Heroin seized near India-Pakistan border in PunjabAugust 21st, 2009 FEROZEPUR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel guarding the international border with Pakistan seized two kilograms of heroin from smugglers near India-Pakistan border. The drug runners were trying to smuggle the narcotic substance into India.his was disclosed by Rajesh Gupta, Deputy Inspector General, Border Security Force (BSF) Ferozepur on Thursday.
Pakistan has moved fewer troops to Indian border: HolbrookeJune 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan has moved more troops to its border with Afghanistan than it has to its border with India since the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks, according to a top US official. But the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, declined to say how many troops Pakistan has moved from the border with India even as he refuted a suggestion that Pakistani troops there are back to the pre-Mumbai attack levels.
Modi questions PM's inaction over Taliban's atrocities on SikhsMay 3rd, 2009 AMBALA - Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday critcised Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for not taking any action over the atrocities committed on Sikh community in Pakistan.
Speak up for Sikhs in Pakistan, says Modi to ManmohanMay 3rd, 2009 AMBALA - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for 'doing nothing' for Sikhs, who are being targeted by Taliban militants in Pakistan's troubled tribal areas. 'What have you done for the Sikh community (in Pakistan)?' Modi asked while addressing an election rally here in Haryana.
Modi visits Vajpayee at AIIMSFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday evening visited former prime minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is undergoing treatment for chest infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, a statement said Wednesday. 'Modi visited AIIMS and enquired about Vajpayee's health.
Government snubs Modi over 26/11 remarks, BJP fumesFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A war of words broke out Wednesday between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram snubbed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that Mumbai could not have been attacked by Pakistan-based terrorists without support from within India.
Chidambaram snubs Modi over 26/11 remarksFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday rebuffed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for saying that terrorists from Pakistan could not have attacked Mumbai without help from within India.
Government snubs Modi over 26/11 remarksFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday rebuffed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for saying Pakistan-based terrorists could not have attacked Mumbai without support from within India, prompting Modi to claim he was misquoted.
Modi's Pakistan comments a major embarrassment: CongressJanuary 24th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism over his comments on Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, with the Congress party Sunday terming the statement as a 'major embarrassment' for India. 'It is a major embarrassment for the central government and people of India.
Modi acting against national interests: CongressJanuary 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and accused him of working against the interests of the country. The criticism came a day after Modi ridiculed the Congress-led government's expectations from Pakistan and the US to accept as evidence the material in the Mumbai attack case when India's own laws did not.
Advani is BJP's man for PM post, says ModiJanuary 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Days after he hogged the limelight with India's top industrialists calling him prime minister material, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said he was not in the race for the top post and that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader L.K. Advani was the right candidate.
Modi to spend New Year day with armymen at borderDecember 30th, 2008 GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will spend the first day of the New Year with security personnel in the desert region of Kutch at India's border with Pakistan. 'These jawans are there at the frontier to safeguard the security of our motherland and I laud their immense courage and devotion,' Modi said here Wednesday in a statement.
ITBP chief visits India-China border outpostsDecember 28th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The director general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is inspecting border outposts along the India-China border to apprise himself of difficulties placed by the troops. ITBP chief Vikram Srivastava has been visiting several border outposts since Dec 25.
BSF chief visits India-Pakistan border areasDecember 26th, 2008 AMRITSAR - Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attack last month, Border Security Force (BSF) director general M.L. Kumawat Saturday visited frontline security positions in Amritsar and Ferozepore districts of Punjab.
Modi advocates tough stance on terrorismDecember 23rd, 2008 GANDHINAGAR - Terming the Mumbai terrorist attacks as an 'undeclared war on India', Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged the Manmohan Singh government to harden its stance towards pakistan. 'The recent terror attack launched through the sea route by Pakistani terrorists on Mumbai is nothing but a undeclared war on India.
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