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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 2 (ANI): Counter-Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with alleged links to Pakistan and arrested five operatives, recovering six sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. According to a statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, those arrested have been identified as Jagroop Singh of Dhun (Tarn Taran), Nav ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over the deleterious impact of addictive betting applications on youth, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond in two weeks what steps it is contemplating to save youngsters from getting financially ruined, often forcing them to commit suicide. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the counsel for Centre to specify in its affidavit "what remedial measures it is contemplating after applying mind to the gravity of the issue" ...Read More >
The Hyderabad Police recorded a 75% drop in reported digital arrest scams in the first half of 2025, with just 34 cases registered between January and June this year in sharp contrast to the 140 reported in the same period last year. Officials credit the decline to persistent campaigns on social media, community outreach, and timely advisories issued by cybercrime units. However, they warn that senior citizens, particularly those living alone and with children abroad, continue to remain the mos ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) The continuous awareness programmes have caused a significant decrease in the digital arrest cases in Telangana in the first half of 2025, the cybercrime police said in a release here today. While 34 cases have been recorded till June this year in the state, the number was 140 in the corresponding period of the previous year. During this year so far, the digital arrest cases have declined by over 75 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Digital arrest cases in Hyderabad came down by more than 75 per cent in the first half of 2025 as a result of increased alertness due to continuous awareness programmes, a senior police official said on Friday. A total of 34 digital arrest cases were reported this year up to June 2025. During the same period last year, 140 cases were registered. As many as 214 digital arrest cases were registered in the second half of 2024. A digital arrest is a fraudulent ...Read More >
Panaji: The cybercrime police station in Goa arrested Rohan Arun Jhadav, 25, from Nashik, Maharashtra, for duping a victim in Goa of Rs 2.1 crore in a digital arrest fraud.The accused contacted the victim on May 30 this year through WhatsApp, impersonating TRAI and CBI officers. Jhadav convinced the victim that an FIR was filed against the latter in the Naresh Goyal money laundering case. The victim was told that multiple SIM cards were purchased using his Aadhaar card.Jhadav threatened to place ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 12: Nearly 10 years after its initial launch in 2015 to highlight viral hits, breaking news and top music releases, YouTube, the largest video sharing platform in the world, is formally discontinuing its Trending Page. The Google-owned platform announced the decision in a blog post, citing diminished user interest in the feature. The "Trending Now" section and the Trending Page will both be available until July 21 before being permanently deleted. The feature, which was first cr ...Read More >
Starlink India: Elon Musk-led Satcom giant Starlink, as well as domestic telecom majors, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio and Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel, have acquired the necessary licenses for operating satellite communication services in India, which is expected to transform the country's digital landscape by providing internet and voice connectivity in remote regions where conventional telecom network struggle to reach. According to media reports, Elon Musk's Starlink, Reliance Jio-SES JV ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): A multi-storey building collapsed in Delhi's Seelampur locality on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of six people and injuries to eight others, with several more feared trapped under the debris, said an official. The deceased have been identified as Matloob (50) and his wife Rabia (46), their sons Javed (23) and Abdulla (15), Zubia (27), wife of Azam, and Fozia (2). The bodies were retrieved from the site and shifted to GTB Hospital. Also Read | Trump ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 12 (PTI) Women-led development is key to overcoming challenges like terrorism and drug addiction, and building a peaceful and prosperous Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday. Sinha attended the valedictory function of the women's vocational training course at the Army Goodwill School in Balapur in south Kashmir's Shopian. Also Read | Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU Goods from August 1. He felicitated the women trainees who completed their vocatio ...Read More >
Padra (Gujarat) [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Minister and Gujarat BJP President CR Patil met the people injured in the July 9 Gambhira bridge collapse at SSJ Hospital in Vadodara. Meanwhile, the death toll in the Gambhira bridge collapse incident in Gujarat's Vadodara has risen to 20 after one of the person died in the hospital, officials said on Friday. Also Read | Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU Goods from August 1. The Vadodara Collector, Anil Dhameliya, said that the relief team has be ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough, the Hyderabad Cyber Crime unit arrested 25 cyber fraudsters across the country involved in 453 cases, including 66 cases in Telangana. The officials refunded Rs 72.85 lakh to the victims lost to cyber fraudsters in the month of June. The accused were involved in cases including Andhra Pradesh (17), Bihar (13) Chhattisgarh (2), Daman & Diu (3), Delhi (19), Gujarat (35), Haryana (6), Jharkhand (2), Karnataka (74), Kerala (28), Madhya Pradesh (7), Maharashtra (5 ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major development, Starlink has received final regulatory approval to launch its commercial broadband services in India. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) has given an important approval to Elon Musk's satellite internet service. Starlink has now become the third satcom operator after Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and the Reliance Jio-SES joint venture, to receive all the necessary clearances for operating in the Indian market. Starlink's Ge ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday visited the Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI) in Bengaluru and hailed the fundamental role it played in the growth of the telecom sector. The Union Minister mentioned that ITI Limited has enabled the 'transition' from manufacturing rotary and push-button dial phones to producing core equipment, telecom equipment, radio access networks, routers, and PCB boards. 'ITI Limited is an instit ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: As Gujarat's commercial capital continues to embrace digital infrastructure and rapid urban development, the demand for high-speed mobile internet has never been higher. But do all areas of Ahmedabad get good mobile internet speed? Perhaps not! A recent telecom performance audit conducted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) across key city zones reveals that Ahmedabad clocked its fastest mobile internet speed of 674 Mbps at the IIM Ahmedabad main gate.However, some kil ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): India's broadband subscriber base expanded steadily over the past year, adding 2 crore 5 lakh new users by the end of March 2025, reflecting an annual growth rate of 2.17 per cent, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yearly data released on Tuesday. The TRAI data shows that out of a total of 969.10 million internet subscribers, the number of broadband subscribers is 944.12 million and the number of narrowband subscribers is 2 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Thursday the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) realised more regulatory developments in two very important areas to streamline the process of using foreign SIM/eSIM cards in export-oriented IoT devices and strengthening the railway safety infrastructure by allocating spectrum including its position as an indispensable entity to provide and shape the telecom environment in India and the myriad of technological and industrial demands. Consultation Paper on Foreign SIM/eSIM c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on the regulatory framework for the sale of foreign telecom service providers' (TSP) SIM/eSIM cards for the use in machine-to-machine and IoT devices meant for export purposes, as per a statement from TRAI. Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, in September 2024, had requested TRAI to provide recommendations under relevant sections of TRAI Ac ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The telecom department has started the process to reassess fresh spectrum demand for captive non-public networks, also known as 5G private networks, according to an official memorandum. This is the second such exercise by the Department of Telecom after issuing a provision for 5G private networks in June 2022. Also Read | Who Is PVN Madhav? Here's Everything You Need To Know About the Newly Appointed Andhra Pradesh BJP President. "The Department has decided to assess a ...Read More >
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) is reassessing spectrum demand for 5G private networks, seeking input from enterprises and system integrators by July 31. This follows concerns about device ecosystem availability and high spectrum costs. New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The telecom department has started the process to reassess fresh spectrum demand for captive non-public networks, also known as 5G private networks, according to an official memorandum. This is the second such exercise by the Departmen ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian telecom major Reliance Jio is on track to become the world's largest Fixed Wireless Access provider by subscriber base, eclipsing US-based telecom giant T-Mobile, an analyst report said on Sunday. According to recent data released by telecom regulator Trai, Reliance Jio total 5G FWA subscriber base (including unlicensed band radio) reached 6.88 million in May, while T-Mobile had 6.85 million subscribers in March. Reliance Jio reclassified around 1 million Fixed W ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian telecom major Reliance Jio is on track to become the world's largest Fixed Wireless Access provider by subscriber base, eclipsing US-based telecom giant T-Mobile, an analyst report said on Sunday. According to recent data released by telecom regulator Trai, Reliance Jio total 5G FWA subscriber base (including unlicensed band radio) reached 6.88 million in May, while T-Mobile had 6.85 million subscribers in March. Also Read | How To Spot a Fake Website? PIB Fact C ...Read More >
Thane, June 29: Police have arrested three persons, allegedly linked to an international fraud syndicate, for cheating an elderly woman in Maharashtra's Thane city of more than Rs 3 crore after keeping her under "digital arrest", officials said on Sunday. The 61-year-old woman received a call on August 13, 2024 from some persons posing as a courier company personnel, claiming they had seized her parcel containing a laptop, 140 grams of MD (drug) powder, a Thai passport, three credit cards and fo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The total number of telecom subscribers in India grew marginally to 120.7 crore in May with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel adding over 99 per cent new customers during the month, according to data published by sector regulator Trai on Friday. The total net subscriber addition by telecom service providers was 43,58,231 while Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel jointly added 43,51,294, thereby accounting for 99.84 of the total net subscriber addition in May. Also Read | Bodola ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The total number of telecom subscribers in India grew marginally to 120.7 crore in May with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel adding over 99 per cent new customers during the month, according to data published by sector regulator Trai on Friday. The total net subscriber addition by telecom service providers was 43,58,231 while Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel jointly added 43,51,294, thereby accounting for 99.84 of the total net subscriber addition in May. The overall growth ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's telecom sector continued to soar in May 2025, recording notable growth across broadband, mobile, and wireline markets, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), reported PTI. Broadband users surged to nearly 975 million, driven by a 60 per cent jump in fixed wireless (5G FWA) adoption. While the wireline segment grew steadily, wireless users touched 1.168 billion, despite a slight dip in metro areas. Tele-density remained robust, especially in urban zones. ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The total number of broadband subscribers increased from 943.09 million at the end of April to 974.87 million at May-end with a monthly growth rate of 3.37 per cent, the TRAI data showed on Friday. In the month of May, 14.03 million subscribers submitted their requests for mobile number portability (MNP). The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers in May 2025 was 1,080.06 million. Total wireless (mobile + 5G FWA) subscribers increased from 1,166.43 m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, has stirred strong debate in political and diplomatic circles. This move comes despite ongoing tensions between Ottawa and New Delhi, especially following the fallout from the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. The invitation to Modi, sent by newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, hints at a possible, if cautious, improvement in a relationship that has seen l ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - In a long-awaited move, Elon Musk's Starlink has secured the license from India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to launch commercial satellite internet services nationwide. This green light makes Starlink the third company to get approval for satellite-based communications in India, after Eutelsat's OneWeb and Reliance Jio. The decision follows years of talks and comes after Starlink agreed to meet India's strict security requirements, which were reportedly discussed direct ...Read More >
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