January 10
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Israel’s ambassador
to India, Yeho Yada, says in New Delhi that Indian and his country
should work together to counter terrorism in all forms, including
state-sponsored terrorism.
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January 13
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External Affairs
Minister Jaswant Singh meets his Italian counterpart Lomberto
Dini, in Rome, and reviews the state of the global menace of terrorism,
in the context of the IC-814 hijack.
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January 14
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India and Britain
decide at a meeting in London to accord top priority to combating
global terrorism. Britain agrees to share information with India
in the joint fight against terrorism.
During his official
visit to India, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia says cross
border terrorism should be dealt with firmly, and extends support
to India’s fight against terrorism.
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January 17
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Police arrest three
persons, including a Pakistani, in Delhi, and recover 860g of
RDX, two ABCD timers and four electronic detonators from them.
The Pakistani national was arrested earlier in 1998, too, for
circulating counterfeit currency.
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January 21
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Police in Khammam,
Andhra Pradesh, seize 8,000 ordinary detonators, 4,000electric
detonators, 925 gelatin sticks, 160 bags of ammonium nitrate and
30 bundles of safety fuse wire from a lorry and arrest three persons.
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January 24
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Delhi Police arrest
a Pakistani national with 2.9kg of RDX, electronic detonators,
hand grenades and Rs 50,000 in fake currency.
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January 31
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A Court in Kolkata,
convicts six of the seven accused in the Purulia arms drop case,
including Peter Bleach.
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February 8
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Two persons are killed
and another injured in a blast in Gaya district of Bihar.
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February 18
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16 persons are injured
in an explosion inside a bogie of the Lucknow–bound Gomti Express
near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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March 14
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External Affairs
Minister Jaswant Singh says in Parliament that there was triangular
coordination between Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI),
Pakistan-based terrorist organisations and Afghanistan’s ruling
Taliban, in the hijack of flight IC-814, in December 1999.
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March 16
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Eight people are
injured in a low-intensity bomb blast at Sadar Bazar, Delhi.
Delhi Police arrest
three Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorists allegedly responsible
for a recent bomb blast in the city and also recover 32 kg. RDX
and a huge cache of arms from them.
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March 21
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A Union Home Ministry
report says there is a visible build-up of mercenaries across
the Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil sector, Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K).
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March 22
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US President Bill
Clinton, on an official visit to South Asia, condemns the March
20-Chattisighpora massacre in J&K in which 36 Sikhs were killed.
He says it highlighted "the tremendous suffering this conflict
has caused to India" and adds, "the violence must end".
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March 31
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Police arrest three
activists of the Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA),
a chauvinist extremist group, in connection with the March 21-railroad
blast near Cuddalore.
The External Affairs
Ministry conveys the country’s rejection of Pakistan's proposal
for initiation of bilateral dialogue.
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April 1
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Turkey's Prime Minister,
Bulent Ecevit supports India's proposal for a global convention
to fight terrorism.
A Pakistani terrorist
confesses to his involvement in the bomb blast in Agra, which
had occurred ahead of President Clinton's visit to the city. He
was arrested in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
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April 9
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At the Non Alignment
Movement (NAM) Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, Foreign Minister
Jaswant Singh urges NAM to strengthen the international consensus
as well as the legal regimes against terrorism. He seeks the support
of member states to India’s proposal at the UN for a comprehensive
international convention against terrorism.
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April 16
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Police arrest four
suspected ISI agents in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, in connection
with the bomb blasts in the city and in other places of the State.
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April 18
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The Union government
informs Parliament that 24 persons have been arrested for supplying
fake passports to the IC-814 hijackers. The Government adds that
the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM)
was involved in the hijack.
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April 19
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The Union government
sets up a high-level panel to review the country’s national security
system.
The Union government
seeks the consent of the various State Governments to its proposal
to amend the Explosive Substances Act (ESA), 1908. The amendment
proposes to delegate more powers to the States to sanction prosecution
against violators of the Act.
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May 1
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Addressing the 103rd
Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Amman, Jordan, Lok Sabha Speaker
G M C Balayogi says a comprehensive international convention is
need to understand the gravity of the problem of global terrorism.
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May 4
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Reports say the Union
Home Ministry has convened a meeting of State police chiefs to
discuss the growing threat posed by the ISI.
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May 5
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The Judicial Commission
probing the 1998-Coimbatore bomb blasts confirms that the Al-Umma
was responsible for the blasts.
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May 8
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Customs officials
seize two China-made 9mm pistols and two magazines at the Wahag-Attari
border, in Punjab, and arrest two Indians.
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May 11
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An activist of the
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO)
is killed and 13 police personnel, including a Deputy Inspector
General (DIG) of Police, is injured in an encounter in Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal.
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May 14
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Home Minister L K
Advani says the Government is 'actively considering' releasing
imprisoned Khalistan terrorists against whom no serious charges
are pending.
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May 19
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Bangalore Police
launches a search operation for some Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE)
cadres, who were injured in battles in Jaffna and are reportedly
being treated at a private hospital in the city.
An External Affairs
Ministry official says, on conditions of anonymity, the country
has decided not to pay to the Afghan Taliban regime the bill they
sent for services rendered during the flight IC-814 hijack. India
"was sure of its complicity in the hijack'' and would, hence,
not pay the charges of US$ 100,000 demanded by the Taliban.
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June 18
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Two civilians are
killed in a bomb blast near the Red Fort in Delhi.
Police arrest a Babbar
Khalsa terrorist in Dhingar village, Mansa, Punjab. The terrorist
was declared as a proclaimed offender in 1992 under various sections
of the Arms Act and the now defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act (TADA).
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June 20
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Police arrest a Pakistani
mercenary of the Al-Badr
and an ISI agent in Delhi. Some explosives and equipment are recovered
from their possession.
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June 30
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Police in Kanyakumari,
Tamil Nadu, unearth an illegal bomb-manufacturing unit and seize
at least 20 country made bombs.
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July 11
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The National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) says there is no need for the Union Government
to enact the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000 or any similar
law.
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July 26
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A smuggler, suspected
be a member of the narco-terrorism network backed by the ISI,
is arrested in Jalandhar, Punjab.
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August 3
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Police raid the residence
of a top leader of the Deendar
Anjuman, an Islamic extremist outfit, in Nuzvid, Krishna district
of Andhra Pradesh, and recover a huge haul of 200 timer devices.
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August 7
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Terrorists of the
KLO gun down two local-level leaders of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal.
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August 11
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One person is killed
and 45 more injured in a powerful explosion in Ahemedabad, Gujarat.
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August 14
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Nine persons are
killed and 60 more injured in a powerful explosion inside the
Sabarmati Express train near Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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August 24
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Delhi Police arrest
three terrorists of a module of the KZF. An explosive device and
some fake currency are recovered from their possession.
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August 29
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Two suspected ISI agents are arrested
in Anoopgarh district in Rajasthan.
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September 3
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Uttar Pradesh Police arrest two of
Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
terrorists from two different places of Uttar Pradesh.
SIMI activists––Mohammed
Maroof and Abdul Mobin––confess to their role in a series of bomb
blasts in Uttar Pradesh on the eve of independence day. They also
reveal that a new terrorist outfit called Qaafila-e-Saaqt Jaan
(QSJ) has been founded in Uttar Pradesh.
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September 8
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Rejecting an offer
of dialogue made by Pakistan's Chief Executive, General Pervez
Musharraf, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee asserts, "terrorism
and dialogue do not go together."
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September 9
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Police arrest a LeT
terrorist in Delhi. He confesses that he was involved in the August
10-car bomb explosion in Srinagar, in which 15 persons were killed
and 30 more injured.
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September 25
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Police recover approximately
5000kg of explosives in raids at two warehouses in Nawada district,
Bihar.
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September 26
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A two-day session
of the Indo-US Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter-terrorism
decides to expand the sharing of experience and coordinate approaches
of the two countries in tackling international terrorism. The
JWG also extends support to a comprehensive United Nations Convention
on Terrorism and hopes that such a convention would be ratified
soon.
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October 4
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Police seize a huge
cache of explosives, grenades and other equipment in Kamaguna,
Kutch district, Gujarat, and arrest three persons.
Delhi Police arrest
a Pakistan-trained HuM terrorist and seize some explosives from
his possession.
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October 10
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Delhi Police arrest
a medical student who is a supporter of the Tehriq-ul-Mujahideen
(TuM) outfit and seize some explosives and rupees one million.
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October 15
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Police in Delhi recovere
a large cache of arms and ammunition and arrest four suspects.
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October 27
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Union Minister of
State for Home Vidyasagar Rao says the Deendar Anjuman might be
banned.
Two Sikh suspects
are arrested in Canada for their role in the 1985-Kanisha explosion.
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October 30
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The Sikh terrorists
arrested in Canada are remanded to police custody.
Eight ISI agents
have been are arrested in Delhi and Rohtak, Haryana in the past
five days, say reports.
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October 31
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Canadian authorities
release the third suspect in the 1985 Kanishka bombing case.
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November 6
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Interpol issues
a ‘lookout’ notice for the five hijackers of IC –814.
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November 7
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Punjab Police arrest
two BKI activists and two others recover a large quantity of arms,
ammunition, fake currency and heroin.
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November 10
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Police seize a huge
cache of crude bombs in Kanpur in two separate raids and arrest
five persons.
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November 20
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Delhi Police arrest
an HuM terrorist and also recover some explosives.
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November 24
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Maharashtra Police
says an estimated 150 LeT terrorists are suspected to have infiltrated
into India to kill important leaders.
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November 29
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Minister of State
for External Affairs Ajit Kumar Panja says India and Israel are
working towards establishing a dialogue on counter-terrorism.
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December 1
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Police arrest three
Babbar Khalsa terrorists in Mumbai and unearth a plot to abduct
former Gujarat Chief Minister Amarsingh Chaudhary.
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December 6
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Delhi Police arrest
an ISI agent, a resident of Lahore, Pakistan and seize 10 kg of
RDX, some arms, ammunition and documents.
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December 22
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LeT terrorists storm
the Red Fort in and kill three security force personnel.
An ISI agent is arrested
in Siliguri.
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