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The Doval Doctrine and India’s Strategic Crisis

By Aarti Tikoo October 9, 2025 aarti tikoo Accountability Adani Ports Afghanistan Afghanistan policy Ajit Doval alienation Article 370 arunachal pradesh AS Dulat Autonomy Bangladesh canada centralisation of power chemical companies China China conflict conflict industry Delhi bureaucrats Demographic change development diplomatic failure diplomatic isolation Doklam crisis domestic discontent dynasties electoral democracy environmental degradation ethnic cleansing ethnic conflict FATF fentanyl production Financial Action Task Force Galwan Valley clash Gaza war Global Diplomacy Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules great responsibility Gujarat ports Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Hafiz Saeed Hardeep Singh Nijjar IMF loan India’s Strategic Crisis Indian intelligence intelligence failure international isolation international response iran ISRAEL Jammu & Kashmir Jammu terrorism Kargil War Kashmir Valley kashmiri pandits Khalistan movement Kukis LAC Ladakh Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils LAHDC Land Rights lashkar e taiba Lawrence Bishnoi gang legislative powers Leh Leh violence LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL Look East policy Look West policy manipur violence Meiteis military strength Ministry of Defence Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of home affairs minorities modi government Mundra Port Myanmar narcotics smuggling National Security Act National Security Advisor National Security Council Secretariat national security leadership Neighbourhood First policy Nepal nsa NSCS Operation Sindoor Pahalgam Attack Pakistan Pakistan border patriotism power brokers Prime Minister's Office protests public resentment Punjab drug crisis RAW reconciliation regime change rehabilitation rising power Russia security policy separatists Sikh activists Sixth Schedule Sonam Wangchuk SPG Sri Lanka state collapse statehood demand strategic affairs strategic clarity Strategic Policy Group strategic vacuum targeted killings Terror Financing terrorism The Doval Doctrine The Resistance Front Tibetan Autonomous Region transnational crime syndicate tribal identity Trump administration unemployment Union territory United States United States accusations

The Modi government’s security policies, primarily under NSA Ajit Doval, are criticized for failures in Ladakh, the Northeast, and Kashmir. These policies led to diplomatic isolation, internal discontent, and weakened regional influence. Over-centralization and lack of accountability exacerbated these issues.

From Delhi’s corridors of power to blood-soaked soils of Pulwama

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ISI’s Endgame: Destabilizing India Through Drugs and Disillusionment

By TNI Team August 8, 2025 1984 aggression AK 47 ammunition dump attacks Attari border border states chemical drugs Children citizens civil-hired vehicle conventional warfare corridors of power counter insurgency couriers Delhi destabilisation destruction disinformation Drones drug addiction Drugs dubai Education emotional triggers employment fake news fear generational firewall Gulf hawala networks headlines heroin hybrid war ideologies india Indian Army indian muslims indoctrination infiltration infiltrators injection marks innocence insurgency intravenous drug use ISI jail raids Jaish e Mohammed Journalism Journalists Karachi Project KASHMIR KHALISTAN LINE OF CONTROL loc Lt. Ummer Fayaz MacBook madrasas methamphetamine military infrastructure mob mobile phones money laundering Mundra Port Muscat Nagrota Under Siege narco terrorism narcotics NIA official reports oppression Pakistan pharmacological programming policymakers political conflict pride prison propaganda Pulwama punjab Punjab Police radicalisation rashtriya rifles reclaimed lives Recruitment security apparatus Shopian Sikhs smuggling rings social media warfare soldiers streets suicide bomber surgical strikes surveillance syringes terror Undaunted unrest Valley veins Violence vulnerability WhatsApp groups windshield Youth zombies

Pakistan uses narco-terrorism, drugs, and disinformation to destabilize India, especially targeting youth. This involves drug smuggling, radicalization, and social media manipulation. India combats this with security measures but also emphasizes reclaiming young lives through education and opportunity.

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TNI @ Parliament | Punjab is reeling under narco-terrorism, says Harsimrat Kaur

By Alok Singh December 20, 2022 harsimrat kaur Mundra Port narco terrorism Punjab drug menace

Drawing attention to centre’s role in increasing instances of narco-terrorism she said, “Half of Punjab is managed by BSF. Where are the drugs coming from? Punjab doesn’t produce it’s own drugs. If state government is responsible, so is the central government, who try to divert attention by arresting the son of a Bollywood actor.”

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Mundra Port Drug Haul Case: NIA Arrests Delhi’s Playboy Club Owner

By Anand Singh August 26, 2022 Afghanistan Drugs heroin Mundra Port NIA

Harpreet Singh Talwar aka Kabir Talwar, the owner of several clubs in Delhi, including the Playboy Club in Delhi’s Samrat Hotel, was on Thursday arrested…

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Mundra Port Drug Recovery Case: Here’s What We Know Of NIA’s Searches At 5 NCR Locations

By Anand Singh October 12, 2021 Adani Port Drug recovery Drugs Mundra Port

NEW DELHI: In a bid to crack the Mundra Port drug recovery case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Tuesday, carried out searches at five…

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The Doval Doctrine and India’s Strategic Crisis

TNI @ Parliament | Punjab is reeling under narco-terrorism, says Harsimrat Kaur

Mundra Port Drug Haul Case: NIA Arrests Delhi’s Playboy Club Owner

Mundra Port Drug Recovery Case: Here’s What We Know Of NIA’s Searches At 5 NCR Locations

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