Chennai, July 27 (IANS) Chennai Mayor R. Priya on Monday met Greater Chennai Police Commissioner Amalraj at the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Office in Vepery and lodged a formal complaint alleging sustained online harassment, prompting the Cyber Crime Wing to launch an investigation. The Mayor, widely regarded as Tamil Nadu’s youngest Mayor, sought immediate police intervention against unidentified individuals whom she accused of targeting her through social media platforms and other d…
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New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) has initiated a significant institutional rebuilding process by notifying senior professional positions and engaging young talent through its Pratibha Setu portal.This marks the first concrete step towards implementing the recommendations of the High-Level Committee of experts chaired by Professor K. Radhakrishnan.The autonomous body under the Ministry of Education has issued advertisements for four general manager positions on contract…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government has directed software development platform GitHub to remove repositories hosting Bitchat — the decentralised messaging application — citing concerns that the platform could be exploited to evade lawful surveillance and facilitate unlawful activities, developer Jack Dorsey said on Friday.Taking to social media platform X, Dorsey shared an issued notice by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) — the cybercrime arm of the Ministry of Home Affai…
Kochi, July 23 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed the criminal proceedings against businessman Boby Chemmanur in the sexual harassment case filed by a Malayalam actress, bringing an end to a high profile case that had drawn widespread attention since his arrest in January 2025. Justice Jobin Sebastian allowed Chemmanur’s petition seeking to quash the proceedings pending before the Additional District and Sessions Court at Ernakulam, after recording that the dispute between the part…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The government has blocked 50 over-the-top (OTT) platforms from public access in India over the past two years for allegedly displaying obscene content and violating provisions of the Information Technology Act and other legal statutes, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.In a written reply, the minister said the action was taken against intermediaries and OTT platforms found to be in violation o…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party has urged the Centre to order an independent inquiry into the alleged misuse of legal provisions to suppress social media content critical of the Andhra Pradesh government. A delegation of YSRCP Members of Parliament led by Y.V. Subba Reddy met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw at Parliament House on Tuesday.The delegation submitted a detailed represent…
Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR filed against a 20-year-old college student who had sent a private Instagram message complimenting his female classmate, holding that the use of “Gen Z lingo” in a personal conversation does not amount to stalking, voyeurism or outraging the modesty of a woman. A single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed that criminal law cannot be invoked merely because a student complimented a classmate in a private e…
Surat, July 20 (IANS) Three men from Uttarakhand have been arrested for allegedly facilitating a cyber fraud in which a Surat resident was duped of more than Rs 1.63 crore through a fake gold mining investment scheme, with investigators alleging that the accused provided bank accounts used to route the proceeds of the crime. According to the Surat City Cyber Crime Cell, the fraud took place between December 10, 2024, and April 25, 2025.The complainant was allegedly contacted through a Facebook p…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) In a decisive operation aimed at protecting children from online sexual exploitation and strengthening digital safety, the capital’s Central District Police arrested 10 accused in a coordinated enforcement drive against accessing, uploading, and circulating Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM), officials said on Sunday.An official statement said that the operation was initiated following detailed analysis of digital indicators and international cyber tip…
Ahmedabad/Gwalior, July 17 (IANS) A 25‑year‑old man from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior has been arrested after allegedly posing as a Hindu youth on a messaging application to sexually exploit a 17‑year‑old girl, Ahmedabad Rural police said on Friday. Police said the girl was contacted in February this year on a messaging app called “A-Chat” by someone using the name “Sonu” and claiming to be a 23‑year‑old unmarried man.Over months, the man, who later identified himself as Bittukha…