CRPF personnel deployed in an anti-Naxalite operation in Chhattisgarh. (File photo) Let me say this plainly, and without apology: the claim that officers of the Indian Police Service are inherently superior to cadre officers of the central armed...
A BSF solder keeping watch over the other side of the international border with Pakistan, somewhere in the western section. (File photo for representation) Let me be direct about something that tends to get buried under bureaucratic language and...
CRPF commandos in an anti-Naxalite operations camp in Chhattisgarh. (Photo for representation)A slow-burning crisis is consuming India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs) from within. Not a crisis of courage – the jawans and officers of...
Two commandos of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA special operations unit during jungle-warfare training. (Photo for representation.)“The day the soldier has to demand his dues will be a sad day for Magadha, for then, on that day, you will have los...
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 ...
CRPF assistant commandant Simran Bala (Photo: X) New Delhi: As the nation prepares to celebrate its 77th Republic Day, 26-year-old Simran Bala from Jammu and Kashmir is set to create history by leading an all-male marching contingent of the Cent...
A Google Earth screenshot of a part of the Karregutta Hills area as seen from the Chhattisgarh side.New Delhi: Security forces will soon establish a specialized jungle-warfare college at Karregutta Hills in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, on terrain ...
Akash Rao Girepunje.Raipur: An additional superintendent of Chhattisgarh Police, Akash Rao Girepunje, was killed and two other officers were injured in a Maoist IED (improvised explosive device) attack in Sukma district, on Monday. This came as a sho...