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Tapan Deka appointed new IB director, RAW chief Samant Goel gets one-year extension

ANI - 24 June, 2022

Deka, a 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer, will succeed incumbent Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar, whose tenure ends on 30 June.

RAW chief Goel could be longest-serving in decades, but Modi govt undecided on another extension

Praveen Swami - 16 May, 2022

Samant Goel's tenure will end on 30 June unless he gets extension. Only a handful of RAW chiefs, such as founder R.N. Kao, have held the post for more than 3 years.

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

+TFP Praveen Swami - 15 May, 2022

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.

Pegasus is seducing, but good intelligence isn’t just tech. India needs more than software

+TFP Praveen Swami - 20 April, 2022

Things truly important aren’t discussed on the phone. India should introduce institutional reforms its intelligence services desperately need.

Don’t just look at defence budget. India’s intelligence services, police desperately need funds

Praveen Swami - 30 January, 2022

India’s only security challenge isn’t on the LAC. There’s chronic anaemia in India’s police and intelligence services.

Book on Kashmir puts author’s father, an ex-RAW official, in spotlight

Ananya Bhardwaj - 18 September, 2021

Twitter posts question 'ethical obligation' of Saiba Varma who recently released a book on Kashmir, note that she should have disclosed her father worked with RAW in the Valley.

Off The Cuff with Adrian Levy

Shivani Rawat - 19 August, 2021

Adrian Levy, journalist and author, was our guest at ThePrint’s latest edition of Off The Cuff. In a conversation with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Levy...

Pulwama attack an attempt by external forces to bring India-Pakistan to war: Author Adrian Levy

ThePrint Team - 18 August, 2021

Speaking at ThePrint's 'Off The Cuff', author and journalist Adrian Levy discussed the 2019 Pulwama attack, 2001 Parliament attack and the machinations of RAW and ISI.

SubscriberWrites: Why India must restructure RAW, recruit agents from different backgrounds

Jay Desai - 24 July, 2021

Like the US, India should have a wall of honour for agents who sacrifice their lives to ensure there is no war with Pakistan, writes Jay Desai.

No more tell-all books by retired intelligence or security officers without Modi govt nod

Sanya Dhingra - 2 June, 2021

Govt brings retired officers under the ambit of needing clearance for publishing or making public any details regarding the affairs of their organisation.

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