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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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 ...
New Delhi: Bengaluru-based state plane manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Saturday issued a clarification on social media posts stating that it has “hired a consultancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers to benchmark its research &...