Collision Call app could save lives

A new app which automatically calls and alerts emergency services after a heavy collision can save thousands of lives after a…

9 years on, WR still has no baggage scanners

Passengers on Mumbais local trains remain sitting ducks nine years after the train blasts of July 11, 2006, as the railways are…

New fire safety policy for Surat soon

All structures in Surat, which are 8m high, will need to have a fire safety certificate and those higher than 12m equipped with…

Hochiki Europe finds standards are set to slip in Fire Safety

A new study from Hochiki Europe has delivered a stark warning to the fire safety industry, finding nearly half (49 percent) of…

Odisha rejects objections of bus operators to CCTV, GPS

Rejecting the objections of private bus owners association to the proposal of installing CCTV and global positioning system in…

Ten of Delhis 11 districts prone to fires, 9 prone to building collapse

While all of Delhi is vulnerable to earthquakes, a risk and vulnerability assessment carried out by the Delhi government shows…

CCTV to be installed in shelter homes soon: Bombay High Court

With an increase in number of incidents where children and women in state-run shelter homes are sexually and physically abused,…

Earthquake will wreak more havoc in capital than N-bomb

Six minor earthquakes in 10 days sometimes is the precursor to a large one. The current local seismic behaviour is very similar…

CCTV plan to monitor the whole of Edinburgh

Residents will come under CCTV surveillance from the moment they leave their homes in the morning under plans for a completely…

CCTV in 5,000 Delhi buses in first phase

In an effort to enhance security in city buses, particularly for women commuters, the Aam Aadmi Party government has decided to…

Scania India Roll Out Buses With Fire Safety Features

With the aim of minimising fire accidents and enhancing safety of passengers, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (…

From the Editor's Desk: June 2015

Last month an incident that made headlines was that of a Delhi Police head constable who hit a woman with a brick after an…