New Delhi: All the airports across the country have been put on a high alert following a threat of a possible sabotage attempt by a human bomb. The CISF and NSG teams have been alerted. Sources say the threat is not specific but general in nature. More security personnel have been deployed at the airports. ...
10:30 AM, May 08, 2012
Islamabad: The US Embassy in Islamabad on Thursday issued an emergency message asking American citizens in Pakistan to take precautions for the next two weeks though it did not give any reasons for the alert. "This security message from the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan alerts US citizens to travel restrictions for US Embassy staff during the next two weeks," said the message posted on the Embassy's website. The message...
02:05 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Guwahati: Assam has been put on high alert and extra security has been deployed ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's one-day visit. Two blasts rocked the state on Thursday evening just hours ahead of the Prime Minister's visit. The Prime Minister will be in Guwahati to inaugurate the platinum jubilee celebration of the Assam Assembly. The Home Ministry has asked the state to keep a strict vigil as intelligence hints...
11:25 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after a tsunami warning was issued on Wednesday following the 8.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia, India withdrew the warning, saying that there was no cause of panic. Home Secretary R K Singh said, "Apart from Nicobar, the tsunami warning has been reduced to tsunami alert." Referring to the second earthquake in Indonesia, which measured 8.2 on the richter scale, Singh said, "Let us see what waves are generated...
05:55 PM, Apr 11, 2012
After the 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia, Kolkata metro services were disrupted and later resumed after a 45-minute break. ...
05:43 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Banda Aceh: Hours after the massive 8.6-magnitude earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, another massive quake measuring 8.2 on the Richter Scale hit the Aceh province in the country. Following the second earthquake, Indonesia issued a fresh tsunami warning, which extended for two hours. Notably, Indonesia had earlier scaled down the tsunami warning which was issued after the 8.6 quake. The first 8.6-magnitude quake off Aceh province, hours earlier,...
05:14 PM, Apr 11, 2012
6:40 PM Small waves about half-a-metre high and within normal tide limits had already washed into the Campbell Bay area on the Great Nicobar island, the official said. 6:39 PM Six teams of National Disaster Response Force were also kept in readiness at Chennai and an equal number moved to Hindon airport in the national capital. 6:12 PM Indonesia Disaster Agency says major quakes produced only small tsunami waves because...
03:32 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: India has scaled down the tsunami threat, saying there is no cause for panic along India's coastline and the government is ready to deal with any eventuality. Home Secretary RK Singh said there was no cause for panic. "I have spoken to chief secretaries of Andhra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Andaman and Nicobar. Collectors in coastal districts have been asked to broadcast on radio so that fishermen at...
03:14 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Washington: The US has issued a travel alert, warning its citizens about the risks in travelling to Pakistan in view of recent developments and tension in US-Pak ties following the NATO raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Replacing its previous travel warning dated April 8, 2011, the State Department yesterday asked its citizens to avoid protests and large gatherings which are happening in Pakistan after the November 26 cross-border fire....
11:06 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Hyderabad: An alert has been sounded on the Andhra Pradesh-Orissa border (AOB) and in some Telangana districts of Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji in an encounter. "We have asked district Superintendents of Police to be on alert as Kishenji hailed from Andhra Pradesh," a senior police officer said. Kishenji was killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in...
11:47 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt has said the Godhra train burning incident could not have been a conspiracy as no one was aware of the return of the train. He claimed that the incident could be called a failure on the intelligence agencies part as even they were unaware of the train's schedule. "No shot of imagination, Godhra could have been conspiracy because no one was even...
11:31 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Washington: The US has issued a travel alert to its citizens in India, warning them of possible terror attacks in the country during the holiday season. "Recent Indian government advisories and local media report increased indications that terrorists are planning attacks in India," the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. "US citizens travelling or residing in India are always urged to maintain a heightened situational awareness and a...
12:01 PM, Oct 19, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after a consignment of RDX was captured outside the Ambala cantonment, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) put all metros on alert on Friday. The alert comes in the wake of the recovery of RDX from a car outside the Ambala cantonment area. On Thursday the police had said that the consignment was sent by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) to the Babbar Khalsa outfit and was meant for use in...
12:04 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: The security at the Mumbai airport has been tightened in view of an alert sent by central agencies. Security at the Chhatrapati Shivaji airport has been put on high alert after an alert was sent by central agencies of a possible threat from an aircraft. Unwilling to take any chance, the Mumbai Police has beefed up the security at the airport following last week's bomb blast outside the...
10:32 AM, Sep 13, 2011
New York: US Air Force fighters were scrambled and escorted two civilian flights one to New York and other bound for Detroit after passengers spent "an extra-ordinary time in the bathroom", mirroring the heightened precautions in force following a terror alert. Two F-16 fighters escorted and shadowed the flights until they landed safely at New York's Kennedy Airport and Detroit's Metropolitan Airport after the crew of the two flights sounded...
03:02 PM, Sep 12, 2011
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