Author of Indian Mujahideen: The Enemy Within (2011, Hachette) and Himalayan Face-off: Chinese Assertion and Indian Riposte (2014, Hachette). Awarded K Subrahmanyam Prize for Strategic Studies in 2015 by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and the 2011 Ben Gurion Prize by Israel.
Articles by Shishir Gupta
BJP rift behind Arun Jaitley call record case?
Detractors of Arun Jaitley within the BJP and a controversial former cricket administrator could have been behind the operation to procure Jaitley’s call details, suspect investigators. Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja report.
Updated on Feb 23, 2013 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
Afzal hanging: Opinions remain divided on the fallout
On the side-lines of the Conference of Governors in Delhi on Feb 12 - a day after Afzal's wife Tabassum was informed by Delhi's Tihar Jail authorities about Feb 9 hanging of her husband - PM Manmohan Singh inquired the home minister about the speed post delay. Shishir Gupta writes. They say
Updated on Feb 17, 2013 12:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta
Tyagi’s journey from consultant to lobbyist in dirty defence deals
Almost six years before SP Tyagi came under scanner for links with alleged middlemen in the VVIP helicopter deal, intelligence agencies had informed the UPA govt he was lobbying on behalf of mega defence contractors. Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja report. How a defence deal is signed
Updated on Feb 16, 2013 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
Chopper row may hit defence preparedness
With the 2012-13 defence capital outlay already cut by 10% and revenue by another 4% to contain the rising fiscal deficit, the allegations of bribery in the half-a-billion Euro VVIP helicopter deal will further put the brakes on India's hardware acquisition process, and therefore affect the defence preparedness of the country. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 15, 2013 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Naxal terror on the wane
Notwithstanding the bloody encounter between CRPF and Maoist rebels at Latehar in Jharkhand last January 7, according to latest home ministry figures, Naxal violence in the country is on a decline. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 12, 2013 01:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Future tense: UPA security managers on tenterhooks
With stray incidents of protests in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley after 2001 Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru was hanged, the UPA government is on tenterhooks and has asked the army and the security forces to exercise utmost restraint in dealing with expected civil agitation in Jammu and Kashmir, Shishir Gupta reports. All legal procedures followed in Afzal case: Shinde
Updated on Feb 10, 2013 02:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Return to Kashmir: LeT seeks Afghan camps as US pulls out
India’s long-standing concerns that a US military withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to an increase in terrorist activity by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) received some confirmation with reports of LeT cadre moving into Afghanistan for bases. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 07, 2013 03:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
No to army deployment in naxal areas
The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is understood to have shot down a home ministry plan to revive the proposal of deploying Rashtriya Rifles (RR) for static duties in naxal-infested areas. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 05, 2013 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
BJP sticks to politics, dumps Hindutava
Defining the battlelines for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar has decided that the BJP will focus on development and decisive leader agenda, while the affiliated groups — such as the VHP — will help revive the "Hindu Identity". Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 02, 2013 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Centre okay with granting passport to Syed Geelani
Even though the Centre is in no hurry to engage the Kashmir separatist Hurriyat Conference in a dialogue, it has no objection to issuance of passport to pro-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani for travelling to Islamabad or any other third country. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Feb 01, 2013 02:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
LeT seeks foothold in Myanmar
India is sharing information with its eastern neighbours -- Myanmar and Bangladesh-- about the increasing role of Pakistan-based terrorists groups in events like the 2012 sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar's coastal Rakhine state. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 31, 2013 02:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
The spotlight on 'Hindu terror'
The home minister's recent remarks on so-called Hindu terror has created a political furore, but experts - and evidence - suggest it's important to examine the forms and extent of Right-wing extremism. Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja write. Trail of terror
Updated on Jan 27, 2013 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja, Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja
Sarpanches to be center of new initiative in Kashmir
With an eye towards possible security fall-out of 2014 US troop-pullout from Afghanistan, Centre is working towards a new initiative in J&K to politically take on separatists in the Valley. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 22, 2013 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India seeks extradition of Babbar Khalsa man
India has formally asked US Justice Department for the extradition of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwinder Singh Possi. A formal request was made by the Ministry of External Affairs earlier this month. Shishir Gupta reports
Updated on Jan 18, 2013 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
US pullout from Afghanistan worries India
Concerns over heightened terrorism from Pakistan, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, post 2014 US pullout, have brought Washington and New Delhi closer. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 17, 2013 01:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
‘PM assertion came after observing Pak denial policy’
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that he was holding Pakistan accountable for the barbaric killing of two Indian soldiers on the LoC was part of a deliberate “escalatory mechanism” adopted by the Centre, Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 15, 2013 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Records reveal Gadkari has been served notice by I-T dept
Although BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has inexplicably denied that party president Nitin Gadkari has been served I-T notice for suspected tax evasion in Purti Power and Sugar Ltd, Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 15, 2013 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Provoked? A look at the Indo-Pak relationship
As tension escalates between the Indian army and Pakistani troops at the Line of Control, a timeline of the Indo-Pak relationship and events at the LoC which led to the current stand-off. Shishir Gupta writes. Line of Control
Updated on Jan 13, 2013 02:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta
I-T notice to BJP president
The Income Tax department, which had raided and searched the premises of various companies that invested in Purti group in Maharashtra, is understood to have issued notice to BJP president Nitin Gadkari seeking earnings and other details connected to these companies. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 12, 2013 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
PMO awaiting spot report to decide course of action
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is awaiting a spot report on the exact sequence of events from a deputy national security advisor on the brutal killing of two soldiers in Mendhar sector of Jammu before deciding on the course of action against Pakistan. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 10, 2013 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Myanmar envoy: Gandhi front-runner
Former WB governor, bureaucrat, diplomat and scholar Gopal Krishna Gandhi is emerging as a front-runner for the post of ambassador to Myanmar, with the Indian government deciding to engage its eastern neighbour. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 09, 2013 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Newdelhi
Voice samples match 26/11 intercepts, says Pakistan
Pakistan's Federal Investigating Agency has indicated to Indian officials that they have a water-tight case against Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and 28 other accused in 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Jan 08, 2013 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Delay in communication helped Javed Miandad get visa
Discreet investigations on how Javed Miandad was given an Indian visa to watch the ODI match at Feroz Shah Kotla have revealed that Union home ministry had given an 'adverse opinion' on the former Pakistan cricketer's visa request, reports Shishir Gupta.
Updated on Jan 06, 2013 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Gaping holes in Pak's 26/11 probe, says India
The Indian delegation, which went to Islamabad for expediting the 26/11 probe, found serious lacunae in the Pakistani investigation after it observed that seven Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) accused, including operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, had been charged only with criminal conspiracy - not murder.
Updated on Jan 03, 2013 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
IM link to dud high court blast?
Although the government has not found any terrorist involvement in the unsuccessful May 25, 2011 bomb blast outside Delhi High Court, investigators have found evidence that links Indian Mujahideen's mastermind Yasin Bhatkal with the dud explosive.
Updated on Jan 01, 2013 11:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
11 militants eliminated, LeT crippled
Guided by precise ground intelligence based on technical surveillance from the Intelligence Bureau, the Jammu and Kashmir police and Indian Army have been able to inflict serious attrition on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cadres in the Valley - killing 11 terrorists, seven of them Pakistan nationals, this month. Shishir Gupta reports. India’s war against terror
Updated on Dec 31, 2012 02:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
IB upset with NCTC 'exclusivity'
With the UPA government all set to approve the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) under the home ministry, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Wednesday conveyed its serious concerns over creation of the separate parallel agency with almost similar mandate on counter-terrorism. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Dec 27, 2012 02:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Glimmer of hope for six captive Indian sailors
Nearly three years after cargo ship MV Iceberg 1 was hijacked by Somalian pirates, there appears to be a glimmer of hope for its six Indian crew members and other Indian hostages.
Updated on Dec 22, 2012 01:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
India to allow Pakistan to grill 26/11 witnesses
Testing the Pakistan govt’s commitment to bringing the perpetrators of 26/11 to book, India has conveyed to visiting dignitary Rehman Malik its readiness, for the first time, to allow a judicial commission from that country to cross-examine the Mumbai attack witnesses. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Dec 17, 2012 01:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India for action against Hafiz, Rehman wants proof
Stung by advisor to the Pak prime minister on internal affairs Abdul Rehman Malik’s refusal to take steps against Lashkar patron Hafiz Saeed without any “solid evidence”, India confronted him on Saturday on punishing the 26/11 accused and dismantling of terror camps. Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja report. The rebuttal
Updated on Dec 16, 2012 01:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi