NEW DELHI, March 27 (UPI) -- An Indian Interior Ministry status report on internal security acknowledged that despite a massive anti-insurgency offensive, there was a sharp increase in overall violence in the country's restive northeast in 2007 over the previous year.

NEW DELHI, March 13 (UPI) -- An Indian parliamentary panel has asked the government to grant statutory powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation to directly look into crimes related to terrorist attacks and human trafficking.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- India needs to bolster its police and paramilitary forces to check the growing influence of Maoist rebels in the various parts of the country, Indian insurgency experts say.

NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- India's federal Interior Ministry has chided the administrations of Maoist-hit states accusing them of not being serious about redefining priorities, including the formulation of a strategy to quell the violent rebellion.

NEW DELHI, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A U.N.-backed world body campaigning against the use of landmines has urged the Indian government to sign a global treaty to ban the weapons.

NEW DELHI, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Following frequent terrorist strikes, the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a new terror hotbed as major militant groups have found a suitable base developed by the rebel Harkat-ul-Ansar 14 years ago, Indian security and intelligence agencies say.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- India has decided to fight growing Maoist rebellion with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking report cards from the insurgency-hit states, which would be placed before the conference of the chief ministers slated to be held Thursday.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- India says its state intelligence departments are not equipped to take on terrorism following failures that have put their efficiency in doubt.

NEW DELHI, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The bombings last month in Uttar Pradesh state by Islamist militants marks a shift in their strategy, moving from civilian targets to the judiciary.