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
AFSPA debate reaches Delhi, Omar to meet PM today
The battle between the Indian Army and Omar Abdullah government over the limited withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) moved to Delhi on Sunday. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 14, 2011 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Bhopal shadow on India-US business ties
The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy continues to haunt India’s bilateral business ties with Washington. Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals, parent company of Union Carbide Corporation, is expected to be dropped from the reconstituted Indo-US CEOs Forum this month. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 10, 2011 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Slow response to Chinese buildup near Ladakh
Faced with the Chinese army’s infrastructure and galloping capability-building on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) across Ladakh, security considerations have compelled New Delhi not to activate its advanced landing grounds (ALGs) at Fukche and Chushul in the eastern part of the region.
Updated on Nov 08, 2011 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Chushul (ladakh)
China creeping up in Ladakh
The dragon is breathing down the neck where India is most vulnerable — part of the ancient silk route that connects the Ladakh region in the northern most part of Jammu and Kashmir to the bordering Xinjiang region in China. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Nov 08, 2011 02:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, Leh
Pranab to run govt while PM is away
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will oversee day-to-day functioning of the UPA government from Wednesday while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be in Cannes in France, on a four-day trip to attend the G-20 summit meeting.
Updated on Nov 01, 2011 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India cold to Australia’s trilateral dialogue offer
With Canberra persisting on its no uranium export policy to India, New Delhi has side-stepped an Australian proposal for a trilateral strategic dialogue, with the US as the third party. The significant dialogue was proposed through the high-level diplomatic channels this month.
Updated on Oct 31, 2011 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Antony backs Army on AFSPA
Defence minister AK Antony has told Army chief General VK Singh that he is on the same page as the Indian Army on its opposition to the withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from selected areas of J&K. Who stands where
Updated on Oct 28, 2011 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Build on peace, forget AFSPA: Army to CM
Indian Army has asked the Omar Abdullah government to build on the peace dividends this year rather than focus on garnering political points by seeking withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from some regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Updated on Oct 26, 2011 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Pak took security data from the Army chopper
Indian security has been breached in the sensitive Siachen Glacier-Aksai Chin-Ladakh-Kargil sector as Pakistan Army downloaded the GPS coordinates of all helipads from the army helicopter that strayed across the Line of Control (LoC) into Skardu region on Sunday. Shishir Gupta reports. What they got
Updated on Oct 25, 2011 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Pranab goes to Tehran over outstanding bills
On his way back from Paris after attending the G-20 meeting, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee stopped at Tabriz airport, north of Tehran, to assure the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad government that India would use Turkish, Russian and UAE banks to clear off the outstanding $2.6 billion dues for crude oil imported from Iran.
Updated on Oct 23, 2011 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
FBI yet to share Headley bank info with India
Even though the FBI released on Thursday the interrogation tapes of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and a conspirator in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, David Coleman Headley, on court orders, the agency has not yet shared his bank account details with New Delhi. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Oct 21, 2011 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Oppn CMs may turn NDC meet stormy
The National Development Council (NDC) meeting on Saturday may turn out to be a stormy affair, with chief ministers of opposition-ruled states led by NDA planning to protest against the UPA government for trying to disturb the country's federal polity. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Oct 21, 2011 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India-pak talks put off as dates clash with winter session
The home secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, which is scheduled for next month-end, has been postponed even as New Delhi is looking towards the Pakistan cabinet to grant most favoured nation status during the bilateral commerce secretary-level meeting in Delhi. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Oct 20, 2011 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
IB chief heads to US for anti-terror skills
With Pakistan-based pro-Khalistan separatists now threatening to open a second front in India after pan-Islamic jihadist groups, India is looking towards US for upgradation of its counter-terror capabilities with an aim to pre-empt future strikes through shared terrorist data-banks and advanced technologies.
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Deadlier war doctrine
Fundamental changes have been made in India’s war doctrine after the military restructured its fighting capacities, with the aim of waging all future battles in enemy territory. Shishir Gupta reports. What has changed
Updated on Oct 17, 2011 10:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Myanmar seeks maps of NE insurgent camps
Taking a step towards closer security cooperation, Yangon has told New Delhi to provide satellite imagery of anti-India insurgent camps based across the border in Myanmar, so that military operations can start.
Updated on Oct 16, 2011 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Lanka prez aide’s murder accused deported
India and Sri Lanka took a step closer on the fight against criminals and terrorists after two alleged killers of Bharata Lakhsman Premachandra, advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were tracked down by Indian agencies and deported to Colombo from Mumbai early morning on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 14, 2011 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Will India get hold of Iqbal Mirchi this time?
The Indian security agencies are looking into testimonies of those held after 1996 for the 1993 Mumbai serial blast, in the hope that they will find fresh evidence to get Iqbal Memon alias Mirchi extradited from UK.
Updated on Oct 13, 2011 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
PC to Chavan: NIA may take over 13/7 blasts probe
Union home minister makes it clear to Maharashtra chief minister and other senior officials he's not happy with state police's investigation into the serial blasts. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Oct 04, 2011 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
China inching closer in Arunachal
That China has intensified focus on Arunachal Pradesh - or so-called south Tibet - is becoming increasingly clear, with the People's Liberation Army crossing the perceived Line of Actual Control in the eastern sector more frequently than ever. Year of the dragon
Updated on Oct 04, 2011 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
‘Incursion by China in Ladakh on the decline’
Even as India-China work on mechanism to sort out transgressions along the disputed 4,057 kilometre Line of Actual Control (LAC), the level of intrusions by Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in Eastern Ladakh has actually declined with increased activity only in Dumchele area of Ladakh, according to top government sources.
Updated on Oct 04, 2011 01:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
RDX used in HC blast points to Pak
The findings of a reputed forensic laboratory in Gujarat point to the involvement of terror groups across the border in the September 7 Delhi HC blast that killed 15 and injured scores of others. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 27, 2011 02:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Taj red carpet for Pak minister
Nearly three years after the 26/11 attack, Pakistani commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim will spend a night at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on September 26, according to his present itinerary. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 21, 2011 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Ear to the ground
Our police and security agencies have failed to solve the last seven terror attacks. The focus must shift to human intelligence and footsoldiers, writes Shishir Gupta.
Updated on Sep 20, 2011 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta
Just a dry run for Batla House anniversary?
The low-intensity Agra blast appears to be a dry run for a possible terror attack on the third anniversary of the Batla House encounter, as the device was kept near a rather thinly crowded hospital reception area and far away from important places like the Taj Mahal. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 18, 2011 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Lashkar most wanted killed in Sopore encounter
In a joint Army-J&K Police operation, Abdullah Uni — the most wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist in the Kashmir valley — was gunned down by security forces around Batpora in Sopore this afternoon. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 14, 2011 03:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
PM warms up to neighbours ahead of UN meet
Government sources said the PM is keen to meet Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani. The details of the meeting are still being discussed at official level. Singh will be in New York from September 22-26. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 13, 2011 12:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Delhi HC blast: NIA puts mobile firms on notice
The NIA has served notices to at least two mobile telephony service providers, asking them to give details of numbers from which three emails were sent to the media and Delhi Police, claiming responsibility for the Delhi high court blast. Shishir Gupta reports.
Updated on Sep 12, 2011 10:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Sleuths tap America to crack Delhi blast case
With no conclusive leads more than 72 hours after the Delhi high court bombing, New Delhi has exchanged notes with Washington on whether US intelligence has picked up any signal or communication, particularly from the sub-continent, that could provide a breakthrough in the case.
Updated on Sep 11, 2011 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
How 9/11 inspired India’s jihadis
On September 24, 2001, at a convention organised by SIMI in Grant Hall in Berhampur, all India President Shahid Badra Falahi supported the 9/11 terror strike on America before a charged crowd and called Osama bin Laden the messiah of Islam. Shishir Gupta writes. How 9/11 changed us | Lashkar: Untamed, untouched | What I was doing on 9/11 | He missed the train to death
Updated on Sep 11, 2011 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
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