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‘Adarsh’ son to Pakistani spy? UP village reels as probe into Navy man reveals ‘honey trap, warship pics’

Arrest of a 24-year-old Navy mechanic from Agra over alleged links with Pakistan’s ISI has brought doom and gloom to the village where he was an ideal young man for many.

Born in a lab, Indian Statistical Institute helped shape new India. A bill intends to alter its future

Section of faculty, students and alumni oppose MoSPI's draft Bill that seeks to replace Indian Statistical Institute's elected Governing Council with government-nominated board.

After arrests in Punjab & Haryana, UP man held for ‘spying, giving money’ to ISI agents in India

UP ATS have said that the Rampur-based businessman passed on sensitive information, and helped strengthen ISI’s network in India by providing funds & SIM cards to operatives.

How 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking led Pakistan to add ‘false flag’ to its terror denial toolkit

On 30 January 1971, a plane flying to Jammu-Satwari airport was hijacked by Kashmiri separatists. The handling of the episode marked how Pakistan repeatedly brushes off terror charges.

Khalil Haqqani assassination shows a power struggle in Afghanistan. It’ll have global fallout

Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani—brother to Jalaluddin, uncle to his heir Sirajuddin, and a key figure in the network responsible for over 1,000 suicide bombings in Afghanistan—was killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State.

Jaish chief Masood Azhar surfaces to make first speech in two decades, vows war on India

Though JeM did not release date of speech & location where it was delivered, an Indian intelligence official said it was likely held late last month at Bahawalpur in Pakistan.

After overthrowing Sheikh Hasina, my goal is to get Trump elected—Pakistani General X

As the new DG of ISI, my job is to either avoid court-martial proceedings or just exist. It turns out my seniors have set the bar very low.

Netflix IC-814 show is too gentle on ISI. Pakistani agency is still protecting Masood Azhar

In early 2000s, I saw a vehicle with speakers inviting people in Lahore to attend a gathering where Masood Azhar and other freed terrorists after the IC-814 hijack would speak about jihad.

Netflix’s ‘IC 814’ is an expensive PR job for the ISI—shows R&AW torturing civilians

Nobody involved with the show seems to have any idea of how the intelligence agencies or the Government of India function. Or, for that matter, newspaper offices.

Spies, ISI & Navy secrets, why NIA is digging deeper into 2021 Visakhapatnam espionage case

NIA's espionage case stemmed from a 2021 case lodged by Counter Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh Police. Agency carried out raids in 7 states this week, even after 3 chargesheets.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

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.