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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: ITBP

1,064 kg gold worth Rs 800 crore from China to Delhi via Tibet—ED unravels smuggling racket ITBP busted

Racket started unravelling with arrest of 2 men from Ladakh-China border carrying gold worth Rs 80 cr. Gold came from China via Tibet, was received in Ladakh, then moved to Delhi jewellers.

Rescue, phone lines, road repair: Race against time at ITBP HQ, epicentre of Uttarakhand floods rescue op

Matli (Uttarakhand): Boulders hurtling down the mountainside, roads falling away underfoot, the constant rain as they shiver under the open sky and injuries that...

ITBP denies 1st gender change request & then forms policy. Reason: bad impact on force psychology

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police order has been forwarded to all commands, frontiers, zones & battalions. It came on plea for gender change by a female personnel.

108-kg gold seized in Ladakh was sourced from Europe, Asia & Middle East, new route used for smuggling

Consignment was being illegally brought through route in eastern Ladakh, which security forces suspect must have been in use for some time.

ITBP apprehends 2 local men for smuggling 108 kg gold near China border in Eastern Ladakh

The arrested men, identified as Norbu Dorjee (69) and Tenzin Targy (40), were apprehended by patrolling team of the 21st battalion of the force guarding international border with China.

Spotted vultures, scaled 400-ft cliff — how ITBP found, retrieved US paraglider’s body in Spiti Valley

Probe & rescue ops, conducted over days, involved traditional sleuthing, use of drones & climbing a sharp cliff face 'perpendicular to mountain base' to retrieve body of Trevor Bockstahler.

Amit Shah lauds ITBP’s heroic rescue op in Himachal

The American citizen had lost his life while paragliding in an accident. His body was recovered by the ITBP team and handed over to the local authorities for further investigation.

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

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.