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CRPF’s bigger role in Jammu: Why 21 Army camps are being handed over to CoBRA personnel

These 21 camps—15 in Kathua and six in Udhampur districts—will be taken over by the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) companies.

CRPF tightens troop movement SOP as Naga-Kuki tensions keep Manipur on edge. 2 COBRA battalions deployed

Updated SOP was based on assessments drawn from ambushes in Rajouri-Poonch sector of J&K between 2000 and 2023, it is learnt.

In another blow to Maoists, Central Committee member with Rs 1 cr bounty among 15 killed in Jharkhand

Pathiram Manjhi was killed in an encounter in Saranda forests. The forces are now pursuing Thippiri Tirupathi, the only remaining top leader of the banned outfit.

13 yrs after he escaped custody, Maoist central committee member Sahadev Soren killed in encounter

Soren, wanted for his role in 2005 killing of IPS officer posted in Bihar's Munger and escape from police custody in 2012, was killed in encounter in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh Monday morning.

Wanted in 37 cases, Maoist Prayag Manjhi killed in Jharkhand was ‘big headache’ for security forces

Security forces killed 8 Maoists, including Manjhi, commonly known as Vivek da, in Bokaro on Monday. A CPI(Maoist) Central Committee member, he had a Rs 1 cr bounty on his head.

CRPF’s new Bastariya battalion to tackle Naxals is more a military fix than political

In the 1990s, government raised the Rashtriya Rifles as a specialised counter-insurgency force in the Valley. Two-and-a-half decades later, the insurgency, fanned by support from Pakistan, still continues.

Hurt in battle, but raring to go: A CoBRA commando recalls February Sukma ambush

'I kept walking. I could not stop as it would mean the company also stopping for me.'

On Camera

Success of RBI’s NRI deposit scheme is posing a liquidity problem

When NRIs deposit dollars and banks exchange them with the RBI, the rupees the RBI provides in return do not disappear; instead, they augment the banking system’s liquidity.

India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at the start of trade

Typically, a lot of transactions happen in the first hour as lenders borrow funds to meet regulatory requirements and cover short-term cash shortages.

Overhaul of Sukhois, software defined radios, new helicopters among Rs 1.1 lakh cr projects cleared

Overhaul process does not involve any addition of abilities & is very different from an upgrade. Clearances were given by Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

20% ethanol, 80% anger: BJP’s core voter is furious and looking for answers

While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, with the festive season upon us, we have surging prices and a sugar shortage. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange.