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Enforcement Directorate has become an ‘embarrassing disaster’ under Modi, says Congress

PTI -
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the Modi govt of colluding with AugustaWestland and said the party would investigate the matter if voted to power.

Congress accuses Modi govt of using its agencies after ED says Michel mentioned ‘Mrs Gandhi’

PTI -
The reaction came after a Delhi court-imposed restrictions on Michel meeting his lawyers in Enforcement Directorate (ED), as he was found misusing legal access.

ED arrests Christian Michel in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case

PTI -
The court had reserved the order on Michel's bail plea on December 19 and had sent him to judicial custody till December 28

Delhi court reserves its order on Christian Michel’s bail plea till 22 December

PTI -
CBI opposed the bail application saying alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case might flee as he had already tried to escape from Dubai.

Modi govt sent back Dubai princess but Indira’s India didn’t deport Stalin’s daughter

Nandita Singh -
Back in the late 1960s, India had ‘turned a blind eye’ as Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva fled to the US.

CBI to treat Christian Michel well to ensure Vijay Mallya & Nirav Modi are extradited too

Ananya Bhardwaj -
CBI believes any allegation of custodial misbehaviour by Michel will hurt its efforts to extradite fugitives Vijay Mallya & Nirav Modi.

Michel extradition & Dubai princess: Inside story of how ‘James Bond’ Ajit Doval guided CBI

Jyoti Malhotra -
Spymaster Ajit Doval is going where no man has dared to go before.

CBI asks for more trouble by letting Ajit Doval ‘guide’ it in Christian Michel extradition

Ananya Bhardwaj -
CBI has given fresh legs to allegations by a senior officer that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval influenced investigations.

Prime Minister’s priorities and trouble for Congress

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
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The unkindest ‘Cut’ to PeeCee

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Opinion

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

Shishir Priyadarshi -
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Dear Satyapal, it was my turn. You overtook me: Wife Iqbal Malik

AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

Economy

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Defence

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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