Terrorists waiting to cross into Rajasthan from Pakistan, alert issued.

Terrorists waiting to cross into Rajasthan from Pakistan, alert issued.

Jaipur: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS )of Rajasthan Police has issued an alert over the possibility of a group of terrorists looking to enter Rajasthan from across the international border with Pakistan.

The alert has put the number of possible intruders at 15. Following the alert, the Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified patrolling in border areas, especially in Bikaner, Jodhpur, Barmer.

Strict vigil is being maintained to thwart any attempt to push in terrorists into India.

The ATS has also written to all SPs and IGs, warning them of the threat.

Infiltration bids from across the border remain a challenge for India given the long - 3,323 km - border we share with Pakistan.

Traditionally Jammu and Kashmir frontier has been the most active route for infiltration but with the Indian armed forces stepping up pressure there, Rajasthan has emerged as the new worry area.

Last week, the BSF had said it has spotted armed terrorists very close to the IB on at least three occasions. The BSF chief said the continued ceasefire violations are an attempt to help terrorists into India. ( Courtesy : Zee News )

U.S.: Qaeda affiliates surge, attacks on the rise.

U.S.: Qaeda affiliates surge, attacks on the rise.

The State Department in its Wednesday report counted
9,707 terrorist attacks around the world in 2013, resulting
 in more than 17,800 deaths and more than 32,500
 injuries. (File photo: Reuters)

Al arabiya | 01 may 2014 : : Terrorist attacks have increased more than 40 percent worldwide between 2012 and 2013, the State Department said Wednesday in its annual global terrorism report, adding that a surge in aggressive al-Qaeda affiliates in the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. interests and its allies. 

Losses in al-Qaeda’s core leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan have “accelerated” the network’s decentralization. That has resulted in more autonomous and more aggressive affiliates, notably in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, northwest Africa and Somalia, it said.( Courtesy : Al arabiya )

US pastor arrested before he could burn Quran copies.

US pastor arrested before he could burn Quran copies.

Pastor Terry Jones (L) is handcuffed by Polk County
Sheriff's Deputies as he is arrested after being pulled
over while travelling on State Road 37 in Mulberry,
 Florida September 11, 2013. — Photo by Reuters

MULBERRY | 13 Sep 2013 ::  Law enforcement officers arrested a Florida pastor Wednesday as he drove to a park to light nearly 3,000 copies of the Quran on fire to protest the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Sheriff's deputies arrested Pastor Terry Jones, 61, and his associate pastor, Marvin Sapp Jr, 44, each on a felony charge of unlawful conveyance of fuel as they travelled in a pickup truck towing a large barbecue-style grill filled with the copies of the Quran soaked in kerosene.

Jones had said he was heading to a nearby park to burn the 2,998 copies, one for every victim of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sheriff's officials said Wednesday night that Jones was also charged with unlawful open-carry of a firearm, a misdemeanor, and that Sapp faces a charge of having no valid registration for the trailer.

Both were being booked Wednesday night into the Polk County jail, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Mulberry's mayor, along with area elected officials, a sheriff's deputy and several Polk County residents have talked about the need to express love and tolerance for all faiths on Sept. 11.

Jones is the pastor of a small evangelical Christian church. He first gained attention in 2010 when he planned to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11, although he eventually called it off.(Courtesy:Dawn)Read More>>>