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Asthana was Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF) and Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the government of India. He previously held the positions of Special Director, CBI, and Director-General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. Earlier in Gujarat, he served as Commissioner of Police in Surat and Vadodra cities.

Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hardliner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, replacing the agency`s current head, Lieutenant General Asim Munir, after only eight months on the job.

Brother of a serving IPS officer was among the six terrorists who were killed in two separate encounters in Shopian and Budgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

Y C Modi has been appointed as the new Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA). He'll take over from Sharad Kumar, whose terms as the NIA chief ends in October 2017.

Stung by allegations of COAI over keeping the lobby group out of its meet with telecom players on Friday, regulator Trai has asked the cellular operators' body to take back its words and apologise for "malafide and patently wrong" statement, a source said.

Fair trade regulator Competition Commission has started the search for new Director General to head its investigation wing.