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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF): News

15 Jul 2025
SpiceJet

2 SpiceJet passengers try to enter cockpit; cause 7-hr delay 

A SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Mumbai was delayed by nearly seven hours on Monday after two passengers tried to breach the cockpit.

28 Apr 2025
Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala CM's office and residence, Kochi airport receive bomb threat

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office and official residence (Cliff House) in Thiruvananthapuram have received a bomb threat.

04 Jan 2025
India

CISF jawan, deployed at Surat airport, kills self inside washroom 

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan deployed at Surat International Airport allegedly died by suicide on Saturday.

26 Dec 2024
Air India

What are the new hand baggage rules for Indian airlines

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have introduced new hand baggage rules for Indian airlines.

Mumbai airport gets threat; caller claims 'Azerbaijan traveller' carrying bomb

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai was placed on high alert after a bomb threat on Wednesday afternoon.

24 Oct 2024
Air India

Fresh bomb threats target 85 flights, including IndiGo, Air India

At least 85 flights operated by IndiGo, Air India, Vistara, and Akasa Air received bomb threats on Thursday.

14 Oct 2024
Air India

2 flights to Jeddah, Muscat from Mumbai get bomb threats

Two IndiGo flights leaving from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday morning, an airline spokesperson said.

04 Oct 2024
Jagdeep Dhankhar

'Unacceptable': Kharge writes to Dhankhar over 'intrusion' into his chamber 

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressing his displeasure over the unauthorized entry of officials from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and Tata Projects into his Parliament chamber.

09 Sep 2024
Calcutta High Court

23 died amid doctors' strike: Bengal government's report in SC

The West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court that 23 people have died amid a doctors' strike protesting the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kolkata rape-murder: SC asks CBI to submit fresh status report 

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a fresh status report in the Kolkata rape-murder case next Tuesday (September 17).

04 Sep 2024
Air India

Air India's Delhi-Vizag flight receives hoax bomb threat

A suspected bomb threat on Air India flight AI-471, en route from Delhi to Vishakhapatnam, was declared a hoax on Wednesday.

After doctor's rape-murder, only 17 women remain at RG Kar

The brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has triggered widespread fear, leading to a mass exodus of female doctors from the campus, a report in The Indian Express said.

21 Aug 2024
Calcutta High Court

CISF takes over security at Kolkata hospital after doctor's rape-murder

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has taken charge of the security arrangements at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

13 Jul 2024
SpiceJet

'What's your charge per night': CISF personnel told SpiceJet employee 

A female employee of SpiceJet who was arrested for slapping a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Giriraj Prasad, has detailed what transpired before the alleged assault.

12 Jul 2024
Agnipath Scheme

Good news for former Agniveers as CISF, BSF announce reservation 

In a bid to bolster its security forces, the Indian government has announced that 10% of constable roles in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Border Security Force (BSF) will be set aside for former Agniveers.

12 Jul 2024
Kangana Ranaut

MP Kangana's 'bring Aadhaar to meet me' announcement sparks row

Bollywood actor and newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Kangana Ranaut has sparked controversy by requesting constituents in her Lok Sabha constituency, Mandi to present their Aadhaar Cards for meetings.

12 Jul 2024
SpiceJet

SpiceJet employee slaps cop at airport, airlines alleges sexual harassment 

A SpiceJet employee was arrested on Thursday for allegedly slapping an on-duty Central Industrial Security Force officer at Jaipur airport following an argument over security screening.

19 Jun 2024
Delhi Police

'Stopped, questioned' by CISF at Parliament: MP writes to Dhankhar

Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla was allegedly "stopped" and "questioned" by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel when he was on a routine visit to Parliament premises on Tuesday.

Kangana slapping case: CISF constable finds support in Vishal Dadlani 

Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) woman constable, Kulwinder Kaur, at Chandigarh airport on Thursday.

07 Jun 2024
Delhi Police

3 laborers arrested for trying to enter Parliament complex

Three men from Uttar Pradesh were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly using forged Aadhaar cards to gain entry into the high-security Parliament complex.

06 Jun 2024
Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut allegedly slapped by CISF official at Chandigarh airport 

Bollywood actor and newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, has claimed that she was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable at Chandigarh Airport.

16 May 2024
Delhi Police

Chaos on Delhi-Vadodara Air India flight after 'bomb' scare

A wave of panic swept through a Delhi-Vadodara Air India flight on Wednesday evening when a note containing the word "bomb" was found in the aircraft's lavatory.

Man impersonating Singapore Airlines pilot detained at Delhi airport 

A 24-year-old man was detained at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday for impersonating a pilot on duty.

19 Mar 2024
Delhi Police

250+ CISF personnel to guard Parliament after security breach 

Over 250 Central Industrial Security Force personnel will be deployed at the Parliament House complex as part of an "essential security upgrade" following the major security breach in Parliament in December 2023.

19 Jan 2024
Delhi

Republic Day: Security stepped up at all Delhi metro stations

Ahead of Republic Day, the security checks for passengers will be intensified by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at all Delhi metro stations from January 19 to January 27.

16 Jan 2024
Narendra Modi

Modi visits historic Ramayana site ahead of Ram Mandir inauguration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited the historic Veerbhadra Temple in Andhra Pradesh's Lepakshi.

21 Dec 2023
Parliament

CISF to take over Parliament security after last week's breach 

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) may soon take over the security responsibilities of Parliament.

17 Dec 2023
Delhi

Woman's saree gets stuck in metro door, dragged to death

A 35-year-old woman, whose saree got stuck in the door of a Delhi Metro train and was dragged for 25 meters on the platform, has succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Delhi.

29 Nov 2023
Germany

Husband-wife fight forces Lufthansa's Bangkok-bound flight to divert to Delhi

A Bangkok-bound Lufthansa flight from Munich, Germany, reportedly landed in Delhi after a diversion on Wednesday due to the "unruly behavior" of a passenger onboard.

08 Apr 2023
IndiGo

IndiGo passenger arrested for trying to open emergency exit mid-air

A 30-year-old Kanpur man has been arrested for reportedly attempting to open the emergency exit door mid-air on IndiGo's Bengaluru-bound flight from Delhi, the police revealed on Saturday.

12 Mar 2023
Telangana

Hyderabad: BRS's 'Washing Powder Nirma' poster greets Amit Shah

A massive hoarding featuring the iconic "Nirma girl" from the Nirma washing powder advertisement with a twist was installed in Hyderabad by Telangana's ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), to welcome Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday.

21 Jan 2023
Goa

Moscow-Goa flight diverted to Uzbekistan amid bomb threat

Amid a bomb threat, a Goa-bound chartered flight was diverted to Uzbekistan from the Russian capital Moscow.

09 Jan 2023
Patna

2 IndiGo passengers arrested for drinking onboard Delhi-Patna flight

Patna's Airport Police arrested two passengers of a Delhi-Patna IndiGo flight on Sunday night with the help of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for consuming alcohol on the domestic flight violating rules, NDTV reported.

New scanners at airports to make security checks hassle-free

Air travelers would not need to lay out laptops, phones, and chargers at security checkpoints as the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is likely to issue technical norms making way for airports to adopt high-tech scanners capable of screening luggage without removing electronic devices.

Delhi's IGI Airport: Passenger complaints mount as chaos, delays continue

The chaos, delays, and overcrowding at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport continued on Monday as airport authorities were flooded with complaints by passengers.

14 Oct 2022
Delhi

Delhi airport on alert after bomb threat on Moscow flight

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has been placed on high alert by security agencies after a tip-off about the presence of a bomb on a Delhi-bound flight from Moscow, PTI reported.

24 Sep 2022
Airports Authority of India

Private security to replace CISF personnel for airport non-core duties

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is set to replace the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel posted at non-core duties by private security personnel at 60 airports, it said in a release on Friday.

16 Feb 2022
India

Man tries to break into NSA Ajit Doval's residence; detained

The Delhi Police has detained a man after he forcibly tried to enter the residence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Delhi on Wednesday morning.

25 Aug 2021
Mumbai

Officer who stopped Salman wasn't penalized, but 'rewarded,' CISF clarifies

Reports of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) seizing the mobile phone of the officer who stopped Salman Khan at Mumbai Airport for a mandatory security check had surfaced yesterday.

13 May 2020
Narendra Modi

Amit Shah orders CAPF canteens to sell only indigenous products

All canteens of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) across India will sell only indigenous goods from June 1, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.