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
Unusually low-key Congress campaign makes BJP jittery
With only three days of campaigning left for the first round of voting on December 13, the Congress’s low key-vote consolidation election strategy has left the ruling BJP fearing a low turnout of voters on polling day — leading to a tighter electoral contest, reports Shishir Gupta.
Updated on Dec 09, 2012 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Nadiad/anand
Captain RS Sunil appointed first defence attaché
On the day GMR surrendered the Male International Airport project to the Maldives government, India posted Captain RS Sunil of the Indian Navy as the first defence attaché to the island nation.
Updated on Dec 09, 2012 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Team Narendra Modi: the strategists who run his campaign
Since the 2002 Gujarat elections, the well-oiled election campaign machinery of chief minister Narendra Modi swings into action as soon as the poll bugle is sounded in the state, reports Shishir Gupta.
Updated on Dec 05, 2012 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Ahmedabad
India seeks extradition of three Babbar Khalsa men
Taking the bilateral cooperation against terrorism forward, New Delhi will seek extradition of three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) extremists from US involved in two bomb blasts at Jalandhar inter-state roadways bus stand in 2006.
Updated on Dec 04, 2012 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India to seek extradition of 3 Babbar Khalsa men
Taking the bilateral cooperation against terrorism forward, New Delhi will seek extradition of three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) extremists from US involved in two bomb blasts at Jalandhar inter-state roadways bus stand in 2006. Shishir Gupta reports. Case file
Updated on Dec 04, 2012 02:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
NSA menon to visit Beijing next week
On the eve of power transition in China, national security advisor (NSA) Shiv Shanker Menon is visiting Beijing next week to say goodbye to state councillor Dai Bingguo, his counterpart in Sino-India boundary talks since 2010, and possibly meet the upcoming leadership under Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping; Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 28, 2012 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India wary as Pakistani terror machinery grinds on
Interrogation of Indian origin terrorists Fasih Mehmood and Abu Jundal from Saudi Arabia has confirmed New Delhi's worst fears that anti-India terror apparatus of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the ISI-backed Karachi project was alive and kicking. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 26, 2012 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
RAW gets its new boss, IB to follow
The government has cleared the appointment of Alok Joshi, a 1976 batch IPS officer, as the next secretary of RAW, and Syed Asif Ibrahim, a 1977 batch IPS officer, has emerged as a frontrunner to succeed Nehchal Sandhu as director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 25, 2012 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Kasab's execution: Manmohan was in the loop
A day after home minister Sushilkumar Shinde was quoted as saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came to know about Ajmal Kasab’s hanging from TV, government sources said Singh was in the loop and kept appraised at various stages.
Updated on Nov 23, 2012 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta and Aloke Tikku, New Delhi
Kasab executed, tell his family: India tells Pakistan
India informed Pakistan yesterday that President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the mercy petition of the surviving 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab and a death warrant had been issued in the name of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 21, 2012 06:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India firmer with China on Tibet issue: Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama on Friday said India was no longer "over-cautious" in dealing with China over the Tibet issue and expressed satisfaction that the Manmohan Singh government was "more firm' as compared to past in its bilateral engagement with Beijing. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 03, 2012 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Ispat payoffs: Shimla insurance agent got multi-crore deposits
Do cash payments allegedly made by Ispat Industries to a certain ‘VBS’ have any link with multi-crore deposits in the bank account of a nondescript LIC agent in Shimla?
Updated on Oct 23, 2012 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Rajesh Ahuja and Pawan Sharma, New Delhi/mandi
Ispat payoffs, megabuck insurance linked to VBS?
Quizzed about the payoffs and his revised I-T returns for last 3 years that show a quantum jump in his income, Virbhadra Singh, who has denied being the 'VBS', charged HT with asking uncomfortable questions. Shishir Gupta, Rajesh Ahuja and Pawan Sharma report.
Updated on Oct 23, 2012 06:39 PM IST
None | Shishir Gupta, Rajesh Ahuja and Pawan Sharma, New Delhi/mandi
Tatra bribery case: Tejinder Singh booked by CBI
The CBI registered an FIR against Tejinder Singh, a retired lieutenant general, on Saturday for offering a Rs. 14-cr bribe to former army chief Gen VK Singh to allegedly get a consignment of 1,676 Tatra trucks cleared by him. Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja report. War within
Updated on Oct 21, 2012 01:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
Papers show Bhupinder Hooda changed land use
It was Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda who had cleared the change of land use allowing a company, owned by Robert Vadra, to begin commercial activity barely a month after it purchased farmland in Gurgaon in 2008. Shishir Gupta, Nagendar Sharma and Gaurav Choudhury report.
Updated on Oct 17, 2012 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Nagendar Sharma and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
'VBS' documents: did Ispat pay Rs 2.27 crore to a steel minister?
Did a top steel company make four payments totalling Rs. 2.27 crore between October 2009 and August 2010 to the then Union minister of steel? Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja report.
Updated on Oct 13, 2012 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
A mix of competition & engagement ahead
With 65% of India under the age of 35 years of age, the bloody skirmishes on the disputed Himalayan borders between the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) and Indian Army fifty years ago have almost faded from memory. Shishir Gupta writes. Intertwined histories | War and the nation | Two Asian powers
Updated on Oct 07, 2012 11:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta
Four arrested in England for attack on Brar
The London Metropolitan Police have arrested four people, including a woman, in connection with the stabbing of Lt Gen KS Brar (retd).
Updated on Oct 06, 2012 12:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Dipankar De Sarkar, London
Khalistani terror finds haven abroad
Indian intelligence suspects the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to be the Khalistani terrorist group behind the knife attack on Lt Gen (Retd) KS Brar in London on Sunday night for his involvement in Operation Bluestar. Shishir Gupta & Dipankar De Sarkar report.
Updated on Oct 03, 2012 01:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta & Dipankar De Sarkar, New Delhi/london
Snooping device: 51 pvt firms under govt scanner
Nearly 51 private companies have come under the home ministry’s scanner for importing passive “off-the-air” interception devices. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Oct 03, 2012 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Govt gives nod, CBI to seek CVC response
Decks have been cleared for the CBI to seek a response from chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar on the coal scam as he was a member of the allocation screening committee in 2006. Kumar was then special secretary in the coal ministry. Shishir Gupta, Nagendar Sharma and Rajesh Ahuja report
Updated on Sep 25, 2012 12:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Nagendar Sharma and Rajesh Ahuja, New Delhi
CVC help sought to improve process
With guidelines on future allocation of coal blocks in the process of being revised, the coal ministry on Tuesday wrote to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for advice on making the allotment procedure more transparent and the state governments more accountable.
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Govt’s new guidelines put onus on states
The Centre has circulated draft of revised guidelines for coal block allocation to the government companies that squarely lay the onus of development of the allotted block on the state in which it is located.
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 01:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Prime Minister opted out of coal block auction in 2005
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved a decision in July 2005 that the ministry of coal should continue to allot blocks for captive mining through the screening committee procedure until competitive bidding was made operational, documents available with HT show. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 08, 2012 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Uncertainty over Abhijeet Group's US agreement
The impact of the CBI's Tuesday crackdown—raids in 30 cities and five FIRs —is likely to be felt as far as the US.
Updated on Sep 06, 2012 01:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
834 chinese workers in PoK: Intel report
India’s military intelligence (MI) has picked up credible reports about the presence of at least 834 Chinese personnel working on road and hydroelectric infrastructure projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Updated on Sep 05, 2012 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Revealed: Pak, US blackmailed India with nukes
The nuclear establishment in New Delhi has revealed that Pakistan twice explicitly threatened to use nuclear devices against India while the American threat was more of implicit nature during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Aug 23, 2012 10:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Northeast exodus: rogue SMSes traced to HuJI, Kerala group
Cyber security agencies have apparently detected the hand of radical groups, such as the Popular Front of India in Kerala and Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jehad al Islami, while tracking SMSs that led to the exodus of Northeast people. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Aug 21, 2012 08:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Dragon-wary India fishes for metal
In a move to keep pace with Beijing's expanding footprint in the Indian Ocean, India's earth sciences ministry has been ordered to conduct surveys for strategic metals on the southern Indian Ocean seabed.
Updated on Aug 20, 2012 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Why Taliban targeted Minhas base
By carrying out a terrorist strike against the Minhas Air Base, the Tehreek-e-Taliban targeted perhaps the most important base-cum-aeronautical complex of Pakistan Air Force. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Aug 16, 2012 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi