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From Chambal’s Ravines to the Family Home : How One IPS Officer Built Trust with Chambal’s Former Dacoits

14 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Through surrender, rehabilitation, education and family support, Rajendra Chaturvedi showed that ending the gun culture required more than just polici...

BRICS 2026: Meet the Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

Bureaucracy News

BRICS 2026: Meet These 11 Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

14 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

As global divisions persist, young Indian diplomats worked behind the scenes to support BRICS 2026, handling...

Change Makers

IFS Officer H Tokaho Kininmi Turned Community Participation Into a Conservation Strategy for Nagaland

14 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

IFS officer H Tokaho Kininmi shares how community reserves, village councils and participatory conservation...

Change Makers

From Forests to People: Maharashtra IFS Officer Piyusha Jagtap’s People-Centric Model of Conservation

14 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

By combining community participation, wildlife conservation, livelihood creation, storytelling, forest-fire...

Eco Warrior Awards

How Chetram Meena Took on Illegal Mining and Gave Wildlife Corridors Back to the Forest

13 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Forest officer Chetram Meena used drones, intelligence and night operations to seize 70+ vehicles and...

NEWS

Indian Coast Guard Joint Maritime Rescue Drill

Defence

Andaman On Alert: Inside The Massive Coast Guard Drill Preparing India For Severe Cyclones

14 September 2026

News

From Junput To Nagayalanka: Inside DRDO's Ambitious Missile Testing Expansion Plan

14 September 2026

Government

India Auctions 147 Commercial Coal Blocks Since 2020, Projects ₹47,500 Crore Annual Revenue and 4.9 Lakh Jobs

14 September 2026

Defence

India-Vietnam Talks At BRICS Signal Bigger Role In Indo-Pacific Security Architecture

14 September 2026

Defence

Why Armenia Wants India’s New 120 Km Guided Pinaka Rocket Without Buying New Launchers

14 September 2026

Must Read

Noida NSA Case: UP to Challenge HC Rebuke to DM Medha Roopam in Supreme Court, SG Tushar Mehta Informs

9 September 2026

BrahMos 2.0? Why India And Russia Want To Make BrahMos Even More Powerful

9 September 2026

Why 46 IPS Officers Were Deputed to CAPFs? Supreme Court Seeks Home Secretary’s Reply

7 September 2026

Videos

Rajeev Singh Thakur: The IAS Officer Who Moved From Districts to Defence, Infrastructure and Now Manipur

11 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

He Served in J&K, NIA, UIDAI and ACB. Now Anand Jain Leads Ladakh Police

2 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr. Sagar Preet Hooda: The Officer Who Came Back To Lead Chandigarh Police

29 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

BRICS 2026: Meet These 11 Young IFS Officers Behind India’s Global Diplomatic Push

14 September 2026

UP Transfers 14 IAS and 34 PCS Officers; Neha Sharma Removed from Medical Education, Dr Vishram Gets Revenue Board

14 September 2026

Madhya Pradesh Transfers 10 IPS & 127 State Police Service Officers in Major Police Reshuffle, Alok Verma Made CSP Rewa

14 September 2026

Who Is Siddharth Babu? The IFS Officer Seen Beside PM Modi at BRICS Summit

13 September 2026

UPSC Conducts CDS, NDA Exams on Same Day in Varanasi; Over 15,000 Candidates Appear

13 September 2026

From RTI to Contempt: Why IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s Dispute With CBI Continues

13 September 2026

PSU News

India Auctions 147 Commercial Coal Blocks Since 2020, Projects ₹47,500 Crore Annual Revenue and 4.9 Lakh Jobs

14 September 2026

IGL Showcases Growing Natural Gas Role at Gastech 2026, Supports India’s Cleaner Energy Transition

14 September 2026

NLC India Hands Over Four Electric Vehicles to Auroville Foundation Under ₹21 Lakh CSR Initiative

14 September 2026

BHEL Set for Major Leadership Transition as CMD and Two Directors Retire by February 2027

14 September 2026

SECL Holds Two-Day Capacity Building Programme on Public Procurement at Bilaspur

14 September 2026

SJVN Director (Personnel) Ajay Kumar Sharma Wins Top Rankers Excellence Award for HR Leadership

14 September 2026

RITES Explores Transport Infrastructure Opportunities With Philippines, Burundi at BRICS 2026

14 September 2026

HURL Wins Recognition for Innovative HR Practices at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards

14 September 2026

Defence News

Andaman On Alert: Inside The Massive Coast Guard Drill Preparing India For Severe Cyclones

14 September 2026

India-Vietnam Talks At BRICS Signal Bigger Role In Indo-Pacific Security Architecture

14 September 2026

Why Armenia Wants India’s New 120 Km Guided Pinaka Rocket Without Buying New Launchers

14 September 2026

Inside India's Bold Strategy To Mass Produce Astra Missiles And Boost Exports

14 September 2026

Judiciary News

Russia Unveils Ambitious Plan To Re-Engine India’s Su-30MKI Fighters

14 September 2026

CJI Surya Kant Arbitration Register Proposal

How CJI Surya Kant's New Proposal Could Transform Arbitration In India

14 September 2026

Who Will Regulate AI Deepfakes? Supreme Court Takes Up Crucial National Debate

14 September 2026

Rajasthan Assistant Professor Recruitment Results Case

Why Rajasthan High Court Stopped Assistant Professor Recruitment Results

14 September 2026

CSR News

NLC India Hands Over Four Electric Vehicles to Auroville Foundation Under ₹21 Lakh CSR Initiative

14 September 2026

HURL Signs MoU With Art of Living Social Projects to Support Integrated Seed Bank for India Flora

14 September 2026

Indraprastha Gas Partners With VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital to Strengthen Specialised Urology Care

12 September 2026

Bank of Baroda Launches CSR Programme in Ranchi to Empower Girl Students with Essential Support

11 September 2026

Opinion

Features

From Lab to Line: Why Opening DRDO Missile Technology to Private Industry Could Change India’s Defence Game

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

Pariksha Ki Pariksha: Why India Needs to Rethink Its Examination Centres

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Cartoon of the Week

Beyond Bureaucracy

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

UPSC Stories

After 15 Failures, Umar Janj Finally Heard the Words He Had Been Waiting For: ‘I have made it'

4 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Umar Janj from Jaisalmer secured AIR 160 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after 15+ failures, four attempts, four SSBs...

NDA Failures, CAPF Setbacks, Then AIR 248:How Abhishek Parmar Overcame Years of Exam Setbacks

3 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Abhishek Parmar became the third generation of his family to enter uniformed service after overcoming...

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

When Two Worlds Meet in a Coffee Estate: Reviewing Vidya Nesarikar’s A Patch of Sun, a Patch of Shade

12 September 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Rtd IAS officer Dr Sanjeev Chopra, 1985-batch West Bengal cadre, reviews Vidya Nesarikar’s novella set...

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons Is a Witty, Tender Portrait of India in Transition

5 September 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons traces generations, identities and a changing India through humour, tenderness...

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...