A nine-month intelligence operation that culminated in a multi-state crackdown last month exposed how a ISI-linked Pakistani gangster used social media and organised crime to build a low-cost terror network across India. In a sweeping pre-Independence Day crackdown, Indian security agencies last month detained 253 people across 14 states and arrested more than 200 operatives linked to the Pakistan-based Shahzad Bhatti Network, foiling what officials said were plans for subver

It is not often that India scores a strategic win in a country where the diplomatic odds are stacked against it. The extradition of gangster Salim Dola, A Dongri native and close associate of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, from Istanbul to New Delhi is a triumphant reminder that even in unfriendly terrain, the persistence and ingenuity of Indian security agencies can deliver the goods. Dola is no small catch. He spent nearly a decade abroad building a sprawling narco