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The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to a bill which seeks to set up DNA data banks across India to store profiles and also provides for a jail term of up to three years to those who leak the information stored in such facilities.

The Union Cabinet will take a call tomorrow on a bill which seeks to set up DNA data banks across India to store profiles, and also impose jail term of up to three years on those who leak the information stored in such facilities.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

The Union Government has proposed to allow collection of samples from private parts of human body for DNA profiling and data preservation with the approval of a regulatory body, as per the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.

The Kerala High Court today stayed the order of a lower court directing Bitti Mohanty, accused in the 2006 German tourist rape case in Rajasthan, to undergo DNA test for a week.

Indian Army soldiers will have their DNA profile stored in a data bank under a project launched by the Armed Forces Medical Services that will facilitate identification of bodies during any operation, attack or mishap.

Four people were sent to six days' police custody after being arrested on charges of cheating and breach of trust.

The RT Nagar branch of Bank of India has been cheated by two businessmen who submitted fake property papers to get a loan of Rs 23 lakh for business purpose.The incident came to light when the bank officials went to check the defaulter's address, but found it to be fake. The documents produced by them to avail the loan were also found to be forged,...

Eastern Ahmedabad's green lung will get healthier soon. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has chosen Sabarmati river's eastern bank between Subhash bridge to Wadaj Dudheshwar bridge to develop a kilometer long garden. The work will start on the longest garden of the city next month. The proposed garden will be develo...

Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has declared interest rate revision with effect from December 15. In a statement issued by the bank, the interest rates on domestic retail term deposits, including short term deposits, have been made quite attractive with an increase ranging between 50 to 125 basis points on various maturity bands. The interest rate on dep...

Officers of the cyber crime investigation cell of the Mumbai crime branch recently arrested Rahul Kanhaiyalal Shah, who runs a stock trading firm in Goregaon, for allegedly sending an email containing false information about the insolvency of a leading private bank to create fear among its investors and account holders. However, the police suspect ...

Alert officials at the Airoli branch of ICICI Bank have foiled a bid to siphon-off Rs 3 crore by way of a forged cheque. The Rabale Police, following the complaint have arrested five persons who tried to withdraw the money.The accused have been identified as Dipak Bedi, 31, Vikas Kumar Sohanlal, 26, Ganesh Shetty, 31, all residents of Dombivli, Pra...

For banks in Jaipur, it seems security is the last thing on their priority list. Reason: More than 47% banks in Jaipur have not deployed guards while around 40% banks have not installed close circuit televisions (CCTVs) despite repeated reminders by the police.According to the latest report prepared by Jaipur police on bank security, State Bank of ...

It is the kind of fraud that will remind you of the movies. Over a period of two years, the manager of the Navrangpura branch of Karnataka Bank cheated the bank to the tune of Rs2.3 crore, by making dummy accounts and issuing loans in their name. The police are now on the hunt for the manager, G Ramakrishna Prabhu. Prabhu, a resident of Hubli in Ka...

A technical snag deposited Rs 1.20 lakh into the savings bank account of 28-year-old Narasimha Murthy, when he actually had only Rs 563. Despite frequent alerts from the bank, the customer is believed to have ignored the bank's request to repay the amount and is now absconding."Murthy, a resident of Tavarkere and an employee of Paprika wears, used ...

The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to a bill which seeks to set up DNA data banks across India to store profiles and also provides for a jail term of up to three years to those who leak the information stored in such facilities.

The Union Cabinet will take a call tomorrow on a bill which seeks to set up DNA data banks across India to store profiles, and also impose jail term of up to three years on those who leak the information stored in such facilities.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

The Union Government has proposed to allow collection of samples from private parts of human body for DNA profiling and data preservation with the approval of a regulatory body, as per the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.

The Kerala High Court today stayed the order of a lower court directing Bitti Mohanty, accused in the 2006 German tourist rape case in Rajasthan, to undergo DNA test for a week.

Indian Army soldiers will have their DNA profile stored in a data bank under a project launched by the Armed Forces Medical Services that will facilitate identification of bodies during any operation, attack or mishap.

Four people were sent to six days' police custody after being arrested on charges of cheating and breach of trust.

The RT Nagar branch of Bank of India has been cheated by two businessmen who submitted fake property papers to get a loan of Rs 23 lakh for business purpose.The incident came to light when the bank officials went to check the defaulter's address, but found it to be fake. The documents produced by them to avail the loan were also found to be forged,...

Eastern Ahmedabad's green lung will get healthier soon. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has chosen Sabarmati river's eastern bank between Subhash bridge to Wadaj Dudheshwar bridge to develop a kilometer long garden. The work will start on the longest garden of the city next month. The proposed garden will be develo...

Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has declared interest rate revision with effect from December 15. In a statement issued by the bank, the interest rates on domestic retail term deposits, including short term deposits, have been made quite attractive with an increase ranging between 50 to 125 basis points on various maturity bands. The interest rate on dep...

Officers of the cyber crime investigation cell of the Mumbai crime branch recently arrested Rahul Kanhaiyalal Shah, who runs a stock trading firm in Goregaon, for allegedly sending an email containing false information about the insolvency of a leading private bank to create fear among its investors and account holders. However, the police suspect ...

Alert officials at the Airoli branch of ICICI Bank have foiled a bid to siphon-off Rs 3 crore by way of a forged cheque. The Rabale Police, following the complaint have arrested five persons who tried to withdraw the money.The accused have been identified as Dipak Bedi, 31, Vikas Kumar Sohanlal, 26, Ganesh Shetty, 31, all residents of Dombivli, Pra...

For banks in Jaipur, it seems security is the last thing on their priority list. Reason: More than 47% banks in Jaipur have not deployed guards while around 40% banks have not installed close circuit televisions (CCTVs) despite repeated reminders by the police.According to the latest report prepared by Jaipur police on bank security, State Bank of ...

It is the kind of fraud that will remind you of the movies. Over a period of two years, the manager of the Navrangpura branch of Karnataka Bank cheated the bank to the tune of Rs2.3 crore, by making dummy accounts and issuing loans in their name. The police are now on the hunt for the manager, G Ramakrishna Prabhu. Prabhu, a resident of Hubli in Ka...

A technical snag deposited Rs 1.20 lakh into the savings bank account of 28-year-old Narasimha Murthy, when he actually had only Rs 563. Despite frequent alerts from the bank, the customer is believed to have ignored the bank's request to repay the amount and is now absconding."Murthy, a resident of Tavarkere and an employee of Paprika wears, used ...