The government on Monday ordered a crackdown on all inflammatory online content following cyberwarfare originating from Pakistan, blocking nearly 250 Internet platforms, including blogs and websites, used to incite communal strife and create fear among those belonging to the Northeast.

The intermediaries and international social networking sites have indicated to the government that inflammatory and hateful content has been hosted from outside the country and to a large extent from

The intermediaries and international social networking sites have indicated to the government that inflammatory and hateful content has been hosted from outside the country and to a large extent from

On the eve of the crucial civic polls in West Bengal slated for Sunday, the Gyaneswari Express disaster in the West Midnapore district of the state had taken on increasingly political hues. While railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee sought a CBI probe into the disaster, Mr Sitaram Yechury, whose CPI(M) is the Trinamul’s arch rival in West Bengal, wondered why the CBI should be called in when the state CID is investigating the incident.