Chidambaram promises better weapons as NSG celebrates silver jubilee.Byline: ANI Manesar (Haryana), Oct 16 (ANI): Praising the valour and sacrifice made by commandos of the National Security Guards National Security Guards (NSG) is India's premier counter-terrorism force, created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of 1985. The NSG operates under the oversight of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the (NSG NSG Naturschutzgebiet (German: Nature Reserve) NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group NSG National System for Geospatial-Intelligence NSG Naval Security Group NSG National Security Guards (India) ) during the 26/11, Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Friday promised them better hi-tech weaponry. The NSG, also known as the Black Cats is celebrating its silver jubilee today. Chidambaram said: "The country would never forget the supreme sacrifice made by the NSG commandos during the Mumbai terror attacks." "We also remember the supreme sacrifice of NSG commandos Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Hawildar Gajender Singh and the entire force who fought valiantly to liquidate the terrorists in Mumbai in November last year," he added. He also informed the gathering of the Centre's decision to procure high-tech and sophisticated weapons for the NSG, which would help commandos in dealing with any terror threat. "The NSG is going to induct in·duct v. To produce an electric current or a magnetic charge by induction. high-tech and sophisticated weapons in the coming days," Chidambaram said. He also dedicated a song penned by lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist Gulzar and sung by Shankar Mahadevan to the NSG on the occasion. The NSG was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country, with the primary role of combating terrorism Actions, including antiterrorism (defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist acts) and counterterrorism (offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism), taken to oppose terrorism throughout the entire threat spectrum. Also called CBT. in whatever forms it may assume. The NSG is a force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and is therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations. It is a task-oriented force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG SRG In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Suriname Guilder. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Police Forces and State Police Force. After the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, a need was felt to have NSG present in other metros also for an effective and quick response in countering such incidents. Thus four regional hubs were raised and operationalised at Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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