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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Topic: CAPF

Over 500 CAPF companies deployed across Bihar ahead of assembly elections

The deployment includes 121 CRPF companies, around 400 from BSF, and contingents from Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, and Sashastra Seema Bal.

The UPSC beyond IAS, IPS, IFS

When we think UPSC, we think IAS. But India’s infrastructure, security, health, and data backbone run on UPSC recruits we rarely talk about.

CAPF officers were finally allowed to rise to leadership positions. Now, govt is blocking it

The continued deputation of IPS officers to lead CAPFs evokes the image of colonial outposts being administered by viceroys.

Budget 2025: Govt boosts border security funding amid crackdown on illegal immigration

The 49 percent increase in allocation for border infrastructure and management likely to speed up the strengthening of the security grid in border regions.

2 days after terror attack in Reasi, another in Jammu’s Kathua, 1 militant gunned down

MoS Dr Jitendra Singh confirmed that a joint operation by police and paramilitary forces is ongoing in Saida Sukhal village to hunt down the militants.

Modern weapons for CAPF, ‘National Forensics Mission’, swift disposal of old cases — BJP manifesto

Party claims 50% reduction in ‘Left-Wing Extremism-related violence’, 0 major terror attacks since 2014, and that revocation of Article 370 reduced violence in J&K significantly.

Election Commissions asks for deployment of 3.4 lakh CAPFs ahead of LS, Assembly polls

According to the EC, the decision is made after considering requests from state commissions and the deployment will be done in a phased manner.

‘You are not here to observe but to protect’ — Manipur CM Biren Singh slams central forces

Imphal/Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh Sunday criticised the central security forces, saying that they had been deployed in the state “to protect...

CAPFs spend less than 10% of 2022-23 ‘modernisation’ funds in 3 quarters. Figure zero for ITBP, NSG, SSB

Central Armed Police Forces — which have cited 'inadequate funds’ as impediment against tech upgrade — were allocated Rs 248.30 cr for 2022-23 under govt’s Modernisation Plan-IV.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.