Obama to deliver speech on national security leaks on Friday

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 08:34

US President Barack Obama would present the outcomes of his administration`s recent review of the national security leaks that made public the secretive telephone and Internet surveillance program.

Chinese official resigns over sex scandal

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 10:52

The post cited two surveillance video clips that allegedly showed the two checking in the same hotel room Nov 27 and Dec 11, where they stayed for hours.

New York judge rules NSA phone surveillance lawful

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 23:56

A US district judge in New York ruled today that controversial telephone surveillance by the National Security Agency was lawful and a vital component of the war on Al-Qaeda.

US releases more documents on surveillance origins

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 05:18

The director of national intelligence declassified more documents that outline how the National Security Agency was first authorised to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records in the hunt for al-Qaida terrorists.

Snowden revelations may lead to spying curbs: Experts

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 18:22

The most serious rebuke to the NSA came Wednesday from a panel of establishment figures named by the White House to review the surveillance operations that mushroomed after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Tech executives press Obama to reform surveillance practices

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 07:29

Technology company executives pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to rein in the US government`s electronic spying after a court dealt a blow to the administration`s surveillance practices.

Under fire Obama meets Internet chieftains over spying

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:39

Under fire from courts and allies over a vast US spying dragnet, President Barack Obama faced new heat on Tuesday from Internet titans.

BSF launches new surveillance system to check infiltration

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 20:15

BSF has introduced a state-of-the-art Communication and Surveillance System, armed with bullet-proof bunker and high-end infrared cameras, along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu frontier to arrest cross-border infiltration.

Opponents of French surveillance law race to get support for review

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 05:41

Opponents of a new law in France that expands government powers to monitor phone and Internet connection data without judicial review scrambled for support on Thursday to force a review by the Constitutional Council.

No better way to protect US than surveillance: NSA

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 09:12

The NSA chief said he knows of no better way his agency can help protect the US from foreign threats than with spy programs that collect billions of phone and Internet records from around the world.

Govt awaiting US response over intelligence surveillance

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 15:57

The government on Wednesday said it was awaiting a "substantive" response from the US over the reports of American intelligence surveillance over Indian Embassy in Washington and its Mission to the UN in New York as revealed by whistle blower Edward Snowden.

US tech companies call for more controls on surveillance

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 12:27

In an open letter to US President Barack Obama and Congress, the companies said recent revelations showed the balance had tipped too far in favor of the state in many countries and away from the individual.