Delhi IGI's terminal 1D to get country's first body scannerThese scanners are used at several airports globally , including the US. If the scanner passes all tests, using it would be up to individua...
Take off shoes, belts, jewellery for airport security check?Flying out of Delhi? You may soon be asked to take off your shoes and belts, and jewellery at the security check counters of the IGI Airpor...
- Silly security: Agencies must shun outdated procedures
Indian authorities seriously underestimate the ingenuity of wrongdoers.
- 'Need more oomph from govt on security'
Last year, the Rapiscan brand of full-body scanners that produce near-naked images of air travellers stirred a wave of protests in the US.
- US airports: Murine Corps for Security operations
Security bandobast at US airports has left many Indians rather ratty of late, what with enhanced pat-downs ordered even for Indian envoys.
- Tighter checks at airports from Jan 15
Passengers taking flights from major international airports in the country can brace themselves for long security check queues as well as t...
- US Homeland Security head defends airport patdowns
Napolitano told that she is always looking to improve the security systems in place but adds that the new technology and the pat-downs are ...
- Another India envoy patted down at US airport: Report
Airport officials asked Hardeep Puri to remove his turban during a security check, but Puri refused to let security officials carry out the...
- Govt summons US envoy, lodges protest
Threatening to review security privileges for US envoys in India, the foreign office told the US on Saturday that security agents there nee...
- MEA summons US diplomat over 'pat-down' search of Shankar
India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with the US for subjecting ambassador Meera Shankar to 'pat-down' security check at an American a...
- After pat-down, US pats Meera
The US says it is trying to find ways to balance security and mutual respect.
- US security humiliates Indian envoy again for wearing a saree
External affairs minister SM Krishna reacted angrily to reports that the Indian ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was body-searched by s...
- For US airport security, saree seems to be the hardest word
The Indian envoy was subjected to an enhanced security pat-down at the Jackson-Evers International Airport in Mississippi last weekend oste...
- Indian hand behind body scan row in US
Rapiscan Systems, owned by Kangra-born Chopra, is among the two cos licensed to sell body scanners in US.
- No revolt over US airport body scans
Despite tough talk on the Internet, there was little if any indication of a passenger revolt at many major US airports, with very few peopl...
- Passengers on US-bound flights face more screening
Beginning Monday, air travelers flying into the United States from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be s...
- Flying to US? Frisking just got tougher
Passengers travelling to the United States will now be subjected to physical pat-downs as authorities announced fresh set of security measu...