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New Delhi, October 13: Today, various law enforcement agencies are tapping almost 10,000 phones across India, while over 1,000 e-mail accounts are under the scanner, after clearance from the Union Home Secretary. According to an internal note, the committee, formed following orders from the Supreme Court to review orders passed by the Home Secretary for interception of calls and e-mails under the

Chandigarh, October 13: In the full-scale political war that broke out after Rahul Gandhi's comments on the menace of drug addiction among Punjab's young men, the Akalis have now asked Rahul to "undergo a dope test." "Rahul Gandhi and Robert Vadra should undergo a dope test to prove that they are not addicts before making such comments about Punjab's youth. Rahul Gandhi must apologise to the youth

New Delhi, October 13: Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested for leading a march towards Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence, has refused to leave Bawana jail. The activist-turned-politician, who was detained along with several supporters - many of them with special needs - on Friday afternoon, is adamant that Law Minister Salman Khurshid be sacked and has decided to stay put at the makeshift

Lucknow, October 13: Despite denials of wrongdoing in a trust for disabled people that Union law minister Salman Khurshid and his wife operate, it now appears that there was a letter with the forged signature of a senior UP government official that allowed the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment to release the second tranche of funds in March 2011 — Rs 68 lakh — to the Zakir Hussain

New Delhi, October 12: Nearly 10,000 phones are being lawfully tapped in various states, according to official data available today. Over 4,500 phones were intercepted during the month of August in addition to more than 5,000 phones which were already being tapped. The interception is ordered by various intelligence agencies, police forces and Army. Besides phones, nearly 1,200 email addresses

Hyderabad, October 12: A city court on Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against business tycoon Vijay Mallya and five others in a cheque bounce case. The 13th metropolitan sessions court issued the warrant against crisis-hit Kingfisher airlines in a case filed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which manages the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. The case was filed in

New Delhi, October 12: Voicing concern over frivolous and vexatious use of RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the citizens' right to know should definitely be circumscribed if it encroaches on an individual's privacy. "There is a fine balance required to be maintained between the right to information and the right to privacy, which stems out of the fundamental right to life and

Mumbai, October 12: The Maharashtra government on Friday dropped sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. The decision to drop the charges against Trivedi was conveyed to Bombay high court on October 12, said a senior home department official. "The advocate general (AG), in his advice to the state government, has written that sedition charges slapped on the cartoonist should be dropped

Bhopal, October 12: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said Congress-led UPA government was worse than "dacoits of Madhya Pradesh". "The dacoits of Madhya Pradesh were better than the Congress-led government at the Centre...a Rs 4.38 lakh crore scam was unheard of before," Gadkari said. He was addressing 'Yuva Sankalp' bike rally organised by the youth wing of BJP to mark the 150th birth

Chandigarh, October 12: Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh may be going to polls, but it's Punjab where Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has created a political storm. Reacting to his remark that "seven out of 10 youth in Punjab are addicted to drugs," the Punjab government hit back saying, "Rahul is a national joke" and sought an apology from him. This sharp reaction came from Harcharan Bains