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US NSA raised Pannun ‘assassination plot’ with Doval, CIA chief visited India to push for probe — WaPo

Washington Post report claims Delhi visits by top US intelligence officials indicated US efforts to get India to probe 'plot' against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun by 'Indian govt employee'.

Rabinder Singh spy scandal exposed R&AW’s ugly sides. But India hasn’t learned from its mistakes

Vishal Bhardwaj's Khufiya touches on the penetration of R&AW. The reel-world denouement, though, was quite different from the real-world ending.

India hitting enemies on global scale, govt winning applause. But there’s cost being paid too

From RAW assets convicted of espionage in Germany, to former naval officers facing trial for spying on Qatar, India’s efforts to expand its global intelligence reach have led to problem after problem.

Commandos, candour, criticism–what marked Hussain Zaidi’s ‘RAW Hitman’ book launch in Delhi

RAW Hitman, Hussain Zaidi’s latest work, came out of an interview with Lakshman Singh Bisht, who served as a security officer for Narendra Modi, LK Advani, and Rajnath Singh.

The cost of being an Indian spy. What happened to Ravindra Kaushik, R&AW’s Black Tiger

R&AW agent Ravindra Kaushik infiltrated Pakistani Army, India is yet to recognise his effort

Mehul Choksi tale shows how legal systems make old pirate citadels a shelter for rich criminals

Five centuries after the high noon of the pirate kingdoms of the Caribbean, the story isn’t quite over. This is why the Mehul Choksi story is extraordinary.

No one knows R&AW agents better than Pakistanis—from Pathaan to Mission Majnu

So what if RAW agents Tiger, Pathaan, and Vinod have a tendency to get honey-trapped, we have got them covered with our own ISI operatives, that too ‘bold and beautiful’.

R&AW officers abroad short on local language skills. Big challenge to intel gathering

Officers in crucial postings like China don't know the local language, says sources, which affects their work of raising and developing human intelligence or building local connections.

Mission Majnu glosses over Morarji Desai’s rumoured ‘resentment’ of R&AW & closeness with Pakistan

Netflix film shows phone call between Desai & Zia-Ul Haq, but accusations that Desai leaked state secrets to Pakistan and blocked R&AW's functioning don't make it to the screen.

‘Mr Kashmir’ A.S. Dulat’s memoir sheds light on the life of a spymaster

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘A Life in the Shadows' by A.S. Dulat will be released on 28 December on ThePrint's Softcover.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.