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Punjab objects to Centre-imposed internet ban in three districts

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government objected to the Centre’s move of invoking its special powers to ban mobile internet services in three districts of the state. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 09:38 am IST

International coalition writes to Vaishnaw over net shutdown framework

Union minister for telecommunications Ashwini Vaishnaw. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:18 am IST

Centre tells states to use mobile tracking method for quarantine enforcement

Doctors conducting COVID-19 test at Mahim Police colony during nation wide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai, on Friday, April 17, 2020.
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 10:53 pm IST

India’s record on internet shutdown gets bleaker; now blocked in 2 NE states

A man requesting police officer as he is being detained during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), in Agartala on Dec 11, 2019. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 06:08 pm IST

Ordinance to let people use Aadhaar as ID for mobiles, bank a/c cleared

The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the promulgation of an ordinance that will enable the Unique Identification Authority of India to have a more robust mechanism to “serve the public interest” and “restrain the misuse of Aadhaar”.
Updated on Mar 01, 2019 12:18 am IST

Why Internet shutdowns can hurt our economy and democratic values

The growing frequency of Internet shutdowns means the State is using them as a routine tool to tide over law and order breakdowns.
Updated on May 03, 2018 05:28 pm IST

Two telephone exchanges in Mumbai busted; man from UP held

The ATS raided the Mumbra house and seized five illegal international gateways, SIM boxes, 95 SIM cards, three routers and one laptop.
Published on Apr 21, 2018 01:11 am IST

Govt’s optical fibre cable project BharatNet entangled in turf war

BharatNet, launched in 2012, is aimed at promoting e-governance by delivering government services related to health and education , skills training and so on, to the rural poor. Until December 2017, only 100,000 gram panchayats had been connected through optic fibre cable under Phase I of the project . The total project cost is 45,000 crore.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 07:30 am IST