Mumbai: A former starlet went missing from the Mumbai airport leaving her two children stranded on their way to London. However, 24 hours later, the police tracked her and reunited her with her two teenage sons. Cops found Vaishali Hazare, 41, near a temple in Vile Parle after her husband registered a missing persons complaint with the Versova police. The authorities suspect that marital discord between Vaishali and her husband...
10:16 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Haridwar: A senior commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), who was deployed on election duty in Uttarakhand, died in Haridwar on Monday following heart attack, officials said. 55-year-old Ajit Panwar was on patrolling in Laksar constituency of the district when he suddenly collapsed and died on the spot, they said. A resident of Dadri in Haryana, Panwar had come for election duty from Jaipur. District Magistrate DS Pandiyan...
07:33 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Srinagar: Civil society groups, under the banner of the Kashmir Economic Alliance, have called for a bandh in Srinagar on Friday to protest against the ongoing power crisis in the state. Shops remained closed and most vehicles stayed off the roads on Friday due to the bandh. Meanwhile, separatists have backed the bandh. JKLF chief Yasin Malik is expected to stage a sit-in at Maisuma. Kashmir has been undergoing up...
11:23 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Srinagar: A day after a boy was killed in CISF firing in Uri, both Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti visited Altaf's family on Tuesday. The light has gone out of Bashir Ahmed's life forever, his son Altaf, a class 12 student was shot dead on Monday by CISF men after protests by villagers over power shortages. "I didn't expect my son to...
08:49 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Uri: After months of lull and calm, storm brewed again on the streets of Kashmir, this time over heavy power cuts. A young man was killed and three others wounded when the CISF fired at people protesting against the heavy load shedding in the state near Uri on Monday. The Omar government has now taken up the issue with the Home Ministry. However, the ongoing power crisis is central to...
03:24 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Srinagar: A day after a young man was killed in CISF firing in Uri, in Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday, met the grieving family along with the CISF Director General. Promising strict punishment to the offenders, the Chief Minister said that the government will look into the ongoing power crisis in the state. Locals were protesting against the massive power cuts across the state. Kashmir has...
12:04 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Srinagar: A young man was killed on the spot and two others injured when CISF personnel opened fire on Monday to disperse protesters agitated over power shortage in Boniyar area of Baramulla district in the Kashmir Valley. Five personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) allegedly involved in the firing incident outside the NHPC-run Uri power project at Boniyar, 90 kms from here, have been arrested while the state...
05:56 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Srinagar: One person was killed and two others were injured on Monday when Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel opened fire to quell a mob protesting against power shortage in Boniyar area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. "One person has been killed in the firing and two others are injured," police said. Official sources said a group of around 500 persons staged protests outside the NHPC-run Uri power project at...
03:34 PM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments, and criticised them saying that instead of dousing the fire they were adding fuel to the Mullaperiyar Dam row. Questioning the Tamil Nadu government, the five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice DK Jain, asked Tamil Nadu to ensure that the water level in the dam does not exceed 136 feet but declined to entertain...
04:44 PM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to deploy CISF men at the Mullaperiyar Dam. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Jayalalithaa wrote, "In view of the violent activities reported at the Dam site, it is imperative that Central forces be deployed at the Dam immediately. I, therefore, request you to order the deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the...
08:35 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: Terming Naxal menace and not terrorism as the most violent movement in the country, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday suggested Chief Ministers Of the Left Wing Extremism affected states to first take villagers into confidence. "The battle is to restore hearts and minds. Not many Chief Ministers and Ministers have visited the affected areas. They should spend a night there," Chidambaram said. "For any reason, villagers...
12:53 PM, Sep 13, 2011
Mumbai: The passengers of a Jet flight from Mumbai to Doha were deplaned following a bomb scare in the aircraft on Monday. The airlines received an anonymous tip-off in the form of a note in the aircraft. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and bomb squad checked the flight, but found nothing suspicious. The flight was later scheduled for takeoff from Mumbai at 10:30 pm. ...
09:58 PM, Aug 15, 2011
New Delhi: Passengers at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi were in for a shock early on Sunday morning when the swanky new airport faced a complete black out for over five hours. A blackout that led to total chaos and delays. The power came back only by 6 am. One of the power transformers at T3 tripped. The back up sets were activated but...
09:27 PM, Aug 07, 2011
New Delhi: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable posted at the Yamuna Bank Metro Station in Delhi allegedly shot at a fellow lady constable and at himself on Friday. Both constables have been declared dead. The incident occurred at around 7 am on Friday. Both of them were rushed to a nearby hospital after being seriously injured, and were declared dead. They have been identified as Constable M Pillai...
08:32 AM, Aug 05, 2011
National Security Guards men along with the Quick Response Team commandos and the state's elite Force One team will be on guard to avert any possible terror attack. ...
12:58 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Mumbai: Mumbai has turned into into a fortress with a 3-tier security ahead of the India-Sri Lanka World Cup final to be held at the Wankhede stadium on Saturday. Joint Commissioner of Police, Himanshu Roy said, "We are checking the antecedents of foreigners who have bought tickets." A 3-tier security arrangement comprising at least 3,000 security personnel will guard the venue. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel will frisk spectators...
07:28 AM, Apr 01, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking case of security breach at Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport - which is reputed to be one of the World's best, a Kingfisher passenger was allowed to enter the terminal and board a flight on a month old boarding pass. The CISF has ordered a probe after CNN-IBN exposed the security breach at Delhi Airport's terminal 3. On February 10 at 5.55...
10:38 AM, Mar 02, 2011
Hyderabad: After forcing Andhra Pradesh government to withdraw all criminal cases registered against Telangana agitators, Congress MPs from the region are now applying pressure on Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to get Central paramilitary forces, deployed in the state to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the submission of Justice Srikrishna Committee report, withdrawn. The Telangana MPs, led by AP Congress MPs Forum Convenor Ponnam Prabhakar, met the...
03:11 PM, Dec 29, 2010
New Delhi: The government on Friday dismissed as "baseless" reports of terror threat to the Commonwealth Games, saying people should go for enjoying the sporting extravaganza without any fear. Reacting to a report that terror outfit 'Brigade 313' was to target the Games, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said there was no basis to believe it as the report was based on an old input which was recycled. "There is...
08:34 PM, Oct 01, 2010
New Delhi: In a major security scare at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi a grenade shell was recovered on Wednesday morning by the Central Reserve Police Force. The bomb disposal squad was called in and found that the shell was empty. The CISF checked the cargo but could not find any more empty shells. CISF authorities say the grenade shell was not part of any cargo. The Bureau...
12:07 PM, Sep 01, 2010
