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),...

Exercise Dharma Guardian – 2024: India-Japan joint army exercise starts in Rajasthan

Indian and Japanese soldiers before the start of Exercise Dharma Guardian at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: The 5th edition of Exercise “Dharma Guardian” – a...

IPS officers vs CAPF officers: Unseemly tug of war

BSF marching contingent at Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Representative photo)The efforts of Indian Police Service to retain their hegemony over the senior posts in central armed police forces (CAPFs) is like the events leading to the epic battl...