In order to reach out to the citizens and provide them hassle free service, the Kamrup Metro district administration has added a new feature in its e-governance system for smooth and hassle free delivery of the registered deeds executed during 1998 to 2008.
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A recent article by India-based exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has sparked a controversy among the Muslim community. Various Muslim organisations namely the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and the Jamat-e-Islami Hind have condemned the way the writer has misinterpreted the holy Quran claiming that its verses give sanction to Muslims to kill infidels. Taslima made…
Move over jihadis, it’s the season of political intolerance whereby any film, book or artwork which pokes fun or is not in sync with our leaders thinking, cause and outlook is not only banned, vandalized, but, worse, every view is considered an act of sedition. And the writer, film maker or official is given a…
The tragic attack on Charlie Hebdo office, a satirical French weekly newspaper, on January 7 were rightly and unequivocally condemned by those who believe in the freedom of expression; and the utmost solidarity it generated through offline and online viral campaign, “Je suis Charlie” – “I am Charlie” was a clear denouncement of such violence…
The general perception, even amongst people who don’t see themselves as Islamophobes, is that Islam is obscurantist and medieval. What was once progressive no longer applies to the 21st century. Of course, this is true of most religions. But believers in religion X find it hard to grasp that religion Y or B or W…
Tencent Holdings Ltd, China’s biggest social networking firm, has shut down 133 accounts on its hugely popular mobile messaging app for “distorting history”, state media said on Tuesday, citing a government internet authority. The WeChat accounts, including one whose name translates as “This is not history”, spread “fabricated information” and confused the public, the official…
Tencent Holdings Ltd, China’s biggest social networking firm, has shut down 133 accounts on its hugely popular mobile messaging app for “distorting history”, state media said on Tuesday, citing a government internet authority. The WeChat accounts, including one whose name translates as “This is not history”, spread “fabricated information” and confused the public, the official…
Chinese users of Microsoft Corp’s Outlook email service were subject to a hacking attack at the weekend, just weeks after Google Inc’s Gmail system was blocked in China, an online censorship watchdog said on Monday. People using email clients like Outlook, Mozilla’s Thunderbird and apps on their phone with the SMTP and IMAP email protocols,…
Chinese users of Microsoft Corp’s Outlook email service were subject to a hacking attack at the weekend, just weeks after Google Inc’s Gmail system was blocked in China, an online censorship watchdog said on Monday. People using email clients like Outlook, Mozilla’s Thunderbird and apps on their phone with the SMTP and IMAP email protocols,…
Terming the cyber threat as one of the most serious national security challenges, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have asked for encryption of online services by private companies to maintain both people’s privacy and help track down terrorists.
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