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Manipur ambush: Prime suspect arrested in deadly attack on Assam Rifles soldiers
Khomdram Ojit Singh (in pink short) flanked by Assam Rifles and Manipur Police personnel. (Photo via Facebook)Imphal/New Delhi: Security forces have arrested the prime suspect in the deadly ambush of an Assam Rifles convoy that claimed two lives in M...
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...
Prime Minister Modi’s Manipur Visit: A welcome initiative, but is it too late?
Narendra Modi addressing a public meeting at Manipur’s Churachandpur, on September 13, 2025.The Manipur crisis resembles a Pandora’s box that demands profound introspection, historical analysis, and an understanding of the deep-seated fea...
Beyond Fencing: The complex reality of India’s most vulnerable border
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)The India-Bangladesh frontier stands as one of India’s most complex security challenges. Stretching across 4,996.7 kilometres through five states – West Bengal, Assam,...
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...
Kashmir Book Ban: Why censorship can’t cure valley’s complex reality
India Sentinels illustration for representation.A troubling development has emerged from Jammu & Kashmir, one that deserves far more attention than it has received amid the political theatre surrounding Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision an...
Despite compulsive détente, China frontier paradox remains for India
The external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, has repeatedly emphasized that relations with China cannot normalize until peace and stability return to the borders. Yet despite countless rounds of talks following Chinese transgressions in eastern Ladak...
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),...Results
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