Pune eateries comply with CCTV rule
Almost 85% of the eateries in Pune have installed CCTV cameras as a safety measure that the police had asked them to follow after the serial low-intensity blasts on the Jangli Maharaj road last...
Banks looking at voice biometrics for security
Some banks in the country are in discussion to introduce voice biometrics as an option for authenticating phone banking. For banks, the main attraction of voice authentication is that this does not require deployment...
Two telecom security bodies to be formed for telecom security
The government will soon establish two separate regulatory agencies for coordinating all telecom security-related initiatives to shield India's telephone networks from possible cyber attacks, as per an internal communication in telecom department.
The Telecom Commission,...
New Delhi police chief lists his priorities
Bhim Sain Bassi, the new Police commissioner of Delhi, has his priorities clear - he wants to make the national capital safe for women. Bassi, who took over from outgoing chief Neeraj Kumar, said...
Security clearance for Aerocity hotels comes with riders
Four months after 12 hotels of Aerocity — a hospitality project near the Indira Gandhi International Airport that is awaiting clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation — submitted their security plans to the...
Govt. mulls R&D centre for tech security tools
To raise its technological capability in the area of homeland security, the government is looking at setting up a centre for focused research on the latest electronic equipment, which can be indigenously manufactured. The...
Banks may face the music for banks’ ATM security failure
Alarmed by the recent heists at unguarded ATMs, the state home department has sprung into action. It has directed the police to check whether action can be taken against bank officials who fail to...
CCTV cameras help curb cargo thefts at airport: CISF
Incidents of theft at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's cargo terminal have reduced drastically following the installation of over 650 CCTV cameras, said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The agency also uses their...
“There is no respect for a security guard in society and the crucial role...
AP Private Security Association State President C. Bhaskar Reddy said there were around 1,500 security agencies in the State employing four lakh guards. He said there were 1,20,000 police personnel in the State and...
Hi Tech surveillance system for Mumbai Metro
Crimes like spitting in coaches or damaging them will not go unnoticed aboard Mumbai's first Metro route. An advanced video system, VTS Firetide 7010, will be installed inside Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro rakes. This Metro will...

















