37 CRPF personnel killed in suicide attack in Kashmir, Jaish-e-Mohammed claims responsibility

SRINAGAR: At least 37 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle... Read more »

Fire breaks out at Archies card factory in Naraina, goods worth lakhs gutted

New Delhi: A major fire broke out at Archies card factory in Naraina. As per the initial reports, 30 fire tenders are present at the spot and efforts are on to douse it. A... Read more »

Armed with CCTV, cops to fight crime

Alappuzha: Worried about spiraling crime, district police have decided to install CCTV cameras to cover every nook and cranny in the town. Surveillance cameras play a major role in detecting crime and... Read more »

Why fire at Karol Bagh’s Arpit Palace hotel claimed 17 lives?

New Delhi : A ‘significant delay’ in alerting the fire department, inflammable material used in the building, ‘complicated’ locking systems of the windows and the staff’s inability to fight the flames resulted... Read more »

CCTV cameras: crime fighter or big brother?

Chennai  Two lakh and counting — this is the number of CCTV cameras currently in operation in Chennai. With a camera installed every 50 meters on the city’s roads, one is constantly... Read more »

Child Among 17 Killed In Fire At Delhi Hotel, 2 Jumped From Terrace

At least 17 people were killed and several injured after a fire at a hotel in Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area early this morning. A woman and a child, among those dead,... Read more »

For Bengaluru traffic cops, future is now

The city is getting about 350 new adaptive cameras in the next three months, adding to the police tech arsenal. The traffic police are buying the high-tech cameras for about Rs 80 crore.... Read more »

IIT Madras Students Develop AI Powered Drones To Help Locate People Stuck In Disasters

With disasters often striking the country, students have been on their toes, inventing solutions that will help citizens in such times. One such student team, belonging to IIT Madras, has developed an... Read more »

Is India prepared to tackle misuse of face recognition technology?

While the usage of facial recognition technology is growing across the world, the absence of any data protection and data privacy law in India makes the country ill-prepared to deal with the... Read more »

Safety plan for Mumbai’s women has drones and hi-tech cams

MUMBAI:In a first, Mumbai police is set to install 125 facial recognition cameras across the city over the next three years as part of a Rs 252 crore security plan for women,... Read more »