National Security Advisor  

Vivek Doval, son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, has filed a criminal complaint of defamation against senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and the Caravan magazine for their allegation that he had set up an illegal hedge fund in the Cayman Islands. Doval Jr is suing Ramesh and the publication for having “deliberately maligned and defamed” him 'seemingly to settle scores with his father'.

"Weakened democracies can tend to make a country a soft power. India cannot afford to be a soft power for the next few years. It will be compelled to take hard decisions," the National Security Advisor (NSA) said.

On Tuesday, CBI official Devender Kumar Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest in connection with bribery allegations

MHA has ordered the security agencies to prepare a plan to take 89 VIPs living in Lutyen's Delhi including PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, HM Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal  etc to a safe place if the zone comes under a chemical or aerial attack