Withdraw new privacy policy, WhatsApp told
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New Delhi: The government has ordered WhatsApp to withdraw its controversial new privacy policy, saying the changes underÂmine the sacrosanct values of privacy, data security and harms rights and interests of Indian citizens. The Ministry of ElectroÂnics and IT shot off a letter to WhatsApp on May 18, sources said, and warned necessary steps in accordance with law will be taken if a satisfactory response was not received within seven days. The ministry has taken a strong position on the matter, and made it clear that it is not just problematic but also irresponsiÂble for the messaging platform to leverage its position to impose unfair terms and conditions on Indian users, when many depend on WhatsApp to communicate in everyday life, according to the sources. When contacted, a WhatsApp spokesperson said the company continues to engage with the government. . we reaffirm what we said before that this
âCan anyone keep a Brahminâs daughter?â: In UPâs Sitapur, manhunt for a âlove jihadâ couple
The Hindu Yuva Vahini is involved while a former VHP leader plans to do a âpurificationâ ceremony once the woman is found.
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On WhatsApp, a man is telling his relative a story, how he said â
jannat milegiâ to a woman. Youâll go to heaven. The woman apparently rebuffed him, replying:
Main Hindu hoon.â I am Hindu.
This exchange forms part of âelectronic evidenceâ gathered by the Tambour police in a purported case of âlove jihadâ in Uttar Pradeshâs Sitapur. This exchange was not even between the couple in question on WhatsApp, but this doesnât seem to matter.
Lucknow: 2 kids dead, mother and sibling critical; CO says suicide bid, SP points to smoke
District Superintendent of Police Rakesh Prakash Singh on Monday said the mother and her three children may have fallen sick after inhaling smoke from a fireplace in the house. December 22, 2020 10:41:11 am
A local Congress leader and his nephew were shot dead allegedly by their neighbour in Prasiddhpur village here, police said on Wednesday.
A five-year-old child and her six-year-old brother died after their mother allegedly poisoned them, her 14-year-old son and herself under the Kotwali police station limits of Sitapur district on Sunday evening. The mother, Nitu Kashyap (35), and her elder son were critical and admitted to King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow.