The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will review security situation in the country with top police officers next week in New Delhi at a high-level conference. The meet will focus on growing activities of terror groups and Naxal violence.

Recent violence in Assam and subsequent exodus of north eastern people from different parts of the country, illegal activities in cyber world, increased infiltration attempts

from across the Indo-Pak border and ongoing operations against Maoists will be high on the agenda during the three- day conference beginning on September 6.

The Prime Minister and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will also deliberate with DGPs and IGPs from all states, union territories and central security agencies on ways to combat terror and other emerging threats, strengthening of counter terrorism capabilities . The meet will also discuss setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and enhancing border and coastal security. Our correspondent reports, activities of Pakistan-based terror groups, enhancing intelligence capabilities and situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast will also be deliberated threadbare.

The meeting will review the information gathering mechanism — both human and technical intelligence, their proper sharing and necessary action, ways to deal with economic offences, especially fake currency notes, modernisation of police force, procurement of arms and ammunition and filling up of police vacancies, particularly at the constabulary level.