G K Pillai

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  "Home Ministry Staff Downloaded Porn In Office," Says Ex-Home Secretary

  Some subordinate staff in the union home ministry would see pornographic content on internet and download malware in office, leading to compromise of the computer networks, former union home secretary G K Pillai said on Wednesday.

• Trying our best to satisfy India on 26/11 probe: Pakistan Interior Secretary

  Pakistan's Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman arrived in Delhi today for the Home Secretary-level meeting to be held in New Delhi on Monday.Speaking to reporters after his arrival, Zaman said Islamabad was trying its best to satisfy India on the probe into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.He also said that he would talk about providing voice samples ...

• Government planning 25% troop cut in J&K as confidence building measure

  The Government is considering reducing the strength of security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as a confidence building measure.Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai also said that India was planning to unilaterally issue six-month multiple entry permits for people of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) wanting to visit Jammu and Kashmir t...

• No specific threats ahead of Obama visit, says Home Secretary

  With Delhi and Mumbai gearing up for President Obama's visit, the government says that there are no specific security threats.  "All arrangements are in place... we hope it will be a successful visit," said Home Secretary GK Pillai to NDTV.Pillai also elaborated on his comments yesterday - he had said, "We could say that we were disappointed t...

• Nirupama Rao speaks to G K Pillai 'to clear the air'

  As Foreign Minister SM Krishna faces flak for attacking Home Secretary GK Pillai in an interview to NDTV and the Opposition accuses the Home and Foreign Ministries of not being on the same page on Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on Pillai on Thursday evening, a meeting that is being seen as an attempt to clear the air. Nirupama Rao ...

• Menon: Nexus between terror and Pak establishment growing stronger

  India's National Security Advisor, Shivshankar Menon, has said that  the nexus between terror and the Pakistani establishment is getting stronger. He added that clear links between Pakistan's establishment and Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley have been established during Headley's recent interrogation by Indian investigators. Menon w...

• No Army in Naxal-hit areas, says Home Secretary G K Pillai

  In the first official statement since the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting last month, Home Secretary G K Pillai has confirmed that the government will not deploy the Army in Naxal-hit areas.Home Minister P Chidambaram had earlier publicly supported the deployment of troops in Maoist areas, while Defence Minister A K Antony had been oppo...

• Kashmir protesters exploiting teenagers: Home Secretary

  The Kashmir Valley is tense after two more civilians, including a young boy, were allegedly killed in CRPF firing on Monday.With the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) coming under attack for the death of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Secretary G K Pillai has said that, people who break curfew and attack police posts cannot be termed as "in...

• Army to help strengthen state police against Maoists: G K Pillai

  As the Cabinet Committee on Security meets today on the Home Ministry's proposal for greater assistance from the Army in tackling the Maoists, Home Secretary G K Pillai told NDTV his ministry wants state police to play a key role with assistance from central paramilitary forces.On being asked about his ministry's take on the Army's role in anti-Nax...

• Home Secretary meets Naga insurgent leader Muivah

  Union Home Secretary G K Pillai and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio met NSCN (IM) general secretary T Muivah on Wednesday at a village near the Nagaland-Manipur border.

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  Headley should get at least 20-year sentence: Pillai

  Home Secretary G K Pillai has told NDTV that anything less than a 20-year sentence for David Coleman Headley would be inappropriate.

• We'll protest strongly if Headley is let off: Govt

  Hours before David Headley is to appear before a Chicago court for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks, Home Secretary G K Pillai has told NDTV that it would be "disturbing" if the American terrorist is let off.

• Hyderabad will be Telangana capital: G K Pillai

  In what could stir up more trouble for the government, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Friday that Hyderabad would be the capital of the proposed Telangana state and that the process for the formation of the new state would continue.

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  IT companies high on terror target list

  India's globally acclaimed software industry is high on the terrorists' target list, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Wednesday.

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  Terror suspect Headley had visited India: Home Secy

  David Coleman Headley, arrested by the FBI for conspiring to carry out terror attacks had visited India, Home Secretary G K Pillai said.