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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

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.

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, ...

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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...

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.

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

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.

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, ...

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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...

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.