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Dharmendra’s Enduring Legacy: How the Superstar Inspired IPS Vishwajeet Srivastava to Serve with Courage and Integrity

25 November 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Dharmendra’s iconic role in Pratigya inspired IPS officer Vishwajeet Srivastava to join the police. Decades later, he met his childhood hero, proving how...

Beyond Headlines

The Administrator Behind India’s Water Revolution Is Now Leading His Home

25 November 2025

Pallavi Priya

From district headquarters to global development boards, Vikas Sheel has carried the same mission — governance...

Video Interview

Digital Arrest Fraud: Inside the Rising Cybercrime Targeting Elderly Victims in India

24 November 2025

Shweta Verma

DIG, Maharashtra Cyber cell IPS Officer Sanjay Shintre explains the rise of a dangerous new scam called...

Beyond Headlines

With Stitches and a 26-Day-Old Baby Outside, a Mother Clears MPPSC: The Story of Varsha Patel

24 November 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

Read the inspiring story of Varsha Patel, who cleared MPPSC Rank 11 while recovering from stitches and...

Beyond Headlines

IPS Dr Santosh Singh: The Scholar-Officer Whose Book on UN Peacebuilding Earns National Acclaim

23 November 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

IPS Dr Santosh Singh’s new book Institutionalization of Peacebuilding, published nationally, explores...

Must Read

Who Is Senior IRS Rakesh Gupta? The Officer Appointed DGIT (Vigilance) and CVO at CBDT

20 November 2025

ACC Clears Major IAS Reshuffle; 7 Senior Officers, Including Srivatsa Krishna and Atish Chandra, Get New Appointments

21 November 2025

Meet India’s First Woman Law Secretary ILS Dr Anju Rathi Rana, Now Regularised as Law Commission Member-Secretary | Her Trailblazing Career

21 November 2025

Videos

Digital Arrest Fraud: Inside the Rising Cybercrime Targeting Elderly Victims in India

24 November 2025

Shweta Verma

Escaped Narrowly In Naxal Ambush, Got Injured In Communal Riots, This IPS Officer Is Living Under Constant Fire

20 November 2025

Sharad Gupta

Inside IPS Abhishek Yadav’s Mission to Build a Smarter, Kinder Police Force in Pilibhit

17 November 2025

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

Who Is Santosh Verma? The IAS Officer Behind the “Brahmin Donates His Daughter” Remark Stirring MP Politics

25 November 2025

Promotion Fears Trigger Legal Challenge Against IAS Appointments in Maharashtra Education; MAT Petition Filed

25 November 2025

DGP/IGP Conference in Chhattisgarh: PM Modi to Address White-Collar Terror, Radicalisation, and AI in Policing

25 November 2025

ACB Files New FIR Against Jharkhand IAS Vinay Choubey, 7 Including Family and Associates Named

25 November 2025

UP Government Accelerates Retirement Clearances: Major IAS–PCS Transition Set for 2026; Check Who is Retiring When?

24 November 2025

Shielding Youth: Haryana DGP O P Singh Orders Strong Action Against Artists Promoting Maverick, Gang Lifestyles

24 November 2025

PSU News

GRSE Wins Excellence in Financial Performance Award at Samudra Utkarsh 2025, Strengthening India’s Defence Shipbuilding Leadership

25 November 2025

CMPDI Signs MoA with MCL to Provide Project Management Consultancy for Solar and Wind Energy Projects

25 November 2025

India Set for Next Wave of Mega PSU Bank Mergers: Government Plans to Build Global-Scale Banking Champions

25 November 2025

IIT Bhubaneswar, ILS transfer novel TB vaccine

IIT Bhubaneswar and ILS Bhubaneswar Partner with TechInvention Lifecare to Advance Next-Gen TB Vaccine

25 November 2025

Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, RCF

RCF Appoints Nazhat J. Shaikh as Chairman and Managing Director on Additional Charge for Six-Month Tenure

25 November 2025

Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI)

ACC Approves Balasugumar Daniel as Director (Operations) at Cement Corporation of India to Boost Operational Excellence

25 November 2025

BEL Awards Rs 17.55 Crore Contract to Avantel for Advanced Indigenous Defense Communications Systems

25 November 2025

NBCC Wins IBC Award for Excellence in Built Environment 2024-25 for Jure-19 Quarters Project

25 November 2025

Defence News

INMAS, DRDO, and DGAFMS Sign MoA under Vikiran Prehri to Strengthen India’s Medical Response for Radiation Emergencies

25 November 2025

Project 75I: India to Boost Submarine Force with Advanced Indigenous AIP-Equipped Submarines

25 November 2025

Tejas vs Regional Jets: Lessons from Airshow Crashes and Comparing India’s Fighter Jet with Pakistan and Chinese Jets

25 November 2025

India Faces Major Airpower Challenge as Pakistan Deploys China’s 400-km PL-17 Missile on J-10C Fighters

24 November 2025

Judiciary News

Supreme Court Pushes Nationwide CCTV Upgrade: States Get Final Three-Week Window or Face Top-Level Accountability

25 November 2025

Supreme Court Directs Kerala Govt to Establish Government Schools in All Unserved Areas Within Three Months Under RTE Act

25 November 2025

SC Seeks Government Reply as Retired IPS Officers Challenge Pension Validation Clause; Hearing in January 2026

25 November 2025

Chhattisgarh Schools Introduce Strict Guidelines to Protect Students from Stray Dogs Following Supreme Court Orders

24 November 2025

Opinion

Opinion

Prayoga: Where Research Meets Social Impact in Education

Anil Swarup

Features

Society@2035: The Reimagined Human Story

Anurag Goel

Cartoon of the Week

UPSC Stories

Meet IAS Smit Panchal a First-Generation Graduate Who Secured AIR 30

22 November 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

The inspiring UPSC journey of IAS Smit Panchal: from Gujarati-medium beginnings and financial hardship...

From Interview Rejections to Rank 1: How Devesh Kumar Sahu Topped CGPSC 2024 in His 4th Attempt (Exclusive)

22 November 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From repeated interview failures to Rank 1, Devesh Kumar Sahu’s CGPSC 2024 journey shows how discipline,...

The Boy Who Was Told He Would Fail - Now a 2021-Batch IPS Officer

19 November 2025

Pallavi Priya

IPS Mohibullah Ansari’s life proves that success in UPSC doesn’t belong to “geniuses” — it belongs to...

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

Pulwama to Balakot: The Untold Story Behind India’s Boldest Counter-Strike

22 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This isn't just a retelling of the horrific Pulwama terror attack and the retaliatory Balakot airstrike....

A Journey to Find the Oldest and Most Legendary Trees in India

15 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This insightful review is penned by Ms. Yauvanika Chopra, Associate Director, The New India Foundation,...

Hindutva, Hind Swaraj, and the Search for India’s Soul

9 November 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

The cover page of Makarand Paranjape’s meditation on Hindutva and Hind Swaraj has a deep red background. Veer...