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SC denies urgent hearing on PIL challenging govt's surveillance notificati
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Dec 24, (ANI): The Registrar of the Supreme Court on Monday denied early hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification allowing 10 agencies to conduct mass surveillance.
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Snooping row: MHA order will get challenged in court soon, says Kapil Siba
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) order allowing 10 agencies to monitor any computer resource is unconstitutional and will get challenged in court soon, said senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday.
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RTI reveals as many 9000 phones, 500 e-mails intercepted each month during
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 22, (ANI): As many as 9000 phones and 500 e-mails were intercepted each month in 2013 during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, an RTI has revealed.
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Repeated same order existing since 2009: Jaitley on MHA surveillance order
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has only repeated the same order, pertaining to surveillance, which was there since 2009.
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New surveillance order akin to Telegraph Act, says Govt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Every individual case will continue to require prior approval of Home Ministry or state government and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has not delegated its powers to any law enforcement or security, the government on Friday clarified on its latest directi
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Opposition unites on MHA's surveillance directive, terms it 'undemocratic,
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The recent directive of the Ministry of Home Affairs empowering select security and intelligence agencies with surveillance right, has invited collective ire of the Opposition.
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Govt empowers security, intelligence agencies for mass surveillance
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Centre on Friday authorised select security and intelligence agencies for purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource.
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Cop who probed Sohrabuddin encounter case suspended
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has suspended Gujarat cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rajnish Rai, who probed Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
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MHA approves new tourist, trekking routes in Ladakh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday approved the proposal of J&K government to open up more tourist and trekking routes in Ladakh region of the state.
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Deploy AI tools to curb objectionable contents: MHA to social media platfo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 8 (ANI) The central government has asked social media giants to soon deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to identify obscene and objectionable contents inciting violence and hatred, Ministry of Home Affairs officials said here on Friday.
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MHA asks ministries to circulate cyber safety handbook in schools
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): In order to create awareness about cyber safety among school children, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday wrote to various ministries to circulate a handbook on cyber safety to all the schools run by them.
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Delhi HC asks MHA to look into complaints against NDMA, NIDM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to look into complaints regarding the functioning of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and reply within four weeks.
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