NEW DELHI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three rounds of firing
were heard at New Delhi's international airport early Friday morning, but no one
was injured, the Indian NDTV channel reported.
Police official said security forces have swarmed
through airport after the firing was heard, but no one was injured, said the
report.
The channel said security forces were investigating
the nature of the incident, which sparked security scare at the airport.
BBC website earlier cited airport officials as saying
that at least six gunmen were shot by Indian security force at the airport, but
a later report said police had denied any casualties.
NDTV cited the police as saying that the firing was
found from a man in a car. The car which has been driven away is being traced by
the police.
Airports in India went on high alert on Thursday
after the Bureau of Civil Aviation issued a hijack warning.
The move followed an anonymous mail sent to a news
organization in Indian western state Gujarat last week, warning of terror
strikes at three airports of Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore on the 6th of
December.
India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and
the National Security Guards (NSG) have been alerted after the warning was
released.
MUMBAI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- India airports across the
country were on high alert after a terror e-mail and the coast of west state
Gujarat was also on tight security Thursday morning, reported local news channel
Times Now.
India Bureau of Civil Aviation Thursday morning
issued a hijack warning for Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai airports. Full story
NEW DELHI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The terrorist attacks in
India's financial capital Mumbai starting Wednesday night have shocked the world
with their brazenness and brutality. The attacks have added to a mounting sense
of insecurity in the city and people are still struggling to come to terms with
the fallout from the three-day rampage. Full story
MUMBAI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- With the United States and
Australia stepping up travel alerts for the second time in three days,
terrorists appear to have succeeded in hitting India's tourism sector, The Times
of India reported on Monday.
According to the travel industry, travel alerts have
an immediate and negative impact on tourism and business travel in the
country. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- India Home Minister Shivraj Patil
delivered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
Sunday morning, Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said.
Patil, facing widespread criticism for the terror attacks
in Mumbai, took "moral responsibility" for the attacks and submitted his
resignation to Prime Minister Singh, said the Congress spokesperson. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Mumbai police probing the
terror attacks confirmed on Sunday that only 10 terrorists entered the city just
an hour before the attacks starting on Nov. 26, according to local NDTV.
Local media initially reported that there were 40
terrorists including 18 foreign nationals. Full story
