{
  "id": 905533,
  "title": "21 CBI personnel awarded medals for distinguished service",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/21-cbi-personnel-awarded-medals-for-distinguished-service",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T20:37:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/21-cbi-personnel-awarded-medals-for-distinguished-service/article71345107.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a ceremony held on Independence Day, 21 CBI personnel were honored with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service and Medal for Meritorious Service. The awards, presented annually by the President, recognize the outstanding contributions of law enforcement officers. Assistant Inspector General of Police Shobha Dutta, Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Banerjee, Ginni Rana, Sanjay Kumar Samal, Ramesh Chand, and Madan Lal Dhiman were among those awarded the prestigious President’s Medal for Distinguished Service, while Deputy Legal Adviser Brijesh Singh, Girish Joshi, Manoj Kumar, Om Prakash Chandra, Zahir Akhtar Ansari, Ashish Anand, Sarita Yadav, Roshan Kumar, Dilbar Singh Bisht, Head Constables Balkar Singh, Govind Singh Bisht, Kamlesh Kumar Gurjar, and Constables Pal Pandian R, Ajay Kumar Singh, and Kalyanadurgam Samiullah received the Medal for Meritorious Service.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}