Washington: There is a strong role for greater US-India cooperation on space security issues, a Obama Administration official has said, adding that New Delhi, which is a pioneer in many space related issues, has much to give to the international community. "We see a strong role for greater US-India cooperation on space security issues, in the Asia-Pacific and internationally," said Frank A Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arms...
06:04 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Flying out of Delhi? You may soon be asked to take off your shoes and belts, and jewellery, if you are wearing any, at the security check counters of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is in the process of putting in place tighter security check norms like this, in line with those in the US and Europe, following higher threat perception,...
04:46 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New York: Members of the UN Security Council have condemned in the strongest terms the killing of five Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan and asked that the perpetrators be brought to justice. The members condemned the April 9 attack by unidentified armed persons on a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in Jonglei, South Sudan, in which five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven civilians were killed, said a...
11:50 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Washington: A US Navy investigation has ruled out any wrong doing into the killing of one Indian fisherman in a firing incident off the Persian Gulf in 2013 that also injured three others. "The investigation found that the use of force was appropriate and in accordance with Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Standing Rules of Engagement," said the report released by the Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command....
02:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Islamabad: Thirty terrorists and 23 soldiers have been killed during fighting between security forces and pro-Taliban rebels in the lawless Khyber tribal region of Pakistan, according to a media report on Monday. The fighting erupted after troops, including Special Services Group commandos, launched a "decisive operation" against terrorists in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. Twenty-three soldiers, including commandoes, and an unspecified number of members of a tribal lashkar or militia...
12:46 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Mumbai: Microsoft has released an advance notification of 9 security bulletins that it plans to release on April 9, 2013. In a table, it has listed the latest security bulletins in terms of severity of the vulnerability. Of the 9 security bulletins that it plans to release on April 9, Microsoft has rated the vulnerability of 2 as critical and that of the remaining 7 as Important. The critical vulnerabilities,...
03:28 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that there is a need to act more decisively to protect women. Manmohan while citing the Delhi gangrape incident at a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts called for strengthening of the justice delivery system. The Prime Minister said a great deal more needs to be done as far as offences against women are concerned and to...
11:00 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: The government will enact the proposed right to food bill, covering 67 per cent of the population, in the second half of the budget session from April 22-May 10, 2013, Food Minister KV Thomas said in New Delhi on Wednesday. "We will pass the bill in the second half of the budget session," Thomas told a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) meet on "India's food security and the...
05:33 AM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: People hate red lights, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, hoping that some day they will be spared of the VIP escort cars, except that of constitutional functionaries, passing by them with their sirens blaring. "Some time it will happen today or tomorrow," an apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Kurien Joseph said, pointing out that the problem of people being at the receiving end...
01:25 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Life is limping back to normal in Sualkuchi - the silk town of Assam, where seven people including two policemen were injured in a clash between weavers and security forces, the government said on Monday, adding it will order a judicial probe into the incident. ...
05:40 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Global market for cyber security solutions may grow to USD 870 million by 2017, says research firm IDC. Cybercriminals use thousands of networked computers (botnets) to 'jam' a website by directing excessive traffic to it, causing it to crash. ...
01:22 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Already flooded with requests for central security cover from more VIPs, the Union Home Ministry is facing a surge in similar pleas from VIPs in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab after the state governments withdrew security. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said trimming of security cover given to VIPs by the state governments had led to the sudden rush of people approaching his ministry for security cover after they apprehended threat...
11:44 AM, Mar 31, 2013
At least 12 people were killed and 31 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan Friday as a convoy of security personnel near the US Consulate in Peshawar city was targeted police said. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Frontier Constabulary convoy in a high security area of the city, Dawn reported. ...
11:58 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Conceding to the demands of non-Congress Chief Ministers, the Centre has diluted the much touted NCTC with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde exuding confidence that the anti-terror hub would see the light of the day during the Chief Ministers' conference in New Delhi next month. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The draft of a UN treaty to regulate the sale of conventional arms is facing opposition from some countries as it favours the arms exporting nations and remains silent on the illicit trafficking of such weapons to non-state actors, of which India has been a major victim. ...
03:53 PM, Mar 28, 2013
India's home ministry is examining the possibility of deploying Jammu and Kashmir Police along the Nepal border in the wake of recent controversy over the arrest of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Liyaqat Shah, official sources said on Tuesday. ...
12:36 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Is there a complete breakdown of trust between people of Kashmir & security forces? Mufti Islah, Srinagar Bureau Chief, CNN-IBN joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:40 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Actress Nandita Das joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the need for stronger anti-rape laws. ...
05:31 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The Pakistan army has demanded foolproof security for former president Pervez Musharraf after he returned to the country amidst death threats from the Taliban. He is in the country for the May elections, but the US Ambassador to Islamabad said he is unlikely to make an impact. ...
01:45 PM, Mar 26, 2013
In an incident of road rage, a teenager was shot at allegedly by security guard of a businessman after an argument, police said. The incident took place at Delhi Cantt area last night and the victim has been identified as Vikas (18). ...
02:45 AM, Mar 26, 2013
