The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, or I4C, has proactively identified and blacklisted over 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts used for digital arrests, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The government has also initiated a broad awareness campaign against digital arrests, according to the report. “The central government … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed Parliament that almost Rs 3,500 crore belonging to roughly 10 lakh complainants has been protected from cyber criminals during the last three years. “The citizen financial fraud reporting and management system, released in 2021 by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), was designed to prevent criminals from siphoning … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday extended ban on pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) by another five years. The terror outfit was first banned in 2019. In a notification, the home ministry said that SFJ has been indulging in activities “prejudicial to the internal security of India and public order”. … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday notified the appointment of Bansuri Swaraj as a member of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). Bansuri Swaraj is a member of Parliament from the New Delhi constituency in the Lok Sabha and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. This comes a day after the NDMC held its council meeting, … Read more
Through the Sanchar Saathi programme, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have taken strong measures to safeguard individuals from possible SMS fraud. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), MHA, provided information about misuse of eight SMS Headers for sending fraudulent communications for committing cyber-crime. Action taken by DoT: The … Read more
A large number of complaints are being reported on National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) regarding intimidation, blackmail, extortion and “Digital Arrests” by cyber criminals posing as Police Authorities, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Narcotics Department, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Enforcement Directorate and other Law Enforcement Agencies. These fraudsters typically call a potential victim … Read more
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs authorized the disbursement of 338 crore to Gujarat and 633 crore to Himachal Pradesh as financial support for natural catastrophes on Tuesday. According to a post on X by the Union Home Minister’s Office, Gujarat was badly damaged by Cyclone Biparjoy, and under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s supervision, the … Read more
Between 2019 and 2021, over 13.13 lakh girls and women went missing in the country, with Madhya Pradesh reporting about two lakh incidents, closely followed by West Bengal. The data, provided last week in the Rajya Sabha by the Union Ministry of Home Ministry (MHA), revealed that 10,61,648 women over the age of 18 and … Read more