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Dropped as DGP after Haryana suicide row, Shatrujeet Kapur gets top job in ITBP

1990-batch IPS officer will serve as Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief until 31 Oct. He was in the headlines after his name cropped up in connection with suicide of IG Y Puran Kumar.

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.

MHA push for 7 new ITBP battalions is playing into China’s hands. India is wasting assets

India should know that after creating infrastructure & military wherewithal in Tibet, China is using the boundary dispute to force India to expend its resources.

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The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.