MHA forms inter-ministerial panel to deal digital arrests; CBI takes over Rs 1.64 cr fraud probeA bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant on December 16, 2025 ordered inter-departmental ministerial consultations under the guidance of ...
09 Feb, 2026, 09.34 PM IST
Bhashini migrates to Yotta's sovereign AI cloud; sees 40% performance boost, 30% cost dipBhashini is an AI-powered language translation platform developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its N...
09 Feb, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
Jealous boyfriend turns cyber villain: How a petty feud over a girl dragged Delhi & Bengaluru police into terror panicA personal grudge between two young men escalated into a national security alarm, involving the Delhi and Bengaluru Police Commissioners. A...
10 Dec, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
DoT blocked 90% incoming international spoof calls after launch of new prevention system spotThe Department of Telecommunications, with telecom service providers, has effectively blocked 1.35 crore spoofed international calls within...
24 Jan, 2025, 08.21 PM IST
Spoofed Calls: Indian government combats phone scamsGovernment agencies and telecom companies have used a spoofed calls prevention system to block 70% of scam calls. The system has reduced th...
20 Jan, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
Govt warns subscribers against unfamiliar international callsThe Department of Telecom has alerted subscribers about unfamiliar international calls. It encourages caution when answering calls not star...
24 Dec, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
DoT orders telcos to play cybercrime awareness caller tune 8-10 times a day for 3 monthsThe government is fighting cybercrime. Telecom operators will play caller tunes about cybercrime awareness. These tunes will play 8-10 time...
20 Dec, 2024, 09.00 PM IST
Telecom gear sales under PLI scheme top ₹68,700 cr: DoT secretary Neeraj MittalIndia's telecom PLI scheme has achieved ₹68,700 crore in sales, including ₹13,007 crore in exports, within three and a half years. The sche...
14 Dec, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
Govt blocked 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 Whatsapp accounts used for digital arrest fraud, says ministerOver 6.69 lakh SIM cards and 1.32 lakh IMEIs have been blocked by the government as of November 15 according to police authorities. In orde...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
Govt blocks 6.69 lakh SIM cards, 1.32 lakh IMEIs to check cyber crimesThe Indian government has blocked over 669,000 fraudulent SIM cards and 132,000 IMEIs to combat cybercrime. A system has been implemented t...
27 Nov, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
Mobile users can expect relief from 'spoof international calls'Hoax international calls originate outside the country, but cyber criminals manipulate the calling line identity (CLI) to make such calls a...
27 May, 2024, 12.44 AM IST
Govt directs telcos to block incoming international spoofed callsThe government directed telecom operators to block incoming international spoofed calls displaying Indian mobile numbers to prevent cyber-c...
26 May, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
DoT, telcos develop new mechanism to block spoof overseas calls masquerading as Indian numbersThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and mobile operators have developed a system to detect and block spoofed international calls tha...
26 May, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
Govt working to block international spoof calls duping IndiansThe Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Department of Telecom (DoT) are collaborating to block spoof calls originating fro...
23 May, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Indian Embassy telephone lines in US spoofed by fraudstersIt issued a rare public advisory on such fraud calls that has cheated people with money, thus bringing bad name to the diplomatic mission.
05 Mar, 2018, 01.27 PM IST
The Tom & Jerry show: Some fun facts you should knowTom and Jerry were not called so in their first outing in 1940.
05 Feb, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
National Security Guards plan 'security audit' of Bomb Data CentreA home ministry official said NSG and all national security agencies are in constant touch over the NBDC data and no leak from it can be af...
26 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST