Even as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has said Barack Obama's failed promises led to the leaks, the US President has defended his government's policy, while appearing to champion freedom over security. ...
09:33 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles: Hollywood actor George Clooney might be dating former wrestler Stacey Keibler, but his ex-girlfriend Lisa Snowdown says he stays in touch with her as well. Clooney dated Snowdown on and off from 2000 to 2005 and Snowdown says they are good friends now, reports contactmusic.com. "I haven't seen him for a while, but we text one another. He is a good guy. There are some people in your...
05:53 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Jammu: It's just a week for the Amarnath Yatra to begin in Jammu. Lakhs of devotees throng the icy mountain shrine every year. Network18 has got exclusive footage from inside the cave showing that the Shiv lingam has shrunk to half its size due to rising temperatures. The lingam, according to Srinagar's Met office, may further shrink owing to the excessive heat in the two weeks. Sonam Lotus, Director of...
12:29 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: After the US, the UK government too is being accused of spying and intercepting phone calls. A report in The Guardian claims that the UK government may have spied on G20 delegates at a 2009 summit that was held in London. The Guardian quotes from revelations of American whistleblower Edward Snowden. It says computers of delegates were monitored and their phone calls were intercepted on instructions of the British...
01:28 PM, Jun 17, 2013
London: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that Britain had prevented NSA leaker Edward Snowden from flying to London out of loyalty to its ally, the United States. In an interview given to Reuters and others ahead of the first anniversary of his seeking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Assange said he was concerned by reports that Britain had told airlines to stop Snowden from flying to...
06:53 AM, Jun 15, 2013
The Edward Snowden revelations that has brought to light Washington's snooping and monitoring activities of US citizens and the US government's stance on whistleblowers have lessons for India as well as New Delhi is in the process of rolling out a new cyber security architecture. Where does liberty end and where does the State take over? Barun Mitra, director of Liberty Institute, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the...
04:42 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Washington: Republican Senator Rand Paul on Thursday encouraged Americans to be part of a class-action lawsuit against the US government for its vast domestic surveillance program his latest salvo against the Obama administration's national security measures. Paul, a Tea Party favorite who is seen as a contender for the 2016 presidential race, announced his plans at a news conference that brought together the American Civil Liberties Union and outspoken Republicans...
06:41 AM, Jun 14, 2013
A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed on Sunday as the source of disclosures about the US government's secret surveillance programmes, risking prosecution by the US government. ...
11:46 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Washington: The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programmes as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks without offering details. In his first congressional testimony since revelations about the top-secret operations, Army Gen Keith Alexander insisted that the public needs to know more about how the programmes operate amid increasing unease about rampant...
05:58 AM, Jun 13, 2013
The US is pushing Hong Kong to extradite former CIA employee Edward Snowden who claimed responsibility for exposing the NSA spying system. ...
09:18 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Julian Assange said Edward Snowden has exposed one of the biggest truths of this century that the US government is conducting mass surveillance. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Washington: Edward Snowden's decision to flee to Hong Kong as he prepared to expose the US government's secret surveillance programs may not save him from prosecution due to an extradition treaty in force since 1998. A 29-year-old former CIA employee, Snowden has identified himself as the person who gave the Guardian and the Washington Post classified documents about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) obtained data from US telecom...
05:04 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Edward Snowden said that he would 'ask for asylum from countries that believe in free speech and oppose the victimisation of global privacy'. ...
12:50 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Washington: A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed on Sunday as the source of disclosures about the US government's secret surveillance programmes, risking prosecution by the US government. The leaks have reopened the post-September 11 debate about privacy concerns versus heightened measure to protect against terrorist attacks, and led the NSA to ask the Justice Department...
06:14 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Shimla: Heavy showers lashed most parts of Himachal Pradesh on Monday while high-altitude tribal areas received another spell of snowfall, providing the much needed relief to people from the scorching sun. The mercury, which was running six to eight degrees above normal for the past two weeks, plummeted after rains and thunderstorm, which also extinguished forest fires in the lower and mid-hills. In the state capital Shimla, heavy rains and...
05:41 PM, May 27, 2013
Manali: Rohtang pass, the gateway to fascinating Lahaul and Pangi tribal valleys, was opened for tourists after six months. The tribal areas received several spells of moderate and heavy snowfalls during the winters and the Pass was covered under eight to ten feet of impeccable snow and even after the winter was over and people had to wait for the pass to reopen. The thick blanket of snow which was...
07:35 AM, May 27, 2013
Shimla: The Rohtang Pass (13,050 ft), known as gateway to tribal Lahaul and Pangi valleys of Himachal Pradesh, will be opened for vehicular traffic by the first week of May after nearly four months. Snow clearing work on the pass is over and normal vehicular traffic to tribal valleys, which were cut off by road due to snowfall from December last year, will be resumed by first week of May,...
09:22 PM, Apr 25, 2013
London: Actress Kristen Stewart will be returning to the sequel of 'Snow White and the Huntsman' despite having an affair with the film's director Rupert Sanders. Universal Pictures' chairman Adam Fogelson confirmed the 23-year-old actress - who had a brief fling with Sanders that resulted in the end of his marriage to model Liberty Ross last year - is taking on the lead role again in the second instalment of...
03:40 PM, Apr 17, 2013
A winter storm marched into the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, dumping nearly two feet of snow in some places and knocking out power to about 250,000 homes and businesses. It largely spared the nation's capital, which was expecting much worse and had all but shut down. ...
04:06 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Washington was due to be hit by heavy, wet snow on Wednesday as a fierce snowstorm headed east after blanketing the Midwestern United States, snarling traffic and causing hundreds of flight cancellations. ...
10:57 AM, Mar 06, 2013
