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PM holds high-level meeting on Afghanistan with top ministers, NSA: Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security against the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The Cabinet Committee on Security is the apex government body that deals with the issues of national security. Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the meeting, besides senior officials. While official sources confirmed the meeting, but there was no word on what transpired there. Sources said those present in the meeting also included National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, as also India's Ambassador to Afghanistan Rudrendra Tandon, who returned to India on Tuesday itself. India has brought back the Indian ambassador and all staff members from its embassy in Kabul in two military transport aircraft in the wake of escalating tension and deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital after its takeover by the ...

Blinken holds talks with NSA Doval to take India-US ties to 'next level'

Blinken began his engagements in India in the morning with a meeting with a number of civil society leaders.

Democracies are 'works in progress', says Blinken on first trip to India

US Secretary of State's trip comes as his government vows to challenge what it describes as China's aggression.

NSA Doval involved in ongoing political process in Jammu and Kashmir

Having played a role in handling the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, NSA Ajit Doval has been working behind the ongoing political process in UT.

Keeping politics out of CBI will be Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's major challenge

CBI has many challenges ahead of it. The most recent is the Narada scam, which re­lates to a sting operation by the Narada News website in 2016 that had allegedly shown TMC leaders accepting bribes

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits India, sends signal to China

In the years since 2016, India has signed three "foundational agreements" with the US, which enable deeper cooperation and the exchange of classified information and equipment

US Def Secy in India, discusses 'pressing' challenges facing Indo-Pacific

The US defence Secretary also held wide-ranging discussions with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and almost all key issues of mutual concerns

Ajit Doval, US NSA discuss continuing close cooperation in Indo-Pacific

Climate change figuring in their discussion shows the elevation of climate change to a matter of national security involving intelligence agencies by Biden

'Arnabgate' undermines the Modi govt's national security narrative

Goswami's source can be prosecuted under Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act for communicating and disclosing secret information, and Goswami for receiving such information and purveying it further

The nation needs to know

Arnab Goswami's purported claims must be investigated

Feel vindicated, says Vivek Doval after Jairam Ramesh tenders apology

Vivek Doval, son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, on Saturday said he felt vindicated after Jairam Ramesh tendered an apology in a defamation case filed against the Congress leader by him

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NSA Doval to visit Sri Lanka to participate in trilateral dialogue tomorrow

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will arrive here for a trilateral maritime dialogue among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives beginning on Friday, Sri Lanka's military spokesman said on Thursday.

Watch: Growing India-US relations has a message for China and PLA

In a provocative message to Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington will provide any support to India as "deterrence" against China. Pompeo's statement to a TV channel is likely to ruffle the feathers in Beijing whose troops have been locked in a stand-off with the Indian Army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh.

Ladakh standoff: India seeks early disengagement at 7th round of army talks

There is no official word on the talks yet but sources said the agenda was to finalise a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points

India deploys troops with shoulder-fired missiles in key areas of Ladakh

The shoulder-fired missiles have a range of two to five km and they are capable of bringing down low flying helicopters and aircraft

Rajnath Singh, NSA Doval, CDS Rawat review Ladakh standoff situation

Talks between India and China remain deadlocked and now the bigger problem is logistics. India has to move around three additional formations to reinforce the border

Abrogation of Article 370: Tracking change Jammu and Kashmir one year later

Government assures Kashmiris they will get to change political representatives as militancy continues

Ground realities

Problems along the LAC demand transparency

It is a work in progress: Jaishankar on disengagement at Sino-Indian border

People familiar with the development said the fourth round of Lt General-level talks will be held early next week with an aim to finalise modalities for withdrawal of troops