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"Will Protect Journalists, Pandits In Kashmir," Says Home Ministry Amid Fresh Threats
The Union Home Ministry said the government has taken several steps to protect the lives of people, including media persons, as security and intelligence agencies remain deployed across Jammu and Kashmir to thwart terrorists and their handlers
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Government Rubbishes Reports On Approval For Covaxin Due To Political Pressure
The Union Health Ministry today termed as "misleading" and "fallacious" media reports which claimed that regulatory approval for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin was rushed due to political pressure.
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Twitter Withholds Account of Popular Front of India in Response to Legal Demand Following Ban
Twitter on Thursday withheld the account of Popular Front of India (PFI) in India, after the Centre banned the outfit under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged terror links. The government on Wednesday ordered the blocking of all the social media traces of the banned outfit, including its Twitter, YouTube channels, Instagram, ...
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Centre Blocks 348 Apps Identified By Home Ministry
The government has blocked 348 mobile applications that were identified by the Home Ministry for transmitting users' information in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
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PUBG: Authorities Probing Alleged Killing Due to Game's Influence, Says Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Law enforcement agencies are investigating a media report of an alleged killing of a mother due to the influence of PUBG, or PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. Reports of banned apps appearing in new avatars using similar sounding names have been forwarded to the home ministry for examination, according...
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Home Ministry's Press Info Unit Opens Account On Koo
The Press Information Bureau's unit that is handling the Ministry of Home Affairs has opened an official account on the homegrown social media platform, Koo. The Home Ministry is among one of the most important ministries.
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Foreign Handles Trying To Use Delhi Rape To Trigger Clashes Ahead Of Polls: Sources
Social media influencers based out of Canada, the UK and the US are trying to spark communal violence using sensitive incidents such as the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi's Shahadra ahead of elections in states like Punjab and UP next month, sou
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"Fake": Centre Trashes Reports Of Vandalism At Tripura Mosque
The Union Home Ministry on Saturday said news circulating on social media about damage and vandalisation of a mosque in Tripura is fake and complete misrepresentation of facts.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Twitter Blocks 250 Accounts Over "Provocative" Posts On Farmers' Protest
Hours after Twitterblocked around 250 accounts for tweeting, or retweeting, with the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag, and making "fake, intimidatory and provocative tweets" in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest, the social media giant began unlocking some of them
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"Minimum Physical Contact": Government SOPs For Resuming Media Production
Thermal screening at entry points, manadatory use of face covers/masks and physical distancing of six feet are part of the new guidelines released by the government today for resuming work in the media production industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19: Schools, Colleges Still Not Allowed To Open, Says Home Ministry
The statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs came after a section of media reported that the ministry has given permission to all states to open schools. "No such decision taken by MHA. All Educational institutions are still prohibited to open, throughout the country," the spokesperson tweeted.
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Bandra Chaos: "Activist" Arrested, Reporter Charged Over Railways "Note"
An activist accused of starting rumours with his social media posts and a television journalist who reported on a railway ministry meeting on special trains for migrants have been charged by the Maharashtra government over a gathering of hundreds at Mumbai's Bandra station last evening, which raised a huge coronavirus scare. An FIR for rioting has ...
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Six Days Into Lockdown, 1,071 Coronavirus Cases In India: 10 Points
A day after India's coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark, the death count rose to 29, the Union Health Ministry said today. The number of infected rose to 1,071, including the dead and 100 who have recovered. The government today also denied "rumours and media reports" claiming that the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of corona...
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Will Meet Internet Giants Over Child Porn Circulation: Centre To Supreme Court
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will hold a meeting with internet giants, social media platforms and other stakeholders on the issue of circulation of videos and images relating to child pornography and sexual offence, the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday.
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"Will Protect Journalists, Pandits In Kashmir," Says Home Ministry Amid Fresh Threats
The Union Home Ministry said the government has taken several steps to protect the lives of people, including media persons, as security and intelligence agencies remain deployed across Jammu and Kashmir to thwart terrorists and their handlers
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Government Rubbishes Reports On Approval For Covaxin Due To Political Pressure
The Union Health Ministry today termed as "misleading" and "fallacious" media reports which claimed that regulatory approval for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin was rushed due to political pressure.
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Twitter Withholds Account of Popular Front of India in Response to Legal Demand Following Ban
Twitter on Thursday withheld the account of Popular Front of India (PFI) in India, after the Centre banned the outfit under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged terror links. The government on Wednesday ordered the blocking of all the social media traces of the banned outfit, including its Twitter, YouTube channels, Instagram, ...
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Centre Blocks 348 Apps Identified By Home Ministry
The government has blocked 348 mobile applications that were identified by the Home Ministry for transmitting users' information in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
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PUBG: Authorities Probing Alleged Killing Due to Game's Influence, Says Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Law enforcement agencies are investigating a media report of an alleged killing of a mother due to the influence of PUBG, or PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. Reports of banned apps appearing in new avatars using similar sounding names have been forwarded to the home ministry for examination, according...
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Home Ministry's Press Info Unit Opens Account On Koo
The Press Information Bureau's unit that is handling the Ministry of Home Affairs has opened an official account on the homegrown social media platform, Koo. The Home Ministry is among one of the most important ministries.
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Foreign Handles Trying To Use Delhi Rape To Trigger Clashes Ahead Of Polls: Sources
Social media influencers based out of Canada, the UK and the US are trying to spark communal violence using sensitive incidents such as the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi's Shahadra ahead of elections in states like Punjab and UP next month, sou
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"Fake": Centre Trashes Reports Of Vandalism At Tripura Mosque
The Union Home Ministry on Saturday said news circulating on social media about damage and vandalisation of a mosque in Tripura is fake and complete misrepresentation of facts.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Twitter Blocks 250 Accounts Over "Provocative" Posts On Farmers' Protest
Hours after Twitterblocked around 250 accounts for tweeting, or retweeting, with the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag, and making "fake, intimidatory and provocative tweets" in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest, the social media giant began unlocking some of them
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"Minimum Physical Contact": Government SOPs For Resuming Media Production
Thermal screening at entry points, manadatory use of face covers/masks and physical distancing of six feet are part of the new guidelines released by the government today for resuming work in the media production industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19: Schools, Colleges Still Not Allowed To Open, Says Home Ministry
The statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs came after a section of media reported that the ministry has given permission to all states to open schools. "No such decision taken by MHA. All Educational institutions are still prohibited to open, throughout the country," the spokesperson tweeted.
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Bandra Chaos: "Activist" Arrested, Reporter Charged Over Railways "Note"
An activist accused of starting rumours with his social media posts and a television journalist who reported on a railway ministry meeting on special trains for migrants have been charged by the Maharashtra government over a gathering of hundreds at Mumbai's Bandra station last evening, which raised a huge coronavirus scare. An FIR for rioting has ...
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Six Days Into Lockdown, 1,071 Coronavirus Cases In India: 10 Points
A day after India's coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark, the death count rose to 29, the Union Health Ministry said today. The number of infected rose to 1,071, including the dead and 100 who have recovered. The government today also denied "rumours and media reports" claiming that the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of corona...
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Will Meet Internet Giants Over Child Porn Circulation: Centre To Supreme Court
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will hold a meeting with internet giants, social media platforms and other stakeholders on the issue of circulation of videos and images relating to child pornography and sexual offence, the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday.
