The India-Myanmar border. (Map not to scale.)Kirstjen Nielsen, former secretary of the United States’ homeland security once said: “People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it’s very simple: border security...
Manipuri women in Chennai during a vigil calling for peace in their state. (Photo via Facebook)The Manipur ethnic violence, which started on May 3, has claimed over 150 lives and displaced more than fifty thousand people, if not more, so far. Althoug...
Women in Imphal hold a candlelight vigil to end the ethnic violence that has gripped the state since early May. (Photo: Twitter)Manipur is a landlocked state that shares a 398-kilometre international border with Myanmar. The international border is h...
A BSF patrol near an international border fencing. (File photo for representation.)“Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing them with purpose, direction, and motivation while you are operating to accomplish a mission and im...
Security forces carrying out a combing operation in a Manipur village. (Photo through special arrangement.) New Delhi: Exactly a month after of the ethnic clash erupted between Meitei and Kuki communities in parts of the state, in a joint operat...
Assam Rifles personnel evacuating Konyak women from Yairipok, Manipur. (Photo by special arrangement)Imphal/Dimapur/New Delhi: Violence in ethnic strife-hit Manipur took a new turn when suspected militants fired upon a Manipur Police patrol contingen...
An artillery gun in action during Exercise Buland Bharat. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force recently concluded a monthlong joint combat exercise in the northeast with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the ...
Border Security Force troops present guard of honour to Sujoy Lal Thaosen, an IPS officer, after he assumed the post of the director general of the force. (Photo: BSF)The need for a professional border-guarding force for the eastern and western borde...
Amritpal Singh (C) with his supporters. (Photo: Twitter)Last week, national newspaper and channel headlines screamed “Radicals storm Punjab police station, force cops to release accused.” Such news signals turbulence in Punjab, jeopardizi...
CRPF troops participating in Republic Day parade 2023New Delhi: India's central armed police forces or paramilitary forces have been facing acute shortage of manpower with the Central Reserve Police Force topping the list among the six forces, th...