Punit Gore

Republic of India

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

VIDEO | Delhi: Senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar takes charge as the new Commissioner of Delhi Police, replacing Satish Golcha, who had been serving as the national capital's police chief.

A 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Kumar was serving as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau before being appointed to the post by the Centre.

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

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Amit Kumar, IPS (BH:1994), appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Special Protection Group (SPG)

He will take over as Director, SPG, upon the completion of the tenure of the incumbent SPG Director, Alok Sharma, on March 31, 2027

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Delhi | Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), General Dhiraj Seth, called on Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh

(Pics Source: Office of the Defence Minister)

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Mahesh Dixit, IPS (AP:93), assumes office as Director of Intelligence Bureau.

[Nitin A. Gokhale @nitingokhale]

Tapan Deka, long serving (by standards of contemporary times) Chief of Intelligence Bureau superannuates on 30th June after a four-year stint as DIB, bringing to an end a career marked by many memorable milestones along the way since 1988 when he joined the IPS in the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Earmarked for the IB in the early stages of his career, he served in various capacities until he became Chief in July 2022 and was given two, one year extensions, as most of you know by now.

Although the record set by BN Mullik of serving as DIB for more than 14 years (1950-64) is unlikely to be ever broken, Deka's four year uninterrupted stint is the longest anyone has served since SN Mathur (August 1975- February 1980) in the past 46 years as DIB.
Deka's friends say he wants to go back to Assam to spend some well-deserved relaxed time, for an accomplished intelligence chief, there are surely no full stops, especially since his varied experience in counter-terror and north-east ops, will be much valued.
Deka, originally from Sarthebari In Assam's Barpeta district, studied in Guwahati's Cotton College and later in Delhi University (most probably Ramjas College).

One trivia: In early and mid-1980s, Deka was active in leading students organisation AASU which was part of the anti-foreigners agitation in the north-eastern state (as they say if you haven't been a rebel in your twenties, life is wasted or more popularly paraphrased as "If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.”)

[Nitin A. Gokhale @nitingokhale]

India has a new Intelligence Chief, as most are aware by now. Mahesh Dixit, IPS, originally Andhra Pradesh Cadre officer of the 1993 batch. Dixit joined the Intelligence Bureau early in his career as one of the specially handpicked officers for intelligence work. As a practice, a certain number of officers from a particular batch get earmarked for the IB. Most of them stay put although at a later stage in their careers some of these are known to have gone back to their original cadres for various reasons.

Dixit, a qualified medical doctor, originally from Nashik in Maharashtra, studied medicine at Pune's BJ Medical College before joining the IPS. Has operated in the field in Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland, among other postings. He had a long stint in J&K post August 5, 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. Has specialised in CT (counter-terror) Ops and is known to have worked with his current boss, Tapan Deka who superannuates on 30 June after a four year term, closely.

[Manjeet Negi @manjeetnegilive]

Being self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) in defence is the need of the hour for India. We should develop and produce our own defence cutting edge tech instead of depending on other countries.

- NSA Ajit doval

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#WATCH | Delhi: At the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers' Meeting, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval says, "We need to be cognizant of the new security threats and challenges. Non-traditional threats have transcended national borders and have developed defeat systems against conventional responses. Innovative disruptive technologies, more camouflaged variants of terrorism, cyber threats, in a world are getting increasingly digitised. They all constitute an important threat for us. Today, we will be navigating some of these non-traditional security challenges in our collective deliberations here."

[All India Radio News @airnewsalerts]

16th BRICS National Security Advisers' Meeting | Delhi

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval says, "We need to be cognizant of the new security threats and challenges. 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬. Innovative disruptive technologies, more camouflaged variants of terrorism, cyber threats, in a world are getting increasingly digitised. They all constitute an important threat for us. Today, we will be navigating some of these non-traditional security challenges in our collective deliberations here."

#BRICS #NationalSecurityAdvisersMeeting

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#WATCH | Delhi: At the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers' Meeting, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval says, "We are meeting at a very tumultuous time. The world is beleaguered by military conflicts and complex security problems. It is facing geopolitical uncertainties, economic strains, and disruptive technology. Not only that the threats are compounding, but the instruments and institutional mechanisms are increasingly finding themselves to be inadequate to resolve or mitigate these conflicts. Multilateralism is on the decline. BRICS was conceived as an informal grouping of emerging economies to a more multipolar world order. It was to advance economic cooperation and strengthen the voice of the Global South. It also envisioned reforms in global governance and institutional improvements. BRICS is a very special coalition of countries that believe in peace, progress, development, and cooperation. I'm happy to see that it is gaining strength day by day..."

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#WATCH | Delhi: At the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers' Meeting, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval says, "We are here from different continents, from different areas, and it's a grouping where we bring with us very diverse experiences. We have got a very special role to play in this world, which appears to be in turmoil, a world which appears to be changing, a world in which the instruments of conflict resolutions are probably getting blunted. What role we as a grouping can play is a matter that is important for us to ponder."

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

Congratulations Dr. Bimal Patel! Sincerely thank UNCLOS member states for their support.

[Tara @kartha_tara]

Omg…..proxy war with a vengeance…Europe can’t stop fighting, the same story repeated every few decades

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Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai has been appointed as the new Military Advisor to the National Security Council Secretariat. He is the first serving officer to have been appointed for the post.

He was the Director General of Military Operations during Operation Sindoor last year.

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[Ministry of Defence, Government of India @SpokespersonMoD]

The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff in the substantive rank of General with effect from the afternoon of 30 June 2026.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy and an Armoured Corps officer, Lt Gen Seth brings with him nearly four decades of distinguished service, marked by extensive command, staff and strategic appointments across diverse operational and institutional domains.

He will assume office upon the retirement of General Upendra Dwivedi on 30 June 2026.

Read here: https://t.co/8eDZP3vp22

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

S Jaishankar on why India isn't a "middle power"

"One of the foreign ministers said that India is not a middle power. It is a power in the middle..We are a nation that is destined to go much higher in the international hierarchy."

[Aviator Anil Chopra @Chopsyturvey]

Left to Right-
Lt Gen V Hariharan- 10 GarhRif
Lt Gen SS Virk- 3rd GarhRif
Lt Gen Gambhir Singh- 17 GarhRif
Gen NS Raja Subramani- 8/16 GarhRif
Lt Gen DS Rana- 10 GarhRif
Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva - 16/4 GarhRif
Lt Gen Rajan Sharawat - 8 GarhRif
Lt Gen Amit Kabthiyal - 16/20 GarhRif

CDS and 7 Lieutenant Generals..
All reportedly from The Garhwal Rifles. Great service to the nation by the region.

[Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) @RakshaUni]

Rashtriya Raksha University extends warm greetings to General N. S. Raja Subramani on his appointment as the Chief of Defence Staff and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs.

The university reaffirms its commitment to supporting India’s national security architecture as a centre of excellence in national security and defence management.

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[India in Russia @IndEmbMoscow]

NSA Shri Aji Doval met his counterpart Mr. Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on the sidelines of the first International Security Forum. They reviewed ongoing cooperation in defence, security, energy and economic ties. The two sides also exchanged views on the upcoming BRICS NSA meeting in New Delhi.

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[Punit Gore @GorePunit]

Mr. Ajit Doval at International Security Forum & the 14th Meeting of High Representatives for Security Matters in Moscow.