The first ever national conference on "Prison Design" will begin in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday aimed at providing a platform to the police officers, prison officers and architects from prison department to meet and deliberate upon issues relating with planning, design and constructions of prison, the Home Ministry said on Monday.


First national conference on 'prison design' in Andhra on Tuesday


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A platoon of Indian soldiers on Monday joined the search and rescue operations in Meghalaya where the fate of 13 miners remains unknown inside an illegal 370 feet deep coal mine in East Jaitia Hills district, an official said.


Army joins search and rescue operations in Meghalaya


Aiming to raise awareness and promote data protection practices, top cyber security experts have advised there is a serious need to be alert and aware about how data is collected, used and shared and what steps need to be taken to better manage personal information.


Be always alert about your personal data, experts stress


Protests erupted in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday after a forest officer died when his car was hit by an Army vehicle, police said.


Protests in J&K after Forest Officer's death


A fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an agricultural field in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday but the pilot ejected safety, authorities said.


IAF jet crashes in UP, pilot safe


The murder of history-sheeter Jaydev alias JD has put the police in Gurugram on high alert, apprehending a resurgence of gang wars in the city neighbouring the national capital.


Gang wars looming large over Gurugram


An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar crashed on Monday morning near Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh but the pilot safely ejected from the jet.


Air Force plane crashes in UP, pilot safe


At a time when over a third of the world's population is set to vote in coming months including in India, Facebook has restricted external transparency campaigners from accessing and scrutinising political ads on its platform.


Facebook restricts external agencies from checking political ads: Report


Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday watched film "Uri: The Surgical Strike" with war veterans at a Bengaluru mall.


Defence Minister watches 'Uri' in Bengaluru


MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to join the network and verify transactions by up to 99 per cent compared to the current popular cryptocurrencies.


MIT researchers' new cryptocurrency is faster, more efficient


West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi unfurled the Tricolour and took the ceremonial salute as the state celebrated 70thRepublic Day on Saturday.


West Bengal celebrates Republic Day with petriotic fervour


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday. He was produced before a duty magistrate on Saturday, who remnaded him to ED custody till Janaury 28.


Gautam Khaitan remanded to two day's ED-custody


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday.


ED arrests AgustaWestland co-accused Gautam Khaitan in money laundering case


Delhi Police on Friday mounted high vigilance on the activities of suspected "bad"  characters in view of the security requirements for an incident-free Republic Day.


5,000 'bad' characters detained ahead of R-Day: Delhi Police


India and South Africa on Friday signed an agreement to further deepen their Strategic Partnership, including in political, economic and defence spheres, following delegation-level talks led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa here.


India, South Africa to further deepen strategic partnership


A day after Delhi Police said they have arrested two Jaish-e Mohammad terrorists who were planning to carry out attacks in the national capital, they said on Friday that security has been beefed up ahead of the Republic Day, with thousands of policemen and anti-aircraft guns deployed at strategic points in the city.


Security in top gear in Delhi ahead of Republic Day


Nearly 65 per cent of Indian organisations are better prepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), making the country the sixth leading nation globally in the GDPR readiness index, global networking leader Cisco said on Friday.


India 6th in GDPR readiness index: Cisco


State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Friday said it has opened a wind energy plant in Karnataka's northwestern Bagalkot district to power its facilities in Bengaluru.


HAL taps wind to power its Bengaluru facilities


A total of 855 Central and state police personnel have been selected for Police Medals, including CRPF constables Mohd Yaseen Tali, Borase Dinesh Dipak and Jaswant Singh who died in 2017 while fighting with Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.


855 officers honoured with R-Day Police Medals; CRPF tops


A possible terror attack has been thwarted with the arrest of two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who were planning to carry out attacks in the national capital ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, police said.


2 Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists planning terror strikes in Delhi held


Picking an honest officer as the chief of CBI isn't a panacea to rid India's top investigation agency of all ills, especially when its lower rung officers are shoddy, corrupt and prone to political manipulation, according to retired Rear Admiral B.R. Menon, whose book on his legal battle with the CBI was released recently.

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