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Security beefed up in airports across the country

    Chennai: The Centre today directed the security personnel of airports across the country to beef up security regarding a 'non- specific threat'. The airports countrywide have been put to a general alert and the airport sources said that in all the airports, those who entered or exited the operational area would be checked The Chennai airport authorities confirming the direction by the Centre said that the alert was not for a particular airport but for all the airports in the country. After the October 29 Delhi blasts, security has been tightened and strict vigilance has been kept around Government buildings, railway stations, airports and inter-state bus terminals.