Organized crime mainly exploits legitimate activities for criminal purposes. The UNODC tried to give a definition to “organised crime” in the organised crime convention. So an organised crime...
The level of preparedness of anti-terror agencies in India can discussed under four heads viz. Intelligence gathering, Training and operations, Investigations and Prosecution. Intelligence gathering With respect to...
Establishment of India’s National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is closely linked to the similar bodies in United States. Before 9/11 attacks in US, the responsibility for co-ordination related to...
The various central acts dealing with terrorism in the past and present are: The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987. It was allowed to lapse in 1995...
In India, a number of intelligence, military and police organisations fight against the terrorism activities. For intelligence, we have Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) that acts as the...
The history of terrorism in India can be traced to Khalistan movement in Punjab in the eighties. After independence of India, the demand of separate state by Sikhs...
There is no universally accepted definition of terrorism mainly because a ‘terrorist’ in one country may not be viewed as ‘terrorist’ by other countries. Further, terrorists are generally...
Ladakh is a Buddhist majority region and fundamentally different from the other parts of the Jammu and Kashmir in all respects – culturally, ethnically as well as linguistically....
Jammu and Kashmir was largest of the Indian Princely States. The Hindu maharaja of Kashmir ruled over a heterogeneous population of 4 million of which 77 percent was...
Various issues and challenges in the anti-Naxal strategy and measures in India include Land reforms, empowerment of the grassroot organizations, transparency in land acquisition, employments, presence of efficient...
