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Who is Rajeev Kumar, Bengal CM Mamata’s top cop removed from poll duties by ECI for the 3rd time

Sreyashi Dey -
The DGP was moved to non-election posts in 2016 & 2019, too. In 2019, Mamata's endorsement of Kumar resulted in standoff between Centre & state in connection with Saradha chit fund scam.

In surprise order, Mamata makes ex-top cop Rajeev Kumar IT secretary — an IAS-cadre post

Madhuparna Das -
Principal secretary for IT is a post 'reserved' for IAS cadre, say senior officials. Move comes amid probe against Rajeev Kumar in Saradha scam.

Mamata’s meeting with PM Modi is ‘satisfactory’ — but no talks on NRC, ‘missing’ top cop

Moushumi Das Gupta -
This was Banerjee's first meeting with Modi after his government came to power for a second consecutive term in May this year.

Bengal top cop Rajeev Kumar should face CBI, fight it legally

ThePrint Team -
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CBI plans to seek arrest warrant against Rajeev Kumar as top cop becomes ‘untraceable’

Madhuparna Das -
CBI says Rajeev Kumar, wanted for questioning in Saradha scam, has ignored two summons it issued to him Sunday and Monday.

Not just Rajeev Kumar, 3 more top IAS and IPS officers close to Mamata are being probed

Madhuparna Das -
While IAS officer Atri Bhattacharya was questioned last week in Saradha scam, also under the radar are retired IPS officer Surajit Kar Purakayastha & Principal Secretary to CM Gautam Sanyal.

Why American F-16 fighter planes never stood a chance to be in Indian Air Force fleet

ThePrint Team -
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Rajeev Kumar, a mighty Kolkata cop close to Mamata, is now just a pale shadow of himself

Madhuparna Das -
Rajeev Kumar, considered closest civil servant to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, is set to be named co-accused in CBI chargesheet in chit fund scam case.

India to inject Rs 482 billion into state lenders to boost loans

Rahul Satija -
The govt is hoping that a stronger banking system will help bolster loan growth hovering near a five-year high seen in December.

Not an interrogation, says Rajeev Kumar’s lawyer as Kolkata top cop meets CBI

Nandita Singh -
Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is meeting a CBI team at the agency's office in Shillong.
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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

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Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

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

Vaibhav Pant -
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.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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