Al-Qaida's aging leaders are struggling to
compete for recruits with Islamic State. Nevertheless, India must prepare
itself for all sorts of terrorist threats, not least terrorist re-emergence in
Afghanistan. What role might NATO play in this?
The issue of
Islamic terrorism has once again become India’s primary concern since the
Al-Qaida (AQ) chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a video released in September,
announced the launch of "Qaedat al-Jihad fi’shibhi al-qarrat al-Hindiya”
or al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent to carry out jihadist activities in
India and countries like Bangladesh and Myanmar (also known as Burma).
GROWING
CROPS had never been easy in Kashipur. Farmers practised shifting
cultivation, depending on rains to produce whatever little was possible
on the rocky slopes. But with onslaught of bauxite mining, large scale
felling of forest trees and changing weather patterns, the going has got
tougher. 
In
view of the involvement of several of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders and
ministers of his current as well as the previous cabinet in the land allotment scam
in the state of Odisha, one must hail Naveen Patnaik for tracing and inducting
so many talented leaders in the party and his cabinet. In spite of the fact
that a part of responsible media is genuinely critical about Naveen Patnaik and
his government, this letter (in form of a satire) intends to hail Naveen Patnaik
for his search of talents that make his cabinet transparent and principled.
