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• Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Security at US Airports Tightened

  Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.

• Security screening for envoys of all countries: Ronen Sen

  Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

• Krishna on Meera Shankar being patted down: 'It is unacceptable'

  India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...

• Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar patted down at US airport

  Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status. The incident took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where sari-clad Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending...