News for 'Office of Director of National Intelligence'

Can Subodh Jaiswal keep CBI out of politics?

Can Subodh Jaiswal keep CBI out of politics?

Rediff.com5 Jun 2021

'He is not a person to challenge the government.' 'He is a man who is known to go with the flow' Aditi Phadnis reports.

SC to hear Param Bir's plea for CBI probe against Maha HM on Wed

SC to hear Param Bir's plea for CBI probe against Maha HM on Wed

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

The SC will hear the plea by Mumbai's former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh seeking direction for immediate 'impartial and fair' CBI probe into alleged corrupt malpractices of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

'Investing is a loser's game'

'Investing is a loser's game'

Rediff.com5 Jul 2023

'In investing, you have to first make sure you don't make big mistakes.' 'I would advise small investors to be systematic, don't be arbitrary; don't be on either end of the risk spectrum.' 'Don't go from fixed deposit to option trading or crypto trading.'

Pak ISI chief holds first ever media meet, says Army chief given 'lucrative offer'

Pak ISI chief holds first ever media meet, says Army chief given 'lucrative offer'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

Pakistan's ISI chief Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum said on Thursday that Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was given a "lucrative offer" in March by the then government amidst the political turmoil, as the powerful top spy launched a veiled attack on ousted premier Imran Khan at an unprecedented press conference.

Tuhin Parikh: The man who spotted value in office properties

Tuhin Parikh: The man who spotted value in office properties

Rediff.com25 Dec 2014

He is the man behind Blackstone's India strategy

Tax raids in UP on 'Samajwadi' perfume maker

Tax raids in UP on 'Samajwadi' perfume maker

Rediff.com31 Dec 2021

The Samajwadi Party (SP) said through a post on its official Twitter handle that the premises of its MLC Pushpraj alias Pampi Jain in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, have been raided.

India plays 26/11 plotter Sajid Mir's audio at UN anti-terror meet in Mumbai

India plays 26/11 plotter Sajid Mir's audio at UN anti-terror meet in Mumbai

Rediff.com28 Oct 2022

In the audio clip, he is heard directing the attack on Chabad House during Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.

IB officer responsible for declaring Ishrat a terrorist: CBI

IB officer responsible for declaring Ishrat a terrorist: CBI

Rediff.com9 Feb 2014

Former Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar, accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation of murder in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, was allegedly the brain behind the affidavit filed by the Union home ministry declaring the 19-year-old victim a terrorist.

Day after ordinance, Centre extends tenure of IB, RAW chiefs, secretaries

Day after ordinance, Centre extends tenure of IB, RAW chiefs, secretaries

Rediff.com15 Nov 2021

The central government on Monday issued a Gazette notification to extend the tenure of defence secretary, home secretary, director of Intelligence Bureau, and secretary of Research and Analysis Wing for a period of two years.

Riot woes forced Rao govt to drop plan to bring Netaji's ashes to India: Kin

Riot woes forced Rao govt to drop plan to bring Netaji's ashes to India: Kin

Rediff.com22 Oct 2021

The P V Narasimha Rao government in the 1990s had been on the verge of bringing to India the ashes, believed to be the mortal remains of Subhas Chandra Bose now kept at the Renkoji Temple in Japan, but was dissuaded from doing so due to an intelligence report.

Outrage over poster of documentary 'Kaali', filmmaker booked in Delhi, UP

Outrage over poster of documentary 'Kaali', filmmaker booked in Delhi, UP

Rediff.com6 Jul 2022

The Delhi Police and the Uttar Pradesh police have filed separate first information reports (FIRs) against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over a controversial poster of her documentary Kaali even as the Indian government urged Canadian authorities to take down all the 'provocative material' in the film.

Parambir Singh moves Supreme Court for CBI probe against Maha HM

Parambir Singh moves Supreme Court for CBI probe against Maha HM

Rediff.com22 Mar 2021

The former Mumbai Commissioner of Police, a 1988 batch IPS officer also sought quashing of the order transferring him from the post of Mumbai CP alleging it to be "arbitrary" and "illegal".

Post 26/11, Coast Guard has conducted 300+ coastal exercises with states

Post 26/11, Coast Guard has conducted 300+ coastal exercises with states

Rediff.com25 Nov 2021

More than 300 coastal security exercises have been conducted with state authorities post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to beef up the country's security, Indian Coast Guard Director General K Natarajan said on Thursday.

Nuclear Or Conventional Submarines: What Should India Pick?

Nuclear Or Conventional Submarines: What Should India Pick?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2023

The status of the current submarine force level is alarming and we need to address the threat perceptions expeditiously. Critical decisions pertaining to national security cannot be delayed any further due to the rapidly changing maritime threat perceptions and growing strategic importance of the Indian Ocean region, asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).

ISIS attempted suicide attack in India last year: US

ISIS attempted suicide attack in India last year: US

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

'Of all of the branches and networks of ISIS, ISIS-K is certainly one of those of most concern.'

'I expect loyalty': Trump told Comey

'I expect loyalty': Trump told Comey

Rediff.com8 Jun 2017

Comey states that Trump asked him on several occasions to publicly state that he was not under investigation.

Ishrat case: 'CBI versus IB has national security implications'

Ishrat case: 'CBI versus IB has national security implications'

Rediff.com15 Jul 2013

In this two-part interview to rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, former IB chief Ajit Doval furiously argues against any kind of CBI action against his former colleague Rajinder Kumar in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case of 2004.

Emergency declared in Sri Lanka as President Gotabaya flees to Maldives

Emergency declared in Sri Lanka as President Gotabaya flees to Maldives

Rediff.com13 Jul 2022

Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as angry protesters stormed the prime minister's office in Colombo, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet, amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

10 signs Amit Shah is 2nd only to Modi

10 signs Amit Shah is 2nd only to Modi

Rediff.com5 Jun 2019

Prime Minister Modi has entrusted Amit Shah with the task of coordinating all the agencies with their power to monitor movement and phone calls, says R Rajagopalan.

Pulwama martyr Major Dhoundiyal's wife joins Army

Pulwama martyr Major Dhoundiyal's wife joins Army

Rediff.com29 May 2021

Twenty-seven months after she lost her husband in an anti-insurgency operation in south Kashmir's Pulwama, 29-year-old Nitika Kaul on Saturday donned the army uniform after completing a one-year rigorous training in Tamil Nadu.

Agencies received intel alert on Red Fort violence

Agencies received intel alert on Red Fort violence

Rediff.com28 Jan 2021

Sources claimed that in the meeting, it was also discussed to close the Red fort from 20th January to 27th January and a clarification was sought from Delhi Police.

Northeast militants regrouping in China-Myanmar borderlands

Northeast militants regrouping in China-Myanmar borderlands

Rediff.com11 Jan 2022

Naga splinter groups impatient with stalled talks as well as rebel Manipuri groups who have a stake in disrupting upcoming elections to the state assembly, are believed to be regrouping in the borderlands of China's Yunnan province and Myanmar, taking advantage of the turmoil in the latter by using it as a transit corridor.

NIA officer shot dead in UP; authorities say it was a 'planned attack'

NIA officer shot dead in UP; authorities say it was a 'planned attack'

Rediff.com3 Apr 2016

Tanzil Ahmad was shot dead by two motorcycle borne persons when he was returning after attending a marriage ceremony with his wife Farzana.

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2021

'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'

India made max requests to foreign financial intel agencies in '18-'19

India made max requests to foreign financial intel agencies in '18-'19

Rediff.com24 Jul 2020

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the federal economic snoop agency under the Union finance ministry, sent 289 legal requests to its counterparts across the globe during 2018-19 as compared to 177 in 2017-18 and 138 in 2016-17.

Coalition politics will dominate Indian governance: US spy chief

Coalition politics will dominate Indian governance: US spy chief

Rediff.com3 Feb 2014

Since the 1984 national elections, no party has won a clear majority in the lower house of Parliament, a US intelligence report has observed. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

MHA directs NIA to probe foreign hand in Udaipur tailor's murder

MHA directs NIA to probe foreign hand in Udaipur tailor's murder

Rediff.com29 Jun 2022

The Union home ministry on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of 'brutal murder' of a tailor in Udaipur and probe involvement of any organisation and international links.

'Modi has gone further than any PM to strengthen ties with the US'

'Modi has gone further than any PM to strengthen ties with the US'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

'While the US-Pakistan relationship has been stabilised, it's still mired in uncertainty.'

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

Stories of rural India, campus capers, realistic family dramas and urban romance that are no longer picked up by film-makers, find their way to the Web, and the viewing experience is richer for the variety available.

Rajiv Jain to be new IB chief, Anil Dhasmana to head R&AW

Rajiv Jain to be new IB chief, Anil Dhasmana to head R&AW

Rediff.com17 Dec 2016

Both the officers will have a tenure of two years.

Maha govt may have helped Param Bir to escape: BJP

Maha govt may have helped Param Bir to escape: BJP

Rediff.com2 Nov 2021

Shelar also claimed that the MVA govt was obstructing the Centre's strong actions to tackle the drug menace in the country.

Putin ordered campaign to influence prez election: US intel

Putin ordered campaign to influence prez election: US intel

Rediff.com7 Jan 2017

The United States intelligence community in a new declassified file has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering an "influence campaign" to help Donald Trump win the White House and denigrate his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a bid to undermine public faith in the American democratic process.

Saudi prince approved killing of Khashoggi: US report

Saudi prince approved killing of Khashoggi: US report

Rediff.com27 Feb 2021

Fifty-nine-year-old Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist who lived in the US as a legal permanent resident and wrote for the Washington Post, was critical of the prince's policies and was killed in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in the Turkish city on October 2, 2018.

Pakistan hangs brigadier for spying

Pakistan hangs brigadier for spying

Rediff.com25 Nov 2019

It is unlikely Brigadier Raja Rizwan was working for RA&W, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.

Lt Col's plea against social media ban to be heard in-camera

Lt Col's plea against social media ban to be heard in-camera

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

The high court conducted the hearing in-camera after the counsel for the Centre requested for it on the ground that it was a very sensitive decision taken by the Army and the inputs cannot be made public.

We have effected transformational changes, says NSE

We have effected transformational changes, says NSE

Rediff.com8 Mar 2022

The National Stock Exchange (NSE), which is once again in the eye of a storm due to the co-location scandal, has said it has taken several transformational steps in the past few years on the regulatory, technological, and surveillance fronts to help improve stakeholder experience and to protect investors. Senior officials of the exchange briefed the media over the steps the exchange has taken on various fronts following changes at the helm with former managing director and chief executive officer Chitra Ramkrishna's ouster in December 2016. "Over the last few years, we have been looking to modernise and transform the entire value chain of technology.

US justifies surveillance; makes Headley an example

US justifies surveillance; makes Headley an example

Rediff.com11 Jun 2013

Top American officials have defended the controversial secret surveillance programme of the Obama administration, saying such efforts helped them to abort several terrorist attacks and nab terrorists like David Headley, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict.

Delhi police arrest 3 more for Jahangirpuri violence, total detentions 30

Delhi police arrest 3 more for Jahangirpuri violence, total detentions 30

Rediff.com28 Apr 2022

The Delhi police has arrested three more people in connection with the communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, including a key "conspirator and executor" who was nabbed from West Bengal, officials said on Thursday.

26/11 attack was 'heroic', German bakery bombing 'beautiful': Al Qaeda

26/11 attack was 'heroic', German bakery bombing 'beautiful': Al Qaeda

Rediff.com20 May 2015

An Al Qaeda document recovered by US Navy SEALs from the Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden describes the 2008 Mumbai terror attack by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists as a "heroic Fidai" operation and the one at German Bakery in Pune as a "beautiful huge" bombing.

India, Pak to move cautiously on ties, says US intel chief

India, Pak to move cautiously on ties, says US intel chief

Rediff.com30 Jan 2014

India is unlikely to take any bold move to improve its ties with Pakistan before the next year's general election, a top American intelligence official said on Wednesday.