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| BSF put on alert | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 18: The BSF is on high alert along the border with Pakistan in the wake of the heightened security scenario following the Mumbai terror attacks, chief of the force, M L Kumawat, said on Thursday.
"We are highly alert at our borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. We have heightened our vigilance and alertness," Director General Border Security Force (BSF) M L Kumawat told reporters in New Delhi today.
"I can assure the country that we are on much alert than ever before. The force is rising to the occasion," Kumawat said after inaugurating an electronic exhibition of the technical branch of the paramilitary force.
Kumawat, however, refuted reports which claimed that infiltration across the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders has increased.
"I would not agree that infiltration along these two borders which we guard has increased," he said.
The BSF had earlier said it had received reports that Pakistan Rangers have augmented their personnel at Border Out Posts, apart from increased patrolling, and other inputs of movement of forces at the border... | |
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| Azad names all Ex-CMs, paints their progress cards gloomy | | Haryana CM Hooda says Congress party of development | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18: Seeking a clear mandate for Congress party to change development profile of Jammu and Kashmir, the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad named all his predecessors since 1952 –of course, barring Syed Mir Qasim, Bakshi and Sadiq –and read out their “dismal achievement” record during their respective tenure in office.
Aiming to convey to the public that he did more work in two and half years than any Chief Minister did since early 1950s, Azad said, “my short regime was full of unprecedented development, progress, employment, peace and prosperity”. He further added, Congress made impossible look possible and gave hope to the hopeless people of the sta... | |
| | | | Media guidelines for covering terror | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 18: National Broadcasting Association (NBA) on Thursday announced new guidelines for the electronic media, to be followed in times of crisis like the situation that arose during the Mumbai terror attacks. As per the new rules, there would be a complete ban on live TV reporting of terrorist attacks.
Moreover, news channels cannot divulge details –during an ongoing operation- such as the number of hostages or their identity.
Apparently, concerned about the situation where critical operational information was divulged by the media, like the visuals of commandoes being airdropped during the Nariman House stand off, the new guidelines prohibits revealing anything a... | |
| | | | Team India’s Pak tour called off | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 18: Taking into account the "recent developments in Mumbai", the government has asked the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) not to proceed with Indian team’s tour to Pakistan , according to a top BCCI official.
Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla said, "The proposed tour of the Indian cricket team to Pakistan stands cancelled."
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Sports Minister MS Gill have also personally talked to BCCI President Shashank Manohar to convey their decision.
The Sports Minister gave the first indication of the government view when he sent out a strong message by bluntly suggesting that the team's tour of Pakistan should... | |
| | | | Omar has faux paus on Mufti’s flight | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 18: When Peoples Democratic Party Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took a flight from Srinagar this morning; the National Conference President Omar Abdullah’s aides probably did not check his ticket details.
Mufti was headed for Jammu but Omar was informed that he has left for New Delhi. In election season when leader of a regional party from Kashmir leaves for New Delhi, the guesses are obvious –discussing power scheme with the Congress high command.
Omar’s guess, therefore, was not out of place but his information was awfully wrong. Every flight from Srinagar does not always head for New Delhi. Mufti had actually taken a flight for Jammu where he had hectic ... | |
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