Dehradun, Nov. 11 -- After the explosion in a Hyundai i20 near the Red Fort in Delhi on Monday evening that killed eight and injured several others, police are conducting security checks at crowded places in Dehradun and checking suspicious vehicles.

SSP Ajay Singh told ANI, "... All districts of Uttarakhand are on a high alert following the blast in Delhi yesterday. Security checks are being conducted at crowded places... Suspicious vehicles are being checked. Sniffer dogs are also being used..."

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired another round of high-level security review meeting on Tuesday to assess the situation following the deadly blast in Delhi that claimed eight lives and left several others injured a day ago.

The meeting s...