£50k fine for London hotel after fire safety failings found including ‘lack of sufficient...

The owner of The Bank Hotel in Barking has been ordered to pay £50,000 after they continued to take guests despite being issued with a prohibition notice for ‘serious fire safety failings’ by London...

Private security firms thriving amid peace and order concerns

Local security firms in the Philippines continue to thrive as growing concerns over peace and order situation give hope to an industry battered by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic almost three years...

2.2 lakh challans issued by Chandigarh’s surveillance system

About 2.2 lakh challans for traffic violations were issued by Chandigarh’s CCTV system set up in 40 light points around the city in the last seven months. Of this, 45,000 (20 percent) violations were...

TSA plans new cybersecurity requirements after pro-Russia airport hacks

A U.S. transportation security agency has said it plans to issue new cybersecurity requirements for some key aviation systems after several U.S. airport websites recently were hit with apparently coordinated denial-of-service attacks. The Transportation...

Expedite grant of permissions for installing CCTV cameras, Delhi HC tells land owning/civic bodies

The Delhi High Court has directed the concerned land owning and civic agencies to grant permission for digging up stretches in order to install 6,630 CCTV cameras across the National Capital. The direction came after...

Manchester sees 5% increase in CCTV cameras over three-year period

The number of CCTV cameras in Manchester increased by 5 per cent over three years, a new study shows. The number in the area controlled by Manchester City Council increased from 612 in 2019...

Erring Kerala drivers to do social service as punishment

In the backdrop of nine people being killed in a road accident in Kerala's Palakkad, the state government has made it mandatory for drivers to make social services and training if they are...

Mumbai to get 5800 new CCTV cameras by year-end

Mumbai is expected to get 5,837 new close circuit television cameras (CCTV) by the end of December as part of the second phase of the surveillance network, home department officials said The new CCTV...

Empowered by law, Karachi police ask businesses to install CCTV cameras

In the wake of recent upsurge in street crimes in which more than one dozen people have lost their lives over the past couple of weeks, the city police have asked shopkeepers and owners...

New CDS gets Z-Plus security cover

Following a directive from the Union Home Ministry, the Delhi Police has provided Z-Plus category security cover to the newly-appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan. Nearly 33 armed Delhi Police commandos will...