US issues world-wide travel alert for its citizensThe US has issued a world-wide travel alert for its citizens ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays in the wake of lone-wolf attack i...
20 Dec, 2014, 09.19 AM IST
Getting better every day, says Sydney cafe hostage Infosys employee Viswakanth AnkireddyAnkireddy and Pushpendu Ghosh were among 17 people taken hostage by ISIS sympathiser Man Haron Monis, 50, at Lindt Chocolate Cafe.
18 Dec, 2014, 04.21 PM IST
Scotland Yard foils Sydney-style siege in the UK: Police chiefBernard disclosed that 5 terror plots in London have been foiled in the last 4 months & demanded extra 50 mn pounds to fund counter-terror ...
17 Dec, 2014, 09.47 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls Australian PM on hostage crisisTwo Indian nationals - Vishwakant Ankit Reddy and Pushpendu Ghosh were among the hostages at the Sydney cafe siege but they were safe.
16 Dec, 2014, 04.49 PM IST
Indian cricket team provided adequate security: Sports Minister Sarbananda SonowalSonowal said the Sports Ministry had approached the External Affairs Ministry in this regard and had been assured that proper security cove...
16 Dec, 2014, 04.30 PM IST
Australian media gives wide coverage to Sydney siegeLeading newspapers and media channels closely monitored and covered the entire event back to back from the time it started to unfold.
16 Dec, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
Security beefed-up for Brisbane Test after Sydney siegeThe hostage situation had left BCCI worried as they kept a close watch on the unfolding of events in Sydney yesterday.
16 Dec, 2014, 01.14 PM IST
Sydney siege: Cafe manager Tori Johnson tried to wrestle weapon from gunmanPolice did not confirm the claims about Johnson's heroic act but said police were yet to piece together what had transpired in the cafe.
16 Dec, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
High alert in Delhi after Sydney hostage crisisThe police may position their SWAT personnel and spotters with snipers at embassies and other vital installations depending upon the situat...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.47 AM IST
India prepared to deal with crisis situations: Defence Minister Manohar ParrikarParrikar, who is a member of the Cabinet Committee on Security, was asked how he assessed the country's preparedness in the wake of what ha...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Heightened security in Delhi over Sydney hostage dramaDelhi Police has already been keeping a heightened vigil after a red alert was sounded in the city on December 5 over intelligence inputs o...
15 Dec, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
Police seeks more details from Twitter on IS account handler"Twitter Inc has started responding to our queries. I have sought more details regarding ShamiWitness which are crucial to investigation," ...
15 Dec, 2014, 10.01 PM IST
Infosys employee among hostages at Sydney cafe under siegeThe company said that the family of the employee had been informed and it was extending 'all possible support to them in this difficult tim...
15 Dec, 2014, 03.49 PM IST
Indian may be among Sydney hostages: Venkaiah NaiduSeveral people were taken hostage at a popular cafe in the heart of Sydney city in south-east Australia by one gunman this morning.
15 Dec, 2014, 02.54 PM IST
Gunman takes hostages at Sydney cafe, Indian mission shutAndrew Scipione, the commissioner of the New South Wales police, said at a news briefing that an unknown number of hostages were being held...
15 Dec, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
Indian Consulate in Sydney evacuated, staff safe: GovernmentThe Indian Consulate is in touch with local authorities and all the staffers in the consulate are safe, the spokesperson said.
15 Dec, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi condemns hostage crisis in Australia"The incident in Sydney is disturbing. Such acts are inhuman & deeply unfortunate. I pray for everyone's safety," Modi tweeted.
15 Dec, 2014, 10.41 AM IST