Indian Military

RAIPUR: Naxals fired upon an Indian Air Force helicopter which had been sent to help the police-CRPF operation in Dantewada district, official sources said.
As per the official information reaching here today, five jawans who were inside and the pilot were safe, though the helicopter was hit by nine rounds in the incident on Monday.
The MI-17 chopper of IAF had been sent to assist the police and CRPF forces which had undertaken a large-scale operation against naxals on December 18.
While returning, the chopper came under naxal fire over a hill, though it succeeded in reaching Jagdalpur safely.
The helicopter did not suffer any damage, the sources said.
During the operation, nine naxals were arrested and large cache of weapons was seized, senior police officers said.

RANCHI: Extremist groups from northeast have added a new dimension to Left Wing Extremism especially in Jharkhand as they appeared have aligned together with cadres of Manipur's banned People's Liberation Army (PLA) providing arms training to Naxal groups.
"There have been many instances in various operations where we have raided and collected evidence as well as killed fighters belonging to northeast outfits. This clearly indicates exchange of technical know-how of armed insurgents from the northeast with the Naxal outfits operating in Jharkhand," says deputy inspector general operations (CRPF), Chaibasa, Bhanu Pratap Singh.
The central paramilitary force along with the state police have been combing Sarju jungles in Lathehar district to hunt for Naxals and insurgents of PLA.
"We had information that a group from People's Liberation Army Manipur had travelled to Jharkhand to provide weapons' training to Naxal groups operating here. According to our information a large number of cadres from PLA will join the red outfits here in their fight," says another senior official of the para-military force.

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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India was asked by the Ministry of Defense, in June 2009, to conduct an audit into the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the criminal case against the former Director General of Ordnance Factories and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Sudipta Ghosh.

While submitting that the institution of the CAG was neither ‘empowered nor equipped’ to conduct inquiries of a forensic nature, the CAG nevertheless accepted the charge and submitted a report to Parliament last week, that testifies to the acts of omission and commission, based on incompetence, lack of foresight or mala fide intent, that led to the recommendation of a blacklist of companies.

The recommendation for blacklisting Singapore Technologies (ST) arose from the issue of the supply of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbines to paramilitary forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), India’s law enforcement and interior ministry.

ST was indirectly mentioned in the FIR (First Information Report) registered by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) against Sudipta Ghosh and so the ‘transaction with STK was put on hold in June, 2009 by MOD.