With their favourite movies and music available through a host of mobile devices and ability to connect to people just a mouse click away, children are increasingly exchanging information indiscriminately in the virtual world exposing themselves to cyber exploits, a recent survey reveals. A sample survey "How safe are Indian kids online?" commissioned by global security
In today`s world, Internet may have become a necessity, but cyber bullying is far more intense and dangerous than "traditional" harassment because it`s harder to escape from the 24-hour online world, a new study has found. The research also found that four out of 10 women have suffered electronic harassment after dating online and 20 per cent of online stalkers u
Pakistan security agencies have `failed` to dismantle a "multi-faceted" communication network of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, even months after detaining some mid-ranked army officers for links to the group, a media report said on Monday. "Yes, we are at it... making efforts to dismantle whatever means they (HuT activists) are using to communicate with society and
The CBI has been asked by the Assam government to investigate the alleged derogatory comments made against the Tai Ahom community in Facebook by the editor-in-chief of a local private TV news channel. In a note to the chief secretary, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directed him to ask the CBI to take up the cases filed by the police and investigate them independently.
City Police on Monday arrested three persons, including a woman, for allegedly sending "highly offensive and derogatory" emails to a senior IAS officer that were also forwarded to various government offices for "defaming" the bureaucrat and his wife, who is also an IAS officer. The complainant A Vidyasagar, Principal Secretary (Tribal Welfare) in the Social We
The Indian IT industry will not be impacted in the near term by the uncertain global economic environment, the software services body Nasscom on Monday said, exuding confidence that the sector will "sail through" the crisis, which has been intensified by the downgrade of US credit rating. The downgrade by credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s last Friday has
The Centre will consult states on direct transfer of kerosene subsidy in cash to the intended beneficiaries instead of current practice of subsidising the fuel, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said on Monday. "We cannot finalise any programme on kerosene unless we discuss (it) with the state governments," Reddy told reporters after a meeting of an Empowered Group of Ministe
The Income Tax department has decided to share it`s PAN card database with the NATGRID -- a network aimed to initiate robust information sharing amongst law enforcement agencies to tackle terror threats at home and abroad. The department, after getting approval from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has however, stopped short of sharing the `sensitive` and `highly sensiti
Sachin Pilot, minister of state for communication and information technology said that the department of IT under its “Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme” has brought out CDs containing software tools for all the 22 constitutionally recognised Indian languages. In a written reply to a question, Pilot informed the Rajya Sabha that the software
Milind Deora, minister of state for communication and information technology said that department of telecommunication has received a letter from ministry of home affairs to ensure effective monitoring of social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter in order to strengthen cyber security paraphernalia. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Deora said the telecom service p
An advocate here has moved the Madras High Court for a direction to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to take action against a private mobile phone service provider claiming that he had been receiving obscene messages on his cell phone despite requests to stop them. Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar directed issue of notice to TRAI, Union Telecommunication Secretary and
Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Innovation Council Sam Pitroda today described knowledge as the key to success in this age. Pitroda, while delivering the fourth foundation lecture organised by Sikkim University through video conferencing from Chicago, described knowledge not only as the key to success in this age but also as the main driving force behin
The Orissa Government has plans for introducing a comprehensive automation-based unified software for monitoring of various developmental and poverty eradication schemes including MGNREGA. The blue print of the proposed software planned by the Panchayati Raj department was presented at a high-level meeting here over the week-end, official sources said today. The pr
Taiwanese firm MSI today launched `Enjoy` range of tablet PCs, with prices starting from Rs 13,999 to cash in on the burgeoning `tablet` market in India. A tablet PC, though smaller in size, has PC-like functionalities. The tablet series, based on Google`s Android platform, will be available in two variants -- 7-inch (Rs 13,999) and 10-inch (Rs 14,999).
Fifty low-floor swanky buses were today added to the cluster bus service which was rolled out in the city on the lines of those in London and Paris. With induction of the 50 buses, the number of buses under the cluster I fleet has gone up to 100. The first cluster service, operated by a private entity, was launched in May. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Transport Ministe
Facebook has closed a social networking page that encouraged Irish republicans to post pictures and personal details of Northern Ireland police officers. Facebook took the action on Friday after Northern Ireland police and politicians complained that the page, called Crown Forces Watch, was an intelligence-gathering tool for Irish Republican Army dissidents. IRA splinter groups r
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), the flagship project of the Union Home Ministry, will be in place in two districts of Haryana, namely Gurgaon and Panchkula by March 2012 on pilot basis. The project is a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effective policing at all levels, especially at the police station level, through ado
You can now post your complaints on quality of roads or the government schemes on road sector and other issues on Road Transport Ministry`s dedicated Facebook page, which was launched on Friday. After launching the page, Transport Minister C P Joshi expressed hope that the dedicated Facebook page will work as "an effective medium for complaint redressal and providing feedback" for the
Gujarat`s Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta has lodged a complaint with the state cyber cell accusing IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt of hacking his e-mails, police said. "A case has been registered against IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt after a complaint was lodged against him by the Additional Advocate General of Gujarat High Court accusing him of hacking his e-mails," Jo
The digital trove of credit card numbers and emails stolen by the group known as Anonymous came from towns across rural America places like Gassville, Arkansas and Tishomingo County, Mississipi, where officers don`t usually have to worry about international hackers. That may have made them an easy score. The loosely knit hacking collective said on Saturday that it attacked 70 mos
