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Praveen Swami

Praveen Swami is National Security Analyst with Firstpost and CNN-IBN.

From 'Indestructible' Beast to Cost of Air Force One: The 'Bigly' Business of Keeping President Trump Safe

From his travel in the air and on road to the cost of hundreds of US Security Service agents and the ensuing entourage, keeping the President of the United States safe and well-protected at all time costs the taxpayer an exorbitant amount....
Praveen Swami-February 24, 2020,7:44 am IST World
Trump Will Be Talking Kashmir with Modi Backstage — But The Path He’s Advocating is Doomed

While Washington, Islamabad, and New Delhi have all attempted to quell the violence in Kashmir through several diplomatic measures, it has only led to a sharpening of swords between India and Pakistan....
Praveen Swami-February 23, 2020,7:34 am IST India
Donald Trump’s Peace Deal With the Taliban is Exceedingly Bad News for India

Since 1999, Indian policies in Kashmir have been predicated on the assumption that New Delhi and Washington’s regional interests converge. President Trump’s Afghan deal makes that not necessarily true....
Praveen Swami-February 24, 2020,8:20 am IST India
A Cheat-sheet to the Five Biggest Takeaways from Narendra Modi-Donald Trump Summit

The five things that you need to know about US President Donald Trump’s maiden official visit to India....
Praveen Swami-February 24, 2020,8:29 am IST World
Nine Indian Children, Orphans of the Islamic State, Wait in Afghan Prison as Govt Debates Their Fate

The children’s mothers are widows of Indian jihadists who fought with Islamic State in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province....
Praveen Swami-January 31, 2020,3:09 pm IST India
RAW Used Rogue Police Officer Davinder Singh in Operation to Infiltrate Hizb, Say Police & Intel Sources

The revelations come amidst allegations — made both by the Indian National Congress and a former top intelligence official — that the government is seeking to suppress key facts in the investigation into Singh’s conduct....
Praveen Swami-January 23, 2020,7:31 pm IST India
New Delhi Planning to Open Peace Negotiations With Hardline Bodo Insurgent Group

The talks could give new life to resolve one of Assam’s most intractable ethnic conflicts, which exploded into large-scale violence between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims in 2012 and 2014....
Praveen Swami-January 15, 2020,6:57 pm IST India
Why It’s Important That the Story of Davinder Singh be Told — Transparently and Credibly

There’s less than meets the eye to the strange story of Kashmir cop-gone-rogue Davinder Singh....
Praveen Swami-January 15, 2020,2:31 pm IST India
From Aadhaar as Proof to Dumping Legacy Data for NRC, Centre's FAQ on CAA Leaves Room for Doubts

Starting from the North East, an atmosphere of unrest has gripped the whole of India within 10 days of the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), with uncertainty particularly dominant among minorities....
Praveen Swami and Simantik Dowerah-December 20, 2019,8:22 pm IST India
Imran Khan Set to Appoint Islamabad's Own Dr Strangelove as Defence Minister

There was concern in the United States, too, over reports â€” which first appeared on Pakistanâ€™s Geo and Dunya television stations â€” that Khan is considering appointing Dr Mazari to his cabinet, either as Defence Minister or Foreign Minister....
Praveen Swami-August 7, 2018,2:32 pm IST World
J&K: Army locked in a gunbattle with terrorists for 10 days in Keran

In the biggest infiltration bid across the LoC in the recent past, a group of 35 to 40 terrorists have been battling the Army....
Praveen Swami-October 3, 2013,9:30 am IST India
J&K: Pakistani troops occupy Indian village along the LoC, say sources

Pakistani irregulars and special force personnel are reportedly using abandoned houses as cover to fire at Indian soldiers....
Praveen Swami-October 2, 2013,1:33 pm IST India
Pakistan Army killed 5 Indian soldiers at LoC as they slept

The ill-fated patrol was trying to familiarise newly-posted soldiers with the area when it was ambushed by Pakistani troops....
Praveen Swami-August 22, 2013,6:39 pm IST India
Syed Abdul Karim alias 'Tunda': The co-founder of jehadi movement in India

Bomb expert of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Karim alias 'Tunda' is one of the 3 co-founders of jehadi movement in India....
Praveen Swami-August 17, 2013,7:40 pm IST India
Top terror suspect Abdul Karim Tunda arrested by Delhi Police

A Dawood Ibrahim aide, Abdul Karim Tunda is wanted in India in connection with at least 40 terror cases in and around Delhi....
Subhajit Sengupta-August 17, 2013,10:01 am IST India

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