Airlines told to share international fliers' PNR with customs

Airlines will have to mandatorily share PNR (passenger name record) details of passengers with customs authorities 24 hours prior to departure of international flights, a move which will help......

Govt setting up high-tech platform under IB to track new age criminals

Security and intelligence agencies will soon be provided with a new platform which is technologically advanced, secure and helpful in dealing with new age criminals and anti-social elements,......

Planned after Mumbai terror attack, Modi likely to launch NATGRID soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is soon expected to launch the National Intelligence Grid or NATGRID that aims to provide a "cutting-edge technology to enhance India's counter-terror capabilities",......

No jail time for former TVU students

Four former Tri Valley University students of Indian origin, who faced federal criminal charges in the United States, have been spared serving one-year jail time. On July 11, 2014, the day of......

Back to the wall, will Choksi still manage to pull off a trick or two?

Given how everything has played out, Mehul Choksi, now 62, achieved all that he wanted but for all the wrong reasons, says Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Mehul Choksi arrives at the magistrate's court in......

I-T dept to share PAN, bank details with 10 intel agencies

The income tax department will share PAN and bank account details of any entity with 10 investigative and intelligence agencies, including the CBI and NIA, under the integrated counter-terrorism......

Tax dept to share assessee data with NATGRID

The National Intelligence Grid or NATGRID, a network aimed at sharing information about terrorists among security agencies, will now be getting access to the income tax department's PAN records......

Obama opens US border to more talent from India

US President Barrack Obama's immigration reform push late on Thursday seeks to significantly liberalise the visa regime for students, professionals and budding entrepreneurs, as the US tries to......

Sports Shorts: Ivanisevic headlines Hall of Fame nominations

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: Goran Ivanisevic, who remains the lowest-ranked player to win Wimbledon and the only male player to win a Grand Slam singles......

Indian sportsman pleads guilty to abusing minor in US

Hussain will now be deported as his visa expired in August. IMAGE: Kashmiri snowshoer Tanveer Hussain. Photograph: ANI/Twitter A 25-year-old Indian sportsman, who was arrested in New York in March......

$21.6 mln in counterfeit NFL goods, tickets seized ahead of Super Bowl

Phony NFL merchandise and tickets worth $21.6 million have been seized and 50 people arrested in a crackdown on counterfeiting ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, U.S. law enforcement officials......