Just 24 hours after a Home Ministry staff came under the radar for passing on sensitive information, there are more leads coming in. Now a senior officer of the National Security Guards has come under probe for speaking to an anonymous Pakistani caller. ...
12:17 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Nine persons, including a photo journalist, were injured during a clash between contract labourers and security guards at Tata Steel who opened fire at the agitated workers here on Monday. The trouble started when the security guards, in accordance with a new company circular, asked the labourers to board company buses instead of riding bicycles to the site, which the labourers resisted. ...
03:45 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Chennai: Dressed smartly in blue striped shirts and dark blue pants, 30 men marched out of the Central Prison at Puzhal on Wednesday evening. While looking a bit self-conscious at being the cynosure of all eyes, they adjusted their caps and stood at attention. Usually sidelined and rejected by society, these men are remand prisoners who have sought to change their lives by getting gainful employment once they are out...
02:22 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: For the first time in many years, the country's elite counter-terror force NSG has decided to pull out its over 900 commandos rendering VIP security duties and put them to perform specialist counter-terror and counter-hijack operations. The 'black cat' commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG) are segregated into five units, two Special Action Groups (SAGs) manned by officers and jawans from the Army and three SRGs (Special...
05:52 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Its peanuts for some employees in Technopark. We are not talking about techies, but the security men who guard the park. According to a group of security men in Technopark, the security agencies are not paying them minimum wages. They allege that they are being denied salaried off days and are being forced to take leave. The duty days are less than 26 days per month now, so they...
12:40 PM, Jun 26, 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: 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
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
Temple has requested state govt to provide it with 30 commandos for the security. ...
12:28 PM, Dec 26, 2008
Six of the nine victims were security guards in West Chennai. ...
11:48 AM, Jul 23, 2008
Celebs are paying big money to hire violent private security to protect themselves. ...
03:19 PM, Oct 05, 2007
New technologies take terror detection far beyond X-Rays. ...
11:40 AM, Sep 08, 2007
In Mumbai, while the security industry is growing, it's changing rapidly and there are hurdles along the way. ...
04:29 PM, Feb 25, 2007
