India to resume talks with Pakistan only if they dismantle terror infrastructure

New Delhi, June 5 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Friday said India will resume dialogue with Pakistan only if they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks.

Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "There will not be any talks between India and Pakistan unless they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from Pakistan aimed against India. Pakistan is not serious about fighting against terrorism."
Meanwhile, Pakistan''''s Foreign Office has said that New Delhi''''s pre-conditions for resumption of dialogue with Islamabad are untenable.

Reacting to remarks made by Krishna, spokesman Abdul Basit said the two countries were using diplomatic channels to see how the dialogue process could be resumed.

The spokesman said that it is through dialogue that the two countries understand each other and can get down to the business of resolving issues facing the region.

Basit said it was important for India and Pakistan to get the dialogue process back on track as quickly as possible and without pre-conditions.

He said Pakistan believed that a fair and just resolution of the long-standing Kashmir dispute was absolutely essential for viable and lasting peace in the region. (ANI)

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President stresses on "zero-tolerance" towards terrorism

New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Thursday said internal security will remain the thrust area of the government with "zero-tolerance" towards terrorism and will tackle it in a "time-bound" manner.

"The Government has already prepared a detailed plan to address internal security challenges to be implemented in a time-bound manner," she said.

To deal with security issues, she said a National Counter-Terrorism Centre would be set up to take pro-active measures to combat the menace.

"Special Forces and Quick Response Teams will be raised and deployed in vulnerable areas," she added.

The President said, the Multi-Agency Centre will be strengthened to ensure effective intelligence sharing and processing and Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centres will be activated in all States.

To handle terror-related offences, she said, "The National Investigation Agency has become operational and will be empowered."

She said that Central and State police forces and intelligence agencies will be expanded and fully equipped with the best technology, adding that enhanced information and intelligence sharing on a real time basis, would be made possible by the creation of a net-centric information command structure.

"My Government will actively pursue police reform and in order to ensure the active participation of the citizenry in internal security, community policing will be promoted," she said.

The President said the Government would continue to constructively engage with all groups that abjure violence in the Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.

"Stern measures to handle insurgency and left wing extremism will be taken," she added. (ANI)

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