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Technology Meets Trust: Varanasi Police Launch Anonymous Chatbot Reporting System - Meet the IPS Officer Behind ‘Police Satark Mitra’

24 December 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

UP Police launched ‘Police Satark Mitra’, a WhatsApp chatbot enabling residents of Jaunpur, Ghazipur and Chandauli to anonymously report crimes, ensuring...

Beyond Headlines

Meet Rajeev Verma: The Technocrat Now Steering Delhi’s Administration

24 December 2025

Pallavi Priya

Senior IAS officer Rajeev Verma, a 1992-batch AGMUT cadre officer, assumed charge as Delhi’s Chief Secretary...

UPSC Stories

UPSC CSE 2024: Neelesh Kumar Becomes First Civil Services Selectee from Seoni in 17 Years

23 December 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

Neelesh Kumar, AIR 621 in UPSC CSE 2024, becomes the first civil services selectee from Seoni district...

Legends Of Bureaucracy

Sukumar Sen: The mathematician who built India’s electoral machinery

23 December 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner, transformed the bold constitutional promise of...

Beyond Headlines

How Rashtrapati Bhavan Replaced Colonial Memory with Indian Valour

23 December 2025

Pallavi Priya

By replacing colonial-era portraits with those of 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, Rashtrapati Bhavan has...

Must Read

Who Is Nachiketa Jha? 2003-Batch UP Cadre IPS Officer Appointed Joint Secretary at National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)

19 December 2025

Who is IFS Nagesh Singh? Senior Diplomat Appointed as India’s Next High Commissioner to Australia

18 December 2025

DoPT Seeks Recall of CAT Order on 360-Degree Appraisal Guidelines in Sanjiv Chaturvedi Case

18 December 2025

Videos

When Numbers Guide Governance: The Story of ICAS Officer Shakeel Maqbool

15 December 2025

Pallavi Priya

Listening To Music Ad Nauseum After Fighting Criminals In Jharkhand

8 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

How Armed Maoist Guerillas Lost Battle Against The Government

4 December 2025

Sharad Gupta

Bureaucracy News

4 IAS Officers Appointed as Electoral Roll Observers for Kerala’s 2026 Voter List Revision

24 December 2025

Big: Govt Steps Up Protection for Aravalli Range Amid Environmental Concerns, Expands Protected Zones

24 December 2025

ACC Grants 1-Year Extension to PMO Officials Reshma Reghunathan Nair and Dr Vipin Kumar

24 December 2025

Power Clash in Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Speaker Raju Files Complaint Against IPS Officer Sunil Kumar Over Bank Fraud Allegations

24 December 2025

Haryana DGP Selection: UPSC Seeks Chandigarh FIR Status and Service Records of Former Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur

24 December 2025

CAT Directs Provisional Promotion of IPS Pankaj Choudhary, Slams Delay in Disciplinary Investigations

24 December 2025

PSU News

BEL Strengthens CSR Efforts, Hands Over 4 Food Distribution Vehicles to Akshaya Patra Foundation

24 December 2025

SCI Elevates Jothi Krishnan Kandasamy to General Manager, Boosting Governance and Audit Excellence

24 December 2025

SJVN Commissions 1,000 MW Bikaner Solar Power Project, Strengthening India’s Renewable Energy Capacity

24 December 2025

NLC India Limited Wins Proactive ER Practices Award at SICCI National ER Conference 2025

24 December 2025

BEL, Astra Microwave Products Sign MoU to Develop Indigenous EW, Radar and Satellite Systems

24 December 2025

NMDC Signs MoU with Colorado School of Mines to Advance Mining Research and AI-Based Technologies

24 December 2025

BEML Powers ISRO’s LVM3-M6 Launch with Mission-Critical Aerospace Structures, Strengthening India’s Space Ambitions

24 December 2025

NBCC Signs MoU with Mumbai Port Authority to Build 25-Acre Central Government Office Complex in Mumbai

24 December 2025

Defence News

India Successfully Tests 3,500-km Range K-4 SLBM From INS Arihant, Enhances Undersea Nuclear Power

24 December 2025

DRDO Lock-Confirm-Kill Missile Brings ‘Think Before Strike’ Technology to Indian Arsenal

24 December 2025

Akash-NG Missile Trials: DRDO Confirms High-Precision Intercepts and Combat Readiness

24 December 2025

Indian Navy MQ-9 Drones Set to Transform Maritime Surveillance Across the Indian Ocean Region

24 December 2025

Judiciary News

Delhi HC GST Cut on Air Purifiers Ruling

Delhi High Court Links Right to Clean Air With GST Relief, Urges Government to Slash GST from 12% to 5%

24 December 2025

Aravalli Protection Redefined: Supreme Court Accepts Government 100m Definition Despite Environmental Panel’s Dissent

24 December 2025

Central Govt Appoints 3 Senior Advocates as Additional Solicitors General for Supreme Court

24 December 2025

CISF Constable Prabhu Nath Yadav Case: High Court Orders Salary Recalculation After Illegal Double Penalty

23 December 2025

Opinion

Features

When The Steel Frame Becomes A Glass House, The Tina Dabi case

Sharad Gupta

Features

A Long Road To Police Reforms

Indian Masterminds Bureau

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UPSC Stories

UPSC CSE 2024: Neelesh Kumar Becomes First Civil Services Selectee from Seoni in 17 Years

23 December 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

Neelesh Kumar, AIR 621 in UPSC CSE 2024, becomes the first civil services selectee from Seoni district...

How Dr Anjali Garg Turned Medical Experience into Administrative Impact

16 December 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

Dr Anjali Garg’s journey from MBBS to IAS shows how medical experience, empathy, and public health exposure...

“Hello, Mom… You Are Now the Mother of a Deputy Collector!" – The Inspiring Tale of Mona Dangi Who Gave Her Plans a Perfect End

12 December 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From a small town in Ashoknagar, Mona Dangi achieved MPPSC Rank 12, becoming Deputy Collector, inspiring...

Social Media

Heroic Karnataka Elephant Rescue: How a 28-Hour “Impossible Mission” Became a Triumph of Wildlife Care, IFS Parveen Kaswan Shares Video

19 November 2025

A trapped elephant was rescued after 28 hours in Karnataka through a massive, expertly coordinated Forest...

IFS Officer Shares Video of Tiger Reserve Guide’s Leaf-Whistling Talent, Internet Tries to Guess the Tune

17 November 2025

Jaldapara National Park Guide Shows Extraordinary Leaf-Whistling Skills, Goes Viral

Who is IPS Shalabh Sinha? The Bastar SP Whose Kishore Kumar Rendition Took Social Media by Storm

14 November 2025

IPS officer Mr. Shalabh Sinha’s soulful performance of “Rimjhim Gire Sawan” at Dalpat Sagar goes viral,...

Book Reviews

Charlie’s Boys: A St Columba Memoir That Chronicles Delhi’s Lost Schoolboy Era

19 December 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A window into middle-class Delhi of the 1970s–80s—power cuts, Ambassador cars, banned Coca-Cola, and...

Part 2: The Legacy of Pratap & Vir Pratap: A Powerful Chronicle of Punjab’s Freedom-Era Journalism

16 December 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

This review revisits Bhagat Singh, Gandhi and the defiant legacy of Pratap, uncovering lesser-known nuances...

Part 1 : The Legacy of Pratap & Vir Pratap: A Powerful Chronicle of Punjab’s Freedom-Era Journalism

8 December 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A gripping account of a newspaper that chose courage over compromise — chronicling India’s freedom struggle,...