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Before Facebook, Twitter removed 2,600 anti-India & anti-Modi accounts with ‘Iran links’

“Boycott India”, “Modi is a terrorist”, “Modi is a donkey” — that’s how some of the posts read on these now-removed Iranian accounts.

This John Abraham film hands out a ‘RAW’ deal to the audience

Robbie Grewal’s Romeo Akbar Walter wants to be an intelligent film about 1971 but falters at each step.

R&AW chief Anil Kumar Dhasmana, IB director Rajiv Jain get 6-month extensions

The extensions will tide over both men until the new government takes charge by the middle of next year.

RAW officer Samant Goel told middleman Somesh Prasad: Don’t come to India at any cost

AK Bassi, CBI investigating officer in the Rakesh Asthana bribery case who was transferred to Port Blair, spills the beans in his Supreme Court plea.

The RAW link in CBI tussle between Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana

ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh, who is close to Alok Verma, was accused of ISI links in a RAW report. He suspects a batchmate of Rakesh Asthana may be behind it.

Top RAW officer named in Rakesh Asthana FIR is frontrunner for Punjab police chief job

CBI FIR says Samant Goel 'knew' middleman Somesh Prasad through whom Rakesh Asthana was allegedly gathering bribes.

I felt very strongly that Rajiv Gandhi was not corrupt: B. Raman on the Bofors scandal

In his memoir, B. Raman writes about his impressions of Rajiv Gandhi, and why the Bofors scandal turned into such a messy affair. 

RAW@50: Remembering RN Kao, India’s first true spymaster

R.N. Kao, whose team was called 'Kao-boys', became India's first RAW chief in 1968. He is also known as ‘architect of Bangladesh’ for his role in 1971 war.

After 50 years of RAW, there are still no declassified documents or an official history

By the time Indira Gandhi left office in 1977, the RAW was drawing criticism for its shadowy functioning.

Ankhen, India’s first big spy film had a Doctor, Madam, Captain, and of course, Lily

Ramanand Sagar's Ankhen was released in 1968, the year India’s spy agency RAW was formed.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

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.