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When a CIA agent recruited a Sufi mystic to spy

‘The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century’ by Tim Weiner is a gripping history of the modern CIA, reaching from 9/11 through its covert operations in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s secret battles with Russia and China.

Arabic speaker with ‘wealth of experience’, Blaise Metreweli is 1st woman chief of UK’s MI6

Metreweli will assume office as the spy agency's 18th chief, taking over from Richard Moore, who held the job for five years. She has been an intelligence officer since 1999.

Pakistan espionage: Punjab, Haryana cops widen net with 2 arrests in Gurdaspur, another in Nuh

New Delhi/Gurugram: Punjab and Haryana are seeing an uptick in cases of the police uncovering espionage rings ever since the launch of Operation Sindoor...

After arrests in Punjab & Haryana, UP man held for ‘spying, giving money’ to ISI agents in India

UP ATS have said that the Rampur-based businessman passed on sensitive information, and helped strengthen ISI’s network in India by providing funds & SIM cards to operatives.

After Punjab arrests, security guard held in Haryana for ‘leaking sensitive info’ to Pakistan handler

Suspect originally is from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district & was staying with his sister in Panipat, say cops.

Surge in spy calls near India-Pak border amid tensions over Pahalgam attack, security increased

Jaisalmer SP Sudheer Choudhary urged civilians, especially in border areas, not to share any information with unknown callers and to immediately report such incidents to the police.

Beijing court sentences journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in jail on espionage charges

Dong, a Neiman Fellow & visiting professor at a Japanese University, edited the Guangming Daily when detained in 2022. His articles in state media called for 'moderate reforms.’

Amid Hong Kong spying row, China ‘uncovers’ espionage attempts in its aerospace sector

In a post on WeChat, Chinese Ministry of State Security claimed that it has cracked down on multiple espionage attempts in cases including inducement & coercion of 'core secrets'.

New book discusses the psychology of war and peace

Published by HarperCollins, ‘Covert’ by A.S. Dulat, Asad Durrani and Neil K. Aggarwal will be released on 16 May on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Ordeal of a jailbird — how Mumbai cops mistook Taiwanese ‘racing pigeon’ for Chinese ‘spy’

Last May, CISF first spotted a suspicious black-grey pigeon, with rings on its feet and markings on its wings, idling at Pir Pao pier. Last week, the bird was finally set free.

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Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.