Mumbai: There is an Intelligence alert over a possible terror attack on the US Consulate in Mumbai and Kolkata, according to sources. Sources say that the Mumbai Police has been alerted by the Western Naval Command Headquarters about a possible terror attack on the US Consulate in Mumbai in July.
CNN-IBN has also learned that the US Consulate officials are the target after an anonymous letter with Al-Jihad logo was sent to them. The letter warns of an attack on not just the consulate in Mumbai, but also on the US Consulate in Kolkata.
The letter with the Mumbai Police has been sent to the US Consulate and a response is awaited. The police are in the process of checking the veracity of the letter.
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01:45 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Hours after an explosion outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's office in Bangalore injured 16 people, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a countrywide alert, asking all states to be extra vigilant. However, no additional paramilitary troops are being sent to Karnataka as of now as the troops sought for the May 5 Assembly elections in the state are already in place. Meanwhile, the Karnataka government...
07:26 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Ahmedabad: An alert has been sounded across Gujarat in the wake of the blast near the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Bangalore on Wednesday, a top police officer said. "We have sounded alert to police commissioners and district police heads in the state following the bomb blast in Bangalore," state police chief Amitabh Pathak said. When asked whether security at state BJP office in Ahmedabad and other offices in...
05:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New York: A traveller was detained at the busy John F Kennedy Airport in New York for mentioning an explosive device, with officials later discovering that he was actually talking about a 'bomb sandwich'. Jason Michael Cruz, was on an escalator in Terminal 7 Thursday when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer overheard him tell a friend he "had the wrong kind of bomb" just after 1 pm. She reported...
10:56 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Italy warned its citizens to exercise caution when travelling in India following its decision not to send back to trial two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen while on anti-piracy duty. ...
05:48 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Amid growing incidents of crimes against women, an emergency alert service helpline number 55100 was launched on Thursday in Delhi to facilitate sending of alerts to family and friends of a caller, a service provider said. ...
06:19 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology said police have issued an all clear after reports of a man in the university campus carrying a long rifle and body armour went unconfirmed. The university had been put on lockdown for a few hours. ...
10:26 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday was put on lockdown after the university was informed by police that a person with a long rifle and body armor was holed up in the Main Group Building of the campus. The university posted the information on its website. ...
08:40 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Police on Thursday sounded a high alert in parts of Karnataka, including IT hub of Bangalore City in the wake of serial bomb blats that rocked Hyderabad. Security has been stepped up in sensitive areas, Railway and Bus stations, police said in Bangalore. ...
08:18 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Bharti Airtel which introduced an emergency alert service two months ago in New Delhi continued to sell the service in eastern region among female customers. ...
12:35 PM, Feb 02, 2013
China seems to be losing its battle with air pollution as experts warn against the high level of toxins in the air in its capital city, Beijing. Gauging the threat, schools have been advised to keep children indoors and a smog alert has been sounded. ...
08:53 AM, Jan 15, 2013
In another technological leap forward from the 2009 general elections when it had launched the COMET online monitoring system, the Election Commission of India now hopes to supervise the 2014 national elections - the largest democratic exercise in the world - with a coded SMS-based alert system. ...
12:54 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Fiscal cliff, guru and spoiler alert are among words that should be removed from the vocabulary in 2013, according to a group of US academics. Michigan's Lake Superior State University (LSSU) have released their '38th Annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness' on December 31 with fiscal cliff, guru and spoiler alert among recommended terms they think need to be...
03:57 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Women in the country can now look forward to alerting their friends and family through the push of a button on sensing danger using a mobile application called 'Fight Back'. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 23, 2012
There is one interesting fact about the newly launched Facebook Poke app that we think you all should know. According to TechCrunch, the voice that enounces 'Poke', whenever a user receives a push notification, is actually Zuckerberg's voice. ...
12:56 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Police and CISF personnel are on high alert at the Kochi Airport at nearby Nedumbassery following an anonymous call on Tuesday morning that a bomb had been planted there. ...
10:44 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 24x7 Emergency Alert Service for customers. During an emergency, Airtel mobile customers can now send an alert with their geographic location to their closest 10 loved ones simultaneously with just a call, facilitating an access to easy and quick help. ...
12:51 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Islamabad: The US embassy in Islamabad has issued a threat alert for Americans in Pakistan, especially in the capital, and asked them to keep a low profile. Xinhua said the embassy drew attention of Americans that the Pakistani interior ministry on Sunday issued a general threat alert on possible terrorist attacks in Islamabad. It said the attacks will be against key government installations in Islamabad's "Red Zone" and on five-star...
04:42 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Srinagar: A flood alert was sounded in the city on Monday after the water level in the Jhelum River rose sharply following incessant rains. The Jhelum is flowing above 16 feet in Ram Munshi Bagh area prompting the flood alert, officials in the disaster management cell said. Incessant rains have been lashing Kashmir since Saturday night. The rainfall has triggered concern among farmers as continued downpour can cause damage to...
09:46 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Manila: An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale rocked the coast of Philippines on Friday. Following the earthquake, tsunami warnings were issued for Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan. Tsunami alerts were also issued for Papua New Guinea and other islands in the Pacific, including the US state of Hawaii. The NOAA Tsunami Center later lifted a warning for Japan, Taiwan and several other Pacific islands. "Strong earthquake here in...
06:52 PM, Aug 31, 2012
