Security forces fire as two men try to flee near Delhi airport

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lost your luggage at the airport? Don't fret. In a move that will come as a relief to all such harried travellers, the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) has launched a 'lost and found' section on their website which will help one trace missing baggage.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air traffic congestion at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here will end once the new terminal T3 becomes operational by April 2010, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Thursday. "I do concede there there is a problem.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A fire broke out Monday evening on the fifth floor of the Paryavaran Bhavan in the CGO complex of south Delhi. According to fire officials, the fire was reported to them at 6.40 p.m.

April 17th, 2009 SILIGURI - The security forces at Bagdogra airport in West Bengal were thrown into a tizzy when a caller claimed that a bomb had been planted in an Indian Airlines flight, the police said Friday. A man called the airport and said a bomb was planted in the Guwahati-Bagdogra-Delhi Indian Airlines flight number 879 that was scheduled to land here around 3 p.m.

April 4th, 2009 KABUL - Twenty militants have been killed in an operation carried out by the Afghan and US-led security forces in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, officials said Saturday. The security forces were on a patrol in Taliban strongholds in Kajaki district Friday when they were ambushed by insurgents with mortar and small-arms fire.

March 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - A fire broke out in two chemical factories near the International Airport in Kolkata today, leading authorities to evacuate two Air India planes from the hangar to the parking bay. The fire broke out at around 10 a.m at the Puja Chemical and Cisoon Chemical factories at Narayanpur, adjacent to the airport.

February 12th, 2009 PATNA - It was a miraculous escape for about 150 passengers on an Air India plane that caught fire while landing at the Patna airport Friday. But thanks to quick work by the fire brigade neither any damage nor any casualties were reported.

February 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five militants were killed and six others were injured in an exchange of fire with security forces Friday in northwestern Pakistan, a military statement said. According to the statement, militants opened fire on a patrolling party of the Pakistan Army near Matta in the Swat district, forcing the security personnel to retaliate.

February 12th, 2009 PATNA/NEW DELHI - There was a scare at Patna airport Friday as a patch of grass caught fire as a plane was taxiing after landing. The fire was put out before it could cause any loss or injury.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An alert was declared at the Delhi airport Sunday evening after a plane on a domestic flight requested an emergency landing apparently to contain a unruly passenger on board, official sources said. Indigo flight E-664 from Goa to Delhi landed at 5.15 p.m.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Security forces rushed to the Delhi airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft Sunday evening reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said. 'The pilot said he is suspecting a hijacker on board and asked for priority landing.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An emergency landing at Delhi airport Sunday afternoon created a scare as the pilot reported suspected hijackers on board after a passenger's misbehaviour, but the crisis blew over later in the evening. Security forces rushed to the Indira Gandhi International Airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said.

January 3rd, 2009 SILIGURI - Security was stepped up Sunday at the Bagdogra airport here after authorities received a mail threatening to bomb it, an official said. Bagdogra director Kalyan Kumar Bhowmik received a hand-written letter Saturday threatening to bomb the airport within the next seven days.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Five people were detained at Delhi's international airport Sunday after crackers and gunpowder were found in their vehicle. But they were let off after it came to be known that the men were innocent and that the stuff had been used for a film shooting.

December 31st, 2008 NEW DELHI - A major fire broke out Thursday evening at a cold storage in north Delhi. However, there were no reports of any casualties, fire officials said.