
Pune: A security guard of the University of Pune was shot dead by an unidentified youth in the campus on Thursday night, sending shockwaves among the student community in Pune, police said on Friday. The incident occurred around 8 pm, when the 56-year-old security guard, Prahlad Jogdandkar, caught a young couple allegedly in a compromising position in an isolated spot on the 410-acre lush green university campus. He ordered them...

10:55 AM, May 04, 2012

HYDERABAD: A week after the incident at Manapurrams Hyderabad office, where a hired private security guard opened fire in an inebriated condition, several loopholes in the citys private security establishment have surfaced, leading one to wonder if the case of handing the locker keys to the wrong person, is closer to home than expected. With 500 plus security agencies, mostly small players, and a good 50 per cent among them...

08:12 AM, Feb 28, 2012

New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is likely to visit West Bengal on Saturday to inaugurate a National Security Guards (NSG) hub. The visit comes amidst the controversy over Chidambaram's brainchild, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), an anti-terror intelligence hub. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is among other chief ministers who have opposed the idea, saying it would infringe upon the powers of the state. The UPA faced...

08:24 AM, Feb 18, 2012

New Delhi: The country's elite counter-terrorist force NSG is functioning without its top operations commander for almost six months as both the Home and Defence ministries have not been able to get a suitable Army officer for the job. The last incumbent of the post - Inspector General (Operations) Major General RS Pradhan was repatriated from the elite commando force on July 12 last year even before he completed his...

01:12 AM, Jan 01, 2012

Mumbai: A watchman allegedly burgled jewels worth Rs 80 lakh from the jewellery shop in Zaveri Bazaar he was supposed to be guarding in the wee hours on Monday. Dalpat Singh, the owner of Mateshwari Jewellers, Dhanaji Street, Silver Mansion was shocked when he saw that his shop had been broken into and around 2 kg of gold and 30 kg of silver had been stolen. "On Monday morning, Dalpatbhai...

01:15 PM, Nov 29, 2011

London: Pakistan has freed a senior al Qaeda commander who served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden, a media report said. Amin al-Haq was detained in Lahore three years ago by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. He had escaped from Afghanistan with the al Qaeda leader in 2001 and went on to become a key financial aide. The ISI had passed al-Haq on to the police before he was...

07:54 AM, Sep 30, 2011

New Delhi: Sources in the National Security Guard (NSG) said the low intensity blast at Jai hospital in Agra blast was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The blast on Saturday evening left four people injured. The forensic report said gunpowder was also used but no traces of nitrate have been found in the residue. Seven batteries of 9 volts each have been also been recovered from the site...

03:03 PM, Sep 18, 2011

New Delhi: A senior National Security Guard official's computer has been hacked into. Miscreants sent out a number of letters on behalf of Major General RS Pradhan who is in charge of operations to numerous people on Friday. Senior officials alerted the Intelligence Bureau the moment they discovered the breach. The NSG's internal mail system has been suspended and an overhaul in the security system has been ordered. Sources said...

10:28 AM, Jul 03, 2011

Ganguly's car got stuck near Behala crossing on Diamond Harbour Road as a group of people were agitating over an accident in the area. ...

09:23 AM, Jul 25, 2010

Ganguly's car got stuck near Behala crossing on Diamond Harbour Road as a group of people were agitating over an accident in the area. ...

09:23 AM, Jul 25, 2010

Time lost in summoning commandos, says their former chief. ...

06:31 PM, Nov 22, 2009

PWD Minister Churchill Alemao allegedly beat up the guards. ...

11:49 PM, Aug 13, 2009

Commandos played key role in hostage rescue during terrorist attack. ...

05:09 PM, Jun 30, 2009

Police have arrested three of the six youth from affluent backgrounds. ...

03:25 AM, May 27, 2009

JK Dutt says it was unfair to blame Shivraj Patil for any delay. ...

12:45 PM, Dec 26, 2008