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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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Topic: Intelligence Bureau

10X Budget beef-up for Intelligence Bureau capex, after Pahalgam & Red Fort terror attacks

After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr. 

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3 of 4 IPS officers superseded by Tapan Deka as IB director moved out of intelligence agency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4 senior batchmates superseded by Tapan Deka to IB chief post seek ‘respectful rehabilitation’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.

India shakes the Foreign Hand—Nehru to Modi, PMs have deepened ties with Western spies

Even as Indian governments have warned of the peril from the Foreign Hand, they’ve been warmly shaking hands with it for a while now.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.