A soldier allegedly involved in the Bulandshahr firing in Uttar Pradesh in which a police Inspector and a civilian were killed was detained by his unit in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, Army sources said.


Soldier allegedly involved in Bulandshahr firing detained


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The UP Police has contacted the Northern Command to identify its Army man, who has been named as accused in the murder of a Police Inspector during the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on December 3, Indian Army sources said on Friday.


UP Police contacts Army to identify Bulandshahr case accused


The CBI is all set to examine British National and middleman Chritian Michel in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case in the light of documents and statements of his Delhi-based associate R.K. Nanda, sources said on Friday.


CBI to confront Michel with documents, statements of his associate Nanda


Punjab Governor V. P. Singh Badnore on Friday dedicated the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 to the valour of over 74,000 Indians who had laid down their lives in World War I.


Military Literature Festival begins with tribute to WWI soldiers


Facing intense scrutiny over the misuse of its platform globally during elections, Facebook has announced fresh steps to increase ad transparency and defend against foreign interference ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in India.


Facebook begins verifying political ads in India ahead of 2019 polls


Given the potential for abuse of the fast advancing facial recognition technology, governments across the world need to start adopting laws to regulate this technology in 2019, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said.


Regulation for facial recognition technology must start in 2019: Microsoft


President Ram Nath Kovind will dedicate the first 50 housing units built for displaced Rohingya people during the course of his three-day state visit to Myanmar from December 11, a senior official said on Thursday.


Kovind to dedicate houses built for Rohingya refugees in Myanmar


Come April 2019, all new vehicles will come pre-fitted with high security registration plates (HSRP), the government said on Thursday.


All new vehicles to have high security registration plates from April 2019


Two American Marines were rescued from the ocean while another five remained missing after two US military jets collided mid-air during manoeuvres off the coast of Japan on Thursday, officials said.


US military planes crash off Japan, 5 missing


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday emphasised on the need to revamp Civil Defence for making the organisation more effective both during disasters and peacetime.


Need to strengthen Civil Defence, says Rajnath


At least two people were killed and 28 injured in a suicide bombing at a police headquarters in Iran's southeastern port city of Chabahar on Thursday, officials said.


2 killed in suicide attack on Iran police headquarters


The British High Commission on Thursday sought consular access to Christian Michel, who was extradited from the United Arab Emirates. The CBI said it had received the request.


British High Commission seeks consular access to Michel


Six members of the US Navy are missing after two military aircraft collided off the west coast of Japan, the US Armed Forces deployed in the Asian country reported on Thursday.


US military planes crash off Japan, 6 missing


Security agencies have been put on high alert in Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab on Thursday following intelligence reports that Kashmiri terrorist Zakir Musa could be hiding in the area.


Kashmiri terrorist Zakir Musa hiding in Punjab, high alert sounded


The line of questioning of AugustaWestland middleman James Christian Michel by CBI may centre around ferreting out from him the names of defence personnel, politicians belonging to the UPA and government officials who had allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with him with others in facilitating the Euro 556.262 million contract for acquiring VVIP choppers.


Michel may be grilled on links of politicians and officials in AgustaWestland case


British national Christian Michel James, the middleman wanted in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, was on Wednesday remanded to five days CBI custody by a Delhi court, which rejected the agency's plea for 14 days custody.


Christian Michel sent to 5 days CBI custody


British national Christian Michel James, the middleman wanted in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case who was extradited to India on  Tuesday night, has been questioned for a few hours and his interrogation will be intensified now as the court has placed him under custody for five days.


Michel to be grilled by CBI


Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being the "protector, benefactor and promoter" of AgustaWestland and its parent company Finmeccanica, the Congress on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into Modi's role in "exonerating" the Italian defence and aerospace major which was blacklisted by the UPA.


Modi is protector, benefactor, promoter of AgustaWestland: Congress


Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic, the IT infrastructure arm of Tokyo-headquartered Hitachi Systems, on Wednesday launched its first Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Mumbai.


Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic launches first SOC in Mumbai



Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic launches first security centre in Mumbai


A large-sized enterprise in India loses an average of $10.3 million owing to cyber attacks and a mid-sized organisation an average of $11,000 annually, a Microsoft-led study said on Wednesday.

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