Delhi Police has issued a ban on the flying of sub-conventional aerial platforms, including paragliders, hang-gliders, and hot air balloons, in the national capital from August 2 to August 16. The order, issued by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, aims to ensure security during celebrations.
The threat came four days after the DAV Public School got a similar threat, which later proved to be a prank made by three students of the school.
Mumbai police terror threat: The Mumbai police's traffic wing received several text messages on its helpline number, which threatened that a 26/11-like attack will be carried out in the city by six persons and preparations are on to blow up the metropolis.
A Bengaluru resident, Upmita, who is here with seven other members of her family, said their fear disappeared soon after reaching the base camp.
The alert issued by the state home department asked Durga puja organisers to set up systems to monitor crowd movement.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the state administration is keeping a strict watch for any suspicious activity in the coastal and adjoining forest areas.
With central intelligence agencies alerting the state police about possible attempts by terror groups to disrupt and sabotage the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony of Ram temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya next week, all law enforcing agencies in Uttar Pradesh have been put on high alert.
India applied sustained pressure to "detect, disrupt, and degrade" terrorist activities within its borders in 2019 and its security agencies are effective in disrupting terror threats despite some gaps in intelligence and information sharing, according to a US report on Wednesday.
The sources said all the 15 police districts have been put on high alert along with elite units of the Crime Branch and the Special Cell.
Fresh ID cards are being issued to journalists after the intelligence agencies issued an alert of a possible terror attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath where the attacker could impersonate a journalist.
Goa's Inspector General (IG) Jaspal Singh has ruled out a terror angle behind the imposition of Section 144. Talking to India TV, Singh said that the whole confusion arose in the wake of an ongoing verification drive of tenants
According to sources, the IB suspected that terrorist outfits and organisations affiliated to them may stage an attack on institutions and offices connected to the security agencies along with public places.
The explosion took place near an unused pond of the Gangai Amman temple in the Manamathy village of Kanchipuram.
As tension between India and Pakistan escalates over scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad has hastily reactivated nearly a dozen terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and close to the International Border along Jammu and Kashmir.
Due to a terror threat in Kashmir Valley, India all-rounder Irfan Pathan and other support staffs of the Jammu and Kashmir's cricket team have been asked to leave the state at the earlier.
As airfares on Srinagar route soar, the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Saturday advised airlines to keep a check on airfares as Amarnath pilgrims and tourists prepared to leave the Kashmir Valley after the Jammu and Kashmir administration asked them to curtail their stay due to security threats.
Panic gripped Kashmir ever since a fresh order asking tourists and Amarnath Yatris to leave the Valley was issued on Friday, with the residents stocking up dry ration and essentials fearing long law and order disturbance. The state government yesterday issued an advisory to Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to curtail their stay in Kashmir immediately.
A heightened threat perception has begun to affect routine life in Jammu & Kashmir amid an increasing presence of the Indian armed forces. Earlier this week, the Centre had deployed 10,000 additional troops in the conflict-ridden state. On Thursday, 25,000 more troops were pressed into service. On Friday, the annual pilgrimage of Amarnath Yatra was curtailed after a landmine and a sniper rifle were found along the route.
Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri has released a 14-minute video titled "Don't forget Kashmir" in which he asks 'mujahideen' in Kashmir to hit the Indian Army with "unrelenting blows".
The terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001 poses a growing threat that is keeping ministers “awake at night”, Ben Wallace told The Sunday Times.
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