An year after HC blast, Delhi courts’ more secure: Police
September 6th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) An year after a blast outside the Delhi High Court that killed 15 people Sep 7, 2011, security in all courts in the national ... Read more...
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Ramlila Maidan ready for Ramdev campaign (Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Ramlila Maidan here is set for yoga guru Baba Ramdev's campaign against corruption and black money from Thursday, with his aides expecting thousands ... Read more...
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Delhi braces for another Ramdev protest
August 8th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Final touches were being given Wednesday at the Ramlila ground here where yoga guru Ramdev will launch a campaign against black money and corruption ... Read more...
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Ramlila Maidan all set for Baba Ramdev’s agitation
August 7th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Closed circuit televisions (CCTVs), waterproof tents and round the clock food, water and medical facilities - preparations are in overdrive at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan ... Read more...
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Unprecedented security for Hillary’s Kolkata visit
May 5th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) West Bengal's seat of power is barricaded with bamboos, ministers have been asked to use a side gate and reporters will be banned from entering ... Read more...
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Goodbye to gigantic Ganesh idols (With Images)
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Days of the Ganesh idols towering over the city at over 25 feet are over. Now, idols of the Hinduism's revered elephant god, the harbinger of ... Read more...
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Delhi police gears for Anna’s protest
March 24th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) More than 1,000 police personnel will be deputed here at Jantar Mantar where Anna Hazare will sit on a day-long protest Sunday, a senior ... Read more...
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227 guns seized at Russian airports in 2011
January 24th, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A total of 227 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and several kilograms of explosives were seized at airports across Russia last year, a police ... Read more...
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Cops in mufti, three-tier security at Jaipur lit fest
January 20th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Over 60,000 people, including 260 authors from across the globe, are expected to gather at the Jaipur Literature Festival starting Friday. But among them also will ... Read more...
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Tight security planned for Hazare’s fast Sunday
December 10th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) A day before Anna Hazare's day-long fast, Delhi Police said they planned to beef up security at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi Sunday.Hazare and ... Read more...
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Hazare’s security beefed up
October 20th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Oct 20 (IANS) Activist Anna Hazare's security was strengthened Thursday following attacks on his close aides Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal, sources said.The Maharashtra government was ... Read more...
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For Goa church, it’s IFFI versus saint’s feast
October 17th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) The Church has hit out at the Goa government for promoting 'questionable values' by holding events like the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) compared to ... Read more...
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Court tells National Defence Academy to ease security norms
September 30th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Pune, Sep 29 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday directed Pune's National Defence Academy (NDA) to ease security restrictions imposed on the road leading to the tri-services institution, a lawyer ... Read more...
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No consensus on explosives used in Delhi blast
September 10th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) As investigators grappled for leads on Wednesday's Delhi High Court blast, not much headway was made into deciphering the deadly components of the bomb.Sources in ... Read more...
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High court back to work, investigations on
September 8th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Holding a tray of tea cups, 20-year-old Sonu and his friend made their way through police barricades and hordes of journalists outside Gate 5 of ... Read more...
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Plastic based deadly explosive used in Delhi blast
September 7th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Terrorists may have used hard-to-detect plastic-based explosive PETN in Wednesday's Delhi High Court blast -- the same substance used in the underwear bomb plot on ... Read more...
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Massive security presence at Messi match venue
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) The sprawling Salt Lake stadium swarmed with police personnel and private agency people Friday as security was at an all-time high at the venue hosting India's ... Read more...
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Venezuelans dwarfed by Argentinian star presence
September 1st, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) It takes two teams to play a football match. But Friday's international friendly game seems so Argentina-centric that Venezuela has virtually been overshadowed by the star ... Read more...
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Ganesh Chaturthi venue gets Rs.14 crore insurance
September 1st, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) The most popular of Ganesh Chaturthi venues here has taken an insurance cover of Rs.14 crore.
The Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal - among the oldest ... Read more...
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Gates of human divide at Ramlila ground
August 22nd, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Segregation of humanity begins at the very gates of Ramlila Maidan -- the site of Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption. Five gates divide supporters into ... Read more...
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Work in full swing at Ramlila Ground (Lead)
August 18th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Preparations are in full swing at the Ramlila Ground as several trucks, road rollers and labourers are working relentlessly to transform the ground for Gandhian ... Read more...
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Faulty metal detectors guard Kerala temple treasure
July 29th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (IANS) The four metal detectors placed at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple - estimated to house treasure valued at Rs.1 lakh crore - are faulty, police said ... Read more...
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Mineral water in hand, Rahul marches in rural India
July 5th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Nangla Bhattauna (Uttar Pradesh), July 5 (IANS) Children and men stood on low walls or climbed trees in villages to snatch a better view of Rahul Gandhi as he ... Read more...
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Ex-Russian colonel, guilty of Chechen war crime, buried
June 14th, 2011 - 4:22 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yury Budanov, the former Russian army colonel who served nine years for the murder of a Chechen woman during the second war in Chechnya, was ... Read more...
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Four injured as undertrials clash in Delhi court
June 9th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A clash between two groups of undertrials at the Tis Hazari court complex in north Delhi left four people injured Thursday, police said. Batons and ... Read more...
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‘Expensive’ ITBP discarded, Maharashtra to guard Kasab (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Days after the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) sent a whopping Rs.10.87 crore bill for protecting Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab in a Mumbai jail, the ... Read more...
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Brit Government not in favour of turban search
April 27th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): The British Government wants airport security staff to stop searching Sikhs' turbans using their hands.Transport Minister Theresa Villiers said she would also be writing to her counterparts in ... Read more...
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Lashkar plan to strike World Cup was thwarted: Pillai
April 11th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) planned to attack the cricket World Cup final in Mumbai, but the plot was thwarted by the Indian intelligence ... Read more...
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New security plan for visitors to New York’s Statue of Liberty delayed
February 17th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 17(ANI): Changes in screening procedures for New York's 'Statue of Liberty' visitors have been put off after police objected, officials have said.U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar hoped to ... Read more...
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Detroit police shooting case raises a lot of questions about security
January 24th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Detroit, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A gunman walked into the Detroit police precinct on Sunday and opened fire on the officers.Four officers were shot by the gunman before he was killed by ... Read more...
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First cross metal detectors, then enter Goa churches
January 23rd, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The next time you want to walk down the solemn church pews in Goa, you might just have to duck under door frame metal detectors first. ... Read more...
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Kirpan carrying Sikhs barred from entering Quebec legislature
January 19th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Quebec (Canada), Jan.19 (ANI): Four Sikhs invited to appear before a Quebec legislative committee to debate a bill that deals with the reasonable accommodation of religious minorities, were barred from entering the ... Read more...
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India to protest envoy’s US ‘pat down’ search, wants apology (Lead)
December 9th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) India Thursday termed as "unacceptable" the "pat down" search Indian ambassador Meera Shankar was subjected to in the US, the second time in three months, and said ... Read more...
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India to protest envoy’s ‘pat down’ search in US
December 9th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) India will strongly take up the issue of Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar being put through a "pat down" search at a US airport, External ... Read more...
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“Predictable” screening methods making terrorist acts easier at airports: BAA chief
November 29th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29 (ANI): Ian Hutcheson, the head of security at BAA, has said that the same airport baggage and screening procedures make it easy for terrorists to predict, adding that sophisticated ... Read more...
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