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Mon 12 Dec 2008India to overhaul and boost national security Army put on alert at border with Pakistan in New Delhi
INDIAN PRIME minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday he would boost and overhaul the nation's counterterrorism capabilities following the attacks on its western port city of Mumbai in which 174 people died and 300 were injured.
Air and sea security would be increased, and the main counter-terrorist national security guard would be increased in size and given more regional bases, he said.
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