The Indian Parliament met in a joint session on March 26, 2002, only the third time in the history of independent India, to pass the controversial Pota (Prevention Of Terrorism Ordinance) aimed at tackling the growing menace of terrorism in the country.
What Nostradamus saw it Four centuries ago came true on 11 September, 2001? The myth laid shattered, attacks on the financial and military focal points of the United States of America.
For ten years and more the serenity of the Kashmir Valley has been disturbed by gunfire and the access to some of the most beautiful spots in the world has been denied to tourists from within the country and abroad.
Like so many other socio-political evils associated with the country, terrorism is also one of them. But it is the most isolated of them all because lift ‘breaking away’ from the main stream, a section of the people who resort to use the force of arms to overwhelm their opponent.
Terrorism consists of a series of acts intended to spread intimidation, panic, and destruction in a population. These acts can be carried out by individuals and groups opposing a State, or acting on its behalf.
Terrorism is a big anti-social practice and affects economic and social progress of the country very badly. Large numbers of people are being killed and property worth crores is being destroyed.
Although both Insurgency and Terrorism wage a violent struggle or war to overthrow the existing constitutional government yet there is difference between the two.
Terrorism is a forceful and unlawful method to achieve the desired goal. Its sole motive is to overthrow the existing law and order machinery.
Terrorism means the policy of striking terror in the minds of the people by violent methods to achieve some ends. It is a law of the jungle to use muscle power and force to get things done. It is a barbarian act. Of late, terrorism has become the order of the day.
The word 'terrorism' is defined as a state, which impresses terror. In other words, we can say that term 'terrorism' is attributed to the violent extremism, which is full of fear and which causes terror.