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26/11: Panel submits report to Maharashtra govt

26/11: Panel submits report to Maharashtra govt

Rediff.com27 May 2009

Six months after the Mumbai terror strikes, a high-level committee which probed the audacious attacks submitted its report to the Maharashtra government on Wednesday.The committee comprised retired Indian Administrative Service officer R G Pradhan and former Research and Analysis Wing deputy chief V Balachandran.

Memogate: Malik seeks to depose before Pak commission

Memogate: Malik seeks to depose before Pak commission

Rediff.com18 Mar 2012

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has sought to depose before the Special Commission constituted by the Pakistan Supreme Court probing the 'memogate' scandal, after key player Mansoor Ijaz claimed that the separatist leader met a senior Research and Analysis Wing official in Delhi.

Alok Joshi appointed next RAW head

Alok Joshi appointed next RAW head

Rediff.com27 Nov 2012

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved Joshi's appointment as Secretary (RAW) for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, the order said. Joshi will succeed Sanjeev Tripathi whose tenure ends on December 29.

Lashkar unleashes its mission of TERROR online

Lashkar unleashes its mission of TERROR online

Rediff.com5 Jul 2013

The Research and Analysis Wing has access to information that indicates a link between the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Tsarnaev brothers who carried out the Boston bombing.Investigations have revealed that the Tsarnaev brothers were trained at Chechnya by LeT militants.

Ex-armyman's plea to probe corruption in RAW dismissed

Ex-armyman's plea to probe corruption in RAW dismissed

Rediff.com26 Oct 2012

A former army officer's plea for the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged corruption in procurement of some electronic equipment for the Research and Analysis Wing and the Special Protection Group has been dismissed by a Delhi court.

Interview/A S Dulat, former RA&W chief

Interview/A S Dulat, former RA&W chief

Rediff.com17 Jan 2012

'Whether he wins or he doesn't win, one thing is for sure: Imran Khan is making an impact, especially with the youth in Pakistan,' former RA&W chief A S Dulat tells Sheela Bhatt.

Did ISI orchestrate attack on Sarabjit Singh?

Did ISI orchestrate attack on Sarabjit Singh?

Rediff.com29 Apr 2013

Senior officials in the Research and Analysis Wing and the Intelligence Bureau are convinced that the attack on Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan, was planned by Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence.

Why it is tough to trust the ISI

Why it is tough to trust the ISI

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

There have been three interactions between R&AW and the ISI before reveals B Raman, warning of the perils of dealing with the treacherous Pakistani spooks.

Senior RAW official in China dismissed

Senior RAW official in China dismissed

Rediff.com6 Aug 2012

The Beijing station chief of the Research and Analysis Wing has been dismissed summarily in the wake of certain serious charges against him. Amreet Ahluwalia, the joint secretary level officer, was recently called back and served sacking orders under Article 311 (2), which permits such dismissal when the President is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the State, it is not expedient to hold such inquiry, sources said.

Dawood moved back to Pak days before 1993 blasts verdict

Dawood moved back to Pak days before 1993 blasts verdict

Rediff.com22 Mar 2013

Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who was named by the Supreme Court as one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was moved back into his pad in Lahore a few days before the verdict, sources in the intelligence agencies tell Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.

RAW, IB deny info in sexual harassment cases

RAW, IB deny info in sexual harassment cases

Rediff.com30 Jun 2010

Country's intelligence agencies, Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau, have refused to make public information related to any in-house case of sexual harassment in the last 10 years.

'Pak deposition in 26/11 case is plain POSTURING'

'Pak deposition in 26/11 case is plain POSTURING'

Rediff.com14 Nov 2012

Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa speaks to a host of intelligence officials in India to know their take on the latest deposition made by six Pakistani inspectors in the 26/11 attacks case.

Sorry, we can't let you tap phones: Airtel to RAW

Sorry, we can't let you tap phones: Airtel to RAW

Rediff.com21 Oct 2012

A barrage of requests by security agencies to a leading telecom company for telephone tapping led it to say a polite no even to the country's premier external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing.

B Raman, expert on counter-terrorism, passes away

B Raman, expert on counter-terrorism, passes away

Rediff.com16 Jun 2013

Bahutkumbi Raman, one of the founders of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency, and one of India's foremost security experts, passed away in Chennai on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle against cancer. He was 77

Release of Kargil tape: Masterpiece or blunder?

Release of Kargil tape: Masterpiece or blunder?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2007

One cannot deny that the government's decision did result in an increase in international pressure on the Pakistan Army to withdraw from Indian territory

'Indian officials worked against Prez Rajapaksa'

'Indian officials worked against Prez Rajapaksa'

Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

A Sri Lankan federal minister on Monday alleged that 'certain Indian officials' wanted President Mahinda Rajapaksa to lose the recent polls and worked towards it, but India rejected the claims, saying it does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.Minister of Post and Telecommunications Nandana Goonathilake also claimed that the Indian government 'strengthened' Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Blast in RAW office complex in Manipur

Blast in RAW office complex in Manipur

Rediff.com14 Sep 2012

The spot where the bomb exploded is just behind the Lamphel police station, police sources said, adding that an investigation would be conducted how the bomb was planted or hurled in the office complex of the central intelligence agencies in the high-security area.

Pak army links India with Taliban in N Waziristan

Pak army links India with Taliban in N Waziristan

Rediff.com3 Mar 2010

The Pakistan political leadership may be calling for 'peace talks' with India, but the country's military continues to spread propaganda by dropping pamphlets in North Waziristan that link the Taliban with India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing.

Delhi police need 3 more months to grill Abu Jundal

Delhi police need 3 more months to grill Abu Jundal

Rediff.com10 Jul 2012

26/11 handler Abu Jundal has been in custody of the Delhi police's special cell since June 21, but insiders say that his 'real' interrogation is yet to begin. Vicky Nanjappa reports

'India wants to pump in terrorists into Pakistan'

'India wants to pump in terrorists into Pakistan'

Rediff.com11 Nov 2010

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that it is not Pakistan that is carrying out a proxy war against India in Afghanistan, but the other way around, with the Indian consulates in Kandahar and Jalalabad, veritable offices of the Indian intelligence, the Research and Analysis Wing, to foment terrorism in Pakistan.

Pak suggests Indian link to Lahore terror attacks

Pak suggests Indian link to Lahore terror attacks

Rediff.com15 Oct 2009

The Pakistani police on Thursday pointed fingers at India after three terror attacks in the eastern city of Lahore, but Interior Minister Rehman Malik said there should not be any speculation on the issue without evidence.

'Bold decision and the ends of justice had to be met'

'Bold decision and the ends of justice had to be met'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2013

'Where is the question of not hanging Afzal Guru when the case was an open and shut one,' former R&AW chief C D Sahay tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.

CIA director visits India, meets chiefs of RAW, IB

CIA director visits India, meets chiefs of RAW, IB

Rediff.com2 Oct 2010

Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta has held a series of meetings with senior government officials in New Delhi. Official sources said Panetta, who also met with Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Mathur and Research and Analysis Wing chief A K Verma, discussed various areas of cooperation. This is the first high-profile visit by any American official after a team of the Indian National Investigation Agency had questioned terrorist David Coleman Headley in May.

PM calls CCS meet as Kashmir burns

PM calls CCS meet as Kashmir burns

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Chief of Army General VK Singh and heads of the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing will also attend the meeting where Chidambaram would give his ministry's assessment of the situation in the valley. The CCS would also discuss the request for army assistance sought by and Kashmir Chief Ministe Omar Abdullah to help control the vloatile situation in the state

Terror strike warning puts Delhi on high alert

Terror strike warning puts Delhi on high alert

Rediff.com13 Nov 2012

New Delhi has been put on high alert following an intelligence warning of a possible strike by the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen. The alert put out by the Research and Analysis Wing has been classified serious in nature and has been based on a tip off from Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan launches probe into MQM's alleged ties with RAW

Pakistan launches probe into MQM's alleged ties with RAW

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

The FIA has been tasked with probing various allegations of funding by Research and Analysis Wing to MQM.

The story behind diplomat-turned-spy's arrest

The story behind diplomat-turned-spy's arrest

Rediff.com27 Apr 2010

The Research and Analysis Wing started trailing diplomat Madhuri Gupta and listening to her phone calls after one of its officials in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad reported her undue interest in certain matters that did not concern her responsibilities, sources said.On Tuesday, the Delhi police confirmed the arrest of Gupta, a promotee officer of the ministry of external affairs, on the charge of passing strategic secrets to Pakistan.

'Life in RAW is not like the Ek Tha Tiger story'

'Life in RAW is not like the Ek Tha Tiger story'

Rediff.com13 Sep 2012

Former Research and Analysis Wing officer Amar Bhushan's book Escape to Nowhere is nothing short of a thriller. It presents a scary picture of what happened or even happens within India's elite intelligence agency.

CAT re-instates dismissed RAW officer

CAT re-instates dismissed RAW officer

Rediff.com16 Mar 2010

Nisha Bhatia, a dismissed female Research & Analysis Wing officer who was in the news after she tried to commit suicide at the Prime Minister's Office, was re-instated on Tuesday by a Central Administrative Tribunal Bench.

Pak arrests 3 alleged RAW workers

Pak arrests 3 alleged RAW workers

Rediff.com11 Feb 2009

The Pakistani authorities have arrested three men allegedly working for the India's Research and Analysis Wing intelligence agency during a raid in the north-western Pakistan district of Abbottabad , according to a media report. The Personnel from an intelligence agency raided a hideout in Abbottabad district on Tuesday and arrested the three men identified as Muhammad Sharif, Ghulam Muhammad and Abdul Ghaffar, The News daily reported on Wednesday.

Ex-RAW official creates ruckus in Delhi high court

Ex-RAW official creates ruckus in Delhi high court

Rediff.com20 Jan 2011

A former woman intelligence officer belonging to Research and Analysis Wing on Thursday created a ruckus in a courtroom in the Delhi high court, prompting the judge to order that she undergo a mental health check-up.

What the RAW's new leadership must do

What the RAW's new leadership must do

Rediff.com7 Jan 2011

The new leadership will be to have such an introspective exercise. The RAW has done great work in the past. It is capable of similar great work in the difficult years to come with the right critical approach and self-correcting action, says strategic expert B Raman.

Malik blames RAW for Baloch insurgency

Malik blames RAW for Baloch insurgency

Rediff.com31 Dec 2009

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has once again blamed Indian intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), for fanning the ongoing armed insurgency in Balochistan.

Can Headley derail Indo-US intel co-operation?

Can Headley derail Indo-US intel co-operation?

Rediff.com21 Dec 2009

Periodic misunderstandings and mutual bitterness in the relations between co-operating intelligence agencies are part of the intelligence game, writes strategic expert B Raman.

Pakistan: Karachi court releases 3 'R&AW agents'

Pakistan: Karachi court releases 3 'R&AW agents'

Rediff.com23 Oct 2016

Three Pakistani men, alleged to be 'spies' of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing, have been acquitted by an anti-terrorism court in Karachi citing lack of evidence in five cases relating to carrying explosives and illegal weapons, media reported on Sunday.

26/11: Intel never went where it should have

26/11: Intel never went where it should have

Rediff.com1 Dec 2009

The Ram Pradhan Committee report on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai has revealed that the Maharashtra intelligence chief never received inputs of Central spy agencies prior to the mayhem unlike the Director General of Police's office, which received alerts from the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing.

Why the Indian intel team failed to quiz Headley

Why the Indian intel team failed to quiz Headley

Rediff.com12 Nov 2009

The Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing are downplaying their team's failure to meet David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative currently in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's custody.

Indian sleuths to interrogate LeT man in US

Indian sleuths to interrogate LeT man in US

Rediff.com29 Oct 2009

A team of Indian investigators will travel to the United States next week to question David Coleman Headley, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for plotting terror-attacks overseas, including India.

India needs a proper privacy law

India needs a proper privacy law

Rediff.com29 Sep 2009

Intelligence sharing is fine, but India needs to protect personal privacy.

What will Pakistan accuse India of next?

What will Pakistan accuse India of next?

Rediff.com13 Sep 2010

Pakistan and its media famously blame India for almost anything that goes wrong in their country