PANCHKULA: Following the footsteps of UT police, Haryana police is also mulling over to procure unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the force. Senior officials of Haryana police including ADGP (law and order) B S Sandhu on Tuesday witnessed the demonstration of an Israeli-made UAV ' Micro B ' at Sector-5 parade ground. Bangalore-based company officials demonstrated the vehicle for around one-and-a-half hours and Haryana police officials saw the pictures taken by the machine.

After months of uncertainty, the government on Monday gave its in-principle approval to National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), which will facilitate robust information sharing among law enforcement agencies to combat terror threat at home and abroad. Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/natgrid-gets-cabinet-approval-110816?cp

So much so, it has asked the telecoms department to make it mandatory for all mobile phone companies to secure suitable clearances from LEAs before running the Tiger application on their networks. "Use of the (Tiger Text) application by Indian telecom service providers can create operational problems for national security agencies

NEW DELHI: Indian law enforcement and national security officials are drawing up plans that will give them technology capabilities to cut off all internet services during emergencies. After a series of recent meetings on cyber security held at the prime Minister's Office at South Block, all government departments have been asked to jointly work on developing technologies and also invest in enhancing R&D capabilities to enhance the Centre's control on internet services within the country, officials aware of the development told ET.

NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) wants all mobile phone companies to store call data records, or details of all phone calls made by their customers, for a period of five years-a move that is set to be vehemently opposed by companies citing operational costs. At present, telcos store call records only for six months. This marks the second time in the recent months that the IB has asked the telecom ministry to increase the tenure of storing communication details of customers.

Law enforcement agencies can tap anyone's phone for security/operational reasons for 72 hours even without getting permission from the Union home secretary or principal secretary (home) of states. An inspector general-rank officer can give orders to do so. But if they don't get a nod from the top on the fourth day, they will have to destroy the call records within 48 hours of getting the response from the designated authority.

Home Minister P Chidambaram's pet project of establishing a National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) to track terror and money laundering is likely to be vetted by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) next month. Informed sources said that a 900 page Detailed Project Report (DPR) that has been prepared to answer the queries raised by the sceptics within the government, including the Prime Minister, on the efficacy of the NATGRID has been sent to the CCS members to study. NATGRID envisages a powerful real-time 24X7 networking of 21 databases with enforcement agencies having analytical capability to cross-link different pieces of information and flag "tripwires" to indicate some unlawful or terrorist activity is in progress or likely to take place.

NEW DELHI: Security agencies will soon be equipped to intercept emails and cyber chats in real time through the Centralised Monitoring System (CMS). The high-tech CMS, expected to be operational in a year, will be set up in 30 locations across the country, including Delhi and state capitals.

As the government tries to put a legal framework in place for phone-tapping, a 126-year-old law has come to its rescue. Sources in the law ministry say, thanks to a provision in the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 that allows government in public interest to intercept messages, a new law may not be required at all. However, a directive - instead of a new law - may not take care of some of issues on tapping that have constantly been raised by experts. For instance, India is one the few countries, where tapping can be carried out without a court warrant.

With registration process under the Unique Identity Card scheme (UID) 'Aadhar' ending by June in Mysore district, district authorities have initiated steps making the quoting of UID or enrolment identification (EID) number compulsory at various levels in the state government offices in the district. This seems contrary to what the Unique Identification Authority of India or the UIDAI had said earlier that it would be optional.

MYSORE: Don't have Aadhar number? You could be in trouble. In a move to meet the June-end deadline for the unique identification (UID) number scheme, the Mysore district administration has made it mandatory for learner's licence or driving licence. If you have already applied for Aadhar, just quote the enrolment number to get the licence.

Many Indians have raised data security and privacy issues over the ambitious UID number project. Now, even the US is concerned that the number could be issued to terrorists through fake ID