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67 Nepal prison escapees held so far at India border

All the prisoners were caught from different check posts along the India-Nepal border connecting Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, & West Bengal states, said Sashastra Seema Bal officials.

IPS officer returns President’s Medal, questions 360° review; cites campaign to link him with RSS

Posted in SSB, Dr Paresh Saxena wrote to President that now-retired IPS officer ‘initiated narrative that he has deep RSS base & successive DGs too misrepresented him as uncooperative’.

‘Miscarriage of justice’ — Delhi HC reinstates dog handler sacked by SSB after suicide attempt

High court chastised Sashastra Seema Bal for losing sight of constable’s mental health, and instead imprisoning him for over three months before dismissing him ‘without evidence’.

6 borders, 1 LoC, 4 forces—Challenges of guarding India in face of suicides, fratricides

BSF, ITBP, SSB, and Assam Rifles have been given the mandate of guarding Indian borders. These forces lose more jawans every year than the Indian army does during peacetime.

Probe in Army recruitment scam finds candidates in defence academy who paid ‘bribes’ to get in

CBI handed probe into Army recruitment scam, books 17 officers and personnel for alleged bribery & irregularities in admissions to National Defence Academy (NDA), Officers Training Academy (OTA).

To strengthen Intelligence Bureau, Centre orders 2,000 SSB personnel to be moved

Personnel from the Sashastra Seema Bal will boost the Intelligence Bureau’s on-ground presence along the borders with China and Nepal.

Read my lips, forget the camera

Say the central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.