TRANSPARENCY:Commissioner of Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav launching computerisation of FIRs at Tallakulam station in the city on Friday.— Photo: G. Moorthy As part of the State-wide initiative to improve transparency and accessibility Computerised registration of First Information Reports (FIRs) was launched in all police stations in Madurai City and Rural police limits on Friday as…
Unnao (UP): Rooting for Muslim women’s right to enter mosques, firebrand BJP leader Sakshi Maharaj on Saturday asked the judiciary to mediate so that they could get their due. “Muslim women should also have right to enter mosques as the Hindu women have the right to enter and perform puja in temples”, Sakshi Maharaj, local…
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Saturday decided to depute its six women members to create awareness about rights of Muslim women enshrined in the Shariyat (Islamic jurisprudence). The Board members, who met at Nadwatul Ulama on Saturday, also directed women members to ensure concerns related to women’s rights as per Shariyat were…
JAMMU: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in an RTI reply has admitted that it has received over 5,000 complaints from mobile subscribers across the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In an RTI reply to the information seeker RTI activist Raman Sharma the DGM(CM) cum Public Information Officer of the BSNL informed that during 11 months’…
In a communiqué issued at the end of the 13th summit of the OIC at Istanbul, the bloc comprising 57 Islamic nations expressed concern over “indiscriminate use of force and gross violations of human rights” by security forces of India in Kashmir. India rejected all references to Kashmir in the final communiqué of the OIC…
US-based content delivery company Akamai has made seven acquisitions over the past four years in order to stay relevant and play a role in the future of Internet. One of the most significant acquisitions for the $1.8-billion technology company so far is Octoshape, a startup building a platform that enables the delivery of content over…
NEW DELHI: Google has extended free internet service through WiFi to 10 railway stations as part of its tie up with Railtel, the internet provider arm of Indian Railways. After the first launch at Mumbai Central last year, the high speed wireless broadband service now covers stations in Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Ranchi, Raipur, Vijayawada, Kacheguda…
New Delhi: The residents of Jammu & Kashmir have collectively lost access to high-quality Internet connectivity for anywhere between 18 to 25 days over the last four years, according to an analysis of Internet shutdowns in the region. Data from Freedom House reports, media accounts and government notifications shows that from January 2012, there have…
After India said ‘no’ to Free Basics and opted for net neutrality recently, the social networking giantFacebook has unveiled two new initiatives to improve internet services for the rural population in the developing countries, including India.
PwC’s Global Economic Crime Survey 2016 states that one in every four organisations in India are impacted by economic crime. While economic crime is on a decline across the world, the same cannot be said about India because the country is slightly behind the curve in adopting global best practices in terms of rules and…