The government has boosted security at as many as 30 airports, including Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport, after Jaish-e-Mohammed threat for revenge against the scrapping of Article 370 from Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. Officials at the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security said the letter, typed in Hindi, has been written by a person called Shamsher Wani of the Jaish-e-Mohammed. The terrorist group claimed in the letter that it will take revenge for the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, which ended the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under and split it into two Union territories, by targeting prominent leaders and politicians in the country.The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has made changes in the security pattern of the Delhi airport.Armed plainclothesmen are deployed inside terminals, dog squads and bomb detection teams are being used to sanitise every corner of the airport including parking and forecourt areas, a senior CISF officer said requesting anonymity.Additional pickets have been raised to check every vehicle entering the airport and men have been posted on watchtowers to keep a sharp eye on the airside, the official added.The officer also said that similar measures have been put in place by CISF at other hyper-sensitive airports in the country.The Jaish letter also threatens terror attacks in as many as 30 cities across the country.Following such a threat, we have significantly stepped up security in the city. Crowded places like markets, shopping malls and public transport systems are under tight scrutiny to trace any suspicious activity, a senior officer from Delhi Police, who did not wish to be named, said.Round the clock presence of anti-terror Parakram vans, additional deployment of force and frequent patrolling during the night as well as during the day have been ensured, the official quoted above added.Delhi Police had sounded an alert on Wednesday after getting information from central intelligence agencies that some Kashmiri insurgents could carry out terror strikes in the city during the festival season. The special cell of Delhi Police searched several locations in the Capital over inputs of likely terror strikes, news agency ANI reported on Thursday.Earlier in the day, Mr. Chidambaram moved the Supreme Court seeking bail. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Mr. Chidambaram, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a Bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana. The Bench also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari said that Mr. Chidambarams plea would be sent to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for taking a call on listing of the matter.
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The governments decision to scrap Article 370 that extended special status to Jammu and Kashmir will help eliminate terrorism and the ideologies that have spawned terror from the state, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. Shah, who formally flagged off a new-look Vande Bharat Express train from national capital Delhi to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, also spelt out a 10 year target to upgrade Jammu and Kashmir into one of the most developed states in the country. Amit Shah said the new train service was the first step in this direction. Shah said Vande Bharat Express, the fastest train yet to Jammu that will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Katra from 12 hours to 8, is a gift for J&Ks development and would enhance religious tourism. Vande Bharat Express is a big tribute to Mahatma Gandhis vision on his 150th birth celebrations. It is a complete product of Make in India project, Shah said at the flagging off ceremony of the train. Union railways minister Piyush Goyal also announced the centre plans to begin direct connectivity from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Before August 2022 we will make direct connection from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. This is the fastest train between Delhi and Katra Vaishno Devi and I congratulate the hard work of Railways engineers. We have been working on enhancing speed and have been asked the home minister to focus on enhancing the safety of the trains. We will also install CCTVs across our entire network, Goyal said. The Vande Bharat Express to Katra will officially begin operations from Saturday, with a minimum fare of Rs 1630 and maximum fare of Rs 3014. The engine-less self-propelled Vande Bharat Express is also touted to be one Indias fastest train set and is scheduled to operate at a speed of 130 kmph.Mr. Chidambaram, who was a finance minister as well as home minister in the UPA government from 2004-14, was arrested from his Jor Bagh residence in the National Capital and is in Tihar Jail under judicial custody. The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in the FIPB clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Mr. Chidambarams tenure as finance minister.The area for the pantry has been increased, there is wider access area in vestibules, anti-spall film has been provided on window glass to protect against stone pelting, the train also has in-house wifi and infotainment system, a spokesperson for the ministry of railways said.