Topic: Terrorism in India

Hurriyat groups to be banned under UAPA

The central government is considering to ban both factions of the Hurriyat Conference under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for funding terror. Highlights This decision was taken...

August 23, 2021

The armies of India and Myanmar carrys out a 3-week-long coordinated operation

The armies of India and Myanmar carried out a 3-week-long coordinated operation, named ‘Operation Sunrise 2’, from May 16 in their respective border areas & targeted several militant...

June 18, 2019

Sangita Dhingra Sehgal head of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) tribunal for adjudicating ban on LTTE

The Union government has constituted the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...

May 28, 2019

2019 edition of National Anti Terrorism Day (NATD)

The National Anti Terrorism Day (NATD) is celebrated every year in India on May 21 to spread the message of global peace and non-violence and stop youngsters from...

May 22, 2019

Jaish Terrorist Sajjad Khan got arrested by Delhi Police

Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Sajjad Khan from the Red Fort area on 21st March. Sajjad Khan, resident of Jammu and Kashmir knew the details...

March 22, 2019

India’s Anti-terrorism Preparedness

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...

December 21, 2015

National Counter-Terrorism Centre India

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...

December 21, 2015

Anti-Terror Laws in India

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...

December 21, 2015

Anti-terror Institutional Framework in India

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...

December 21, 2015

History of Terrorism in India

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...

December 21, 2015

Types and Means of Terrorism

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...

December 21, 2015

Comparison of GCTOC, MCOCA and UAPA

These three acts mainly which aim to curb terrorism, Unlawful activities and organized crimes. Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC): This Act is committed to curb...

October 20, 2015