Use of social media to inflame communal tension worrying: PM
Voicing concern over deterioration of the communal situation in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the use of social media and other mode of communication to aggravate such
Bandh disrupts normal life in Northeast
Normal life was on Thursday disrupted in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh due to a 12-hour bandh called by the North East Students' Organisation to protest 'harassment' of students
Government withdraws ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes
The government ended its ban on bulk text messages Thursday, two weeks after imposing restrictions to halt the spread of threats and rumours that sparked an exodus of migrants fearing attack.
India faces Twitter backlash over Internet clampdown
The government faced an angry backlash from Twitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers to block about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongering material that
Pakistan psy-jihad targeted vulnerable North-East people
The mass exodus of the Northeast people from Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad was reportedly a “sample” of psywar (psychological war) by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence in India t
Cyber cops to probe hate SMS
The investigation into hate messages that triggered panic among the north-easterners reached the cyber police station on Tuesday.
The Koramangala police has handed over all the material seized from
2 political parties, Pak outfit under scanner
Investigations have thrown up the names of two political parties and another outfit based in Pakistan involved in the 'hate campaign' and further investigations are on to check their authenticity.
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Maharashtra to arrange chartered flights for NE students
Maharashtra government will make available chartered aircraft to take students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Ch
Willing to return, NE men ring to check TN scene
Many people from the Northeast who had fled TN en masse last week have already started making enquiries with the state police about returning.
Senior officials confirmed that the police helpline laun
Northeast exodus takes Chennai by surprise
The sudden exodus of panic-stricken North East people from Tamil Nadu has come as a surprise to the state which has a long standing reputation of being a haven of peace and home to non-natives.
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