The West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has out rightly rejected the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM). 

”I do not want divisions within West Bengal and will try my best not allow anyone to divide the state,” he said.

Addressing the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) peasants wing, All India Kishan Sabha’s (AIKS) district conference in Darjeeling, the epicentre of the Gorkhaland state issue, Bhattacharjee termed poverty the root of terrorism and called for an united fight against it.

The four jawans of Orissa State Armed Police (OSAP) who were abducted by a group of armed Maoists in Malkangiri on Friday were released on Saturday afternoon. 

The four returned to their camp at Janbai safely at around noon, Malkangiri district Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi said. 

The jawans were returning from Chitrakonda market to their camp at Janbai under Papermetla police station area, about 80 km from district head quarter, on Friday evening when the Maoists abducted them, Bhoi, said. 

Following the incident, combing operation and patrolling by security forces have been intensified in the entire area, which border Andhra Pradesh, to track down the ultras, police said. 

Melbourne, Dec. 6: The Federation of International Cricketers’ Association says the terror attacks in Mumbai have turned India into a “risky” place and it is planning to hold a security summit to discuss the “volatile situation” there.

“It’s a whole new world of risk in India now, that rather than having these random bombings of random places, they are targeting western (interests),” the Dawn quoted FICA CEO Tim May, as saying.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the superintendent of Presidency jail to provide a complete report on the medical condition of Todi report before Monday, when the bail appeal would be heard again.

Ashok Todi was admitted to the jail hospital since he was remanded to judicial custody by a city court on December 1 following his surrender on a Supreme Court directive.

The union government is planning to define cyber crimes under the IT Act 2000 and is likely to introduce Amendment Bill in the winter session of parliament. It would cover all crimes where technology is used for terror and unsocial activities. It would cover cyber terrorism, child pornography, spam and phishing besides data security and privacy.
 

India’s top Design firm, Bobby Mukherji & Associates (BMA) received the coveted CNBC Awaaz Crisil Real estate award for the best hospitality interior project.

At a splendid award function held at the ITC Maratha, Mumbai, the award was presented to Bobby Mukherji, by India’s top honchos, Mr. Senthil Chengalvarayan–Managing Editor–CNBC TV18, Mr. Neel Choudhury- VP Marketing & Sales-CNBC TV-18 & CNBC Awaaz, Mr. Anshul Jain-CEO-DTZ & Mr.Tribhuwan.