India

DGCA surveillance report uncovers systemic safety lapses at Indias busiest airports

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has flagged multiple safety violations across key…

70:30 partnership offered by Gujarat to societies for CCTV camera installation

Gujarat government will provide 30% of total expenditure to society members of any society of…

Yogesh B Dutta passes away due to Covid 19 complications

The private security industry in India has lost a shining star who had the promise to revolutionize…

CISF proposes to do away with boarding pass

After doing away with hand baggage tags at over a dozen airports, aviation security agencies are now planning to dump the…

Haryana govt to amend law on students safety

Following seven-year-old student Pradyuman Thakurs murder in a Gurgaon school, the Haryana government has announced that the law…

New Texas school buses must have seat belts

Some Texas students will soon be getting a safer ride to and from school. A new law requires that any new school buses bought in…

Maharashtra Police to get a new breed of canine officers from Belgium

The Maharashtra Police will get a new 'ruff' and tough breed of dogs - Belgian Malinois - to combat terror and Naxalite threats.…

Road accidents claimed nearly 400 lives every day in India in 2016

India witnessed 17 deaths and 55 road accidents every hour in 2016, one of the highest in the world, according to the latest…

Chicago City Hall to cover Chicago Public Schools security costs

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making plans to pick up security guard costs for Chicago Public Schools to help reduce a remaining…

Lifting gender barriers, Army plans to induct women into military police

The Indian Army has finalised a plan to induct women into the army military police, a senior officer said. The move come just two…

In Indias first army overhaul, 57,000 soldiers to be redeployed in combat roles

India has announced an extensive restructuring of its army, an exercise that will see 57,000 soldiers being re-deployed in combat…

Rajiv Mehrishi retires, Gauba is home secretary

Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba has taken charge as the Union Home Secretary after superannuation of incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi. A…

Real-time satellite info to help border forces check intruders

With tensions rising on India's borders in recent years, first with Pakistan in 2016, following the attack on an Army camp in Uri…

51 MPs, MLAs face charges of crimes against women: ADR report

A new study on criminally-tainted politicians has revealed that 51 MPs and MLA's have cases of crimes against women levelled…

New drive to check illegal security agencies

The traffic branch of the Pune police police has undertaken a drive to check the functioning of the illegal private security…