External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in New Delhi on Sunday (December 15, 2024) | Photo Credit: ANI Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday held “fruitful” discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, shortly after kick-starting a three-day visit to India. … Read more
(from left) U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. | Photo Credit: ANI The U.S. National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan postponed his visit to India again on April 16. Mr. Sullivan was due to visit Delhi in February for an annual meeting of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging … Read more
G20 India logo | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India, which was very “well placed” with its economic might and special relationship with Russia, should send another strong message to Russia as well as use its G20 Presidency to bring world leaders, including Ukraine, together for a “frank and open discussion” on the way forward in … Read more
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said an atmosphere of violence and hatred was being fostered in the country to target a section of society. The Rajya Sabha MP, while speaking at a discussion on ‘Journalism and Burning Issue’ organised by Central India Press Club, also claimed politicians should have tolerance and thick skins … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the immediate release of political activist Erendro Leichombam of Manipur over his remarks allegedly targeting the ruling BJP for its unscientific modes of treating Covid such as using cow dung and urine. The court cited that his fundamental right to life and liberty would be eroded by such continued … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jun 07, 2021) Both serving and former bureaucrats said the amended pension rules, which make it mandatory for retired officers of intelligence and security organisations to seek prior permission for writing or speaking on the domain of their former organisation, could have been made less “harsh” by having a … Read more
Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation’s capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior US intelligence officials said. They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency in January showed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting “USS Cole-style attacks” against the base, referring to the … Read more
The Uttar Pradesh Police has said that those accused in the killing of a 46-year-old man in UP’s Ballia will be charged under the National Security Act and the Gangster Act. The man was killed at a meeting attended by senior administration and police officials in Ballia. This, even as the hunt for the local … Read more
Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council of National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, is on an official visit to India from October 6 to 11, 2020. His first high-level meeting was with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval where both sides discussed the Afghan peace process and the intra-Afghan talks between the Afghan government and the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,200 people across the country were detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) by police in 2017 and 2018, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Of these, 563 are still in custody, the minister said in the Rajya Sabha. According to the latest published report … Read more