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  Rakesh Aggarwal appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency

  India | January 14, 2026 23:18 IST

  The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed senior IPS officer Rakesh Aggarwal as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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  Former Director General of NIA Sadanand Vasant Date appointed Maharashtra DGP

  Maharashtra | December 31, 2025 16:30 IST

  1990 batch IPS officer and former NIA chief Sadanand Date has been appointed as Maharashtra’s DGP. A formal order has been issued by the state government.

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  Director General of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal dies in Chennai after cardiac arrest

  August 19, 2024 6:07 IST

  Rakesh Pal had taken charge as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on July 19 in 2023. Under his apex supervision, the Coast Guard carried out many major operations and exercises that included theseizure of drugs and narcotic substances and gold worth crores of rupees.

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  Daljit Singh Chaudhary given additional charge as BSF DG after repatriation of Nitin Agrawal

  India | August 03, 2024 13:02 IST

  Nitin Agarwal was repatriated back to his parent Kerala cadre with immediate effect on the orders of the Home Ministry on Friday. His repatriation took place amid increased cross-border infiltration along the Jammu sector.

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  'Thank you, Tulsi bhai!': PM Modi's reaction after WHO chief congratulates him on third term

  World | June 07, 2024 12:16 IST

  PM Modi referred to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as 'Tulsi bhai' at the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit held in Gandhinagar in April last year. Notably, Narendra Modi is set to become the Indian PM for the record third time after the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

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  WHO chief mentions Global Traditional Medicine Centre in India while recalling achievements in 2023

  World | May 28, 2024 11:08 IST

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the year 2023 was a productive one in boosting access to medicines and other health products. India and the WHO established the world's first Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in 2022 and convened the first global summit on traditional medicine.

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  India TV EXCLUSIVE: UP DGP says 'full disclosure' coming soon in paper leak case | VIDEO

  Uttar Pradesh | March 14, 2024 18:05 IST

  UP Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar addressed several law and order issues ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He revealed that a full disclosure on the paper leak case would be made soon, with plans to confiscate and destroy illegal assets involved.

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  WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus praises India's health coverage schemes at G20 Health Ministers' meet

  India | August 18, 2023 22:11 IST

  "I commend India for their steps in advancing Universal Health Coverage and the Ayushman Bharat scheme which is the world 's largest health assurance initiative," said the WHO chief in Gujarat.

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  'I like the name..." WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus on being called 'Tulsi bhai' by PM Modi

  India | August 17, 2023 6:19 IST

  " I don't see it only as medicinal, but I think given the climate change we're witnessing now, planting trees is very important... So, I'm happy to be called Tulsi Bhai, given the prominence of the plant," said Ghebreyesus in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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  CBI arrests joint director of Director General of Corporate Affairs, 3 others in bribery case

  India | July 29, 2023 17:55 IST

  Meanwhile, searches were conducted at Delhi, Gurugram and Chennai in the premises of the accused which led to recovery of cash of approxiamtely Rs. 59.80 lakh and several incriminating documents along with digital evidences.

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  Nitin Agrawal, Kerala-cadre IPS officer, takes charge as new Director General of BSF

  India | June 14, 2023 19:36 IST

  Nitin Agrawal took over from CRPF Director General Sujoy Lal Thaosen, who had been in charge of the BSF since Pankaj Kumar Singh retired in December 2022. He has held that position for the past five months.

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  Kerala-cadre IPS officer Nitin Agarwal appointed BSF Director General

  India | June 12, 2023 6:57 IST

  Kerala-cadre IPS officer Nitin Agarwal is currently an Additional DG of operations at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquarters in Delhi.

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  Senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt appointed as new director general of DGCA

  India | January 21, 2023 23:43 IST

  Dutt is presently serving as the chairman and managing director of Air India Asset Holding Ltd (AIAHL). He will take over as the head of the aviation regulator on February 28.

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  Adverse events occur with vaccines, regulator's role to ascertain link between event, intervention: ICMR

  News | December 01, 2020 20:58 IST

  ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on December 1 said that the adverse events occur with drugs or vaccines or any other health intervention.

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  COVID-19: No shortage of oxygen in country, says Health Ministry

  News | September 15, 2020 21:06 IST

  Union Health Ministry Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan on September 15 denied the shortage of oxygen in the country and said there is sufficient oxygen for the patients.

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  Cyclone Nisarga: 1 lakh people evacuated from cyclone's path, says NDRF DG

  News | June 03, 2020 17:20 IST

  While speaking to ANI in Delhi on June 03, the Director General (DG) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SN Pradhan spoke on measures being taken as landfall process of cyclone Nisarga began.

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  Cyclone Nisarga: 21 NDRF teams deployed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, informs SN Pradhan

  News | June 01, 2020 22:15 IST

  National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General, SN Pradhan on cyclone Nisarga said that they are fully prepared, and 21 NDRF teams have been deployed in Maharashtra and Gujarat and 10 teams are on standby.

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  HCQ should be taken with food to avoid side effects: ICMR on row over anti-malarial drug

  News | May 26, 2020 21:48 IST

  Speaking on the Lancet study which says Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) raises chances of death and irregular heart rhythm, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava.

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  International Nurses Day: Lt Gen Anup Banerji hails nursing officers for serving patients amid COVID-19

  News | May 12, 2020 18:29 IST

  Lt Gen Anup Banerji on International Nurses Day hailed nursing officers for serving patients across nation amid COVID-19 pandemic.

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  J&K: Senior officials review security situation in south Kashmir

  India | February 20, 2020 20:37 IST

  Senior officials including the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday reviewed the security situation in south Kashmir.