Tunnel collapse: "Rescue op will be completed by the end of day," says NDRF DG Atul KarwalThe Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Atul Karwal, has announced that multi-agency rescue operations to free...
23 Nov, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
Cyclone 'Biparjoy' weakens into 'deep depression', expected to weaken furtherAccording to IMD, the cyclonic storm weakened into a 'deep depression'30 pm on Friday over Southeast Pakistan.
17 Jun, 2023, 07.38 AM IST
Cyclone Biparjoy: No lives lost after landfall, says NDRF; team deployed in Rajasthan's Jalore ahead of heavy rainfall predictionsThere has been no loss of lives after the advent of Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat, said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director Gene...
16 Jun, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Biparjoy: Evacuation of 1 lakh people, boat anchoring, hoarding removalIn preparation for Cyclone 'Biparjoy', authorities in Gujarat have taken necessary precautions, including anchoring fishing boats, moving l...
15 Jun, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
Balasore train accident: Rescuer hallucinated blood upon seeing water, another lost appetite, says NDRF DGAn NDRF personnel deployed in the rescue operation at the three-train crash site in Odisha's Balasore district has been hallucinating blood...
07 Jun, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
Odisha train accident: It was a different kind of challenge, says NDRF director general Atul KarwalNine teams of NDRF were deployed during this operation, out of which seven came from Odisha and two from West Bengal, he said. The first te...
05 Jun, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
NDRF to begin maiden forest fire tackling training for personnelThe force "will play an active role" in this disaster combat discipline and three of its teams will begin their training from February 6, N...
19 Jan, 2023, 11.54 PM IST
'Most bodies fished out by feeling them, were tough to spot because of Muddy Machchhu Waters'Karwal said, "the collapse area was divided into three zones among the civil administration, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire ser...
01 Nov, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
NDRF DG, CRPF ASI killed in Pulwama attack awarded gallantry medalsUnion Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla pinned the medal on Karwal's uniform, while he gave the medal, awarded posthumously, to Lal's wife Sarita ...
09 Apr, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Tactics centre to check high rate of casualty among police personnelThe institute will come up on a 400-acre plot adjacent to the National Security Guard hub, with a budget of ₹100 crore. It will be made ope...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
Cyclone Jawad: NDRF DG says 64 teams earmarked, all preparations doneA single NDRF team has about 30 personnel who are equipped with pole cutters, electric saws to cut uprooted trees, inflatable boat and some...
03 Dec, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Cyclone Jawad: 33 more teams to be deployed, says NDRF chiefSpeaking to ANI, Karwal said, "PM Modi held a meeting today and he has been given the details of the cyclone situation. We are in constant ...
02 Dec, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
Elections 2014: Gujarat cops backed EC decision on Narendra Modi's Beniabagh rally, reveals reportKarwal is a wellknown officer in Gujarat for his achievement in 2008 when he became the first IPS officer in the country to successfully cl...
12 May, 2014, 08.44 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Election Commission rejects nominations of 134 poll aspirants in GujaratElection Commission has rejected nomination papers of 134 candidates, one of them from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), after scrutiny in Gujarat, wh...
11 Apr, 2014, 11.12 PM IST
Goa police recruits to be trained at Gujarat Police AcademyGood infrastructure facilities coupled with modern training modules at the Gujarat Police Academy in Karai in Gandhinagar has impressed Goa...
14 Oct, 2013, 01.59 PM IST
- Gujarat IPS association passes resolution supporting Sanjiv Bhatt
Gujarat IPS association has passed a resolution supporting suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has been put behind bars after a constab...
09 Oct, 2011, 06.37 PM IST
- IPS officer climbs Everest, says divine energy helped
When IPS officer Atul Karwal was climbing the heights of Mount Everest last month, he felt as if a divine energy was helping him to overcom...
19 Jun, 2008, 03.33 PM IST