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Agencies discuss informal channels for fast info sharing among nations to solve crimes
By Neeraj Chauhan
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2020 12:53 PM IST
At least two officials who attended the conference said Indian agencies have been lately exchanging information with police forces or intelligence agencies of various countries on economic offenders, smugglers, cyber criminals and terrorists
Donald Trump says he won US presidential debate
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | Washington
PUBLISHED ON OCT 01, 2020 06:58 AM IST
Responding to questions on his remark regarding the far-right group Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by,” Donald Trump said he does not know who they are and would let the law enforcement agencies do their work.
MHA studies tools to monitor darknet
By Neeraj Chauhan | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2020 04:22 AM IST
Academia, start-ups/Incubation centres, and research and development (R&D) organisations are working on the project to find solutions for cybercrime investigation and digital forensic challenges.
UN chief ‘very saddened’ by casualties in Delhi violence
By Press Trust of India | United Nations
UPDATED ON FEB 27, 2020 02:58 PM IST
Communal violence over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in northeast Delhi killed at least 34 people and left over 200 injured till Thursday as police struggled to check the rioters who ran amok on streets, burning and looting shops, pelting stones and thrashing people.
Fear of violence during Trump’s visit may have pushed back J-K panchayat polls
By Harinder Baweja | Hindustan times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2020 04:51 PM IST
The sudden deferment was announced late on Tuesday night through a notification issued by the chief electoral officer (CEO), Shailendra Kumar. “Credible inputs from the law enforcement agencies” were cited as the reason for the postponement of the polls that had been announced on February 13.
Donald Trump renews vow to withdraw from Afghanistan
By Agence France-Presse | Washington
PUBLISHED ON FEB 05, 2020 11:50 AM IST
In one of his few foreign-policy points in a highly partisan State of the Union address to Congress, Trump offered his blessing for ongoing negotiations with Taliban militants.
Panel to study impact of verdicts on society
By Bhadra Sinha | Hindustan times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2020 11:57 PM IST
At a meeting on Monday last, the Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Bhupender Yadav-led 28 member panel unanimously agreed to start work on the study.
Chandigarh man gets 1-year jail for attacking public servant
By Shailee Dogra | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Mohali
UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2019 12:50 AM IST
His brother-in-law, who was also involved in the act, convicted too; had thrashed an education officer for cancelling the duty of his wife, the then director physical education
When caste, sanitation, impunity come together | HT editorial
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2019 09:27 PM IST
The killing of Dalit children for defecating in the open reveals the long battle ahead
‘Don’t harass people for producing digital vehicle documents’: Centre to states
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2019 10:04 PM IST
People can produce driving licences and vehicle registration and other vehicle related documents in electronic form to law enforcement agencies, according to transport ministry guidelines.
‘Shall walk with a clear conscience and head held high’: Chidambaram
By Saubhadra Chatterji | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 19, 2020 12:39 AM IST
Former finance minister P Chidambaram said he would expect the law enforcement agencies to wait till the Supreme Court decides his appeal against the Delhi High Court order cancelling protection against arrest in the INX media case
Fake call centre busted in Gurugram,four arrested for duping US citizens millions of dollars
By Leena Dhankhar | Hindustan Times,Gurugram
UPDATED ON AUG 09, 2019 08:13 AM IST
The police busted a fake call centre that had been operating out of an office in Sector 37 for the past five month.
Put security forces on maximum alert: MHA to states, Union Territories
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 05, 2019 03:20 PM IST
States and Union Territories are asked to keep security forces on “maximum alert” following decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir,also told the state governments that “special care” should be taken of Jammu and Kashmir residents and students residing in their state.
NRI-abandoned brides say bill lacks teeth, demand tougher measures
By Saurabh Chauhan | Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON MAY 18, 2019 05:41 PM IST
Battling barriers of police apathy and cumbersome legal procedures, several women of the state who were deserted by NRI husbands feel the need to have a strong law that protects their interests and brings the guilty to justice.
Indian embassy advisory for students hoping to study in US
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON APR 11, 2019 10:04 PM IST
The Indian embassy in Washington issued an advisory urging students hoping to study in the United States to go beyond the usual checks to ensure they were not applying to “fake” universities that law enforcement agencies here have set up in the past to “trap” immigration frauds suspects.
ICC to join hands with Interpol to fight corruption
By Press Trust of India | Dubai
PUBLISHED ON APR 03, 2019 12:49 PM IST
The ICC on Wednesday said it has sought ‘closer working relations’ with the Interpol, an organisation which facilitates worldwide police cooperation, to widen the scope of its fight against corruption in the sport
Privacy of electoral bond buyers vital: Centre tells Supreme Court
By Bhadra Sinha and Smriti Kak Ramachandran | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2019 11:40 PM IST
The affidavit was in response to a petition filed by the CPI (M) questioning the law that permits “unlimited and anonymous” corporate funding of elections by way of electoral bonds.
Government clears policy to sell vehicle registration data
By Anisha Dutta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 13, 2019 10:36 AM IST
On March 8, the government approved a Bulk Data Sharing policy, enabling it to monetise a database of vehicle registration certificates, citing benefits to the “transport and automobile industry”, even as the issue of privacy and data protection looms large over such sharing.
Pak bars Hafiz Saeed from leading Friday sermons, takes over JuD assets
By Imtiaz Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Islamabad
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2019 12:14 AM IST
The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday barred Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed from leading Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Qadsia at Chowburji Chowk in Lahore.
Detained 121 people, seized 182 madrasas, says Pak on action against terror
By Reuters | Islamabad
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2019 03:35 PM IST
The interior ministry said it was part of a long-planned drive, not a response to Indian anger over what New Delhi calls Islamabad’s failure to rein in militant groups operating on Pakistani soil.
ICC boss Dave Richardson ‘confident’ of corruption-free World Cup
By Agence France-Presse | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2018 07:31 PM IST
ICC boss Dave Richardson ‘confident’ of corruption-free World Cup
Railways to soon install black boxes to probe accidents and assess crew performance
By HT Correspondent | Indo-Asian News Service
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2018 06:59 PM IST
The video/voice recording system in locomotives would provide invaluable data to investigators to help them understand the sequence of events leading to an accident and to identify operational issues and human factors, including crew performance.
A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake news
By Sunil Abraham
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2018 07:08 PM IST
Transparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the target? How many people saw these advertisements? How many times? Transparency around viral content is also required
The setting up of the sex offenders registry is timely
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 20, 2018 06:51 PM IST
The sex offenders’ list will help in enabling justice and monitoring an offender’s future behaviour but the State must ensure that there is no overreach and misuse
Centre changes law to allow agencies to hold confiscated currency notes beyond specified limits
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 28, 2018 06:25 PM IST
Under the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, banned currency notes beyond a certain limit could be held only by the Reserve Bank, its agencies, or other person authorised by it, and in pursuance of court order.
Data localisation must go, it damages the global Internet
By Kritika Bhardwaj
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2018 12:51 PM IST
Mandatory data localisation may seem attractive based on notions of sovereignty, but it only makes the personal data more vulnerable in the process
The trafficking bill can be misused against victims and activists
By Ruchira Gupta
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2018 01:28 PM IST
This vagueness in definitions gives more power to the police and judiciary, who will become the interpreters of the law
Centre asks states to appoint nodal officer, task force in each district to check lynching
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2018 10:31 PM IST
To check incidents of lynching, the Centre has asked all states to appoint a superintendent of police-level officer in each district and set up a special task force to gather intelligence and monitor social media contents, so that no one is attacked on suspicion of being child lifters or cattle smugglers.
Gurugram Police cyber cell flooded with applications for its summer internship
By Naina Arora | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 01, 2018 12:34 PM IST
The annual internship programme by the city’s force will provide 100 students from law and technology backgrounds, intensive exposure to cyber security, and help them develop tools to assist law enforcement agencies against cyber crime and bullying.
Over 100 killed during ‘war on drugs’ in Bangladesh
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Dhaka
PUBLISHED ON MAY 29, 2018 03:03 PM IST
The deaths of alleged drug dealers by the elite anti-crime unit, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and the police has invited criticism from the rights group and foreign diplomats expressed concerns over the “extrajudicial killings”.
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