Terrorism Watch

Major terror attacks in India Here's a list of some of the major terror attacks that have taken place in India. An injured pedestrian at Barakhamba Road September 13, 2008: At least 15 killed and over 110 injured in five blasts across New Delhi. July 26, 2008: 29 killed and over 100 injured in 17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. Read story: The nation that failed July 25, 2008: At least two killed and 20 injured in eight low-intensity blasts in Bangalore. May 13, 2008: At least 63 were killed in nine bomb blasts in Jaipur. Read story: Why and who did it? One of t

October 29, 2008 ' Source: REDIFF W ith the arrest of a Sadhvi and her alleged accomplices for their alleged involvement in the Malegaon blast, the term Hindu terrorism has got new meaning. Maloy Krishna Dhar , a former joint director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau, has studied terrorism in-depth for many years. He has written several books on Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence and Bangladesh sponsored terrorism. Dhar took time off to speak with rediff.com 's Vicky Nanjappa about the new trends in terrorism and also about the spate of incidents that have rocked this country in the past couple of years. What are your views on the eye for an eye attitude of some Hindu outfits? Newton's third law (for every action there will be an equal and opposite reaction) has started taking effect. We need to find out the extent to which the Hindu mind is being influenced especially when everyone is flashing what the minorities have had to say. Yes I would say that t

Watch IBNLIVE Video UNDER SCANNER: The Principal of Bhonsala Military School has also been detained by the ATS. New Delhi: The Bhonsala Military School Commandant Colonel (Retd) SS Raikar has been detained for questioning in the Malegaon blast case by Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). ATS is also investigating the role of serving Indian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit in the blast case but the Army wants evidence against before taking action against the officer. Lt Col Purohit, of the Army Education Corps, has been allowed to be taken by the ATS by Army headquarters to Mumbai from Panchmarhi where he was posted. The ATS is believed to have already questioned Purohit in the presence of a legal representative of the Army and a magistrate. Lt Col Purohit was reportedly in touch with another Malegaon blasts accused, retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay. Investigators claim they have decoded SMSes exchanged between the two. The issue of serving and retired Armymen being involved i

Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 17:16 Source: IBNLIVE Video: IBNLIVE New Delhi: The serial bomb blasts in four cities of Assam on Thursday point to a new chapter of terror by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). The investigating agencies say that ULFA is being backed by Bangaldesh's military intelligence wing, the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) which has been modelled on Pakistan's ISI. Chief of Bangladesh's Army General Moeen Uddin Ahmed has been at the centre of India's diplomatic efforts in Bangladesh in the last eight months. Indian agencies say DGFI's head till early this month Major General ATM Amin has always been close to ISI. Major General ATM Amin was also instrumental in giving advanced training in bomb making to a new batch of ULFA cadres in Maximhat near Chittagong in from April to June this year. The camp also trained new boys of other tribal insurgent groups from North-East and West Bengal like the All Tripura Tiger Force and Kamtapu

Guwahati, Oct 31 (PTI) Little-known Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahideen (ISF-IM) today claimed responsibility for the serial blasts that killed 77 people in Assam and warned of more such attacks. In an SMS message sent to local 'News Live' television channel, the ISF-IM claimed responsibility for yesterday's blasts and threatened to carry out more bomb explosions in several parts of the country. The message said, "we thank all our holy members and partners" for successfully carrying out the task. The SMS was received on the mobile of the channel's input desk from a Reliance connection with the number 98646-93690. The mobile phone was subsequently switched off and security forces traced it to Moirabari in Central Assam's Nagaon district registered in the name of one Nazir Ahmed. Police officials are investigating the matter. The outfit was formed in 2000 in Lower Assam's Bodo-dominated areas "to counter" the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) a

Watch BBC Video Watch IBNLIVE video Source: Reuters A chronology of some of the major attacks in India in the past five years: March 13, 2003 - A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people. Aug 25, 2003 - Two car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai. Aug 15, 2004 - A bomb explodes in the northeastern state of Assam, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, and wounding dozens. Oct 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi. March 7, 2006 - At least 15 people are killed and 60 wounded in three blasts in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi. July 11, 2006 - More than 180 people are killed in seven bomb explosions at railway stations and on trains in Mumbai that are blamed on Islamist militants. Sept 8, 2006 - At least 35 people are killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Mumbai. Feb 19, 2007 - Two bombs explode aboard a train heading from India to Pakistan

Recent blasts that rocked Assam: ( Source: NDTV ) On September 30, two powerful bomb blasts rocked Tinsukia killing 5 and injuring 52; a third blast damaged a natural gas pipeline. On September 24 in Darrang, one person was seriously injured when a bomb exploded at a local theatre in Udalguri district. On August 15, three bombs tagetted Independence Day parade grounds at lower Assam's Dhubri and Chirang district, injuring one person. Thursday, 30 October , 2008, 17:27 Source: Sify.com For pictures of the blast site: BBC NEWS Guwahati: It is Baghdad in Guwahati. Three back to back major car bombs followed up by two booby- trapped bombs and if that was not enough seven more bombs in other parts of Assam saw at least 50 dead and 300 injured. Images of Guwahati serial blast This was the worst Assam had seen in its 20-year insurgency and contrary to government claims, the ordinary people believe it as an HuJI attack

October 27, 2008 O ne Diwali the highly revered monk of Hindus, Swami Jayendra Saraswati, was arrested while performing puja. The secular world celebrated it as a victory of law and constitutional propriety. When nothing was proved, all the chargesheets turned bunkum, the Supreme Court gave a verdict favouring the swami's release on bail , but no one retracted the strong, often abusive words used for the Hindu monk. It was met with silence as if nothing important had happened. One Krishna Janmashtami night, another ochre-robed reformist monk, Swami Lakshmanananda , was murdered along with an aged Hindu nun, Ma Bhaktimoyee, in his ashram. Secularists tried to direct and guide the entire investigation till the arrested murderers confessed that swami's work among tribals made prosylitisation difficult and hence they took the violent way. The media linked the violence post-Lakshmanananda's murder to various Hindu organisations and completely ignored the brutal killing of t

Source: Rediff October 24, 2008 18:27 IST Last Updated: October 24, 2008 19:30 IST A young sadhvi suspected to have links with a Hindu right wing group and two other men were slapped with murder charges on Friday after they were arrested for their alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts in which the police said the deadly RDX was used. Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur along with Shamlal Sahu and Shivnarayan Singh, all hailing from Madhya Pradesh [ Images ] , were produced before a chief judicial magistrate K D Boche in Nashik in Maharashtra which remanded them to police custody till November 3. Public prosecutor Ajay Miisar said the crime committed by the three was a "serious offence" and they were booked under charges of murder, attempt to murder and voluntarily causing grievous hurt under IPC Sections 302, 307 and 326 respectively. The sadhvi, who is based in Indore but who regularly visited Surat [ Images ] to give lectures, was picked up from the diamond city by the