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Republic Day 2026: President approves 70 gallantry awards for armed forces, Ashoka Chakra for Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla
Gp Capt Shubhanshu Shukla. (File photo)New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards for 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous recognitions, on the eve of India’s 77th Republic Day, marking one of the largest ...
Why 8th Pay Commission must recognize CAPF personnel as true soldiers
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)The central armed police forces (CAPFs) constitute a formidable 1.1 million-strong armed component under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). These forces safeguard India’s s...
Supreme Court judgment on CAPF officers is final. Implementation must begin
Fresh officers during a pass-out ceremony at the CRPF Academy at Kedarpur, Gurugram, Haryana. (File photo for representation.)On May 23, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment that vindicated the professional capabilities of central armed po...
Democratic Dilemma: How elections compromise border security
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)Every election season in India brings with it a peculiar national security paradox: the very forces meant to guard our borders are pulled away to guard ballot boxes. This isn&rsqu...
My Identity Crisis: The CAPF soldier’s perennial dilemma
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)Am I a civilian employee, a police officer, or part of the armed forces of the Union? This question is both confusing and difficult to answer. I will attempt to untangle this comp...
Operation Sindoor’s success cannot mask Pahalgam’s security failures
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)After days of parliamentary disruption, the nation finally witnessed a 16-hour marathon debate on Operation Sindoor. The discussion, marked by rare bipartisan unity, saw both oppo...
End Colonial Charade: Implement Supreme Court judgment on CAPF officers now
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–2026)Winston Churchill, ever the sceptic of Indian administrative capabilities, once declared: “To give India self-government now would mean the end of any prospect of India be...
Blood, Sweat, and Bureaucracy: Supreme Court’s CAPF ruling demands immediate implementation
Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs), particularly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), B...
CAPF Leadership Crisis: Supreme Court speaks, government must act
The Supreme Court of India. (File photo)With over a million personnel in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),...
Border Security Force must brainstorm to meet dynamic battle challenges
A BSF soldier stands guard near an Indian post at the international border with Pakistan in Jammu. (File photo)The Border Security Force (BSF), designated as the nation’s “first line of defence”, stands sentinel along India’s ...Results
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