High Alert After Threat

The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.

The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.

Massive swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, spearing into Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab now, after Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, as the government said it has stepped up its response to the country's worst locust attack in nearly three decades.

India is on high alert after intel inputs warning of a terror plan to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, home ministry sources said on Wednesday. The ministry has put out an alert to all states following a threat naming 30 major cities. Indian Air Force (IAF) sources have also conf...

The Kerala police chief met with security agencies on Monday after intelligence reports that a boat carrying 15 ISIS terrorists had set off from Sri Lanka to Lakshadweep islands. The police have also asked for cooperation from local residents of coastal areas.

Two train stations in Punjab's border district of Pathankot are on high alert after intelligence inputs of the threat of expositions triggered by Pakistan's spy agency ISI.

The district and session court in Kanpur was put on high alert today after the court received an anonymous letter threatening serial blasts on its premises. "The district and session judge received an inland postal letter on Tuesday containing bomb threat to make serial blasts at civil courts and kill judges," Superintendent of Police (East) Raj Ku...

Police in Uttar Pradesh has issued a statewide alert after the Lashkar-e-Taiba threatened to blow up several stations as well as the Krishna Janmabhoomi and the Kashi Vishwanath temples in a letter by a commander of the group, a senior official said today.

Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the vice president and defence minister to the Tamil Nadu capital.

Security officials went on high alert after a note was found warning of an ISIS attack on Mumbai Airport's Air Cargo Complex (ACC) on Republic Day or "anytime", official sources said on Wednesday

The Delhi High Court is on high alert after a bomb threat was received earlier this morning. The Police Control Room received a call at 10:54 am from north east Delhi saying there would be a blast at the High Court in an hour. The call has been declared a hoax.

The Jammu railway station is on a high alert a day after a low intensity explosive device and a letter vowing revenge for the killing of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana was found on a Jammu bound train. With inputs suggesting possible terrorist attacks ahead of the Independence Day, a high alert has been sounded and trains are being thoroughly...

Security agencies in border districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur in Punjab were today on high alert following inputs that Pakistan-backed terrorists were planning to carry out an attack.

Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad international airports have been put on high alert following threats of a hijack attempt. A full anti-hijack drill has been started and the National Security Guards have been kept on stand-by.

In the wake of a high alert sounded along the Mumbai coast after some men were seen moving suspiciously near a naval base there today, Gujarat was also put on alert and security agencies have been asked to keep a close vigil on the coastline, officials said.

The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.

The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.

Massive swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, spearing into Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab now, after Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, as the government said it has stepped up its response to the country's worst locust attack in nearly three decades.

India is on high alert after intel inputs warning of a terror plan to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, home ministry sources said on Wednesday. The ministry has put out an alert to all states following a threat naming 30 major cities. Indian Air Force (IAF) sources have also conf...

The Kerala police chief met with security agencies on Monday after intelligence reports that a boat carrying 15 ISIS terrorists had set off from Sri Lanka to Lakshadweep islands. The police have also asked for cooperation from local residents of coastal areas.

Two train stations in Punjab's border district of Pathankot are on high alert after intelligence inputs of the threat of expositions triggered by Pakistan's spy agency ISI.

The district and session court in Kanpur was put on high alert today after the court received an anonymous letter threatening serial blasts on its premises. "The district and session judge received an inland postal letter on Tuesday containing bomb threat to make serial blasts at civil courts and kill judges," Superintendent of Police (East) Raj Ku...

Police in Uttar Pradesh has issued a statewide alert after the Lashkar-e-Taiba threatened to blow up several stations as well as the Krishna Janmabhoomi and the Kashi Vishwanath temples in a letter by a commander of the group, a senior official said today.

Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the vice president and defence minister to the Tamil Nadu capital.

Security officials went on high alert after a note was found warning of an ISIS attack on Mumbai Airport's Air Cargo Complex (ACC) on Republic Day or "anytime", official sources said on Wednesday

The Delhi High Court is on high alert after a bomb threat was received earlier this morning. The Police Control Room received a call at 10:54 am from north east Delhi saying there would be a blast at the High Court in an hour. The call has been declared a hoax.

The Jammu railway station is on a high alert a day after a low intensity explosive device and a letter vowing revenge for the killing of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana was found on a Jammu bound train. With inputs suggesting possible terrorist attacks ahead of the Independence Day, a high alert has been sounded and trains are being thoroughly...

Security agencies in border districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur in Punjab were today on high alert following inputs that Pakistan-backed terrorists were planning to carry out an attack.

Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad international airports have been put on high alert following threats of a hijack attempt. A full anti-hijack drill has been started and the National Security Guards have been kept on stand-by.

In the wake of a high alert sounded along the Mumbai coast after some men were seen moving suspiciously near a naval base there today, Gujarat was also put on alert and security agencies have been asked to keep a close vigil on the coastline, officials said.