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RAW ex-chief didn’t seek govt clearance for book. Why retired officers are slamming restriction

Amarjit Singh Dulat's failure to get clearance is seen as an alleged violation of a 2021 govt notification which has been slammed by many retired officers for being 'unconstitutional'.

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

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.

‘Breach’ in Kashmir work gets Indian anthropologist cut off from US univ’s gender programme

UC San Diego’s CGS programme says Saiba Varma’s book ‘repudiated’ as part of ‘struggle against Indian settler colonial rule’, as she hid that her father was ex-top RAW official.

RAW chief meets Nepal PM Oli, says India won’t allow interruption in bilateral relations

Samant Kumar Goel's visit comes ahead of the upcoming official trip of Indian Army chief General Naravane to Nepal in the first week of November.

IB, RAW, ED and Income Tax dept get SOS from Modi govt to help check soaring onion prices

Officials from Intelligence Bureau, RAW, ED and I-T department have been mandated to work with agriculture and consumer affairs ministries to check onion prices.

RAW officials are being given pink slip because of an archaic British-era appraisal process

Here are the three changes that can be introduced in the performance review process in RAW to overcome the flaws of the ACR system.

On Camera

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

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.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.