Parrikar arrives in J&K to review security situation

The Defence Minister is accompanied by Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command Lt Gen D S Hooda during the visit which will cover all three regions of the state.

Lt Gen V S Negi, General Officer Commanding of 14 Corps, will brief him about the situation along the Line of Control on Pakistani side and Line of Actual Control along the Chinese side, a Defence spokesman said.

Parrikar will then fly to Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, where he will hold meetings with Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. "Besides these meetings, the Defence Minister will be briefed by GoC 15 Corps Lt Gen Subrata Saha on the security situation in the valley and along the Line of Control," he added.

 

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No report of defence sector networks being attacked: Parrikar

Parrikar further said said the government has taken a number of steps to protect confidential information pertaining to the defence sector from cyber attack.
  
"There are no reports of defence sector networks being attacked by cyber hackers and foreign intelligence agencies,” Parrikar said.
  
"However, cyber attacks are faced by Internet connected personal computers and these relate to unauthorised data access, denial of service, compromise of logic credentials," he added.
  
He was replying to a query on whether reports of defence networks being continuously attacked by cyber hackers and foreign intelligence agencies have come to the notice of the government.
  
"To protect important and confidential data from cyber attack, the operational networks of the Armed Forces are air gapped from Internet.
  
"Further, Defence Services have established Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to prevent and react to cyber attacks," Parrikar said.
 
The Minister also said that safeguards have been instituted in the form of audits and physical checks.
   

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Was surprised by court order to search my residence: Parrikar

"It was a surprise to me. I had moved into my official residence the earlier day," said Parrikar, responding to a question today.
  
The local court which was hearing the petition on Pacheco, who is missing after being convicted for slapping a government servant, had on April 23 ordered the search of 10, Akbar Road in New Delhi after social activist and lawyer Aires Rodrigues had petitioned the court against delay by police in tracking down the ex-minister.
  
The order came after Rodrigues submitted to the court that there was "information" that Pacheco was "hiding" at 10, Akbar Road. It was, however, stayed by a higher court in Goa the same day.
  
"The order is quashed... so I don't want to comment further. It is an issue which probably the investigating agency should work on. How does Defence Minister's residence come in the picture?," Parrikar replied.
  
"How do you stop people who have flight of imagination and slight bent of crooked behaviour?" Parrikar asked, making an apparent reference to Rodrigues who had moved the court seeking the order.

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Defence Minister Parrikar objects to large security cover

Parrikar, who attended a BJP programme at BNSD Shiksha Niketan here, told his security personnel to leave only one vehicle for him and take away the rest.

"I do not need so much of security, one security vehicle is enough for me. Anything more than that causes inconvenience to people," Parikar later told reporters at a press conference.

At the programme, Parrikar also objected to a larger chair placed for him and smaller ones for others and insisted on sitting in smaller chair.

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Attacks in Jammu and Kashmir an attempt by militants to raise their low morale: Manohar Parrikar

"When the morale of the opponents are down, they make such attempts to boost it," Parrikar said replying to questions about the attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

Stating that the International Border has many "nallas", he said at times it is difficult to man the area completely. The IB comes under the purview of the BSF. Giving figures, Parrikar said that about 26 militants have been killed this year by the Army with only one loss from its side.

He said this proves that the Army was doing better and that intelligence has also improved.Terror had again struck Jammu on Saturday where militants opened fire at an army camp on Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district. Parrikar said the two terrorists have been killed.
  
Yesterday,'fidayeen' militants in army fatigues had stormed a police station in Jammu's Kathua, killing three security personnel and two civilians, and leaving 11 others including Deputy SP wounded. Two militants were also killed in the gun battle.

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