{"id":41247,"date":"2024-08-18T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/18\/indian-coast-guard-dg-rakesh-pal-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-in-chennai-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-08-18T17:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T17:09:01","slug":"indian-coast-guard-dg-rakesh-pal-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-in-chennai-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/18\/indian-coast-guard-dg-rakesh-pal-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-in-chennai-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Coast Guard DG Rakesh Pal dies of cardiac arrest in Chennai &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chennai<\/strong>: Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a government hospital here following a \u201ccardiac arrest\u201d, Defence sources here said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Pal, who was to attend an ICG event along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital (RGGH) earlier in the day after he complained of uneasiness, they said, without divulging details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, took to X, formerly known as Twitter and express his grief over Pal\u2019s demise. \u201cDeeply saddened at the untimely demise of Shri Rakesh Pal, DG, Indian Coast Guard in Chennai today. He was an able and committed officer under whose leadership ICG was making big strides in strengthening India\u2019s maritime security. My heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family,\u201d he wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deeply saddened at the untimely demise of Shri Rakesh Pal, DG, Indian Coast Guard in Chennai today. He was an able and committed officer under whose leadership ICG was making big strides in strengthening India\u2019s maritime security. My heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1825193668028006580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-slot\">\n<p>Singh, who also attended a Tamil Nadu government event to release a commemorative coin on late DMK President M Karunanidhi\u2019s birth centenary, rushed to the hospital to pay his respects on hearing of Pal\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Chennai: Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a government hospital here following a \u201ccardiac arrest\u201d, Defence sources here said. Pal, who was to attend an ICG event along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital (RGGH) earlier in the day after he complained of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-111.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41249,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41247\/revisions\/41249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}