Rahul Tripathi

Editor (Internal Security), ET

Rahul covers internal affairs, investigations and cyber security. Over the years he has published stories on terror incidents involving outfits like Al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Islamic S ...

Rahul covers internal affairs, investigations and cyber security. Over the years he has published stories on terror incidents involving outfits like Al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Islamic State (IS), LeT and Indian Mujahideen (IM). He has reported from Jammu and Kashmir and the Naxal areas of Chhattisgarh: he has also covered extensively the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Naga peace accord and the COVID-19 pandemic. Rahul has won the KC Kulish International Award for Excellence in Journalism ( print).

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Stories by the author

• BJP's influence now stretches from Gangotri to Gangasagar: Amit Shah

  
  28 May 2026 11:38 PM IST
• Amit Shah orders razing of illegal structures along Indo-Pak border

  
  27 May 2026 02:17 PM IST
• Committee to study 'abnormal changes' in demography, says Amit Shah

  
  27 May 2026 12:56 AM IST
• 70 security camps in Bastar to serve as service centres: Amit Shah

  
  19 May 2026 12:30 AM IST
• NCB seizes ₹182 cr Captagon in India's first 'jihadi drug' bust

  
  16 May 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Red Fort blast charge sheet reveals use of TATP explosive, ‘Operation Heavenly Hind’ plot

  
  15 May 2026 12:09 AM IST
• Dawood aide Salim Dola brought to India from Turkiye in major NCB global crackdown

  
  29 Apr 2026 12:33 AM IST
• Significant reduction in Maoist activity: Now, no districts officially classified as Left-wing extremism-affected

  
  24 Apr 2026 12:07 AM IST
• Dead end? NIA unlikely to appeal against Bombay HC order in Malegaon blast case

  
  23 Apr 2026 11:54 PM IST
• India to issue tourist visas for Chinese nationals 5 yrs after Galwan clash

  
  22 Apr 2026 12:30 AM IST
• Census 2027 begins with digital self-enumeration in phase I

  
  02 Apr 2026 12:31 AM IST
• Home Ministry issues Deportation Manual 2026 to states, sets SOPs for illegal migrant action

  
  02 Apr 2026 12:31 AM IST
• Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab Police bust LeT terror module, 2 arrested in Malerkotla

  
  31 Mar 2026 12:25 AM IST
• Census 2027 rollout in 11 states from Wednesday: Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan

  
  31 Mar 2026 12:03 AM IST
• Union cabinet extends immigration, visa, foreigners registration & tracking scheme for another 5 years

  
  26 Mar 2026 12:30 AM IST
• CAPF Bill proposes to formalise deputation of IPS officers at senior ranks

  
  20 Mar 2026 11:50 PM IST
• US national in drone plot; NIA tracking his digital footprint

  
  20 Mar 2026 12:14 AM IST
• 44 women among 108 Maoists with ₹3.9 cr bounty surrender in Bastar

  
  12 Mar 2026 12:54 AM IST
• Cabinet clears bill to streamline appointments in para forces

  
  11 Mar 2026 12:09 AM IST
• Census 2027 to offer self-enumeration option

  
  06 Mar 2026 12:30 AM IST
• GATE exam cheating ring busted in Raipur: Multi-state operations suspected

  
  17 Feb 2026 12:21 AM IST
• Closed schools, hospitals to restart in Bastar: Amit Shah

  
  09 Feb 2026 11:27 PM IST
• Maoist surrenders rising, peace opening doors for jobs and industry: Chhattisgarh CM

  
  09 Feb 2026 12:40 AM IST
• Beyond red corridor: Hope, doubt and policy in Bastar's hinterland

  
  09 Feb 2026 12:01 AM IST
• Dharmendra, Ex-Kerala CM Achuthanandan get Padma Vibhushan

  
  25 Jan 2026 11:32 PM IST
• Census 2027 to capture caste data; 33 parameters notified

  
  22 Jan 2026 11:14 PM IST
• Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates IED data management system

  
  09 Jan 2026 11:41 PM IST
• Lockheed Martin eyes first C-130J assembly line outside US, in India

  
  09 Jan 2026 11:31 PM IST
• India’s internal security: Big shifts & rising spy ring threats

  
  03 Jan 2026 12:05 AM IST
• 52 new forward bases, 1,562 surrenders mark 2025 in Bastar: Police

  
  29 Dec 2025 12:13 AM IST
• Ganesh Uike among 5 Maoists killed in Odisha

  
  25 Dec 2025 11:09 PM IST
• Census 2027 rules on self-enumeration and others notified

  
  24 Dec 2025 12:06 AM IST
• Indian, Bangladesh envoys summoned; protesters clash with cops in New Delhi and Kolkata

  
  23 Dec 2025 11:58 PM IST
• NCB, Delhi Police seize 328 kg meth; arrest two

  
  23 Nov 2025 11:48 PM IST
• Delhi blast: NIA takes four prime accused in custody

  
  20 Nov 2025 11:45 PM IST
• NIA arrests Anmol Bishnoi; was absconding since 2022

  
  19 Nov 2025 11:49 PM IST
• 7 more Maoists shot dead in fresh Andhra Pradesh encounter

  
  19 Nov 2025 11:34 PM IST
• Top Maoist leader Madavi Hidma killed in trijunction encounter

  
  18 Nov 2025 11:57 PM IST
• NIA arrests another key associate of Nabi in Red Fort blast case

  
  18 Nov 2025 12:20 AM IST
• 3 Maoists with ₹15 lakh bounty killed in Sukma encounter

  
  16 Nov 2025 11:42 PM IST
• NIA arrests suicide bomber's accomplice in Red Fort blast case

  
  16 Nov 2025 11:42 PM IST
• Red Fort blast: After arrest of four doctors, lens now on Pakistan, Bangladesh MBBS holders

  
  14 Nov 2025 12:03 AM IST
• Ammonium nitrate used for Delhi blast could be from Gujarat

  
  13 Nov 2025 11:50 PM IST
• Red Fort blast puts spotlight back on ammonium nitrate regulation

  
  13 Nov 2025 12:29 AM IST
• NIA probes role of Shopian clerics in Red Fort blast

  
  13 Nov 2025 12:21 AM IST
• Red Fort blast in Delhi: Police, NIA reconstruct i20 trail

  
  12 Nov 2025 12:15 AM IST
• Red Fort blast: Investigators probing If Dr Umar Nabi involved in suicide mission

  
  12 Nov 2025 12:11 AM IST
• Deadly car blast near Red Fort in Delhi: Eight killed, 30 injured in high-intensity explosion

  
  11 Nov 2025 05:30 AM IST