Four of the companies were created on a zonal basis, with one unit each assigned to the East, West, South and Manesar zones Gurgaon: In an effort to enhance operational readiness for major protests, crowd management, communal unrest, VIP security and other critical incidents, police have constituted five dedicated law-and-order companies, comprising more than 500…
Panaji: With the 2027 assembly elections in sight, chief minister Pramod Sawant said he will return in May next year to inaugurate the new police headquarters building, after laying the foundation stone on Thursday.The building is being built at a cost of Rs 45 crore through the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation.The CM, who also…
The hovercraft has a payload capacity of 8 tonnes, a maximum speed of 45 knots, a cruising speed of 35 knots, can carry up to 42 personnel and has an operational endurance of nine hours Panaji: In a milestone for India’s defence manufacturing sector, Chowgule Shipyards on Thursday delivered the country’s first indigenously built Air…
Govt will prepare an action plan for the force’s overall modernization, taking into account climate change and increasing frequency of disasters Thiruvananthapuram: Home minister Ramesh Chennithala said govt will recruit 1,000 retired military personnel as home guards to further strengthen operational capacity of Kerala fire and rescue services.“They will be deployed for disaster response and…
Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: The state govt has decided to buy 125 Remote Control Robotic Craft (RCRC) boats for disaster response forces for search and rescue operations. Each boat will cost around Rs. 22 lakh, and the total budget will be around Rs 28 crore. Officials said RCRC boats are unmanned, scaled-down watercraft equipped with remote control and…
The house is located in a hilly area that has been receiving heavy rainfall over the past few days T’puram: A 50-year-old woman had a narrow escape after a massive boulder crashed into her house and pinned her beneath the debris during a rain-triggered landslide at Palukal near Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram, in the early hours of…
Gandhinagar: In dry Gujarat, after assault and disputes, drunken brawls are the third highest emergency where cops have had to intervene. In fact, police have had to intervene more often to resolve drunken brawls than in road accidents, thefts, physical assault on women, domestic violence and the like.An analysis by the state home department of…
Varanasi: More than 30 people were killed and several others injured after severe storms and hailstorms battered the Mirzapur and Bhadohi districts on Wednesday. The storm swept across eastern Uttar Pradesh around 5:30 pm, bringing heavy rain, hail, and winds reaching up to 80 kmph.Mirzapur DM Pawan Kumar Gangwar said the district was struck by…
Ghaziabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while hailing the service of the National Disaster Response Force, urged it to work to achieve the goal of zero casualty from minimum casualty in times of natural disaster. Shah said this in a ceremony in which the President’s Colour Award was bestowed on NDRF at its 8th Battalion…
