
New Delhi: After launching attacks on a number of websites in protest against Internet censorship, hacker group Anonymous Operation India is planning a more traditional way of protest. Anonymous India announced its plans in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) press conference and also posted a YouTube video to promote the protest. In the press conference, Anonymous India claimed hacking into Reliance Communication's servers and accessed a list of URLs blocked...

04:34 PM, May 25, 2012

Anonymous Operation India, the hacker group apparantly behind recent attacks on a number of Indian websites in protest against the government and court orders to restrict access to certain websites had invited the media to join them on a Internet Relay Chat press conference on Friday. The hacking group alleged that the media chose to ignore their operations. The transcript follows: [14:30] <~BitMentor> Greetings ladies and gentlemen [14:31] <~BitMentor> Welcome...

03:04 PM, May 25, 2012

New Delhi: The US special operation in Pakistan's Abbottabad town in May last year that killed Osama bin Laden in his hideout appears to have been "unlawful" in the absence of clarification from the US, human rights group Amnesty International has said. "The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the US's theory of a global armed conflict between the US and al Qaeda, in which...

08:03 AM, May 25, 2012

Tokyo: The Delhi Metro's expansion plans got a boost with Japan keen to participate in its future projects as well as carry out feasibility study for the capital's mono rail systems and urban transportation. "We met the Japan International cooperation agency (JICA) officials yesterday and talked about participation in metros, also to look if they can do a study for mono rail systems and urban transportation," visiting Urban Development minister...

04:11 PM, May 24, 2012

Pune: The Income Tax Department is conducting an enquiry at the office of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Pune Warriors India. The enquiry follows a sting operation where some Pune Warriors India players allegedly took money for spot-fixing during the IPL matches. The money is alleged to have been paid in cash and Income Tax officials say that players shown in the sting operation could also be questioned. The sting...

12:20 PM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi: A senior Karnataka Administrative Officer probing site allotments has been attacked on Thursday. Eyewitnesses say he was dragged out of car and hit with iron rods. Deputy Director of Co-operative Society Audit Operation, SP Mahantesh was found lying on the road unconscious with critical head injuries. He is now in ICU at a private hospital in Bangalore. Pplice have registered a case of attempt to murder. Mahantesh was...

01:48 PM, May 17, 2012

New Delhi: The alleged spot-fixing scandal in the IPL had its echo in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday with members seeking a high-level probe into match fixing charges and the way in which black money was coming into play in it. The matter was raised during Zero Hour by Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar and supported by former cricketer Kirti Azad of the BJP. Kumar said when there was a...

02:46 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: The Board of Control of cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that it will examine the footage of a sting operation done by a Hindi news channel on spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The sting claims to have uncovered the lid on spot-fixing, and also black money deals in the IPL. In its official press release, the BCCI announced that the entire footage of the 'sting...

08:25 AM, May 15, 2012

Ahmedabad: In a veiled attack on the Centre, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that despite several attempts being made to throttle the truth, Gujarat will not be cowed down by opposition and non-cooperation. Speaking at the diamond jubilee function of Baaj Khedwal Kelvani and Sanskriti Mandal, Modi said several attempts are being made to throttle truth in the state but Gujarat government will not be cowed down...

12:34 AM, May 14, 2012

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has called for the trial court records on former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the fake arms deal case. The argument of expediting the case on the basis of Laxman's old age and medical condition has been rejected by the court. Laxman will now have to spend two months in jail. The next date of hearing in the case is July 5. Bangaru Laxman...

11:16 AM, May 11, 2012

New Delhi: Key strategic issues, including civil-nuclear cooperation, terrorism, situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran and security were discussed between the Prime Minister and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who also briefed Manmohan Singh on her recent China visit. Clinton, who is in New Delhi on the last leg of her three-nation Asia tour, called on Singh at his Race Course Road residence during which the two sides discussed...

12:58 AM, May 08, 2012

New Delhi: A Congress member in Rajya Sabha on Monday raised duplication in code naming as "operation Vijay" of liberating Goa and fighting Pakistani soldiers in Kargil and sought changing the name. The matter was raised by Shanta Ram Naik of Congress during discussion on working of defence ministry. "Operation to liberate Goa and armed conflict against Pakistani soldiers at Kargil are both code named as Operation Vijay which breeds...

07:54 PM, May 07, 2012

New Delhi: Seeking to allay apprehensions that the NCTC would infringe on the states' rights, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said the Standard Operating Procedure of the proposed anti-terror body will ensure that they are kept informed of all its operations. "The Government of India has come up with a detailed Standard Operating Procedure which ensures that the state governments concerned would be kept meaningfully informed of...

03:59 AM, May 06, 2012

Dhubri: More than 100 people have been found dead and the death toll from the boat accident in the Brahmaputra River in Assam's Dhubri continues to rise. As rescue teams searched for survivors, the families of those who died and those who were missing were inconsolable. A day after the ferry capsized, very few bodies have been recovered. There is no clarity on the number of people dead. While there...

09:08 PM, May 01, 2012