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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that militants in Pakistan were plotting new attacks on India as he urged security forces to stay on high alert.
‘There is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks,’ Mr Singh told a summit on internal security attended by the chief ministers from India’s states.
‘After the Mumbai attacks, we have put in place additional measures. There is need for continued utmost vigilance,’ added Singh, who also pointed to the threat posed by left-wing militants in the east of the country.
India has boosted its security to prevent assaults after the attacks in the country’s financial capital Mumbai in November, in which gunmen killed 166 people.
‘All states need to actively share intelligence information to avert any terror attack,’ he said.
India’s intelligence-gathering techniques were severely criticised after their collective failure to thwart the bloody Mumbai attacks.
Mr Singh said militants were operating far beyond the confines of the violence-hit northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.
‘There has been a surge in infiltration this year, which is disturbing,’ he said.
On Saturday’s 62nd anniversary of India’s independence, the prime minister had stated in his speech that the government was working to eradicate violent extremism from the country’s soil.
India’s Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told the summit that the country had faced no terror strike after the Mumbai attacks but ‘it does not mean that the threat of terror has vanished or receded.’
The prime minister also said India faced another serious challenge from left-wing extremism, namely Maoists who have inflicted heavy casualties on security forces.
India’s Maoists, also known as the Naxals, say they are fighting for the rights of neglected tribal people and landless peasants.
They are now active in more than half of the country’s 29 states — particularly in the east, the poorest part of India.
Estimates of their numbers nationwide range between 10,000 and 20,000, but little is known about their shadowy leadership.
To deal with the Maoist crisis, Mr Chidambaram announced a multi-pronged strategy at the summit.
‘We will talk, we will act, we will restore order and we will undertake developmental activities in Naxal-hit areas,’ he said.—AFP
LINK http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...stan-militants-planning-fresh-attacks--il--03
‘There is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks,’ Mr Singh told a summit on internal security attended by the chief ministers from India’s states.
‘After the Mumbai attacks, we have put in place additional measures. There is need for continued utmost vigilance,’ added Singh, who also pointed to the threat posed by left-wing militants in the east of the country.
India has boosted its security to prevent assaults after the attacks in the country’s financial capital Mumbai in November, in which gunmen killed 166 people.
‘All states need to actively share intelligence information to avert any terror attack,’ he said.
India’s intelligence-gathering techniques were severely criticised after their collective failure to thwart the bloody Mumbai attacks.
Mr Singh said militants were operating far beyond the confines of the violence-hit northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.
‘There has been a surge in infiltration this year, which is disturbing,’ he said.
On Saturday’s 62nd anniversary of India’s independence, the prime minister had stated in his speech that the government was working to eradicate violent extremism from the country’s soil.
India’s Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told the summit that the country had faced no terror strike after the Mumbai attacks but ‘it does not mean that the threat of terror has vanished or receded.’
The prime minister also said India faced another serious challenge from left-wing extremism, namely Maoists who have inflicted heavy casualties on security forces.
India’s Maoists, also known as the Naxals, say they are fighting for the rights of neglected tribal people and landless peasants.
They are now active in more than half of the country’s 29 states — particularly in the east, the poorest part of India.
Estimates of their numbers nationwide range between 10,000 and 20,000, but little is known about their shadowy leadership.
To deal with the Maoist crisis, Mr Chidambaram announced a multi-pronged strategy at the summit.
‘We will talk, we will act, we will restore order and we will undertake developmental activities in Naxal-hit areas,’ he said.—AFP
LINK http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...stan-militants-planning-fresh-attacks--il--03
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