Tamil Nadu government deployed state and national disaster response force teams in Kanyakumari district, which bore the brunt of the rain fury.
The alarm raised at the naval base turned out to be a hoax after nothing was found.
City Police Commissioner A K Khan said Zialul Haq, a taxi driver by profession, was trained in Pakistan and was planning to carry out blasts in Hyderabad.
An alert has been sounded in the Eastern and East Central Railway (ECR) zones after intelligence inputs suggested entry of Taliban-trained suicide squads into Bihar and in metropolises like Kolkata, official sources said on Monday.
"Three children were among those killed. The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle," officials said.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
Police in Ahmedabad are on high alert and have taken extensive security measures following intelligence reports stating that terrorist may target the city on December 6, which marks the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.
The death toll in the current outbreak of swine flu in Andhra Pradesh has mounted to four while 23 cases have been registered across the state so far, Principal Secretary P V Ramesh told journalists in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Resenting the filing of a murder case against the Dera Sacha Sauda head by the CBI, the sect supporters on Saturday went on a rampage setting ablaze four trains and around 37 vehicles, including 27 buses, and vandalized property in several places in Punjab and Haryana.
Ukraine's state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting.
Portugal star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's presence makes the team a potential target for terror attacks during Euro 2016, said coach Fernando Santos.
The government said it was possible that some misdirected elements may wish to disturb communal peace and harmony on the eve of December 6, the day when the Babri masjid was demolished in Ayodhya 17 years ago.
Centre ordered release of Rs 1,086 crore to four states as advance financial assistance for undertaking preventive and relief measures to deal with the cyclone.
The suspicious van was wanted over the terror attacks and was taken into custody at Sungavila.
A trooper was killed as army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control in north Kashmir Kupwara sector.
A suspected intruder was shot dead early Thursday by the Border Security Force along the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot where the force is on high alert following the January 2 terror attack on air force base.
Days after the United States Senate approved a $1.5 billion package for Pakistan, including $400 million in military assistance, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik told The Financial Times that his government has put Punjab and Sindh on high alert to avert the possibility that Taliban terrorists, fleeing the military offensive in the Swat valley and Waziristan, may seek refuge in these areas.
All entry and exit points have been sealed, vehicles are being checked and people frisked. Security in the city and adjoining routes have been intensified to check for any suspected person, police said.
Tension in the state escalated after militants ambushed Manipur Police and other state forces in the last few days that left three policemen dead and 14 others injured last Thursday.
Expressing shock over the terrorist attack in Mumbai claiming about 100 lives, the Indian industry on Thursday demanded tougher laws along with 'stronger and firmer' leadership to tackle terrorism.
Security at all major airports across the country was beefed up today with fresh intelligence inputs suggesting terror strikes and attempts to hijack aircraft.
Concerned over the 'high' number of airport incidents, a parliamentary committee has suggested alcohol tests for air-traffic controllers (ATCOs) as in the case of pilots, but also recommended a hike in their pay and reduction in working hours to retain them.
The situation began on Tuesday evening, with local media reporting that a family had been held hostage in the town, which is near the Belgian border.
The Union Home Ministry had, on Sunday, issued an alert to the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal based on intelligence inputs.
The exact number of terrorists is not known but as per initial calls received at PCR Jammu four to five terrorists were involved.
The Spanish government's top sports official has sent out a message of calm and said there is no reason for Saturday's La Liga 'El Clasico' between Real Madrid and Barcelona to be postponed following Friday's attacks in Paris.
About 1000 tourists and locals were stranded at various places, including 800 in Sangla alone and heavy rains were hampering the rescue operations, officials said on Monday.
The Assam police have arrested six people for having links with jihadi elements in the Dhubri sector of western Assam along the India-Bangladesh border.
At the all-party meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to brief other political leaders on his government's plans to put the Indian Army on high alert and deploy more forces along the Line of Control, which separates India and Pakistan in Kashmir.
While red alert has been sounded in Karnataka, Orissa, Pune and Goa are on high alert.
Ratcheting up pressure on the Pakistan government, thousands of lawyers demanding reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during last year's emergency, led a protest to a heavily fortified Islamabad on Friday where authorities sounded a high alert amid fears of violence.The protesters, who have accused the new government of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of wavering on its election promise of restoring the judiciary, have threatened to continue.
The Border Security Force today went on high alert along the entire 4,095-km Indo-Bangladesh border following a rebellion by soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka.
'With India's history, maybe this series will not be a fait accompli. I do feel the result will go India's way to the tune of a 2-0 or 3-0 result, as I just can't see Australia winning a Test anywhere'
All Pakistani airports were put on high alert on Thursday after an anonymous caller warned that they would be targeted today. An emergency was declared at the Islamabad airport and the passenger lounges and car parks in the premises were evacuated following the threat. Interior ministry chief Rehman Malik told reporters that there was no suicide bomber within the Islamabad airport but 'the threat still exists'. "We have enhanced security at all airports across the country."
"We are apprehending a major flood in the Mahanadi system as a huge volume of water is heading downstream," Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy told reporters in Bhubhaneshwar.
Army and Police have launched a major search operation in Jammu following reports of the movement of some suspected militants.
Asking the Orissa government to order an expeditious probe into the killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others in Kandhamal district, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Sunday expressed outrage over the incident.Advani said, "The fact that he was assassinated on the auspicious day of Janmashtami while celebrating the festival, reveals an ominous motive behind the incident, suspected to have been committed by Maoists."
The army on Sunday staged flag marches in communally-sensitive Ahmedabad where the death toll in the synchronised bomb blasts rose to 45 as several states went into high alert in the wake of terror strikes in Ahmedabad and IT hub Bengaluru.
Gunfire was been reported from Gate Number 4 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, television news reports said.
Soon after the Mumbai 26/11 attack, the nation was placed under high alert following a warning that the next attack could come from the air. Now there is a report which states that at least 10 trained pilots have entered into India in order to carry out air strikes and hijacks in the Indian heartland.
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