President's Police Medal Current Affairs, GK & News

1082 Personnel received President’s Police Medals

August 16, 2022

On the occasion of Independence Day 2022, 1082 police personnel received the “Police Medals”. Among them, 347 personnel received the Police Medal for Gallantry, 87 received Police Medal for Distinguished Service while, 648 personnel received Police Medal for Meritorious Service. This year, 109 CRPF personnel and 108 Police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir have received ..

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Dinkar Gupta: New Director General of NIA

June 24, 2022

On June 23, 2022 Former DGP of Punjab Dinkar Gupta was appointed as the new Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Key facts CRPF Director General, Kuldiep Singh, was given additional charge of NIA in May 2021, following the retirement of Y C Modi. Dinkar Gupta will hold the post till March 31, 2024 or ..

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Rajni Kant Mishra appointed as new Director-General of Border Security Force

September 29, 2018

Rajni Kant Mishra, a 1984 batch Indian Police Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed the new Director-General of Border Security Force (BSF). He will succeed K.K. Sharma, who is superannuating on September 30, 2018. Mr. Mishra has been shifted from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He will head the BSF till August ..

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Rajesh Ranjan appointed as new Director General (DG) of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

April 11, 2018

Rajesh Ranjan, a 1984 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He has been appointed as the chief of the CISF till November 30, 2020, i.e. the date of his superannuation. At present, he is Special Director General of Border Security ..

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M Mahender Reddy appointed as new DGP of Telangana State Government

November 11, 2017

Hyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy has been appointed the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana State. He will be the second DGP of the state after its formation in 2014. He succeeded Anurag Sharma, who has been appointed as advisor to Home Department of Telangana State Government. Meanwhile, Hyderabad Police Additional Commissioner ..

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Rakesh Asthana appointed as new Special Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

October 24, 2017

Rakesh Asthana, a 1984-batch IPS officer of Gujarat-cadre, has been appointed the special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. (CBI). Currently, he is posted as additional director in CBI. Apart from him, Gurbachan Singh has been appointed as the special director in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Sudeep Lakhtakia as Special DG in CRPF. Rajesh ..

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