Wednesday, January 18 2006 18:17 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today (Jan 18, 2006) suggested a pro-active approach to tackle terrorism in view of the various tactics adopted by terrorists often with assistance of state-sponsors, an apparent to Pakistan.

"Terrorism is the biggest national security threat our country faces today. Combating this threat presents unique and unprecedented challenges. The tactics adopted by terrorist in planning, sponsoring and executing their attacks, often with the assistance of the state sponsors, require constant study and analysis.

"The convergence of terror dealers and conventional criminals presents obvious and acute dangers for our country," Singh said in his speech at the foundation laying of a new CBI headquarter here today.

Therefore, he said, "the counter-terrorism culture and organisation have to shift from a reactive to a proactive mode.