Imphal, July 27 (IANS) Demonstrating a coordinated approach to national security and the protection of critical infrastructure, the Indian Army’s Spear Corps has launched a comprehensive two-week specialised training programme for personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployed at the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport in Agartala. A defence spokesman said the training programme, which began on Monday at the Agartala Military Station, has been organised under the broader fram…
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Agartala, July 27 (IANS) The probe into the “mysterious” death of Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag gathered pace as the state police authority expanded the inquiry team from three to ten members to expedite the high-profile investigation, officials said on Monday. The body of Anurag, a 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Tripura cadre, was found under mysterious circumstances in the washroom attached to his official chamber at the state police headquarters here o…
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) A hoax bomb threat call triggered a major security operation at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow on Friday night, prompting multiple security agencies to conduct an extensive search of the airport premises before confirming that the alert was false, officials said on Sunday. Police have since traced the mobile number used to make the call to Kanpur and booked 30-year-old Shyam Sundar, a resident of the Bidhuna area in Kanpur’s Jaisinghpur, for quest…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), in coordination with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Police, successfully traced a missing minor and safely reunited him with his family at Punjabi Bagh West Metro Station late on Monday night, officials have said. According to officials, the operation was launched after the CISF Metro Control received an alert from the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police at around 10:00 p.m. on Monday regarding a minor boy who had …
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Over 1,600 athletes from 36 Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) organisations will compete in five disciplines when the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) hosts the 11th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2026 at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, from July 23 to 30, 2026.The top athletes in five combat disciplines — Judo, Wushu, Taekwondo, Karate, and Pencak Silat, from among the police forces from various states, will particip…
Agartala, July 20 (IANS) Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom attached to his chamber at the state Police Headquarters on Monday, officials said. The senior IPS officer was rushed to the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Head of the Department of Medicine at the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Dr Pradip Bhowmik,…
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), July 14 (IANS) Three convicted prisoners escaped from the high-security Kalaburagi Central Prison in the early hours of Tuesday, triggering a massive manhunt and raising serious concerns over prison security in Kalaburagi, the home district of Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge. The prisoners escaped at around 3 a.m. by scaling the prison’s 15 to 20-foot-high compound wall.The escape has prompted the police department to sound a statewide alert, while prison authoriti…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed concern over the worsening situation of illegal coal mining and theft in Dhanbad and nearby areas and suggested CISF deployment on priority as part of a larger “Zero Coal Leakage Plan”, an official said. During a review meeting also attended by Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, HM Shah directed officials to include the coal sector in the priority list for CISF deployment, so that personnel can be deployed i…
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport administration here has returned an unattended bag containing foreign currency worth more than Rs 10 lakh to its rightful owner after a coordinated effort involving airport authorities, the CISF, and officials from Hyderabad airport, officials said on Tuesday. According to airport authorities, the bag was detected during routine security screening at Terminal 1 on June 26 after Central Industrial Security Force (CI…
Jammu, June 28 (IANS) Eight Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and a civilian driver were injured in a road accident near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K’s Reasi district on Sunday, police said,.Police said the accident occurred when a bus carrying them overturned along the Tarakote route to the shrine.The condition of three of the injured CISF personnel — Head Constables Sammy Kumar and M.M. Dubey and constable P.K. Traya — was said to be serious, officials said.The se…