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Friday, August 29, 2025
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Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against R&AW ex-officer Vikash Yadav in 2023 abduction case

The matter pertains to the abduction and attempted murder case lodged against Vikash Yadav and others on the complaint by a Delhi-based businessman.

Introduced co-accused in abduction case against R&AW ex-officer Vikash Yadav—new suspect’s bail plea

Guwahati resident Gogoi says in anticipatory bail plea that he introduced Jalaluddin to Abdullah Khan, both accused in 2023 abduction case along with former R&AW officer Vikash Yadav.

R&AW’s secret war on LeT in Pakistan secures India some retribution, but Kashmir problem far from over

Earlier this week, a top Lashkar commander was shot dead in Pakistan. The killing is being seen as part of a long-running R&AW campaign to degrade the Lashkar’s leadership.

MEA slams WaPo reporting on ‘anti-Muizzu plot’, Pakistan killings. ‘Nurse compulsive hostility’

MEA spokesperson responds to Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar’s comments urging mutual willingness to normalise ties, saying that 'the relevant T-word is terrorism and not tango.'

Trapped in yrs-long probation battle, Vikash Yadav wrote to RAW chief about ‘humiliation, mental agony’

Cabinet Secretariat delayed Yadav's confirmation after he transferred from CRPF in 2013. In 2023, he was suspended in light of US's 'Pannun plot' allegations & later arrested in local case.

In Vikash Yadav’s village, code of silence shields Pranpura’s ‘role model’. Family ‘never knew’ of RAW link

Family of ex-spy Vikash Yadav, charged by US in Pannun case, is left bewildered. Mother says entire family has been in govt service, father was BSF officer, brother is with Haryana Police.

R&AW must answer why it tolerates poor tradecraft, recruitment standards, officer oversight

The alleged plot to kill Khalistan propagandist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had all the comic elements of an old-fashioned Bollywood cop movie.

Businessman who accused Vikash Yadav of kidnapping, assault was once booked for abduction himself

Ex-spy Yadav, named in Pannun murder plot in US, was arrested by Delhi Police in December 2023. The complainant in this case, a cafe owner, was an accused in another case from 10 yrs ago.

Indian spy Vikash Yadav was fighting R&AW in CAT for his job while ‘targeting’ Pannun

Questions have arisen over how a junior officer, denied permanent appointment despite nearly 9 years in service and ongoing litigation, became involved in highly sensitive case.

Vikash Yadav, charged in Pannun case, was arrested by Delhi Police for ‘attempted murder, kidnapping’

The ex-RAW officer, Yadav was also arrested last year in December and granted bail in April this year. He is on FBI’s 'most wanted' list.

On Camera

Why families keep killing wives, daughters—a silenced woman preserves honour

Nikki Bhati’s death in Greater Noida shows that law alone can’t protect women. The absence of autonomy is the real problem.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.