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Security at airports, vital installations beefed up

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) Security at airports and vital installations all over country has been strengthened following the Mumbai blasts on July 11 in which about 200 people were killed and hundreds injured.

Security in and around airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati haS been strengthened and additional forces deployed. Moreover, the security of vital installations and prominent sites like India Gate have also been beefed up. This has been done in view of the increased threat perception following the blasts.

However, a home ministry spokesman said a general security advisory about increasing security has been issued after the serial blasts. But the contents of the advisory which is a secret document can not be revealed.

Meanwhile, some websites and blogs have also been blocked following the blasts. They have been blocked following intelligence reports about their posing threat to the security of the country.

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Minority status case adjourned to August 3

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) National Commisssion for Minority Educational Institutions today adjourned till early next month hearing on the demand for minority status by four professional institutions in Kerala. The hearing was adjourned to August 3 following today's Kerala High Court order allowing status quo in the admission to self-financing professional colleges in the state, Commission sources said. Management counsel Romy Chacko and state government counsel P V Dinesan informed the Commission that the.....

Commission willing to reconsider decision on minority status

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions today said it was willing to reconsider its decision granting minority status to six self-financing professional institutions in Kerala if the state government makes a ''reasoned request''. ''If the government has any valid reason, we could reconsider the decision,'' said Commission Member Valsan Thampu. According to him, the state government could bring to the notice of the Commission any reasons like ''any point of.....

Delhiites light candles in memory of Mumbai blast victims

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) Delhiites joined the nation in paying homage to the victims of July 11 Mumbai serial blasts with scores assembling at the Jantar Mantar here and observing a 'two-minute silence' in memory of those who lost their lives exactly a week from today. Common people, representatives of organisations and institutions and mediapersons lighted candles and prayed for the departed souls of the nearly 200 people who perished in the seven blasts.....
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