New Delhi: Soon after China detonated its first atom bomb in 1964, CIA tried to plant a nuclear-powered surveillance device atop Nanda Devi to spy on the communist nation. Though the secret mission failed and the device was lost there, it created ripples in the Indian establishment 12 years later. The espionage mission remained top secret till April 1978 when a news report published in a US magazine "Outside" claimed...
10:55 AM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: The 26/11 Mumbai attacks, India was taken by surprise but soon, our forces were ready to hit back because our intelligence officers intercepted the communications of the terrorists with the Lashkar-e-Taiba's headquarters in Pakistan. Last week, Maoist military chief Kishenji was killed in West Bengal. The success came after incercepting his communications for many months. In between, we had the 2G tapes, which snowballed into a major controversy....
10:00 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Washington: The US Supreme Court for the first time will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether police need a warrant to track a suspect's vehicle with a GPS device, another clash between new surveillance technology and basic privacy rights. It is the latest case involving constitutional privacy rights protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures of evidence, and police use of data from new technologies such as beepers, cellphones and computers....
01:09 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Geneva: After France, Netherlands and Belgium, Switzerland is now on its way to become the fourth country in Europe to impose a ban on burqa, with lawmakers on Thursday voting for a far-right move to outlaw face veils in public. Swiss parliamentarians turned inwards on the sensitive issue of immigration on Thursday by endorsing a bill authored by a politician of a far-right party, that seeks to ban the wearing...
09:19 AM, Sep 29, 2011
Bangalore: Closed circuit TVs and high resolution night cameras would be installed at important locations and general crowded area of Bangalore as part of stepped up security for the tech hub, Karnataka Home Minister R Ashoka said on Saturday. This is being done as Bangalore was considered a terror target, he told reporters in Bangalore. The central government has assured to provide Rs 500 crore to implement what Ashoka called...
09:44 AM, Sep 18, 2011
Pune: An increasing number of rave parties in and around the city has prompted police to issue a set of guidelines which includes video graphing of the revelry at resorts and farmhouses hosting them. Now merry making would entail submission of the guest list with their addresses and contact numbers to the authorities in addition to installation of CCTV cameras and video-shooting of the event from start to finish, a...
06:22 PM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: All set to crack down on illegal phone tapping, the Centre has asked the government agencies and state governments to return all surveillance equipment. "MHA has not authorised any phone tapping of any political leaders," said Home Minister P Chidambaram in a damage control mode in Parliament last year. But the ghost of illegal phone tapping that's been haunting the government and corporate India refuses to go away...
08:11 PM, May 25, 2011
New Delhi: In its most ambitious holiday doodle project yet, Google has unveiled 17 illustrated portraits as its new Christmas doodle on its home page. It will remain on the site for two and half days. The new doodle displays a collection of festive scenes of people, places and cuisines across the world that seen in summation approximately joins to spell out the company's logo. Google has, over the years...
11:11 AM, Dec 24, 2010
Paris: Former French President Jacques Chirac will stand trial for embezzlement by early next year, his lawyer said on Tuesday. "It will take place in November, or more likely in January or February 2011," lawyer Jean Veil told Europe 1 radio. The Paris courthouse is expected to decide the date for the trial October 1. The allegations stem from Chirac's time as mayor of Paris. He allegedly used seven city...
01:49 PM, Sep 22, 2010
Madurai resident's petition dismissed by apex court. ...
08:57 AM, Jan 23, 2010
Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar's statue will be unveiled in Bangalore. ...
03:22 PM, Aug 03, 2009
The 624-cc jellybean car has snub nose, sloping roof and room for five. ...
08:12 AM, Mar 23, 2009
The company will showcase the car at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday. ...
09:41 PM, Mar 02, 2009
Tech city gears up to counter terror with smart cameras for surveillance. ...
12:33 PM, Aug 27, 2008
Cape Town: Ajit Agarkar's all-round display backed by a composed half century from Virender Sehwag helped Delhi Daredevils beat Perth Scorchers by three wickets and move a step closer to a semi-final berth in the Champions League Twenty20 here on Sunday. After Delhi's pace duo of Morne Morkel and man of the match Agarkar restricted Scorchers to 121 for five in 20 overs, the Daredevils struggled despite Sehwag's half century...
07:53 AM, Jul 10, 2008
London: Somerset's wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Butler has been awarded an incremental contract for 2011-12 by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). This award reflects the contribution Jos has made this year in the shorter formats of the game for England and we congratulate him on his achievement, said national selector Geoff Miller. Butler qualifies for the award after playing nine Twenty20's and one 50-over international in the contract year. The...
05:40 PM, Jun 29, 2008
New Delhi: It is simply a question of when rather than if. When will England beat this woeful India side to go 3-0 up in the series and become the top Test side in the world. England stamped their authority over the Indians, keeping them virtually out of the Birmingham Test by piling on 456 runs for the loss of just three wickets, thus taking 232 runs lead by the...
12:16 PM, Feb 20, 2008
Melbourne: Former India cricket coach and Australia's national selector Greg Chappell has said that his country does not have the liberty to waste talents like India, which has a rich reserve pool. Fresh from his return to Boston Red Sox and the University of Texas football program to tap into their expertise in identifying talented players, Chappell said, We're not like India, we can't waste talent. They can have a...
01:40 PM, Jan 15, 2008
A high alert has been sounded and experts have widened surveillance in the state. ...
08:52 AM, Jul 26, 2007
This is being seen as an effort to woo minority votes in Presidential elections. ...
02:58 PM, Jun 29, 2007
