R&AW chief, IB director get one-year extension

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Thursday extended the tenures of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Chief, Samant Kumar Goel, and Intelligence Bureau Director, Arvind Kumar, by oner year.

Both Goel and Kumar are 1984-batch Indian Police Service…

Twitter asks IT Ministry for 3-month extension on new rules

New Delhi (IANS) With WhatsApp suing the Indian government over the new IT rules for social media platforms, Twitter on Thursday requested the IT Ministry to consider a minimum of three-month extension in order for the company to implement the new…

Deporting Choksi to India directly may not be easy

New Delhi (IANS) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was captured in Dominica after going missing for three days "needs to return to India" where he can face the criminal charges levelled…

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi captured in Dominica: Report

New Delhi (IANS) Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by the CBI and the ED in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, has reportedly been taken into custody in Dominica, media reports said.

In 2019, SC suggested regime to find originators of messages, citing cases of violence, drugs

New Delhi (IANS) The Facebook-owned instant messenger, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court has challenged the new IT rule over traceability of messages and termed it unconstitutional, as it breaches basic privacy of citizens. However in September 2019,…

Committed to right to privacy, but need to maintain law & order: IT Minister counters WhatsApp

New Delhi (IANS) As WhatsApp moves the Delhi High Court against the new rules for intermediaries saying they would violate privacy, Electronics & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government is committed to the right to privacy, but simultaneously…

Identifying first originator of info undermines privacy, free speech: WhatsApp in HC

New Delhi (IANS) Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp, in a petition in Delhi High Court, said that enabling identification of the first originator of information on its platform in India puts end-to-end encryption and its benefits at risk, as…

Yaas begins landfall, likely to cross Odisha-Bengal in 3 hours

New Delhi (IANS) The landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Yaas has commenced and it would cross North Odisha-West Bengal coasts to the south of Balasore within next three hours with wind speed of 130-140 kmph gusting to 155 kmph.

Cyclone…

Jaishankar offers backing for Guterres re-election, discusses Covid vaccines, terrorism

United Nations (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has offered India's support to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his re-election during a meeting in New York at which they discussed a range of issues from Covid-19…

Goa government moves HC against Tarun Tejpal acquittal

Panaji (IANS) Days after a trial court in the state acquitted former Tehelka Editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of all charges, including rape, in a 2013 case, the Goa government has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court challenging the verdict.