Bangalore: All websites, including social media sites, would have to operate within the India laws and be responsible for hosting any content, Minister of State for Communications & IT Sachin Pilot said on Monday. "Be it a social media website or any other site on internet, they all have to operate within the laws of the country and they should be accountable and responsible for what they put up on...
01:10 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Bangalore: The government on Monday said there was no question of blocking or censoring social networking and other websites hosting content but maintained that they should operate within the ambit of Indian laws and be accountable. "Whether it's social media website company or any company for that matter, they all have to operate within the laws of the country. And what we have said is there must be responsible behaviour...
03:29 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Bangalore, Concerned over nearly 80 million mobile subscribers of new telecom operators, the government on Monday said it is looking at various options to protect the interest of subscribers following the Supreme Court's order to cancel 122 licenses given to the telecom companies. Customers will not be affected much from the 2G verdict as they have been given four months to cease operations. It means users have enough time to...
02:30 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Davos: Amid raging debate over restricting content on social networking sites, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot has said it is the right of people, institutions, groups or any entity to object if something is hurting their sentiments. "If they believe something is hurting their sentiments, to put something which is blatantly objectionable, I think they must have the right to seek legal recourse where they can...
12:34 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal met officials of Internet giants like Google and Facebook in Delhi on Thursday to formulate content guidelines for social networking sites. Minister of State for Communication and IT Sachin Pilot as well as Department of Telecom Secretary K Chandrashekhar were also present at the meeting. The private players have objected to the government's censorship of web content. They have suggested that instead of...
01:56 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday kicked off the party's campaign for the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly election in Phulpur by saying that UPites have been forced by failed governments to beg in Maharashtra. In a debate that followed, the party came to his defence while the opposition claimed Rahul had insulted the people of UP. Defending the Gandhi scion, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said that the...
08:39 AM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: India's Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot will lead a delegation of senior officials from the IT department, National Security Council and the external affairs ministry to a two-day international cyber conference in London. "The conference will deliberate upon issues related to economic and social benefits of cyber space, anticipating, preventing and tackling cyber crime and international implications of actions in cyber space," said a...
09:51 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Srinagar: Union Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday said he supported the nobility of Anna Hazare's cause but the sanctity of the Parliament to carry out legislation process had to be respected. "Anna ji is a respected person. I support the nobility of his cause but we have to respect the sanctity of the (legislation) process," Pilot told. The Union Minister of state for IT and Communications, said, everyone including the...
04:40 PM, Aug 20, 2011
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If politics were to mirror celluloid, then clearly our netas seem out of step. A fortnight ago, two Hindi films were released: 'Budha Hoga Tera ...
12:09 AM, Jul 15, 2011
New York: It will be a different gathering of Parliament members with no marshals to throw out and no zero hour to show their lung power. Here the Speaker will be replaced by professors and the MPs will sit in the classroom taking notes and quiz. The 2011 cohort of 13 members of India's parliament will come to the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut on June 16 to...
11:20 PM, Jun 12, 2011
On 'The Week That Wasn't', Cyrus brings you the funnier side to UPA II's completion of two years. ...
11:44 PM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: Communication and IT minister Sachin Pilot was held and later on released by the Uttar Pradesh police under section 151 on Sunday. He was on his way to meet the farmers of Bhatta-Parsaul village in regard to the farmers' stir against land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government. Pilot had earlier on Sunday visited Dasna Jail to meet the Noida farmers. He said that the incident, in regard...
02:37 PM, May 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Prime Minister on Sunday announced financial aid of Rs 50,000 for those seriously injured and Rs 10000 for those with minor injuries, for farmers and their family members injured during the recent incidents at Bhatta Parsaul and Acheypur village areas in District Gautam Buddha Nagar. On Sunday Sachin Pilot visited Dasna Jail to meet the farmers. He said that the incident needs to be probed. "The NCW...
02:26 PM, May 22, 2011
Guwahati: Major parties have lined up a long list of star campaigners to woo voters in Assam where assembly polls are scheduled for April 4 and 11. The ruling Congress, bidding for return to power for the third consecutive term, has a long list of prominent persons, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, to campaign for the party. There are others like Youth Congress leader Rahul...
10:34 AM, Mar 22, 2011
CNN-IBN speaks NK Singh, Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Sachit Pilot to find out their reactions to the Budget. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 28, 2011
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