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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicInternal security

Topic: Internal security

Amit Shah orders formation of ‘homogenous teams’ of central, state agencies at 8th NSSC

ANI -
The teams will plan, implement, and monitor strategy. UHM also urges each state to involve young officers to address national challenges and train in security databases.

To deal with a 2.5-front war, India must tackle the half-front inside

+TFP R Jagannathan -
As Gen Bipin Rawat once pointed out, India has to be ready for a two-and-a-half front war, with the half referring to unnamed internal enemies.

Defence has received poor budgets for years, no collective long-term thinking—J&K ex-governor Vohra

Keshav Padmanabhan -
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor N. N. Vohra has warned that the prolonged “interface” between the Indian Army and civilian and political...

Treatment of the BSF shows border security is not a priority. This must change

Sanjiv Krishan Sood -
Large number of troops are withdrawn from their primary task of border guarding for other tasks such as elections. Their utilisation for such duties needs rationalisation and should be restricted.

Jammu drone attack shows the difficulty of separating Kashmir issue from geopolitics

Shyam Saran -
Drone attack on Jammu Air Force station shows the limits of tactical moves such as the LoC ceasefire and relaxation of political tensions in J&K.

Indian Army should be relieved from internal security in J&K. It goes against secular ethos

Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah -
Indian Army must be kept insulated from prolonged exposure to internal disorder so that it doesn’t become communalised like the police forces.

For 5 years, Modi put national security reforms on hold. Now, he must act fast

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
India is way behind China and no longer enjoys a decisive edge over Pakistan.

Insecurity within

Shekhar Gupta -
NDA's internal security balance sheet is now poorer than ‘spineless’ UPAs. It could break PM Modi’s momentum despite skilled messaging.

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Opinion

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

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

India is unprepared for its demographic shift — elderly outnumbering children

India can’t achieve strategic autonomy by chasing GDP stats. Break away from Western influence

Economy

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

Sampurna Panigrahi -
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. 

Defence

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

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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