India allowed perpetrators of terror attack to escape: Army chief

November 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday said that time had come for the country to say no tolerance for more 26/11-type attacks. Speaking at a conference on Assessment of External and Internal Security Situation, here, General Kapoor said, India has time and again let free the perpetrators of terror attacks but now it should adopt zero tolerance towards such people.India has allowed people to get away after Parliament attack, the Delhi blasts, and finally the 26/11 incident.

November 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India needs to be on guard against the spillover of terrorism from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said Tuesday. The whole region (Afghanistan-Pakistan) is affected by terrorists.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister has said that no meaningful talks could take place with Pakistan until it brought perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here on Tuesday, Krishna said, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has made India's position very clear that unless there are visible action that is taken to bring to justice the perpetrators of Mumbai attack, it would be extremely difficult for any meaningful talks with Pakistan.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After having indicated that state actors - meaning Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - could have been behind the Mumbai terror attack in November last year, India is now trying to tackle those who masterminded the attack through the very agency that it held responsible for it. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that the Indian high commissioner in Pakistan, Sharat Sabharwal, had recently met ISI chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha in this regard.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday "unequivocally" condemned the bomb blast in Lahore but also made it clear that the ball was in Pakistan's court to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage if it wanted to resume composite dialogue with New Delhi. "I feel sorry that an incident has taken place in Lahore...

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that no effort can be made to have peace talks with Pakistan unless Islamabad takes strict action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian intelligence agencies have intercepted 'electronic chatter' that indicates increased threat to India from Pakistan-based terrorist groups in the run-up to and during the April-May elections, said government sources. 'There is an increased threat from Pakistan-based terror groups in the run up and during the elections,' said highly-placed government sources.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Islamabad dithering in its response to the 26/11 terror dossier, India has again asked Pakistan to directly convey its response on the Mumbai carnage instead of airing its views through the media or other fora. 'The fact is that we have Pakistan saying various things at various times, various forms and to various audiences,' Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told journalists on his return from Dhaka late Monday.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The UN must pressure Islamabad into ensuring the perpetrators of Nov 26 Mumbai terror attack are bought to justice and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been given enough evidence linking Pakistani nationals to the carnage, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Friday. 'I had detailed discussions with him in the context of the terror attack and the material we have given to Pakistan,' Mukherjee told reporters on the margins of a conference organised by the Research and Information System, a leading think tank, referring to his meeting with the UN chief Thursday.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday urged Pakistan to act with 'sincerity and decisiveness' against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage and said it was in the interests of the region if they were brought to book. 'The onus now is on the government of Pakistan to act with sincerity and decisiveness against the perpetrators and controllers of such attacks,' Defence Minister A.K.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday described the visit of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband as a 'diplomatic disaster' and stated that he spoke the language of Pakistan on the 60-hour Mumbai terror attack. 'His visit was pro-Pakistan and pro-Rahul (Gandhi).

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - Regretting Pakistan's 'continuing pattern of evasiveness and denial' in the wake of the Mumbai atrocity, India Wednesday said it was still awaiting a response and underlined that statements by Pakistani leaders only reinforced its doubts about Islamabad's capacity to act against terror. 'There is a continuing pattern of evasiveness and denial in Pakistan's response to the terrorist attack on Mumbai,' External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was no troop movement on India's side and war was the 'last resort' but the country had all options open following Pakistan's refusal to act against those who ordered the terror attack on Mumbai, Indian Army chief Deepak Kapoor said here Wednesday. Stressing that any decision on the issue had to come from the political leadership, Kapoor said at a press conference that the perpetrators of the Nov 26-29 Mumbai savagery were from Pakistan.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A war with Pakistan was the last resort but India was keeping all options open given its view that the 'perpetrators of 26/11' were from that country, Indian Army chief Deepak Kapoor said Wednesday. Stressing that Indian troops were ready, he said: 'We do feel that the perpetrators of 26/11 were from Pakistan.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Monday rushed to the Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battle field in Jammu and Kashmir, to take stock of the preparedness of the troops posted there. The visit comes a day after the Pakistan Air Force checked its preparedness by flying fighter jets.