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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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Topic: Intelligence Bureau

Delhi Police detains accused’s friend in CM Rekha Gupta attack case, tracks 10 others

Police is investigating the matter from all angles and coordinating with the Rajkot Police. Central agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau, have also joined the probe.

Tapan Deka gets second extension as IB chief amid post-strike security concerns

Deka led the IB's operations wing for over 20 years before becoming chief and was in charge of counter-assaults during the 2008 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Pahalgam terror attack: Not any Intelligence Bureau team, Hindu tourists were the target

Security establishment dispels social media chatter about govt officials being the targets, a 'blatant lie' that the terrorists had also claimed in a statement.

A ‘hoax’ bomb threat onboard IndiGo flight & ‘made-up’ stories—inside details of IB officer’s arrest

Lawyer of IB officer held for ‘hoax’ threat says he ‘shouldn’t be prosecuted for doing his duty by alerting airline’. Wife says ‘never imagined this even in worst nightmares’.

IB officers danced around a sadhu for years—they thought he was Bose in disguise

In 'The Bose Deception', Anuj Dhar and Chandrachur Ghose have analysed declassified files from UK, US, Taiwan, and India to unravel the mystery surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose's death.

Canadian pro-separatist media outlet named Indian diplomat as ‘intel agent’. Why this is dangerous

Report by 'Baaz', a media outlet with links to Sikh separatists, came days before expulsion of another diplomat for being 'head of India’s external intelligence agency' in Canada.

RAW ex-chief didn’t seek govt clearance for book. Why retired officers are slamming restriction

Amarjit Singh Dulat's failure to get clearance is seen as an alleged violation of a 2021 govt notification which has been slammed by many retired officers for being 'unconstitutional'.

Surveillance state isn’t a secure one. Indian govts need to get this

For all practical purposes, India’s intelligence services acted as instruments of the prime minister—with no legal framework for their operations, nor accountability.

3 of 4 IPS officers superseded by Tapan Deka as IB director moved out of intelligence agency

Amitabh Ranjan and Manoj Lal have been repatriated to their cadres, while Manoj Yadav has been posted as director general (investigation) in National Human Rights Commission.

4 senior batchmates superseded by Tapan Deka to IB chief post seek ‘respectful rehabilitation’

Like Deka, Anish Dayal Singh, Manoj Yadav, Manoj Lal & Amitabh Ranjan are from the 1988 batch of IPS. They are nominally senior to Tapan Deka.

On Camera

Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.