Media seems to be making merry quoting the Intelligence Bureau chief Asif Ibrahim’s comments out of context. PTI started the mischief of making the comment about Telangana a headline news as if that was one of the main comments of the IB Chief in his opening speech for the 3 day DGP conference in Delhi. Ibrahim said, “The demand for a separate statehood to Telangana has triggered counter-agitations. The situation emerging on this front is likely to throw up new challenges to the security forces as well as intelligence agencies at both the state and national levels.” That is all he said about Telangana. This was a passing comment made while the focus of his speech has been on insurgencies ...

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