New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a fresh advisory warning about the growing misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by cybercriminals to create highly convincing deepfake videos and synthetic identities aimed at compromising financial and digital ecosystems. According to the advisory issued by the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Home Ministry, cyber fraudsters are increasingly leveragi…
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New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Gangster Vainket Garg has been successfully extradited from Georgia to India on Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced.The CBI, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Haryana Police, brought back Garg on Thursday, officials said.Garg, a known gangster, was wanted in several cases registered by the Haryana Police for offences relating to murder, attempt to murder, extortion, organised cri…
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it has successfully secured the deportation of Red Notice subject Ganesh Balaso Kale from Thailand to India. The deportation process was carried out in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and the Embassy of India in Bangkok.According to the officials, Kale is wanted in connection with cybercrime fraud, in which victims were lured by the offer of online …
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought a major overhaul of India’s prison system from a gender perspective. It has recommended the creation of a ‘National Commission for Prisons’. The Commission has also proposed wide-ranging legal and administrative reforms to improve the lives of women prisoners, pregnant inmates, children living in prisons and transgender detainees. The recommendations are part of the Commission’s Law Review 2025–26 Report on Laws Relat…
Puducherry, June 10 (IANS) The long-awaited expansion of the Puducherry Council of Ministers is set to take place on June 17, paving the way for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy to attain its full strength and begin the allocation of portfolios ahead of the presentation of the Union Territory’s annual budget. The expansion follows approval from President Droupadi Murmu for the appointment of three legislators as ministers.Acting on the recomm…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a Land Port Management System (LPMS) to improve border and internal security, underscoring the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s promise to secure the frontier and promote cross-border trade. Calling the creation of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) an outcome of a recommendation made in a report, Home Minister Shah said that Prime Minister Modi’s vision has not only made it a first layer of security bu…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) In a move to improve border and internal security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch a Land Port Management System (LPMS) on Tuesday.”The LPMS is a state-of-the-art digital platform designed to integrate operations across land ports into a unified system. It enables secure, real-time exchange of logistics and regulatory information, bringing land ports at par with digital systems operational at airports and seaports,” the official said in a statement.This initiat…
Guwahati, June 8 (IANS) The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) will implement the Cell Broadcast System (CBS) across the state to strengthen disaster preparedness and ensure the timely dissemination of emergency alerts to citizens and officials, officials said on Monday. According to an official statement, the CBS, an indigenous public warning system launched by the Government of India on May 2 this year, has become fully operational in Assam through ASDMA. The system was develope…
Agartala, June 8 (IANS) Hundreds of surrendered extremists belonging to the now-disbanded National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) on Monday threatened to launch a 72-hour blockade of highways and railway lines from June 12, protesting the alleged non-implementation of key provisions of a tripartite rehabilitation agreement signed with the Centre and the Tripura government.Leaders of the surrendered militants, while announcing the proposed blockade, claimed …
Singapore, June 7 (IANS) Singaporean authorities have ordered social media platforms to block access to several online posts that were targeting the Indian community by suggesting that the island nation was being overrun by Indians, a report said.Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Saturday that the investigation revealed that the content most likely originated from a platform based in China and was subsequently carried on other platforms and websites.According to M…