NEW DELHI:The Centre has sent a notice to tech major Apple regarding the threat notification received by several members of Parliament (MPs), which read “state-sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone”, the Information Technology (IT) Secretary S Krishnan said on Thursday. This comes after the Centre said that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) […]
NEW DELHI:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in an excise policy-linked case and wrote to the agency demanding withdrawal of the notice summoning him, claiming it was “illegal and politically motivated”. According to official sources, the ED is now expected to issue fresh summons to […]
NEW DELHI:Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla flagging alerts received by several opposition leaders about “state-sponsored” attacks on their iPhones, and urged him to provide them protection to continue doing their duties. This “illegal surveillance by the government” is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that suspending an MP does have “serious repercussions” on the right of the electorate being represented by him. A bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha against his […]
NEW DELHI:Out of the 174 candidates analysed, who are fighting for the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, seven have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 114 have assets more than Rs one crore, a report revealed on Monday. The report has been prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Mizoram Election Watch which analysed the […]
NEW DELHI:Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday took a jibe at the Centre on the electoral bond issue, saying that the ‘BJP has made its intention clear as it will raise its funds from big corporates in an opaque manner’. He said that the answer to this was a transparent crowd-funding from small donors […]
RAIPUR:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address four public meetings in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday and Sunday, a party functionary has said. Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Raipur at 11.45 am on Saturday and proceed to Bhanupratappur constituency to address a rally at 1 pm, Sushil Anand Shukla, head of the state Congress’ communication wing, said […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner. A bench headed by Justice BR Gavai said the petition is abuse of the process of law as no fundamental right of the petitioner […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Last of the living legends of the Left, V.S. Achuthanandan, who was one of the 34 Communist Party of India members who walked out of the party in 1964 to form the CPI-M, will turn 100 on Friday. Achuthanandan, popularly known as VS to all, has, for the past four years, slipped out of public […]
BHUPALPALLY:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised that once voted to power in Telangana, the party will undertake a caste census in the state. Addressing corner meetings during Vijayabheri Yatra in Bhupalpally district on Thursday, he described caste census as the biggest issue in the country and questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]