New Delhi In a sudden breakthrough, National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan held talks in Bangkok today on a wide gamut of bilateral ties including terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir, and agreed to take forward the "constructive" engagement. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Nasir Janjua also discussed peace and security and other issues including tranquility along the LoC. After the talks, the two sides issued a joint press statement which said, ...Read More

Hyderabad Managing internal security is going to be a major challenge for the country, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today said as he asked the police force to train and equip themselves to tackle the "fourth generation" warfare with an invisible enemy. Speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 67 RR (2014 batch) of Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) here, Doval said India cannot become a great and...Read More

New Delhi Terming "jihadi terrorism" as common threat to South Asia, NSA Ajit Doval today warned Pakistan not to engage in covert actions saying it is a very short-sighted strategy of the neighbouring country. He said Pakistan has never realised that it can be "profitable" and "most effective" for its economic growth and stability if it engages with India and rest of the South Asian countries. "Till that happens, what India can do. I think one is that we should continue to work hard to ...Read More

Ahmedabad Following is an excerpt of India's National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval's speech at Lalit Doshi Foundation in Mumbai in the first week of August, 2015. The speech was divided in different parts. This particular part in the video deals with Statecraft. Part of the speech has been reproduced in text below: "Earlier the statecraft was more confined to the question of wars. The rules of wars were made, the Vienna convention was made, what are the permissible type of weapons...Read More

Mumbai Dubbing the media as a "very interesting entertainment" for him, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today advised it to keep "national interest" above everything else. "Media is very interesting entertainment for me," Doval said, responding to an audience query about the media, after the late Lalit Doshi memorial lecture here. "Maybe what they are advising is right, but then how wrongly can right be projected and people remain disinformed," he said. "Probably they (media...Read More