DD News usually said by its abbreviation as D D News, is India’s solely 24-hour terrestrial TV news channel broadcasting in Hindi. The Prasar Bharati board approved the proposal to begin a 24-hour news channel in situ of Doctor of Divinity railway line, that was closing. This was afterward approved by the Union cupboard in an exceedingly three Oct 2003 meeting.

DD railway line was reborn into a 24-hour TV news channel, into Doctor of Divinity News, that launched on three Nov 2003. Its terrestrial reach is twenty one.6% by space and forty four.9% by population of India.

In 2019, sister channel Doctor of Divinity India become exclusive channel for English News and Current Affairs from Doordarshan. at that time parent body Prasar Bharati’s chief executive officer claimed that Doctor of Divinity News are going to be “100% hindi soon”.

The D D News mobile app for robot and Apple was launched on seven might 2015 by then Minister of knowledge and Broadcasting of India Shri Arun Jaitley. The app aims to instantly communicate news on a 24×7 basis.

Launched	3 November 2003
Owned by	Prasar Bharati, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Slogan	Only News Complete News
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Broadcast area	India Worldwide
Headquarters	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Formerly called	Doordarshan Kendra Delhi
Sister channel(s)	DD India DD National DD Sports DD Bharati