Stamping of hand baggage at airports to end from April 1

Stamping of passengers' hand baggage at seven major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, will be done away with from April 1, the CISF said today.

The other airports that will begin the new procedure from the morning of April 1 include the ones in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Cochin and Ahmedabad.

"The procedure of stamping and putting tags on the hand baggage of passengers will be dispensed with from April 1 at seven airports. We have put in place the required security systems that will help us in ushering in this passenger- friendly move," CISF Director General O P Singh told

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