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Passenger frisking time to be cut by 50 per cent with 131 full body scanne
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
To make security checks quicker and error-free at India's busiest airports, the Airport Authority of India is all set to deploy body scanners that will cut down the passenger frisking time by half.
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AAI withdraws another bid for procuring body scanners used in airport secu
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The tender issued by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to procure 131 body scanners aimed to meet passengers' safety and security stands withdrawn, officials said
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Chinese national held in Kathmandu deposited huge amounts of foreign curre
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Chinese national identified as Feng Changwen, had only been in Nepal for two days and was detained by airport security on June 5. On investigation it was found that Changwen had deposited millions of rupees in a bank in Nepal.
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Long queues back at Delhi airport, passengers say nothing has changed
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Long queues at immigration, and security checkpoints have become a nightmare for passengers travelling to and from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.
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IndiGo Airlines flights from Mumbai to Delhi, and Delhi to Deogarh receive
Updated : 3 years ago IST
IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2051 from Mumbai to Delhi received a hoax bomb threat call and another flight IndiGo 6E 6191 operating from Delhi to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a specific bomb threat on Monday. Security agencies rushed for the necessary checks and followed all nec
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Union Home Secretary chairs meeting on airport security
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review airport security as well as the issues of logistics and infrastructure, sources said.
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Maharashtra: Ganesha devotees disappointed after dry coconuts banned in-fl
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 8 (ANI): After receiving the holy darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja and the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, the devotees who were returning to their destinations expressed their displeasure with the airline's policy against bringing dry coconuts on board.
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Upset over long queues at airports, parliamentary panel calls for biometri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): After a two-year restriction due to the COVID pandemic, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has recently allowed 100 per cent of passengers capacity in domestic and international airports.
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Passenger refuses to take off Rolex watch during airport security check-in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A passenger stalled the process of security check at Bengaluru's Kempegowda airport after he refused to put his watch worth Rs 40 lakh in a tray for a mandatory security check.
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Amid Omicron scare passengers from Russia ruckus over mandatory COVID-19 t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3, (ANI): Amid the scare of the new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, over 20 passengers from Russia (Moscow) arrived at the Delhi airport on Friday and created ruckus over the mandatory COVID-19 test, officials said.
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Passenger offloaded from Guwahati-Delhi flight for unruly behaviour
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 28 (ANI): A passenger from SpiceJet flight SG 8169 (Guwahati-Delhi) was offloaded on Sunday after he repeated got off his seat and created a ruckus.
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CISF DG to meet NGOs to overcome issues faced by specially-abled flyers at
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): To facilitate ease of air travel for specially-abled persons, the Director-General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) MA Ganapathy and other stakeholders of airport security will hold a meeting with around 150 NGOs working for persons with disab
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