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Former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and special director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) Amarjit Singh Dulat has said it is time the IB had a comprehensive history written with the help of a studious historian.

As soon as news of India getting two new intelligence heads got out on Wednesday, murmurs and whispers started in both the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing. The mood in the two agencies - internal and external - though was somewhat different.

The government today appointed chiefs of the two inteligence units -- Arvind Kumar will head the Intelligence Bureau and Samant Goel will take charge of the Research and Analysis Wing or RAW, which looks after the external intelligence of the country.

Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will head external intelligence agency RAW.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to make intelligence agencies Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) accountable to Parliament, saying trying to get into the domain of intelligence may create a dent in national security.

In a surprise move, the Defence Forces have been barred from procuring jammers under new guidelines unveiled today by the government which will now allow only states' police and jail authorities and central security agencies like IB and RAW to buy the equipment.

For the last few days, mainstream media and social media alike have been abuzz discussing the hitherto unacknowledged aspects of the role of India intelligence agencies in Kashmir.

Whether a Kashmiri arrested last week after he entered Uttar Pradesh from Nepal is a terrorist, as claimed by the Delhi Police, will now be determined by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). If the probe order comes today, the agency may go to court and seek his custody.

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking to make central intelligence agencies like the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) accountable to Parliament.

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Alok Joshi will be the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Syed Asif Ibrahim the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Mr Ibrahim will be the first Muslim to head IB with four officers senior to him having been shifted out.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today approved the Home Ministry's ambitious plan to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre. After the CCS' nod, the NCTC will be the nodal agency for all counter-terrorism activities and intelligence agencies such as Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Joint Intelligence Committ...

Operators from India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, and the Intelligence Bureau will join their American counterparts on Monday to question David Coleman Headley.

Former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and special director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) Amarjit Singh Dulat has said it is time the IB had a comprehensive history written with the help of a studious historian.

As soon as news of India getting two new intelligence heads got out on Wednesday, murmurs and whispers started in both the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing. The mood in the two agencies - internal and external - though was somewhat different.

The government today appointed chiefs of the two inteligence units -- Arvind Kumar will head the Intelligence Bureau and Samant Goel will take charge of the Research and Analysis Wing or RAW, which looks after the external intelligence of the country.

Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will head external intelligence agency RAW.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to make intelligence agencies Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) accountable to Parliament, saying trying to get into the domain of intelligence may create a dent in national security.

In a surprise move, the Defence Forces have been barred from procuring jammers under new guidelines unveiled today by the government which will now allow only states' police and jail authorities and central security agencies like IB and RAW to buy the equipment.

For the last few days, mainstream media and social media alike have been abuzz discussing the hitherto unacknowledged aspects of the role of India intelligence agencies in Kashmir.

Whether a Kashmiri arrested last week after he entered Uttar Pradesh from Nepal is a terrorist, as claimed by the Delhi Police, will now be determined by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). If the probe order comes today, the agency may go to court and seek his custody.

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking to make central intelligence agencies like the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) accountable to Parliament.

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Alok Joshi will be the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Syed Asif Ibrahim the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Mr Ibrahim will be the first Muslim to head IB with four officers senior to him having been shifted out.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today approved the Home Ministry's ambitious plan to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre. After the CCS' nod, the NCTC will be the nodal agency for all counter-terrorism activities and intelligence agencies such as Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Joint Intelligence Committ...

Operators from India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, and the Intelligence Bureau will join their American counterparts on Monday to question David Coleman Headley.