Re: [Assam] Academic killed in B'lore shootout.
http://ia.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/29raman.htm?q=sp&file=.htm terrorism in BangaloreMalabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:This is hardly surprising. I remember reading in the paper couple of months back that the intelligence department had unearthed plans of certain groups whereby they had planned to attack Indias economic interest and so called icons of "modern India" ... software companies, institutes of higher learning, medical facilities etc. We do have difference amongst ourselves about whether these so called icons of modern India are steering India ahead in the right direction or whether are a reflection of elitist Indians, but one thing for sure ... certain groups that want to hurt India know where it could hurt India (or perhaps the interest groups that control India) the most by scaring away the likes of Microsoft/Oracle that have been so keen to invest in India in the recent years. UtpalRam Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A few days ago, a young lady who was heading to work the night shiftin an HP call center was killed. And a couple of days ago, the policearrested a group of suspected terrorists. Always thought B'lore was asleepy little city where nothing much happened. Its just terrible._http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/india.gunman.ap/index.htmlBANGALORE, India (AP) -- A group of gunmen opened fire outside aconference at a premier Indian science institute Wednesday night,killing a retired professor and wounding four other people, officialssaid.The attackers opened fire into a crowd as people were leaving anauditorium at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India'stechnology hub, police commissioner Narayan Gowda told the Press Trustof India news agency. The victims had been attending the annualconvention of an Indian research society.The motive for the attack was not clear. Sri Prakash Jaiswal, India'sjunior home minister, told reporters in New Delhi that "it would betoo early to call it a terrorist attack. We have to investigate. Itcould have been targeted at an individual."Authorities quickly threw up a security cordon around the sprawlinginstitute campus in a northern Bangalore suburb, and put the entirecity -- the hub for India's high-technology world and home to scoresof information technology companies -- on alert, said Bhupendra SinghSial, police chief of Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is thecapital.Police identified the dead man as M. C. Puri, a retired professor fromNew Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology, who was attending theconference, the Press Trust of India news agency said. At least one ofthe injured was reported to be in critical condition, Indiantelevision reports said.The Indian Institute of Science is one India's leading science andtechnology research centers.___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.orgTo help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma5121 Lackwanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard University,Class of 2005 To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Academic killed in B'lore shootout.
This is hardly surprising. I remember reading in the paper couple of months back that the intelligence department had unearthed plans of certain groups whereby they had planned to attack Indias economic interest and so called icons of "modern India" ... software companies, institutes of higher learning, medical facilities etc. We do have difference amongst ourselves about whether these so called icons of modern India are steering India ahead in the right direction or whether are a reflection of elitist Indians, but one thing for sure ... certain groups that want to hurt India know where it could hurt India (or perhaps the interest groups that control India) the most by scaring away the likes of Microsoft/Oracle that have been so keen to invest in India in the recent years. UtpalRam Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A few days ago, a young lady who was heading to work the night shiftin an HP call center was killed. And a couple of days ago, the policearrested a group of suspected terrorists. Always thought B'lore was asleepy little city where nothing much happened. Its just terrible._http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/india.gunman.ap/index.htmlBANGALORE, India (AP) -- A group of gunmen opened fire outside aconference at a premier Indian science institute Wednesday night,killing a retired professor and wounding four other people, officialssaid.The attackers opened fire into a crowd as people were leaving anauditorium at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India'stechnology hub, police commissioner Narayan Gowda told the Press Trustof India news agency. The victims had been attending the annualconvention of an Indian research society.The motive for the attack was not clear. Sri Prakash Jaiswal, India'sjunior home minister, told reporters in New Delhi that "it would betoo early to call it a terrorist attack. We have to investigate. Itcould have been targeted at an individual."Authorities quickly threw up a security cordon around the sprawlinginstitute campus in a northern Bangalore suburb, and put the entirecity -- the hub for India's high-technology world and home to scoresof information technology companies -- on alert, said Bhupendra SinghSial, police chief of Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is thecapital.Police identified the dead man as M. C. Puri, a retired professor fromNew Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology, who was attending theconference, the Press Trust of India news agency said. At least one ofthe injured was reported to be in critical condition, Indiantelevision reports said.The Indian Institute of Science is one India's leading science andtechnology research centers.___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Academic killed in B'lore shootout.
This is perhaps an afterthought after bombing Twin Towers in New York. UmeshRam Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A few days ago, a young lady who was heading to work the night shiftin an HP call center was killed. And a couple of days ago, the policearrested a group of suspected terrorists. Always thought B'lore was asleepy little city where nothing much happened. Its just terrible._http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/india.gunman.ap/index.htmlBANGALORE, India (AP) -- A group of gunmen opened fire outside aconference at a premier Indian science institute Wednesday night,killing a retired professor and wounding four other people, officialssaid.The attackers opened fire into a crowd as people were leaving anauditorium at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India'stechnology hub, police commissioner Narayan Gowda told the Press Trustof India news agency. The victims had been attending the annualconvention of an Indian research society.The motive for the attack was not clear. Sri Prakash Jaiswal, India'sjunior home minister, told reporters in New Delhi that "it would betoo early to call it a terrorist attack. We have to investigate. Itcould have been targeted at an individual."Authorities quickly threw up a security cordon around the sprawlinginstitute campus in a northern Bangalore suburb, and put the entirecity -- the hub for India's high-technology world and home to scoresof information technology companies -- on alert, said Bhupendra SinghSial, police chief of Karnataka state, of which Bangalore is thecapital.Police identified the dead man as M. C. Puri, a retired professor fromNew Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology, who was attending theconference, the Press Trust of India news agency said. At least one ofthe injured was reported to be in critical condition, Indiantelevision reports said.The Indian Institute of Science is one India's leading science andtechnology research centers.___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma5121 Lackwanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard University,Class of 2005 Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
