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TopicVIP security cover

Topic: VIP security cover

JJP royalty lose police cover after Haryana DGP flags ‘fukre log’ using entourage to ‘show-off’

Action after DGP's instructions to police to withdraw personnel who guard those who 'flaunt security at weddings, funerals and malls'.

300 witnesses examined, Kolkata Police suspect ‘larger conspiracy’ behind break-in at Mamata home

Family claims accused Hafizul Mollah 'mentally unstable', and was arrested earlier while trying to break into Nabanna, the state secretariat.

What was Modi’s security staff carrying in black briefcases? Not nuclear code

Social media was abuzz over a picture of PM Narendra Modi's security officers carrying black briefcases that raised a lot of curiosity.

What is the Special Protection Group and why Manmohan Singh’s security cover was removed

The SPG is an elite force of 3000 officers tasked with protecting the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their families.

Ex-Telegraph editor Aveek Sarkar loses security cover, Punjab Kesri editor gets a downgrade

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On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.