SP's MAI Issue No. 1 | January 01-15, 2015 - Internal Security Updates
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INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
Terror by the sea
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch
Former Director General of Information Systems, Indian ArmyWhat is relevant for India is that while the Pakistani society may want peace, what matters in Pakistan is not civil society, but the army and the ISI and their band of so-called ‘good’ terrorists.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
Need to revamp coastal security
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Although in this latest episode, a terrorist attack has possibly been foiled through well coordinated action between the intelligence agencies and the ICG, it is a grim reminder that the threat to national security...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Himmat app launchedThe Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched ‘Himmat’, an application for women’s safety. Lauding the Delhi Police for launching the emergency call application for women in distress...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Gunmen kill 12 French satirical magazine journalistsTwo hooded Islamist gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing ten journalists and editors...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
MHA proposes investigative units on crimes against womenThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) proposes to set up Investigative Units on Crimes against Women (IUCAW), in 20 per cent of the districts of each state on a 50:50 cost sharing basis with the states.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Appointment of Special SecretaryThe competent authority has approved the appointment of Ashok Prasad, IPS, presently working as Special Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB), as Special Secretary (Internal Security)...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Tracking illegal immigrant families, US approachThe US Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Security shortcomings at diplomatic postsThe top watchdog for the US State Department warned that US personnel overseas remain at “increased risk” due to security shortcomings at diplomatic posts, including the “egregious” use...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Smuggling drugs inside prisonA US union representing correctional officers calls the discovery of hundreds of pills inside a prison a “major security breach.” AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Atlanta airport tightens security after gun-smugglingAtlanta’s airport said it was tightening security following allegations that two men with ties to Delta Air Lines smuggled more than 130 firearms from Georgia to New York over the course...
