An Interview With Anonymous India - Part 3 - Their Views on Indians and Their Planned Protests

Hello everyone. This is the 3rd and the last part of my interview with Anonymous India - #OpIndia. In this part, I got to know their entry in India, the support they are receiving, about people of India and their plans of 9th June protests across major cities of India. Part 1 of the interview is here. Part 2 of the interview is here. How do you stay in touch with people?Anon 1 : IRC and twitter. Do you think the support Anonymous India has got...

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An Interview With Anonymous India - Part 2 - Their Views on Government, Censorship and Its Impact

Hello everyone. This is the second part of my interview with Anonymous India - #OpIndia. In this part, I continue with questions about Government and its policies, why they think the Government want control over the Internet and how the Government's policies would affect you and the internet. Part 1 of the interview is here. Part 3 of the interview is here. The Interview with Anonymous India - Part 2. Do you think the Indian Government wants...

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An Interview With Anonymous India - Part 1 - What is Anonymous? What Are They Fighting For? And Why?

Hello everyone. As you may know, I am a free speech supporter and I am a good observer. Since last year, I am following updates from Anonymous - A hactivist group of individuals from all over the world. Anonymous has become famous for their hactivism by opposing censorship and favoring free speech. Anonymous has been a part of many peaceful protests globally. And now the ideology of Anonymous is spreading in India too. I took an interview of Anonymous...

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India, Piracy, Censorship, Government and Media : Where India Is Going?

Hello everyone, in this post, I wish to share my views about India, piracy, censorship, Indian Government and Indian media. As you may know, the hactivist group Anonymous has launched an operation called #OpIndia against the recent website blockage in India. Some ISPs have blocked major file sharing websites including The Pirate Bay along with Vimeo and Pastebin. This move has sparked controversy once again and this time, it has caught attention...

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Unidentified Girl's Body Dumped At New Delhi Reailway Station

The body of a young woman aged around 22 was found stuffed in a bag at New Delhi railway station. The bag was dumped allegedly by an unidentified couple. Witnesses said the couple came in an auto-rickshaw, dumped the bag that looked like a cricket kit bag near the taxi stand on the Paharganj side and left without either being challenged or caught on CCTV. Despite (claimed) tight security at the railway station, the bag laid unattended for more than half an hour before a quick reaction team constable opened it. "The woman was around 22 years old and appeared to be from a well to do family. She was about 5''2' tall and was wearing a black sweater...

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CBI Arrests Ex Indian Telecom Minister A Raja

A. Raja, DMK leader and former communications minister, was arrested by CBI on Wednesday after CBI questioned him in connection with the the 2G spectrum scam for the second time this week.CBI has also arrested his aides RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behuria. A Raja has been arrested under sections 120B, 13(2), 13(1D) of Prevention of Corruption Act on the charges of criminal misconduct, violation of policies and favoring some specific companies during the grant of 2G spectrum licenses. "Based on the fact so far in the investigation in 2G spectrum scam, CBI today in the case of unified access license and irregularities in spectrum arrested A Raja,...

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All India Mobile Number Portability Rollout Today : Would You Go For It? And Why?

Mobile phones... One of the greatest inventions of last few decades. They are everywhere, just everywhere. It changed the way we communicate with each other, anywhere, anytime. Same way the landline phones did, but it was a bit different. You could not take the fixed line phone in your toilet (or anyone's toiled for that matter :P), you could not talk on phone while you were in cinema or in a mall. While mobile phones are handy. You could take it anywhere in your pocket. These small thumb-sized cell-phones are really really helpful. I can't imagine world without mobile phones now. Today when the Mobile Number Portability facility is going to...

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Kasab's Photos Taken On 26/11 Were Morphed : Ajmal Kasab's Lawyer

The only terrorist caught alive on 26/11 Mubai Terror Attacks - Mohammed Ajmal Kasab today claimed photographs showing him and his slain companion Abu Ismael at Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus (CST) and Cama Hospital during the 26/11 attacks were 'morphed'. He also denied his presence at CST and Cama Hospital - targets of the attacks. "Kasab was not at CST or Cama Hospital when the places were attacked by terrorists and his photographs produced...

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India's Nicole Faria Is The Miss Earth 2010 : Pictures Included

India's 20 years old girl from Banglore Nicole Faria has been crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other contestants in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Faria won the title at the talent show with a scintillating belly dance that combines Oriental and Middle Eastern style. "We are ecstatic and overjoyed although we expected it," Faria's father Ian said in Bangalore. The event raised 100 million Vietnamese Dong, which will be transferred...

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Death Plus 10 Years In Prison For Pedophile And Murderer Of 10 Year Old

A sexual offender and murderer was sentenced to death by a local court on Monday here at Nagpur for sodomizing and killing a 10 year old boy in January 2008 and disposing of the body in a well. Anthony Arick Swamy Joseph, alias Anil, was also accused in two other murder cases in the past but was acquitted in both. Principal district and sessions judge SB Shukre had convicted Joseph of murder last week. He pronounced the quantum of sentence on Monday. The death sentence is subject to the confirmation of the high court. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on Josep...

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2 Years Passed To 26/11 Mumbai Attack : What Now and What Next?

26th November, Year 2008. Just a normal days for the Mumbaikars. Everything was going as it was used to be. But the night was not going to be the same for the Mumbaikars. A big, very big terrorist attack was already been planned and was going to take place any moment. People all over the city were not aware of the black night coming to them, which would change their life once again after the 1993 attacks. The night, no one ever imagined, how scary would it be. Everything was fine, just fine. But the time came at las...

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Crude Bomb Explosion in Bihar : Seven Dead

At least seven people are reportedly killed in a crude bomb explosion in Aurangabad district of Bihar at early morning today on 21st November. At least 12 other people are reported to be injured, four of which are said to be critical. Reports suggests the dead included five children too. The explosion is said to be caused by a cylinder bomb which was found last evening in Pachokhar village during the sixth and final phase of state Assembly Elections. However, the security personnel who found the bomb did not defuse it yesterday, leaving the explosive device unattended on roadside. Additional Director General of Bihar police, PK Thakur said...

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Welcome To India Mr Obama : Hope You Get To See The Other Side Of India

The US president Mr Barack Obama is coming (or has come) to India. Welcome Mr Obama. May the trip to India be useful for both USA and India. This trip will be more "business trip" or "political trip" then "visit". And you would definitely not see what's India all about. So I feel great pleasure and take this opportunity to introduce you the real Indi...

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Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab Kicked Out : IPL Terminates Contracts

The Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council terminated the contract of two teams - Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. "The Governing Council of the IPL met today to discuss and decide on the breaches committed by three of the franchisees, K.P.H. Dream Cricket Pvt. Ltd., the owners and promoter of the Kings XI Punjab cricket team, Jaipur IPL Cricket Pvt. Ltd and the unincorporated joint venture holding the Kochi franchise," the IPL Governing Council said in a statemen...

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In Pictures : Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, New Delhi 2010

The 19th Commonwealth Games Hosted by New Delhi, India had a grand opening ceremony today on 3rd October here in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Here we present CWG opening ceremony pictures. Have a loo...

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Ayodhya Verdict Finally Comes : A Wise Verdict From High Court

So finally the Ayodhya Verdict from Allahabad high-court has come. The Lukhnow bench of high-court made of three judges has ruled out that the place where Lord Ram's idols are placed at the moment, is the birthplace of Lord Ram, and the idols will not be moved from there. The bench has also declined the plea of the Sunni Waqf Board saying they were too late to ple...

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Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 : Will It Happen?

Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010. The biggest sports event ever hosted by India. A thing to take pride of for Indians. Hundreds of elite athletes will land in India soon. What a moment it will be when so many international players will be showing their talents and fighting for the medals. What a moment it will be when the participants will say "Wow! India has been a great host". India will be in top lead for hosting such events. The world will recognize...

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Train Collision In MP : 10 Feared Killed and 50 Injured

At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured in collision between a goods train and a stationary passenger train at Badarwas railway station in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district today. The accident took place when it was heavily raining at 04:45 in the morning according to railway official...

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Ayodhya Verdict Imminent : What Do You Expect?

As everyone knows, Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ayodhya Verdict is due on 24th September. The Central Government has appealed people to stay calm and retain peace post verdict. As this case is regionally and even more, politically very important, the country is expecting something to go wrong after the verdict. As this verdict is imminent, what do you expect as a Hindu, as a Muslim or simply as an Indian citize...

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RIM Agrees To Monitoring Of Services And To Set Up Servers In India

Image Source - BlackBerry Faced with tomorrow's (31st August) Government deadline, BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) today gave in promising access to Indian security agencies to monitor all its services with immediate effect. Nearly two months after insisting that it does not have the provision to grant access for such monitoring, RIM made certain proposals for lawful access of BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) and...

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