New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed the hope that the Union government will take necessary and proper steps to put in place a robust regime for data protection, saying information…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) A court in Haryana on Thursday deferred its verdict on two criminal cases slapped against self-styled godman Rampal till August 29 in view of the verdict in a rape case against…
Bangkok, Aug 24 (IANS) Former United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan has put forward 88 recommendations to deal with the sectarian violence in Rakhine province of Myanmar and to foster development in the region. Annan,…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s judgment declaring the Right to Privacy a fundamental right will have no direct impact on WhatsApp and Facebook, a cyber security expert said on Thursday. “The reason…
Seoul, Aug 24 (IANS) Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung, was on Thursday preparing to face a verdict in his corruption trial which could mean imprisonment and leave South Korea’s conglomerate without a…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) From Kamal Haasan to Onir to Dia Mirza to Sridhar Rangayan, celebrities took to social media to welcome the Supreme Court’s judgment declaring the Right to Privacy a fundamental right,…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday rejected suggestions that the Supreme Court verdict on privacy was a setback and said the Modi government has viewed the right to…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Chandigarh and at nearby Panchkula and shut mobile internet services in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh for three days from Thursday as a special CBI court prepared…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Affirming India’s priority on data protection, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government does not give the right to release data to anyone, except in…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday described the Supreme Court judgment on the right to privacy as a landmark verdict and said it was an obvious setback for the central government which…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) The Punjab government has declared a public holiday in all its offices here on Friday, the day a CBI court will pronounce its judgment in a rape case against Dera Sacha…
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Thursday brought mixed news for Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, who is facing nepotism charges. While she got a huge relief in court, with a division bench of the Kerala High…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Ahead of Friday’s judgment in a rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Haryana’s Panchkula and the thousands of his supporters massing there, the Railways said it…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court judgment on right to privacy, saying it heralds a new era for individual rights, personal liberty and human dignity. In…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the right to privacy, saying the decision was “a major blow to fascist forces” and the rejection…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government has always held the Right to Privacy was a fundamental right. Quoting from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s speech in…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that with the Supreme Court ruling that right to privacy is a fundamental right it would be possible to ask the apex court…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah on Thursday moved an application seeking to appear before the court through video-conference apprehending he could be attacked by other inmates in the lock-up or…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Sharia police on Thursday set up checkpoints to implement Islamic law across Indonesia’s Aceh province. The checkpoints are part of a programme conducted monthly by the Sharia police, a department under…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In a major boost to individual freedom, the Supreme Court on Friday declared that right to privacy was a fundamental right and protected as an intrinsic part of life and…