in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara District on November 8, reported Daily Excelsior. Troops noticed heavily armed group of militants near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector in the morning and challenged them, official sources said. The
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Two militants were killed in a failed infiltration bid in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara District on November 8, reported Daily Excelsior. Troops noticed heavily armed group of militants near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector in the morning and challenged them, official sources said. The militants opened heavy and indiscriminate firing towards the troop’s positions, which was retaliated, triggering off an encounter. Two militants were killed in the exchange of firing that was going on till last reports came in. Although group affiliation and identity of the slain militants could not be ascertained immediately, they were believed to be foreigners and affiliated to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). There has been an increase in infiltration bids along the LoC since September 2010 and more than 65 militants have been killed in over two dozen bids made over past two and half months alone.
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November - 9 
A number of terrorist groups have training facilities in neighbouring countries including Pakistan, the Government said on November 9, according to PTI. "Available inputs indicate that a number of terrorist groups are having training infrastructure in neighbouring countries, including Pakistan," Uni
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A number of terrorist groups have training facilities in neighbouring countries including Pakistan, the Government said on November 9, according to PTI. "Available inputs indicate that a number of terrorist groups are having training infrastructure in neighbouring countries, including Pakistan," Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken said in a written reply in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament). He said though there was a decreasing trend in infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir in 2010, there has been a "slight" increase in infiltration attempts as compared to 2009. "95 persons have been apprehended on the Indo-Pak border during 2010 (upto October 31) as compared to 83 persons apprehended during corresponding period in 2009," Maken said. On the Indo-Bangladesh border, 1,386 people were apprehended this year as compared to 2,460 during the corresponding period in 2009. He said steps were being taken to secure borders by various methods like patrolling by Security Force personnel, laying of nakas and ambushes besides setting up of flood lighting and increased border posts. Maken said the government has sanctioned additional 16 battalions to augment border outposts in riverine and hilly vulnerable segments of the Indo-Bangladesh border to be raised in phased manner from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
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November - 9 
Hindustan Times reports that a total of 577 civilians have been killed while more than 260 Security Forces (SFs) personnel lost their lives across the country in Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] violence in 2010 up to October 31. During the same period, 137 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (
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Hindustan Times reports that a total of 577 civilians have been killed while more than 260 Security Forces (SFs) personnel lost their lives across the country in Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] violence in 2010 up to October 31. During the same period, 137 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed with the maximum of them in Chhattisgarh (72) followed by West Bengal (37) and Jharkhand (12). The information was given by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken through a written reply in the Lok Sabha on November 9. The maximum number of civilians were killed in West Bengal (185), Chhattisgarh (143), Jharkhand (112) and Bihar (48) amongst others. Chhattisgarh accounted for the maximum number of casualties for SFs personnel with 163 casualties, while West Bengal (34) and Jharkhand (22) were the other states where the forces lost the most number of their troops. Maken further said, "Sixty nine development schemes of various ministries of Government of India are being implemented for comprehensive development of naxal affected areas in the country...Planning Commission has been monitoring progress of the development initiatives in 35 Left Wing Extremist affected Districts of the central government's flagship programmes." Planning Commission has initiated the process of preparing Integrated Action Plans (IAPs) for Left Wing Extremism affected disticts, which envisage comprehensive and rapid development of affected areas, he said.
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November - 9 
The interlocutors on Kashmir began their two-day visit to Ladakh region on November 9 and held an interaction with a cross section of society, reports The Hindu. Two of the three interlocutors, Radha Kumar and M.M. Ansari arrived in Leh and held detailed meetings with members of the Ladakh Autonomou
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The interlocutors on Kashmir began their two-day visit to Ladakh region on November 9 and held an interaction with a cross section of society, reports The Hindu. Two of the three interlocutors, Radha Kumar and M.M. Ansari arrived in Leh and held detailed meetings with members of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, Ladakh Buddhist Association, Anjuman-e-Islamia Ladakh and members of the Congress. The third member of the team is Dileep Padgaonkar. The interlocutors, sources said, are expected to visit different parts of Kashmir valley including Baramulla in north Kashmir from November 11 to November 13 before leaving for Delhi on November 14. Earlier, on November 2, the interlocutors had submitted their report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after their first visit to the State. The group was set up on October 13 by Chidambaram.
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November - 10 
According to sources, two operatives of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) attended a meeting of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Bastar region of Chhattisgarh early 2010, Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said on November 10, reports Times of In
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According to sources, two operatives of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) attended a meeting of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Bastar region of Chhattisgarh early 2010, Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said on November 10, reports Times of India. "Two LeT operatives attended a CPI-Maoist central committee meeting as observers, held sometime in April-May this year. They met in a jungle inside Orissa, close to Bastar," said the DGP. "This information is based on a single source, and needs to be cross-checked," he added. The DGP, a former Additional Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB), took charge as the State's Police Chief in July 2007.
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November - 10 
Meanwhile, even after 40 days of their conditional release ordered by the Unified Command for a period of three months under the PSA, two stone pelters, Firdous Shah and Manzoor Ahmed, remained confined to Kot Bhalwal jail as no one from their families have turned up to fill a bond and give two sure
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Meanwhile, even after 40 days of their conditional release ordered by the Unified Command for a period of three months under the PSA, two stone pelters, Firdous Shah and Manzoor Ahmed, remained confined to Kot Bhalwal jail as no one from their families have turned up to fill a bond and give two sureties (by the parents) for their release from the jail. Release of a total of 12 PSA detenues for a period of three months was ordered by the Unified Command. Release of Shabir Shah from Kot Bhalwal jail was also delayed as he had declined to meet the conditions on the ground that he had never asked for the release and was not a stone pelter. Later, the Government had waived off conditions for his release on parole for one month due to sickness of his mother. Sources said the Government could review PSA cases of some more detenues shortly. Further, Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda said the cases of 50 to 60 separatists and stone pelters will be reviewed from time to time depending upon the situation.
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November - 11 
The Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda on November 11 said that at least 500 militants of various groups are still active across the State and added that Security Forces (SFs) are on high alert to prevent fresh infiltration from across the border, Times of India reports. The DGP said, "A
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The Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda on November 11 said that at least 500 militants of various groups are still active across the State and added that Security Forces (SFs) are on high alert to prevent fresh infiltration from across the border, Times of India reports. The DGP said, "At least 500 terrorists of various terror outfits including 300 in Kashmir Valley and roughly 200 are still active in Jammu", adding that the number of active militants is coming down due to sustained anti-terrorist operations by joint teams of SFs. He said all the agencies involved in the security grid are having perfect synergy and information is leading to successful anti-insurgency operations carried out in State. To a question about recent reports that appeared in the Pakistan media that terrorist organisations under the command of United Jihad Council (UJC) and other fundamentalist groups are mobilising people to sneak into India side, the DGP said, "These reports are not new and is not at all surprising. And what I can say only is that attempts of infiltration are going on for the last 20 years from across the border and the Line of Control and our forces are prepared to foil any such attempts."
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November - 14 
Jammu and Kashmir has been removed from the United Nations (UN) list of unresolved disputes, reports The Hindu. The omission of Jammu and Kashmir from the list of disputes under the observation of the Security Council was noticed by Pakistan, whose envoy has filed a protest. “The Jammu and Kashmir d
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Jammu and Kashmir has been removed from the United Nations (UN) list of unresolved disputes, reports The Hindu. The omission of Jammu and Kashmir from the list of disputes under the observation of the Security Council was noticed by Pakistan, whose envoy has filed a protest. “The Jammu and Kashmir dispute was not mentioned in the context of unresolved long-running situations,” Pakistan's acting envoy to the UN Amjad Hussain B. Sial said. “We understand this was an inadvertent omission, as Jammu and Kashmir is one of the oldest disputes on the agenda of the Security Council,” he claimed, speaking at the General Assembly session, which was discussing the functioning and reform of the Security Council. It was organised by the United Kingdom, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month.
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November - 14 
Quoting an investigative report jointly published in The Washington Post and ProPublica.Com, The Hindu reports that Sajid Mir, the suspected mastermind behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), travelled to India and secretly visited several places as a Pakistani c
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Quoting an investigative report jointly published in The Washington Post and ProPublica.Com, The Hindu reports that Sajid Mir, the suspected mastermind behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), travelled to India and secretly visited several places as a Pakistani cricket fan in 2005.
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November - 15 
An annual report of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the UN General Assembly has once again dropped mention of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in keeping with a trend that started in 2006, according to Times of India. On November 15, Pakistan's envoy Amjad Sial told the General Assembly debati
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An annual report of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the UN General Assembly has once again dropped mention of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in keeping with a trend that started in 2006, according to Times of India. On November 15, Pakistan's envoy Amjad Sial told the General Assembly debating the annual report of the UNSC that the absence of the J&K issue was "inadvertent". However, while welcoming the UNSC report, Indian diplomats said the issue has not been part of any UNSC report since 2006. In 2005, then UN secretary general Kofi Annan declared that the "plebiscite" issue could not be enforced or self-implemented. It was after Annan's remarks, made in the context of resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue in 2005, that the UNSC dropped reference to the dispute. In the past five years, there has been no such mention. The India-Pakistan issue has not been debated in the UNSC since 1965.
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November - 15 
Total 426 infiltration attempts have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and seven soldiers killed till September 2010, the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) was informed on November 15, reported Daily Excelsior. A total of 426 infiltration attempts have been reported till September 2010 from J
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Total 426 infiltration attempts have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and seven soldiers killed till September 2010, the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) was informed on November 15, reported Daily Excelsior. A total of 426 infiltration attempts have been reported till September 2010 from Jammu and Kashmir and seven soldiers were killed while 37 terrorists also killed in the period, Defence Minister A. K. Antony said in a written reply. He added that 342 cases of infiltration attempts were reported in 2008 from the State while it increased to 485 in 2009.
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November - 16 
About 105 persons, including Security Force (SF) personnel and civilians, were killed in terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir till October 2010 as against 123 persons during the same period in 2009, the Government said on November 16, reports Daily Excelsior. "In the State of Jammu and Kashmir
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About 105 persons, including Security Force (SF) personnel and civilians, were killed in terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir till October 2010 as against 123 persons during the same period in 2009, the Government said on November 16, reports Daily Excelsior. "In the State of Jammu and Kashmir there were 432 incidents upto October 31, 2010 in which 66 Security Force personnel and 39 civilians have been killed, as compared to 437 incidents during the corresponding period of 2009, in which 52 Security Force personnel and 71 civilians were killed," Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken told Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament). He said available reports indicate that Pakistan or Pakistan occupied Kashmir based Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) sponsored terrorist outfits have been involved in a number of terrorist incidents.
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November - 16 
Police on November 16 said a youth of Bhatindi on the outskirts of Jammu City, who had gone to become a militant in Kishtwar District recently has joined militancy and was untraced, reported Daily Excelsior. Police said 17 year old Junaid Akram Malik son of Reyaz-ul-Hassan Malik, a resident of Sangr
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Police on November 16 said a youth of Bhatindi on the outskirts of Jammu City, who had gone to become a militant in Kishtwar District recently has joined militancy and was untraced, reported Daily Excelsior. Police said 17 year old Junaid Akram Malik son of Reyaz-ul-Hassan Malik, a resident of Sangram Bhatta in Kishtwar District, presently putting up at Bhatindi in Jammu joined Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) in the Dachan area of Marwah forests. Azhar Ali Bhat, 28, son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, a resident of village Kijaie in Asthan Payeen area of Kishtwar District, who had taken Junaid to Dachan forests for his recruitment and training, was arrested by the Police in Kishtwar on November 16. Police said Azhar was associated with Amir Kamal alias Akram, a ‘B’ category militant of HM, who was active in the Dachan area of Marwah for past quite sometime. It was on the directions of Amir Kamal that Azhar had recruited Junaid into the militancy after visiting his house twice in Jammu. Junaid was picked up from Kishtwar bus stand and handed over to HM operative Irshad Ahmed, son of Ghulam Mustafa Akhoon, a resident of Lidri in Dachan. Akhoon has also been arrested by the Police. After taking Junaid to Dachan, Irshad handed him over to ‘Chacha’ a known trainer of HM. Chacha later introduced Junaid to Amir Kamal alias Akram. Irshad Ahmed is a Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT, Teaching Guide) teacher at primary school in Lidri.
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November - 16 
The suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on November 14 was wanted in nearly 10 cases involving several killings in the past decade, The Hindu reported on November 16. The arrestee, identified as Mohammed Abdullah alias Abdullah Inquilabi, a reside
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The suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on November 14 was wanted in nearly 10 cases involving several killings in the past decade, The Hindu reported on November 16. The arrestee, identified as Mohammed Abdullah alias Abdullah Inquilabi, a resident of Shahdara at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir was wanted in several cases in Jammu and Kashmir. He was allegedly involved in the killing of the members of a community at Budhal in 2005. Also, he and his accomplices allegedly killed three Police personnel in another case. The Police suspect his involvement in nearly two dozen killings and abductions. According to sources, Abdullah claimed that he was brainwashed and initiated into terrorism by a cleric named Maulvi Ashraf in 2000. Through him, he came in contact with Mohammad Masood Sarfaraz the then ‘Supreme Commander’ of the Pir Panjal unit of HM.
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November - 18 
Meanwhile, the Unified Command Meeting was held in the Odisha Secretariat under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Bijaya Patnaik. Concerned over the lack of coordination with Orissa Police in fight against Maoists in the state, Border Security Force (BSF) decided to put Additional Director Gen
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Meanwhile, the Unified Command Meeting was held in the Odisha Secretariat under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Bijaya Patnaik. Concerned over the lack of coordination with Orissa Police in fight against Maoists in the state, Border Security Force (BSF) decided to put Additional Director General of BSF Arabinda Ranjan as an officer in the rank of Inspector General (IG) to deal with the situation. It was mentioned that five battalions (2700 personnel) of BSF troopers is to be deployed in Malkangiri and Koraput Districts to help the State Police to fight against the Maoists.
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November - 19 
Meanwhile, the State Government has recently set up a Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) to combat Maoists, but the force is yet to start functioning because it lacks enough intelligence-gathering manpower. The CIF is being groomed on the lines of the Greyhound force of Hyderabad to counter Maoists. The
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Meanwhile, the State Government has recently set up a Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) to combat Maoists, but the force is yet to start functioning because it lacks enough intelligence-gathering manpower. The CIF is being groomed on the lines of the Greyhound force of Hyderabad to counter Maoists. The force is now operating from Bhavani Bhavan, but will soon have its head office at Garia. The CIF Inspector General (IG), Vivek Sahay, had written to Home Secretary of the State, G D Gautama, about the problem he was facing in starting the special intelligence group and it was discussed at the meeting.
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November - 19 
Meanwhile, the State Government will move out over 2,000 Central Paramilitary Forces and Police personnel from civilian areas in Srinagar in the next few days, reports Times of India. Besides, the State will also soon remove the 'disturbed area' tag from Srinagar, paving the way for withdrawal of th
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Meanwhile, the State Government will move out over 2,000 Central Paramilitary Forces and Police personnel from civilian areas in Srinagar in the next few days, reports Times of India. Besides, the State will also soon remove the 'disturbed area' tag from Srinagar, paving the way for withdrawal of the Army from civilian areas. Sources said that Srinagar would be a test case. If situation remained peaceful, other towns will also be declared a "non-disturbed area". De-notification of disturbed areas by the State Government will have nothing to do Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
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November - 22 
Meanwhile, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘divisional commander’ Mohammad Abdullah Chechi alias Abdullah Inqullabi, a Pakistani militant who was arrested in New Delhi in the night of November 14, according to reports was so much desperate to reach Pakistan along with his wife Shehnaz Akhter alias Dilsh
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Meanwhile, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘divisional commander’ Mohammad Abdullah Chechi alias Abdullah Inqullabi, a Pakistani militant who was arrested in New Delhi in the night of November 14, according to reports was so much desperate to reach Pakistan along with his wife Shehnaz Akhter alias Dilshad alias Ujefi of Daleri in the Kandi area of Rajouri District that he had offered to get four militants of his outfit killed by providing information to a Police officer in Rajouri District about them in lieu of a passport for his wife. Official sources said Inqullabi after executing his mission in New Delhi wanted to flee to Nepal or Bangladesh via Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh or West Bengal respectively on way to Pakistan as he had completed more than 10 years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. Reports further indicate that not only Shehnaz but also her parents — Bashir Bakerwal and Qasim Jan had later also joined the militancy on being lured by Inqullabi. Qasim Jan was arrested by Shopian Police along with a HM militant early this year while transporting arms and INR 4.4 lakh worth hawala money for the militants, Shehnaz and Bashir Bakerwal alias Nissar were arrested by Rajouri Police on November 15. Qasim Jan has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
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November - 22 
State Cabinet on November 22 cleared the rehabilitation policy for those youth, who had ex-filtrated from the State for arms training in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan but have given up insurgent activities due to a change of heart and are willing to return to the State to join mainstr
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State Cabinet on November 22 cleared the rehabilitation policy for those youth, who had ex-filtrated from the State for arms training in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan but have given up insurgent activities due to a change of heart and are willing to return to the State to join mainstream, according to Daily Excelsior. The Cabinet gave its nod to the amnesty plan, which opens proper channel for those misguided youth of the State, who are presently in PoK and Pakistan and wanted to return and resume their normal life after proper precautions. Those who have gone to PoK or Pakistan between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 2009 and their dependents, will be eligible for consideration under the policy, the sources said quoting the policy approved by the Cabinet. The District Superintendent of Police of the concerned District where the prospective returnee normally resided before crossing over to PoK/ Pakistan would be the designated authority to whom the parents or close relatives (in case there are no parents) of the prospective returnee or, in exception circumstances, the prospective returnee himself may apply in the prescribed performa. The formal orders would be issued by the Home Department and communicated to the authorities concerned with making arrangements for the return of the person. "All such former militants would be permitted to return only through JPC Wagah, Attari or through Salamabad or Chakan-da-Bagh crossings on the Line of Control or through the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi", the sources said quoting the policy, adding "after completion of the formalities at the crossing points, the returnees and their dependents will be escorted to the State and the district authorities will be duly informed". The wives, children and other dependents of those returnees, who have married in PoK or Pakistan during the period between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 2009 will be considered for entry into country as per the existing laws of the land and the necessary certificate for entry will be issued to them.
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November - 23 
Separately, the SFs arrested three persons, including brother and father of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ Habib Gujjar alias Salman, who along with his associates was responsible for several subversive activities, including the recent killing of the mother of Special Task Force Head Constable Qa
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Separately, the SFs arrested three persons, including brother and father of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ Habib Gujjar alias Salman, who along with his associates was responsible for several subversive activities, including the recent killing of the mother of Special Task Force Head Constable Qasim Din in-charge at Nagnigarh in the Keshwan area of Kishtwar District. The SFs arrested the trio, identified as Jamaal Din and Khair Din, brother and father respectively of Salman and Shahid Baroo, another associate of the militant ‘commander’ from Nagnigarh and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, Qasim Din’s brother, Noor Din, confirmed the presence of Jamaal Din, Khair Din, Shahid Baroo and four to five militants along with Salman when Qasim and Noor’s mother, Gujra Begum was shot dead by the militants in the night of November 21. Jamaal Din had reportedly displayed a weapon during attack on the house of Qasim Din. Police also confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with the killing of Gujra Begum.
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The slain militants included Abu Ujefa, a ‘divisional commander’ of LeT, Abu Ali, the outfit’s in-charge for twin border Districts of Poonch and Rajouri, who was operating for last 15 years and was the longest surviving militant in the two Districts and Abu Ikramat. All three slain militants were Pa
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The slain militants included Abu Ujefa, a ‘divisional commander’ of LeT, Abu Ali, the outfit’s in-charge for twin border Districts of Poonch and Rajouri, who was operating for last 15 years and was the longest surviving militant in the two Districts and Abu Ikramat. All three slain militants were Pakistanis affiliated with the LeT outfit, official sources said, adding Abu Ujefa was ‘commanding’ them after his predecessor, Abu Osama was killed. Sources said with the killing of these three militants the strength of LeT, especially in the border Districts of Rajouri and Poonch, has come down to 15. Only 25 to 30 militants were now active in the two Districts.
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November - 24 
The Assam Police on November 24 sounded a warning of the Anti-Talk Faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-ATF) strike plans against Hindi-speaking people at Dhekiajuli in Soniptur District in the next 72 hours and even asked members of the community to move out of vulnerable area
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The Assam Police on November 24 sounded a warning of the Anti-Talk Faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-ATF) strike plans against Hindi-speaking people at Dhekiajuli in Soniptur District in the next 72 hours and even asked members of the community to move out of vulnerable areas to safer places, reports Telegraph. Meanwhile, an operational plan against NDFB-ATF was firmed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) following a meeting with the Assam Government, reports Assam tribune.
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November - 25 
The State Government on November 25 ordered withdrawal of nearly 1000 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from Srinagar town besides removal of 10 more bunkers as part of its peace initiative to make life easy for the people of the State, reported Daily Excelsior. Chief Minister Omar Abdul
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The State Government on November 25 ordered withdrawal of nearly 1000 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from Srinagar town besides removal of 10 more bunkers as part of its peace initiative to make life easy for the people of the State, reported Daily Excelsior. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah cleared the proposal after assessing the law and order situation in the Valley, official sources said. According to the sources, 10 more bunkers will be removed from Srinagar city raising the number of bunkers removed to 26 since October 5. A plan had been worked out by the local Police with the CRPF in consultations with the security agencies for withdrawal of one battalion of the CRPF (1000 personnel) from the city. Earlier, as per the decision of the unified headquarters, 16 bunkers were to be removed. The CRPF has been assisting the State Police in maintenance of law and order in Srinagar and other towns and its personnel are manning the bunkers dotting the city. The Centre had also requested the State Government to review the deployment of Security Forces in Kashmir valley with particular reference to de-scaling the number of bunkers and check-points in Srinagar and other towns, and to review the notification of areas as ‘disturbed areas’.
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November - 26 
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Shiv Murari Sahai on November 26 said that Police has concrete evidence about links between militants and separatists in triggering and planning the recent unrest in Kashmir valley, reported Daily Excelsior. "There is a concrete evidence that the recent ag
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Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Shiv Murari Sahai on November 26 said that Police has concrete evidence about links between militants and separatists in triggering and planning the recent unrest in Kashmir valley, reported Daily Excelsior. "There is a concrete evidence that the recent agitation was planned," Sahai said, adding, Police have found evidence that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants planned the unrest and were in league with the separatist politicians. "As our investigations are making headway, we find that increasingly there is a very well-planned operation on part of the Lashkar to carry out incidents of stone-pelting and arson," he said. Sahai said Ghulam Mohammad Tantray, the tehsil (revenue unit) president of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) in Sopore town, had stayed with LeT ‘commander’ Furqan and was also maintaining contact through telephone with him. "There are the direct evidences to show how militant organisations and the so-called separatist leaders, who are leading a so-called peaceful agitation are very deeply linked," he added. The IGP said the recent upsurge in militant activity after the decline in the stone-pelting incidents was another link to prove that the unrest was planned. "Stone pelting has subsided and suddenly there is an upsurge in militant activity. There are arrests of Pakistani militants, there have been killings, this cannot be an innocent balance that once the stone pelting increases the militant violence decreases," he said. Sahai also claimed that during the interrogation of a stone-pelter in Sopore it was revealed that militants are hiding in a house in Sopore. "When the house was raided, we make some recoveries which included uniforms with badges of (different) ranks. We conclude that militants were planning to operate in uniform and these are the likely signs of fidayeen (suicide) attacks," he said. He said Police has busted a module of boys, recruited by a LeT operative from Batamaloo locality of Srinagar, who were involved in hurling grenades. Talking about training camps in Pakistan Sahai added, "The militant groups including Lashkar are openly motivating youth to train them for attacks on security forces in Kashmir. The militant has revealed that most of the camps and motivation centres, which were claimed to have been closed by Pakistan government, are still functional." Sahai said the militants were put through three courses before being selected for carrying out suicide attacks. "The first phase is Daura-e-Aam (ordinary training) followed by Daura-e-Khas. The best out of the second stage are selected for Daura-e-Lashkar (Lashkar or Army training) to carry out suicide attacks," he said adding it indicated the kind of training received by Rehmani before being sent here.
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November - 26 
The Hindu reports that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on November 26 approved the commencement of an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in 60 selected Districts affected by Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] violence with the aim of giving a fillip to development schemes in tribal and backward
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The Hindu reports that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on November 26 approved the commencement of an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in 60 selected Districts affected by Naxal [Left Wing Extremism] violence with the aim of giving a fillip to development schemes in tribal and backward regions. The IAP would be an additional central assistance scheme on a 100 per cent grant basis. It is aimed at quick resolution of problems concerning healthcare, drinking water, education and roads. In 2010-11 alone, each of the 60 Districts will be given a block grant of INR 250 million, with the total coming to a INR 15, 000 million. In 2011-12, the grant will go up to INR 300 million each. “This is in pursuance of the Finance Minister's announcement in his budget speech of 2010-11 and the Prime Minister's address to the National Development Council on July 24. The scheme, to begin with, will be implemented over two years – 2010-11 to 2011-12,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram told journalists. Schemes would be decided by a committee, headed by the District Collector. The Superintendent of Police and the District Forest Officer would be its members. The IAP would be reviewed for implementation in the 12th Plan at a later stage, Chidambaram said.Meanwhile, the existing Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput (KBK) plan would continue, with an annual allocation of INR 1,300 million for all the eight Districts (Kalahandi, Naupada, Bolangir, Subarnapur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Nabarangpur) in Odisha put together. The eight KBK Districts have been included in the IAP. They would get an additional block grant of INR 250 million each in the current year, 2010, and a suitable additional amount under both State and District components of the IAP in the subsequent years. The IAP would focus on improvements in governance and the States would have to comply with specific preconditions before availing themselves of the second tranche of the additional financial assistance in 2011-12 under the State component of the IAP. However, these conditionalities would not apply to the District component of the IAP, according to the CCEA decision.
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November - 26 
Two militants, suspected to be from strife-torn autonomous Russian province of Chechnya, have made their way to the Kashmir Valley, highly placed sources said on November 26, Times of India reports. The militants from the Central Asian region, identified only by their code names of Umar and Usman, w
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Two militants, suspected to be from strife-torn autonomous Russian province of Chechnya, have made their way to the Kashmir Valley, highly placed sources said on November 26, Times of India reports. The militants from the Central Asian region, identified only by their code names of Umar and Usman, were spotted from a photograph recovered by Police during a recent anti-militancy operation in Sopore in Baramulla District. The photograph shows the alleged Chechen militants armed to teeth with latest assault rifles and other ammunition. The sources said the duo has been active in Sopore for several months now and the Security Forces have launched special operations to track them down. The foreign militants are believed to have sneaked into the Valley in late spring or early summer during one of the many dozen infiltration bids launched by the militants from across the Line of Control (LoC), they said. The sources said more than 60 militants, mostly foreigners, are active in Sopore. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Shiv Murari Sahai confirmed the recovery of the photograph. "However, the contents of the photograph need to be authenticated with regard to the location where it was taken and the nationality of those pictured in it," Sahai said.
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November - 28 
According to Sangai Express, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Bangladesh based Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Unity Group) have agreed to initiate a process towards formation of a new Coordinating Committee of the Maoist Party and Organisations of the South Asia. As report suggests, a
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According to Sangai Express, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Bangladesh based Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Unity Group) have agreed to initiate a process towards formation of a new Coordinating Committee of the Maoist Party and Organisations of the South Asia. As report suggests, a preparatory committee has been already constituted to realise the proposed coordinating with comrade Polash of Bangladesh and comrade Yaibi-Len of Manipur as convenor and co-convenor respectively, said a joint press statement signed by KCP publicity and propaganda secretary W Malemnganba Meitei and Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Unity Group) spokesperson Abdul Khan.
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November - 29 
The Union Government has decided to institute an inquiry into the reported presence of two militants, suspected to be from strife-torn autonomous Russian province of Chechnya, in the Kashmir valley, Daily Excelsior reported on November 29. Official sources said the Union Home Ministry has asked the
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The Union Government has decided to institute an inquiry into the reported presence of two militants, suspected to be from strife-torn autonomous Russian province of Chechnya, in the Kashmir valley, Daily Excelsior reported on November 29. Official sources said the Union Home Ministry has asked the Intelligence Bureau and other concerned agencies to look into the matter and report its findings. They said the inquiry was ordered following media reports that two militants from the Chechnya, identified only by their code names of Umar and Usman, were spotted from a photograph recovered by the Jammu and Kashmir Police during a recent anti-militancy operation in Sopore in Baramulla District. The photograph had shown the alleged Chechen militants armed to teeth with latest assault rifles and other ammunition, sources said. They said more than 60 militants, mostly foreigners, are active in Sopore.
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November - 30 
According to a Telegraph, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has around 20,000 firearms and nearly 10,000 cadres, enough to withstand a State-backed onslaught for six months, but it faces a problem of ammunition mismatch, a study by intelligence agencies has found. The estimate is the
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According to a Telegraph, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has around 20,000 firearms and nearly 10,000 cadres, enough to withstand a State-backed onslaught for six months, but it faces a problem of ammunition mismatch, a study by intelligence agencies has found. The estimate is the first of its kind on the Maoists done by Central and State intelligence agencies. Twelve States — Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and Kerala — were included in the study. It said the Maoists’ weapon stocks include AK-47s, AK-52s, .303 rifles, assault pistols, Israeli-make sniper rifles and light machine guns. The gun-manpower ratio stands at 1:2 with the number of personnel in the Maoist ranks estimated at 10,000.
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November - 30 
Sify.com reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed 62 civilians and 11 Security personnel in several States in the month of November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in his Ministry's report for the month released at a Press Conference in New Delhi on November 30.
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Sify.com reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed 62 civilians and 11 Security personnel in several States in the month of November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in his Ministry's report for the month released at a Press Conference in New Delhi on November 30. According to Chidambaram there were 135 incidents of Maoist violence in the month. 'The Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) continue to wage a war against the State. It has not come down,' he said. The Maoists have adopted a new pattern of targeting Police, he added. Thirty-three public properties, including panchayat (village level local self government institution) offices and schools, were damaged by the Maoists in the month, Chidambaram said in the report. He said the Government was pursuing its 'two-pronged strategy' of arresting Maoists and ensuring developmental projects in the Maoist-hit areas. He said the INR.33 billion recently earmarked for development in Maoist-affected Districts would be allocated in a phased manner in the next 16 months.
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December - 2 
In yet another WikiLeaks disclosure, a leaked cable suggested that the US tried to not just suppress information related to involvement of Pakistani agencies in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) but also defend the Pakistani Intelligence Agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Tim
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In yet another WikiLeaks disclosure, a leaked cable suggested that the US tried to not just suppress information related to involvement of Pakistani agencies in the Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) but also defend the Pakistani Intelligence Agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Times of India reported on December 3. The cable from US embassy in Pakistan to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in January 2009 said that premature dissemination of such information could escalate tension between India and Pakistan. It was also clear from another cable from the US embassy in Islamabad sent in the same month that the US tried to shield ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha from any fallout of investigations into 26/11 by India as the findings clearly suggested that ISI played a role in the attacks. Yet another cable leak showed that Pakistani army also blocked President Asif Ali Zardari's proposal to send ISI chief Pasha to New Delhi after the Mumbai attacks.
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December - 2 
The whistle blower website WikiLeaks, disclosed that Pakistan rejected a US suggestion to sign a non-aggression pact with India, arguing that its public would not support the idea unless Washington treated the two countries on an equal footing and New Delhi reduced its "footprint" in Afghanistan, Ti
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The whistle blower website WikiLeaks, disclosed that Pakistan rejected a US suggestion to sign a non-aggression pact with India, arguing that its public would not support the idea unless Washington treated the two countries on an equal footing and New Delhi reduced its "footprint" in Afghanistan, Times of India reported on December 3.The US proposal was mooted by Senator John Kerry in exchanges with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in February 2009, according to a cable sent to the state department by the American Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson. Kerry also pressed Pakistan to present the Indian government with its plan to tackle terrorism, saying this would be a clear "confidence builder" that would make India more willing to move forward in talks about Kashmir and water disputes.
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December - 5 
According to a recent secret diplomatic cable of the United States State Department released by WikiLeaks, Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had made elaborate plans in June 2009 to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, PTI reported on December 6. The cable, created on
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According to a recent secret diplomatic cable of the United States State Department released by WikiLeaks, Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had made elaborate plans in June 2009 to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, PTI reported on December 6. The cable, created on June 19, 2009, was sent from the office of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to the “Security Officer, Collective Priority,” and to the US embassies in Tripoli, Casablanca and Johannesburg. The cable identified a Pakistani LeT member, Shafiq, as the mastermind of the plot that was to be executed by a module led by an Indian operative, identified as Hussein. The hit job was to be carried out by one Sameer, an India-based LeT cadre. Providing some geographic information for the operations, the cable further said that Shafiq had been seeking out information on possible training sites for the operations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. According to yet another leaked cable which was sent on November 27, 2006 by former US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker, American officials pressurized the Pakistan Government to crack down on the LeT and its frontal organisation Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway.
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December - 5 
The Central Government has sought withdrawal of 60 companies (nearly 6000 personnel) of Central Para Military Forces (CPMFs) from Jammu and Kashmir following improvement in the situation in the State, reports Daily Excelsior. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is reported to have asked the State Gov
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The Central Government has sought withdrawal of 60 companies (nearly 6000 personnel) of Central Para Military Forces (CPMFs) from Jammu and Kashmir following improvement in the situation in the State, reports Daily Excelsior. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is reported to have asked the State Government to utilize Jammu and Kashmir Police in the area from where the CPMFs are withdrawn. Sources said if 40-60 companies of CPMFs are withdrawn, Police would strengthen the Village Defence Committees (VDCs) in Jammu region while in Kashmir Police force would be mobilized further. Reportedly, few months back, the Centre had withdrawn few companies of CPMF from the State including Jammu region. In lieu, only four companies of Punjab Police were provided, which were being used by the Police authorities to protect the houses of VIPs or act as escort personnel. Meanwhile, sources said that the MHA need these many companies of CPMFs for deployment in Naxal [Left wing Extremism]-hit States like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, etc.
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December - 6 
Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), will be tried in a federal court in Chicago on February 14, Hindustan Times r
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Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), will be tried in a federal court in Chicago on February 14, Hindustan Times reported on December 7.
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December - 7 
Reports indicate that Maoists are planning major strategies to increase their influence and strength. An important task the Maoists have set for themselves is to create a liberated zone, in Bihar, Jharkhand and Dandakaranya (Chhattisgarh). Towards this end, the party's strike force — People Liberati
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Reports indicate that Maoists are planning major strategies to increase their influence and strength. An important task the Maoists have set for themselves is to create a liberated zone, in Bihar, Jharkhand and Dandakaranya (Chhattisgarh). Towards this end, the party's strike force — People Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) — is being developed. This was stated by Prasad, party's Andhra-Orissa Border State ‘committee member’ during an interview at a remote place on the Andhra-Orissa border. Prasad said the PLGA should be transformed into the people's liberation army for which a liberated zone was necessary. PLGA formations were being developed to achieve this target and it had also carried out “mobile” war by carrying out raids on targets at faraway places, by mobilising its armed cadre from different parts and taking assistance from the people along the way. “The creation of a liberated zone and beefing up PLGA for this purpose is in its early stages. The process is being commenced by forming village-level committees which will be expanded to mandal (taluk) and District levels. Already, the Janatana Sarcars, Revolutionary People's Councils (RPCs) have been formed in Dandakaranya,” Prasad said. The PLGA, which has grown to the strength of creating companies, is also planning battalions. “We have already reached this stage in Dandakaranya. We don't have a timeframe for other areas but the process will be completed early if the conditions suit us, that is until people take up armed struggle”, Prasad added.
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December - 10 
The Hindu reports that during the question hour in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on December 10 it was disclosed that a check by the Mumbai Police revealed that 60 per cent of the prepaid mobile SIM cards in the city were issued against bogus documents. The Police had conducted the checks in t
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The Hindu reports that during the question hour in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on December 10 it was disclosed that a check by the Mumbai Police revealed that 60 per cent of the prepaid mobile SIM cards in the city were issued against bogus documents. The Police had conducted the checks in the aftermath of the Jama Masjid blast in New Delhi. Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil said the Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Police had a meeting with all mobile service providers, directing them to strictly adhere to the Department of Telecommunications rules.
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December - 16 
According to Press Information Bureau, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its Year-End Review MHA-2010, on December 16, said “The Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] violence continued unabated, but Security Forces (SFs) are engaging Naxalites in the areas dominated by them with a view to re-establi
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According to Press Information Bureau, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its Year-End Review MHA-2010, on December 16, said “The Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] violence continued unabated, but Security Forces (SFs) are engaging Naxalites in the areas dominated by them with a view to re-establishing the authority of the civilian Government. Reviewing the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) insurgency in the country, the MHA said: “Naxal violence continued to cause concern. In Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 1 State Police personnel were killed by the Maoists in an ambush on April 6, 2010.” “Unified Commands have been created in the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.” “The honorarium for Special Police Officers (SPOs) has been raised from INR 1, 500 to INR 3, 000 per month. The ratio of cost sharing per SPO between the Centre and the States has been fixed at 80:20. 12,000 additional SPOs have been sanctioned to Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha.” On July 14, 2010, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting the Governors/Chief Ministers of 7 LWE-affected States in New Delhi. “On the development front, Government has approved an ambitious Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for sixty Districts, affected by Left Wing Extremism. It is proposed to make a block grant of INR 250 million to each District for the remaining four months of 2010-11 and INR 300 million to each District for 2011-12,” said the Ministry.
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December - 20 
Sify.com reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) tried to disrupt the fourth and penultimate phase of the panchayat (village level local self government institution) polls in some places in Jharkhand on December 20. According to Police, Maoists opened fire from the hi
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Sify.com reports that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) tried to disrupt the fourth and penultimate phase of the panchayat (village level local self government institution) polls in some places in Jharkhand on December 20. According to Police, Maoists opened fire from the hilly terrain in Baridih Kanpur panchayat (booth No. 17) in Chakulia block in the early hours to terrorize the voters but the Security Forces (SFs) compelled the Maoists to retreat. SFs recovered six cylinder bombs buried under a road in Hunterganj in Chatra District. About 1.3 million voters, 66 percent of the electorate voted in the panchayat polls.
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December - 21 
In a secret cable sent in 2009 by the then U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson and made public by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks it was revealed that the US had reservations about India sharing information with all countries that had lost their citizens in the 26/11 Mumbai terror a
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In a secret cable sent in 2009 by the then U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson and made public by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks it was revealed that the US had reservations about India sharing information with all countries that had lost their citizens in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks (November 26, 2008 also known as 26/11), saying it was “premature” and feared that it would undermine essential law enforcement efforts and forestall further India-Pakistan cooperation, PTI reported on December 21.Patterson advised the State Department to urge India to delay the release of information about its investigation until intelligence and law enforcement-sharing with the U.S. and the Government of Pakistan moved forward.
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December - 21 
The breakaway faction of the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV), United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA) led by Dhanyram Reang has stepped up its extortion exercise by issuing notes demanding INR 300 per household in the areas like South Hailakandi, Dullavcherra and Karimganj Districts
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The breakaway faction of the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV), United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA) led by Dhanyram Reang has stepped up its extortion exercise by issuing notes demanding INR 300 per household in the areas like South Hailakandi, Dullavcherra and Karimganj Districts, reports Sentinel on December 21. Dhanyram had threatened the villagers with dire consequences. It is to be noted that ULFBV, led by Panchuram Reang, laid down arms with his 305 rebels to the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on November 30, 2008.
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December - 24 
The highest of 71 percent polling was recorded in Ranchi and the lowest was recorded in West Singhbhum District with 58 percent. The final phase began amid tight security arrangements at 7 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m. Voting took place for 242 panchayats spread over 14 blocks of five districts. A total
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The highest of 71 percent polling was recorded in Ranchi and the lowest was recorded in West Singhbhum District with 58 percent. The final phase began amid tight security arrangements at 7 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m. Voting took place for 242 panchayats spread over 14 blocks of five districts. A total 10,262 candidates are in the fray. The five-phase panchayat elections began on November 27 and ended on December 24.
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December - 30 
A Rajouri based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ has turned out to be a mastermind of engineering stone pelting in Kashmir in 2010 summer and was reportedly preparing another brigade of youth in different parts of the Valley to create trouble in June 2011, reports Daily Excelsior. Sajjad Ahmed Khan
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A Rajouri based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ has turned out to be a mastermind of engineering stone pelting in Kashmir in 2010 summer and was reportedly preparing another brigade of youth in different parts of the Valley to create trouble in June 2011, reports Daily Excelsior. Sajjad Ahmed Khan alias Shamas, a resident of Firdousabad in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar District, operating in Thanna Mandi area of Rajouri District, engineered stone pelting in several parts of Srinagar especially Batmaloo by mobilizing youth to join the brigade of stone pelters after making them handsome payments through hawala (illegal money transfer) operators of Rajouri District. Interception of the mobile telephone number of Shamas—8803638050—exposed his activities and links with the militants in the Valley, leading to formidable evidence with Police about the connivance of militant-stone pelters. The interception of mobile telephone number of Shamas led to arrest of a number of militants and stone pelters, with whom he spoke on their mobile numbers issuing them directions for subjecting paramilitary and Police personnel to stone pelting. Sources said several other militants and stone pelters were also identified and some of them arrested after being called by Shamas from his Thanna Mandi hideout. Shamas was reported to have sent a series of consignments of hawala money for the militants and stone pelters from Rajouri through Over Ground Workers of the LeT outfit.
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December - 30 
The Hindu report that although Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Andhra Pradesh was under effective check during the year, has again showed an upward trend this year with a slight increase in its level with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) continued to remain active in Visakhapatnam and K
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The Hindu report that although Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Andhra Pradesh was under effective check during the year, has again showed an upward trend this year with a slight increase in its level with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) continued to remain active in Visakhapatnam and Khammam Districts bordering Chhattisgarh and Odisha. "Of the 54 Maoist-related incidents in 2010, the maximum were reported from Visakhapatnam and Khammam," according to the data released by Director General of Police (DGP) K Aravinda Rao at the Annual Press Conference of the State Police in Hyderabad city on December 30. Against 17 persons killed by Maoists last year, 2009, the deaths went up to 21 this year, 2010.
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December - 30 
The Hindu reports on December 30 that altogether 51 senior cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have been arrested by Bihar Police up to November 2010, according to official sources. These included seven ‘zonal commanders’, 10 ‘sub-zonal commanders’ and 13 ‘area commanders’. Th
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The Hindu reports on December 30 that altogether 51 senior cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have been arrested by Bihar Police up to November 2010, according to official sources. These included seven ‘zonal commanders’, 10 ‘sub-zonal commanders’ and 13 ‘area commanders’. The Police also seized 17,995 kilograms of explosive, 1.96 lakh detonators, 83 landmines and several bombs besides INR.3.525 million in cash during operations against the Maoists, officials sources added. Security men also recovered 130 weapons, 12 of them looted from Policemen, and over 8,200 different kinds of ammunition from the cadres. Altogether 166 Maoist-related incidents occurred in Bihar up to November, 2010 and the Police were engaged in encounters with Maoists at 21 places. Eight Maoist bunkers were also neutralised. A total of 14 Maoists surrendered before the Security personnel during the encounter. Maoists have also blasted 15 government buildings including Police posts, community centres, schools and block offices in 2010, the sources added.
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December - 30 
The number of Maoists killed in encounters with Police came down from 16 to 13. The Security Forces (SFs) achieved notable success in anti-Naxal operations by arresting 220 LWE, Rao said adding they were involved in 14 incidents of exchange of fire, resulting in death of 13 Maoists, adds PTI. The st
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The number of Maoists killed in encounters with Police came down from 16 to 13. The Security Forces (SFs) achieved notable success in anti-Naxal operations by arresting 220 LWE, Rao said adding they were involved in 14 incidents of exchange of fire, resulting in death of 13 Maoists, adds PTI. The statement said the number of Maoist-related incidents went up from 50 to 54 and the number of encounters from 13 to 14. 117 LWE surrendered and the Police seized 81 weapons, while 21 civilians lost their lives in the Maoists violence. There were, however, no casualties on the Police side, Rao added. Notable among Maoist leaders killed this year were politburo members Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, State committee members Shakamuri Apparao and Solipeta Kondal Reddy alias Tech Ramana. A particular tribal group, which has migrated to Visakhapatnam District in large numbers, was providing food and shelter to the Maoists on the AP-Odisha border, Rao said. The Police were keeping a close watch on the activities of Maoists which is trying to regroup in North Telangana Districts, Rao added.
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