New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Looking to check cyber frauds and financial crimes, the Union Home Ministry’s Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Finance Ministry’s Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) to enhance information sharing and coordination, an official said on Thursday.The MoU aims to enable both agencies to establish robust feedback mechanisms for enhancing fraud detection protocols at the national level, the official s…
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Guwahati, April 5 (IANS) Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika on Sunday accused Congress leader Pawan Khera of misusing personal information allegedly sourced from a social media post, terming it part of a “fake AI campaign”.In a post on X, Hazarika claimed that details related to a “Golden Card” were lifted from a Facebook group where a user had reported losing a wallet in Ajman, UAE. The original post sought public help to recover important documents, including Emirates ID cards, car registr…
Saharanpur, April 3 (IANS) Congress MP Imran Masood, responding to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks on the Women’s Reservation Bill, said on Friday that a special Parliament session has been convened for April 16, during which the legislation will be taken up for discussion.Speaking to IANS, Masood underlined that the groundwork for women’s reservation was laid during Sonia Gandhi’s leadership and asserted that the Bill had already been passed earlier.”It is not that the Bill was never clea…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) A political row has erupted on Friday after the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant, described West Bengal as “the most polarised state in the country” while taking cognisance of an incident linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.Responding to the court’s observations, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari welcomed the intervention and called for urgent action.He said that the apex court’s move was necessary, questioning how long silence could continue o…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) As many as 14 Bangladeshi infiltrators were arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on the New Delhi-bound North-East Express train.The arrests were made late Wednesday night at Jalpaiguri Road Station. Of the 14 arrested, five are women, and four are minors. Fake Indian identity documents, including fake Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, Indian mobile SIM cards, and Malaysian Ringgit, have been seized during their processions.The state…
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has written to the Union Home Ministry alleging inadequate security arrangements for its President, actor-turned-politician Vijay, during his ongoing election campaign in Tamil Nadu. The development has triggered controversy after the letter reportedly mentioned the name of a serving Governor instead of a current Union Home Ministry official.In its communication addressed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the party claimed that despite V…
Narayanpur, March 31 (IANS) As a success for anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, a 26-year-old armed Maoist cadre surrendered before authorities in Narayanpur district on Tuesday. The youth, identified as Bijlu Mandavi, carried a reward of one lakh rupees on his head and belonged to the North-West Joint Sub-Zonal Bureau technical department of the outlawed CPI Maoist organisation. Mandavi, a resident of Tushwal Panchayat under Barsur Police Station in neighbouring Bijapur district, laid down …
Amaravati, March 29 (IANS) Former Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to pass a Bill in the current session of Parliament to provide legal status to Andhra Pradesh’s capital, Amaravati. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday spoke to Amit Shah about the resolution passed by the state Assembly, urging the Centre to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 to accord legal status to the capital.Naidu recalled that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the …
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) After the Union Home Ministry issued an advisory regarding some elements trying to indulge in radicalisation in the event of the war in Iran, the Intelligence Bureau has now sounded an alert against a charity scam.Many groups have cropped up who are collecting donations in the name of the war in Iran. These elements are collecting funds on the pretext of welfare of the people of Iran who have been affected due to the war, an official said.Similar activity was discovere…
Hyderabad, March 25 (IANS) The Telangana BJP has urged Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to direct the Assembly Speaker to suspend the membership of AIMIM MLAs for showing disdain towards the national song in the Assembly.A delegation of BJP leaders led by the party’s state President N. Ramchander Rao on Wednesday met the Governor at Lok Bhavan and submitted a memorandum, seeking action against the AIMIM MLAs.The BJP brought to the notice of the Governor that on March 16, the first day of budget ses…