13,214 buildings in Bengaluru lack fire safety: Report
Findings of a state-wide audit of fire safety violations in high-rise buildings has left personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services a worried lot....
Number of 999 fire service calls halve in 11 years in...
In 2003/04, in Wales there were 55,556 calls, including false alarms, which dropped to 27,132 in 2014/15. Fires in non-derelict buildings, cars or any...
Chandigarh schools pass security costs on to parents
Parents in Chandigarh will now have to shell out Rs 200 extra per month for school bus fee as majority of the vehicles have...
Verint announces new innovations for improved usability, visualization capabilities
Verint Systems Inc has introduced a series of enhancements to its situational awareness and video analytics solutions. These advancements are designed to further the...
Delhi Police launch app for Character Verification Report
Delhi Police's web-based application for Character Verification Report (CVR) has been launched by Commissioner BS Bassi. "With the help of this App, the applicants...
Nice Systems to sell physical security business
Nice Systems has entered into an agreement to sell its physical security business unit to Battery Ventures, a technology investment firm, for a total...
Delhi Police ties up with Space Dept for Crime Analysis
Delhi Police, like many other urban police forces in western countries today, is becoming heavily armed and thoroughly computerised. The real-time analysis and critical...
Mumbai to get its CCTV cover soon
Mumbai is on the verge of getting its much-delayed CCTV cover, with the first phase of the project to install a city-wide CCTV-based surveillance...
CATSA orders $6m worth Safran Explosives Detection Systems
Safran has announced that the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has ordered five CTX™ Explosives Detection Systems (EDS) valued at $6 million. Part...
Now, an additional security check before entering a plane
Passengers might now undergo an additional security check just before entering or leaving an aircraft to ensure foolproof safety of a flight. The Bureau...
Airline testing biometrics to replace boarding tickets
Alaska Airlines is currently testing a machine that scans fingerprints of passengers as they go through the boarding process. Instead of displaying a paper...
CCTV surveillance for 17 Konkan Railway stations
In order to strengthen the security apparatus at railway stations, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has decided to install CCTV surveillance systems at 17...
US Department of Homeland Security warns of drone attack
The Department of Homeland Security has sent an intelligence assessment to police agencies across the country about drones being used as weapons in an...
Clear proposal for more police in Delhi, High Court to Centre
The Delhi High Court has directed the union finance ministry to examine and clear, within four weeks, the proposal for inducting over 16,000 personnel...
G4S wins £80m contract to guard new nuclear power plant
G4S has announced that it has successfully secured a ten-year contract with EDF Energy valued at £80 million overall. The worldwide secure outsourcing group...
Linking Road malls are violating fire safety rules: BMC
An inspection by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that several malls around the Linking Road area in Mumbai are violating the fire...
Honeywell’s unique cyber security facility
Honeywell's Industrial cyber security facility opened recently in the US. It aims to help companies develop a more offensive approach to cyber security and...
Delhi police goes on a modernization drive
Paying heed to the PM's call to implement the concept of "smart" policing, Delhi Police is giving a push to its long-pending modernization proposals....
The Tenon Group of Companies acquires UK based Facility Management company...
India’s leading Integrated Security & Facility Management Corporation – The Tenon Group has announced the 100% acquisition of Office & General Group Limited (O&G),...
Vistara launch mobile phone boarding pass facility at Mumbai
GVK MIAL (Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd.) and Vistara have announced the launch of mobile phone boarding pass facility for Vistara’s customers travelling out...
