Women need to be aware of legal rights: DLSA

Visakhapatnam: Awareness is needed regarding the legal rights of women to prevent atrocities against them, said speakers at a meeting organised by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Gaytatri Cultural Welfare Society on Saturday.  The meeting was held to discuss at length about the ‘Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) Act’. Principal district…

Cyber crime finger at Assam singer

Guwahati, May 10: Police summoned budding Assamese singer Bhrigu Kashyap here today for questioning following an FIR lodged by popular singer Priyanka Bharali. She alleged that Kashyap had uploaded their “intimate pictures” on social media recently. Fearing arrest, Kashyap moved a court here today and was granted interim bail. The court asked Kashyap to appear…

Digital India and privacy

It has been a year since Digital India was launched—triggering several transformative programmes and investment flows into the technology sector. The initiative has captured the world’s imagination and has rightly catapulted India into the radars of most global technology players. But as more and more Indians go online and the internet starts wiring up the…