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Hyderabad: One of the top officials in the State, Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar, has become victim of an impersonation scam which had fraudsters using his photo as the display picture for a WhatsApp number and requesting money from people. On being alerted by people who knew him about the fake WhatsApp account, […]

Build consensus by accommodating suggestions from all stakeholders before a robust data protection law is put in place

Hyderabad: Noted TV anchor and actor Gayatri Bhargavi approached the Hyderabad Cybercrime police and lodged a complaint stating that her Facebook account was hacked. The hackers also posted derogatory and abusive posts from her official account, tarnishing her reputation apart from hurting religious sentiments, she said, adding that they also created a fake profile of […]

It is distressing that there has been a fivefold rise in the number of police cases filed invoking Sec 66A of the IT Act since it was quashed in 2015

The cases were registered in the last two months following complaints by the victims who were abused by the callers and threatened over phones

The journalists, three reporters and a photographer, entered the Rajkot taluka police station on the night of December 1 for the alleged 'sting operation' in connection with a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Rajkot.

Accused Kadari Dinakar booked under various sections of IT ACT, 2008, following a complaint received from Viramalla Gopal Rao on November 16

It will be better to allow the media to regulate itself and follow a self-declared code of ethics