G K Pillai

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  "Home Ministry Staff Downloaded Porn In Office," Says Ex-Home Secretary

  Some subordinate staff in the union home ministry would see pornographic content on internet and download malware in office, leading to compromise of the computer networks, former union home secretary G K Pillai said on Wednesday.

• Walchandnagar Industries Plans to Focus on Defence Products: CEO

  WIL, which had recorded Rs 150 crore turnover in defence sector along in the last fiscal, wants to achieve Rs 1000 crore turnover in next three to four years period, said G K Pillai, Managing Director and CEO of WIL.

• GK Pillai quits as MCX-SX chairman as CBI probes licence

  Former Home Secretary G K Pillai on Friday resigned as chairman of MCX Stock Exchange, even as the government and market regulator Sebi tried to assuage stakeholders' concerns arising out of the bourse coming under CBI scanner.

• MCX-SX appoints G K Pillai as its new chairman

  MCX-SX, promoted by Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL), has appointed former Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai as its chairman.

• Former Home Secretary G K Pillai to join MCX-SX as public interest director

  MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), a part of Jignesh Shah-led Financial Technologies Group, said on Monday that former Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai has been nominated as public interest director on its board.

• Trying our best to satisfy India on 26/11 probe: Pakistan Interior Secretary

  Pakistan's Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman arrived in Delhi today for the Home Secretary-level meeting to be held in New Delhi on Monday.Speaking to reporters after his arrival, Zaman said Islamabad was trying its best to satisfy India on the probe into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.He also said that he would talk about providing voice samples ...

• Government planning 25% troop cut in J&K as confidence building measure

  The Government is considering reducing the strength of security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as a confidence building measure.Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai also said that India was planning to unilaterally issue six-month multiple entry permits for people of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) wanting to visit Jammu and Kashmir t...

• No specific threats ahead of Obama visit, says Home Secretary

  With Delhi and Mumbai gearing up for President Obama's visit, the government says that there are no specific security threats.  "All arrangements are in place... we hope it will be a successful visit," said Home Secretary GK Pillai to NDTV.Pillai also elaborated on his comments yesterday - he had said, "We could say that we were disappointed t...

• Nirupama Rao speaks to G K Pillai 'to clear the air'

  As Foreign Minister SM Krishna faces flak for attacking Home Secretary GK Pillai in an interview to NDTV and the Opposition accuses the Home and Foreign Ministries of not being on the same page on Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on Pillai on Thursday evening, a meeting that is being seen as an attempt to clear the air. Nirupama Rao ...

• Menon: Nexus between terror and Pak establishment growing stronger

  India's National Security Advisor, Shivshankar Menon, has said that  the nexus between terror and the Pakistani establishment is getting stronger. He added that clear links between Pakistan's establishment and Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley have been established during Headley's recent interrogation by Indian investigators. Menon w...

• No Army in Naxal-hit areas, says Home Secretary G K Pillai

  In the first official statement since the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting last month, Home Secretary G K Pillai has confirmed that the government will not deploy the Army in Naxal-hit areas.Home Minister P Chidambaram had earlier publicly supported the deployment of troops in Maoist areas, while Defence Minister A K Antony had been oppo...

• Kashmir protesters exploiting teenagers: Home Secretary

  The Kashmir Valley is tense after two more civilians, including a young boy, were allegedly killed in CRPF firing on Monday.With the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) coming under attack for the death of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Secretary G K Pillai has said that, people who break curfew and attack police posts cannot be termed as "in...

• Army to help strengthen state police against Maoists: G K Pillai

  As the Cabinet Committee on Security meets today on the Home Ministry's proposal for greater assistance from the Army in tackling the Maoists, Home Secretary G K Pillai told NDTV his ministry wants state police to play a key role with assistance from central paramilitary forces.On being asked about his ministry's take on the Army's role in anti-Nax...

• Home Secretary meets Naga insurgent leader Muivah

  Union Home Secretary G K Pillai and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio met NSCN (IM) general secretary T Muivah on Wednesday at a village near the Nagaland-Manipur border.

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  Headley should get at least 20-year sentence: Pillai

  Home Secretary G K Pillai has told NDTV that anything less than a 20-year sentence for David Coleman Headley would be inappropriate.