News for 'sensitive information'

Arrested journalist passed on secrets to Chinese intel: Cops

Arrested journalist passed on secrets to Chinese intel: Cops

Rediff.com19 Sep 2020

The Delhi Police said it has arrested a Chinese woman and her Nepalese associate, and claimed that they were paying huge amounts of money to freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma for allegedly passing sensitive information to 'Chinese intelligence'.

Escort to female health staffers among security norms for central hospitals

Escort to female health staffers among security norms for central hospitals

Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

In a communication sent to all heads of central government hospitals, the ministry asked them to ensure adequate number of well secured duty rooms with basic amenities for female health professionals and deployment of women health professionals at night be preferably done in more than one in number.

Boundary question sensitive, complicated: Chinese Envoy

Boundary question sensitive, complicated: Chinese Envoy

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

In remarks titled 'Implement Consensus and Handle Differences Properly to Bring China-India Relations Back on the Right Track' posted on the Chinese embassy website, Sun spoke of disruptions in the bilateral relationship and outlined five steps to clarify 'some fundamental points'.

American admits sending sensitive military blueprints to India

American admits sending sensitive military blueprints to India

Rediff.com24 Oct 2013

An American defence contractor has pleaded guilty to having illegally sent blueprints of military hardware to India, including parts used in nuclear submarines.

Why Gujarat cops are visiting 'sensitive' Dalit villages

Why Gujarat cops are visiting 'sensitive' Dalit villages

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

'Police officers have to meet Dalits and other communities, find out about issues that could lead to law and order problems.'

CBIC Goes Soft On GST Investigations

CBIC Goes Soft On GST Investigations

Rediff.com23 Apr 2024

The principal commissioner has been made responsible for developing and approving any intelligence, conducting search, and completing investigations and relevant subsequent actions, including at the lower field formations, points out T N C Rajagopalan.

Kolkata rape-murder: SC censures police for delaying FIR

Kolkata rape-murder: SC censures police for delaying FIR

Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised Kolkata Police for their 'extremely disturbing' delay in registering the case of a woman doctor who was raped and killed at RG Kar Hospital, while also urging the agitating doctors to return to work amid the fourteenth day of disruptions in healthcare services in Bengal's state-run hospitals.

Wolf attacks: 'The animals have turned aggressive because...'

Wolf attacks: 'The animals have turned aggressive because...'

Rediff.com8 Sep 2024

An invasion of wolves is keeping the forest authorities on their toes in Bahraich, where the animal is suspected to have killed at least six people and wounded several, all within a very short span.

Zero FIR, online complaints: New criminal laws ready for rollout on July 1

Zero FIR, online complaints: New criminal laws ready for rollout on July 1

Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 mark a significant step towards empowering Indian citizens and aim to create a more accessible, supportive and efficient justice system for everyone, official sources said.

'Ratan Made You Feel Special'

'Ratan Made You Feel Special'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2024

'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it was very, very, prominent.'

Avoid sensationalising tunnel rescue ops: Govt to TV channels

Avoid sensationalising tunnel rescue ops: Govt to TV channels

Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

The advisory, issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, also told private television channels to be sensitive in their reportage, especially while putting out headlines and videos of the rescue operations, considering the psychological status of family members of the trapped workers.

Beware Of This SCAM!

Beware Of This SCAM!

Rediff.com3 May 2024

'Avoid rushing into any financial transactions or disclosing personal information.'

Sheikh Hasina's India stay will not hurt bilateral ties: Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina's India stay will not hurt bilateral ties: Bangladesh

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

Hossain said they will "always try to maintain good relations" with India.

Pak-bound ship from China of banned chemicals seized at TN port

Pak-bound ship from China of banned chemicals seized at TN port

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

Pakistan is allegedly working on an offensive chemical and biological warfare program with the help of its 'all-weather friend' China.

Haneef's lawyers not given sensitive documents

Haneef's lawyers not given sensitive documents

Rediff.com16 Nov 2007

His lawyers argued in court that the immigration department's unwillingness to hand over the sensitive documents seemed like a cover-up.

Qatari court accepts India's appeal on ex-Navy personnel's death sentence

Qatari court accepts India's appeal on ex-Navy personnel's death sentence

Rediff.com24 Nov 2023

A Qatari court has accepted the appeal document on the sentencing of eight former Indian naval personnel to death, sources familiar with the matter said.

Pak ex-PM Imran Khan gets bail, but will stay in jail

Pak ex-PM Imran Khan gets bail, but will stay in jail

Rediff.com10 Feb 2024

Khan will remain in jail as he is convicted in many other cases.

Historic shift: New criminal laws to replace British-era laws on July 1

Historic shift: New criminal laws to replace British-era laws on July 1

Rediff.com30 Jun 2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who piloted the laws, said the new laws would give priority to providing justice, unlike the British-era laws that gave primacy to penal action.

Global companies get sensitive IT projects: CPI

Global companies get sensitive IT projects: CPI

Rediff.com27 Dec 2010

The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday claimed that global software companies were being given "undue advantage" in sensitive IT projects of some key state-run bodies and the Indian Railways by designing tenders to suit them rather than their Indian counterparts.

All meetings of PM not sensitive: CIC to PMO

All meetings of PM not sensitive: CIC to PMO

Rediff.com26 Jun 2011

Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra rejected the contentions of the PMO which had claimed that such class of information could not be provided "without compromising interests of the State and other specified concerns".

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Rediff.com4 Nov 2024

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion' into Tawang at the LAC in December 2022, helping India thwart China's expansionist designs, show how operationally effective the USA-India friendship has become on the ground. A engaging excerpt from Sreeram Chaulia's must-read new book, Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners.

Patels and the politics of 'sensitive areas'

Patels and the politics of 'sensitive areas'

Rediff.com25 Nov 2015

'When you read that for the first time, areas in Gujarat dominated by Patidars/Patels have been declared 'sensitive' for the civic polls that were held this week, you sit up and take note,' says Jyoti Punwani.

Don't share Aadhaar number, says UIDAI after TRAI chief's dare

Don't share Aadhaar number, says UIDAI after TRAI chief's dare

Rediff.com31 Jul 2018

An all-out war has been raging on Twitter since Saturday after Trai chief R S Sharma shared his Aadhaar number publicly, challenging anyone to show how mere knowledge of the number can be misused to harm him. While some claimed to have got access to his bank account number and email, Sharma refuted the claims saying they were untrue.

'It was to ensure...': UP govt defends kanwar yatra directive in SC

'It was to ensure...': UP govt defends kanwar yatra directive in SC

Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday defended its directive requiring eateries along the kanwar yatra route to display the names of their owners and staff, saying the idea was to bring in transparency, avoid 'potential confusion' and ensure a peaceful yatra.

WhatsApp leak case: Sebi levies fine up to Rs 45 lakh

WhatsApp leak case: Sebi levies fine up to Rs 45 lakh

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Sebi penalised Shruti Vishal Vora - found guilty of leaking price sensitive information related to financial results of Wipro, Asian Paints and Mindtree, and Parthiv Dalal for similar action in case of Wipro earnings.

Mapping of sensitive areas: China probe against Coke

Mapping of sensitive areas: China probe against Coke

Rediff.com14 Mar 2013

The case is being handled jointly by China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geo-information and the Ministry of State Security.

Protests erupt in Assam as girl returning from tuition gang-raped

Protests erupt in Assam as girl returning from tuition gang-raped

Rediff.com24 Aug 2024

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Assam's Nagaon district, triggering massive protests by people on the streets.

ED must provide grounds of arrest in writing, says SC; rejects govt's plea

ED must provide grounds of arrest in writing, says SC; rejects govt's plea

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

The top court had come down heavily on the ED and said it is not expected to be "vindictive" in its conduct and must act with utmost probity and fairness.

Delhi HC asks ED to clarify journo's link to money-laundering probe

Delhi HC asks ED to clarify journo's link to money-laundering probe

Rediff.com26 Aug 2021

The Delhi high court on Thursday sought the Enforcement Directorate's response on the bail plea by Delhi-based freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, who was arrested in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged leakage and supply of sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers.

Cyber criminals make woman lawyer strip on camera, send Rs 14 lakh

Cyber criminals make woman lawyer strip on camera, send Rs 14 lakh

Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

A woman lawyer in Bengaluru fell prey to cyber criminals and during 'video arrest' for two days she not only lost money to the tune of Rs 14.57 lakh but also posed nude on camera for them, police sources said on Tuesday.

Biocon chief: Sebi's insider trading laws need an overhaul

Biocon chief: Sebi's insider trading laws need an overhaul

Rediff.com26 Jul 2021

When Biocon chairperson Kiran Majumdar-Shaw - well known for raising issues ranging from lack of civic services in Bengaluru to climate change - decided to take on the Indian stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), she forced the Indian corporate world and legal community to take notice. In an interview to Business Standard, Majumdar-Shaw called a Sebi order to impose a fine on insider trading charges against a Biocon employee and an external consultant an "Agatha Christie" fiction, which destroyed the reputation of "innocent people". "The order is pure harassment and has caused huge reputational damage to us and goes against the principles of good governance promised by this government," Mazumdar-Shaw said. "We will certainly appeal this," she added.

You'll face consequences for misuse of your ID, password: I-T Dept

You'll face consequences for misuse of your ID, password: I-T Dept

Rediff.com22 Dec 2016

The taxman asked users to secure their password with at least eight characters in length and a combination of lower case, upper case, numeric and special characters.

HC says govt has power to delete articles on RAW ops, rejects plea

HC says govt has power to delete articles on RAW ops, rejects plea

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

The bench added it was the petitioner who was putting the identity of intelligence officials at risk of getting exposed by discussing the issue in the court.

China bans its troops from making friends online

China bans its troops from making friends online

Rediff.com1 Jun 2011

China has banned its two-million strong military from using social networking and matchmaking websites "to prevent the leak of sensitive information". Chinese soldiers have also been barred from using the internet outside the army without permission.

Delhi HC grants bail to journalist in espionage case

Delhi HC grants bail to journalist in espionage case

Rediff.com4 Dec 2020

Freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma was arrested on September 14 by the Delhi Police Special Cell which has claimed that he was "found to be in possession of some defence-related classified documents".

Former Lt Gen on trial for leaking army secrets

Former Lt Gen on trial for leaking army secrets

Rediff.com24 Mar 2011

A retired lieutenant general has been put on trial by a Delhi court for allegedly divulging sensitive information about the country's arms and ammunition system to an international arms dealing firm.Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja put Lieutenant General (retired) Nirmal Puri on trial along with M/s Concord International Pvt Ltd's official Vinod Khanna, whom the top army officer had allegedly supplied sensitive information to in 1984-87.

SC sets aside HC order, rules child porn an offence under POCSO, IT laws

SC sets aside HC order, rules child porn an offence under POCSO, IT laws

Rediff.com23 Sep 2024

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held that watching and downloading child pornography are offences under the POCSO Act and the information technology law.

India's democratic dividend running out, points out new data

India's democratic dividend running out, points out new data

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

The report highlights that India's population in 2036 is expected to be more feminine compared to the 2011 population, as reflected in the sex ratio which is projected to increase from 943 in 2011 to 952 by 2036, highlighting a positive trend in gender equality.

Centre silent on Prajwal's diplomatic passport cancellation: K'taka HM

Centre silent on Prajwal's diplomatic passport cancellation: K'taka HM

Rediff.com22 May 2024

Parameshwara said the chief minister had written a letter to the prime minister on the issue, and added that cancelling Prajwal's passport after a warrant is issued against him is the Centre's duty.

Booking Travel Online? Read This!

Booking Travel Online? Read This!

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

During the trip, check your bank account and credit card statements regularly for unauthorised transactions.