New Delhi, April 11 – A 22-year-old unemployed youth from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with alleged online radicalization activities linked to social media platforms, officials said on Saturday.According to a joint press statement issued...
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Saharanpur (UP), April 11 The UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a cleric (Muslim religious leader) from Deoband here for allegedly posting inflammatory and objectionable content on social media and maintaining contacts with individuals in Pakistan, police said on Saturday.The ATS...
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Dehradun, April 10 The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttarakhand Police has arrested a man for allegedly working on behalf of a Pakistan-based terrorist, officials said here on Friday.STF's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh told reporters that Vikrant Kashyap (29) was...
Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday noted that political advertisements were appearing on channels and online platforms in the run-up to the April 9 Kerala Assembly polls and sought that they be removed immediately.The instruction was circulated by the EC's...
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Amaravati, April 6 Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Director Nupur Ajay Kumar said on Monday that there is no shortage of LPG, petrol, diesel, or fertilizers in the state and assured that adequate stocks are available to meet the demand.He noted that supply systems for LPG, petrol, and diesel are...
Barwani, April 6 The WhatsApp account of the Barwani district collector in Madhya Pradesh was hacked by unidentified cyber fraudsters who sent messages to her contacts seeking money, officials have said."This is extremely important information. I want to inform all citizens that I have become...
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Mumbai, April 6 – The Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police has arrested two individuals for allegedly attempting to extort ₹4 lakh from a complainant by using a letter purportedly carrying the forged signature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Monday.The accused were...
Faridabad, April 5 A 28-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself while on a video call with his girlfriend here on Sunday, police said.The deceased, identified as Nikhil, was a resident of Jawahar Colony in Faridabad.After being informed of the incident, police arrived at the scene...
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Jaipur, April 4 – In a swift and commendable response, the Cyber Crime Police Station in Jaipur's Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan has successfully thwarted a case of digital fraud and recovered Rs 99,998 for a victim within 48 hours, officials said on Saturday.Acting under the direction...
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New Delhi, April 2 Communication service apps are required to report compliance with SIM-binding rules by December 31, Parliament was informed on Thursday.In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, said that the web services of mobile apps...
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New Delhi, April 2 The government has extended the deadline for linking SIMs to mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc., to December 31, following requests from the industry, according to sources.The SIM-binding rule requires messaging platforms to provide their service...
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Amaravati, March 31 – Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday directed that the Sanjeevani project for creating digital health records be extended to the entire state by July.The project is currently being implemented in Kuppam and Naravaripalli in the Chittoor district...
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Jammu, March 27 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged the government on Friday to formulate a comprehensive law to tackle the growing menace of fake news and misinformation in the Union Territory.Rather made the remarks at the end of a discussion that lasted over half an...
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New Delhi, March 27 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp announced a series of new features on Friday, allowing Apple iPhone users to operate two accounts on a single device simultaneously, while also introducing new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for photo editing and drafting messages...
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Mumbai, March 26 Two individuals were arrested in Ahilyanagar, and six have been booked in Nashik, Maharashtra, for allegedly circulating obscene videos of the female victims of self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat on social media, police said on Thursday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 for...
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Mumbai, March 26 Two people were arrested in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, for allegedly circulating obscene videos of the women victims of self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat on social media, a senior police official said on Thursday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 for allegedly repeatedly raping...
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Deoghar, March 25 Police in Jharkhand's Deoghar district launched a chatbot on Wednesday, allowing people to file specific complaints without visiting a police station, an official said.The 'Samvad' Chatbot Service was launched for public convenience and safety, the official said."This...
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Mumbai, March 25 On Wednesday, the prosecution examined a police officer who had informed his superior about a viral video purportedly showing former RPF constable Chetansingh Chaudhary, the accused in the 2023 railway firing incident.Chaudhary (34) is accused of shooting dead his senior...
New Delhi, March 25 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken note of alleged violations of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, particularly regarding the lack of mechanisms to track children's data transfers and inadequate grievance redressal systems across major...
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Ghaziabad (UP), March 23 Police have apprehended three more alleged members of a major Pakistan-linked espionage racket, including a minor and a woman, for allegedly sending sensitive information to the neighboring country through parcels via Dubai and WhatsApp, a police official said on Monday...