Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence during protests against the Waqf law, accusing her of remaining silent while "Bengal is burning." He also said that the only treatment for rioters is stick, as "Those who respond only to thrashing don't understand words."
Senior Indian Police Service officer Archana Ramasundram was today appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, the first woman to head a paramilitary force.
The security was jacked up after a website showed graphics of the Taj Mahal with a terrorist standing alongside holding what looked like a weapon.
Software giant Infosys on Friday came under the security blanket of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), becoming the first private firm to be protected by the force which usually guards government installations.
With corporate establishments coming under terror radar, software giant Infosys Technologies in Bangalore on Friday became the first private setup to get the cover of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) which usually guards only government installations.
The official also said that "re-polling will be held in booth no 126/5 in Sitalkuchi area" of the district, in view of the tragic incident.
The Air Force and the Navy jointly have been adjudged as the best marching contingents in the Republic Day parade among the three Services while the Central Industrial Security Force bagged the honours among the paramilitary forces. Kerala has bagged the top spot in the tableau section where more than ten states and ministries had showcased art, culture and traditions during the parade, the Defence Ministry said in a release.
Chief Minister Raman Singh tells Devjyot Ghoshal that the pressure created by the state's security apparatus in the last few years has created a situation where the development agenda can now take centre stage. But the actual turnaround in the situation will only come in the next three-four years.
The officials said the jawan was the youngest to die among the CAPFs. All other fatalities were over 45 years, they said.
Daily yoga has now been made compulsory for the 10 lakh-strong central paramilitary forces as part of their physical drill.
Security was beefed up on Saturday at the Kaushambi metro station in view of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's decision to take the metro to Ramlila Maidan from Ghaziabad to take oath as the Delhi chief minister.
After the government agreed to extend CISF security to private companies, the demand for the force has increased, he said at a CISF Reserve Battalion raising function in Amaravathiputhur, Tamil Nadu.
A total of 946 medals have been announced by the Union home ministry for personnel and officers of Central Armed Police Forces and state police forces, out of which three have been decorated with the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) while 177 have been awarded the PMG.
Defence forces, who were last month excluded from the list of agencies eligible to procure jammers, have now been included, in addition to central armed police forces like Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force and Indo Tibetan Border Police.
The panel was constituted after a 20-year-old Nepalese student of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha's Bhubaneswar was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room.
Seven persons, including six jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force were killed on Sunday night in an ambush by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the highest death rate has been reported in CISF (0.43 per cent), followed by the Assam Rifles (0.40 per cent) CRPF (0.39 per cent).
Deploying additional Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, providing real-time updates through social media, adding more immigration counters and ensuring 100 per cent manning of immigration counters - these are some of the steps that the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is now taking in coordination with other stakeholders to avoid congestion at major airports during the upcoming festival season. During the last year's festival and winter season, major airports in the country suffered from congestion due to lack of sufficient airport infrastructure, inadequate X-ray screening machines, bunching of flights at peak hours, as well as inadequate CISF and immigration personnel, the MoCA stated on Thursday. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, after last year's congestion issue, had asked major airports - including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai - to identify bottlenecks and augment capacity to meet the growing passenger demand.
With this deployment, Central Industrial Security Force will now extend the security cover being provided to Infosys, covering Infosys' largest facilities in Mysore, Pune and the company's headquarters in Bengaluru.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's sudden resignation after only a year in office has thrown Japan into political turmoil, raising doubts about how the country will handle economic and regional challenges, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
The interim budget 2024-25 on Thursday allocated Rs 202868.70 crore to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with the highest share of funds going to the paramilitary forces like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Industrial Secular Force (CISF), showing priority on internal security and border guarding.
Zakia Jaffery, widow of slain ex-MP Ehsan Jaffery, killed in the 2002 riots at Gulburg society, and her family members, have been provided security by Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the instance of Special Investigation Team (SIT).
The National Security Guards, which protects the most ulnerable' VVIPs of the country, has decided to stop taking any more protectees under its elite 'black cat' commando security cover.
Who else will take on the might of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon if not the Adanis, Ambanis, Birlas, or Tatas?, asks R Jagannathan.
Vice Admiral Li Hanjun, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and Liu Shipeng, deputy chief engineer of China National Nuclear Corporation, have been expelled from the National People's Congress (NPC), the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
According to the police, the CISF received an e-mail warning of a bomb on the flight.
A day after six Central Industrial Security Force jawans and a civilian driver were killed in the Naxal attack in Dantewada district, the police on Monday intensified combing operation in the region.
The Central Industrial Security Force has recovered over 1,900 detonators from Kolar district ahead of the Karnataka elections to be held on May 5.
The trial run for one week would be applicable for domestic passengers.
CISF is planning to purchase the gadgetry from the US or France and the acquisition would run into crores of rupees.
A debate regarding the security breach at the Bangalore International Airport due to which someone managed to plant a crude bomb on a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram is on with the authorities blaming each other for the incident.
Just before the actual deployment could take place some time ago, CISF and the business firm could not reach a 'consensus' on the duties to be rendered by the force.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday hit out at the Central Industrial Security Force over the killing of a youth during firing on protesters, calling it a "murder" and alleged that the "excessive" force used was "unwarranted and inexcusable".
Seven workers were on Monday injured after Central Industrial Security Force personnel opened fire to prevent labourers without valid passes from entering an oil refinery at Paradip in Odisha.
The government has sent a special unit of trained commandos to Pakistan to protect top diplomats of the Indian Embassy there. The batch of 16 personnel, trained in commando skills and unarmed combat from the Central Industrial Security Force, was sent to the neighbouring country in February. "They will perform VIP security duties after assessing the situation there," CISF Director General N R Das told reporters on the sidelines of the force's 40th raising day.
According to Khemka's family members, his son was also shot dead by criminals six years ago in Hajipur.
Specialists from the counter-terror drone wing of the NSG also demonstrated the functioning of its counter-UAS mechanism at the technical area of the IAF station, sources said.
In a security breach at the Mumbai airport, a speeding private taxi entered the restricted service road in the operations area on Thursday morning, triggering an alarm before the vehicle was intercepted.
The bench said that past conduct of a delinquent employee can be taken into consideration while imposing a penalty on him.
Around 1200 doctors of Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital continued to be on strike for the second day on Wednesday after their talks with the authorities were inconclusive.
