A political scandal raises questions about Modi and India's democracy : Up First from NPR : NPR
9 months, 4 weeks ago

A political scandal raises questions about Modi and India's democracy : Up First from NPR : NPR

NPR  

The Sunday Story: An Indian Political Scandal Enlarge this image toggle caption Screenshot by NPR/Mojo Story/Rafiq Maqbool/AP Screenshot by NPR/Mojo Story/Rafiq Maqbool/AP Starting in 2018, sixteen people were arrested in India for allegedly plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The evidence against them, discovered on their electronic devices, appears damning: minutes of terror cell meetings, emails to banned Maoist rebels and a letter suggesting a suicide attack on Modi. Digital forensic investigators not only agree but say Modi's own government may be involved. Sponsor Message In this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's Lauren Frayer follows the twists and turns of what Indian police say was a complex plot to sabotage Modi's government, and that defendants say was a setup.

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SDPI calls ED raids 'tyrannical', accuses BJP of suppressing political parties
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

SDPI calls ED raids 'tyrannical', accuses BJP of suppressing political parties

India Today  

The Social Democratic Party of India on Wednesday termed the Enforcement Directorate raid on its premises a "tyrannical move" by the BJP government to suppress political opposition using investigative agencies. "The raids on the party offices of SDPI by the Enforcement Directorate is the agenda of tyrannical move of the Union BJP regime to suppress the strength of the political …

Conspiracy by BJP to arrest CM Atishi in fake case: Arvind Kejriwal
3 months, 1 week ago

Conspiracy by BJP to arrest CM Atishi in fake case: Arvind Kejriwal

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of plotting to arrest Chief Minister Atishi, claiming that central government agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Income Tax Department, had been instructed to fabricate charges against her. In a statement, Kejriwal alleged that the BJP’s primary objective was to halt …

Advisory against BBC documentary screening stifles dissent: JNUSU
3 months, 1 week ago

Advisory against BBC documentary screening stifles dissent: JNUSU

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, on Wednesday, condemned the university administration’s repeated attempts to curtail democratic spaces on campus by issuing an advisory against the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the All India Students’ Federation, a left-wing student organisation. JNUSU President Dhananjay stated, “This advisory is a blatant attack on the …

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader

Op India  

“For India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, strength is everything.” A hit job on Indian PM Modi was published by American magazine The Atlantic on the 29th of November. The hit job titled “How a Strongman Made Himself Look Weak” claims that PM Modi responds to criticism within India by ‘co-opting’ the media and ‘repressing’ the religious minorities. Daniel Block, who …

PM Modi addresses concluding session of 59th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police and discussed various issues
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3 months, 4 weeks ago

PM Modi addresses concluding session of 59th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police and discussed various issues

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over the potential threats generated on account of digital frauds, cyber-crimes and AI technology at a conference of top police officers in the country. Mr. Modi, along with Home Minister Amit Shah, attended the 59th All India Conference of Director Generals of Police/Inspector Generals of Police at Bhubaneswar on November 30 and December 1. …

‘Inaccurate’: Justin Trudeau’s govt rubbishes Canadian media report linking PM Modi, Jaishankar to criminal activities
4 months, 1 week ago

‘Inaccurate’: Justin Trudeau’s govt rubbishes Canadian media report linking PM Modi, Jaishankar to criminal activities

Live Mint  

The Canadian government rejected a local media report linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to criminal activities in Canada. Drouin's statement read, “On October 14th, because of a significant and ongoing threat to public safety, the RCMP and officials took the extraordinary step of making public accusations of serious criminal …

India’s elections: What happened when activists used A.I. and YouTube to fight Modi.
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s elections: What happened when activists used A.I. and YouTube to fight Modi.

Slate  

If India’s most recent elections proved anything, it’s that the “world’s largest democracy” may yet still be worthy of that name. The results of the six-week cycle, which saw more than 640 million voters turn out across the subcontinent, dealt a steep blow to the demagogic Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which lost its single-party …

Narendra Modi attacks ‘Khan market gang’ for creating ‘fake narrative’ to save the corrupt
10 months ago

Narendra Modi attacks ‘Khan market gang’ for creating ‘fake narrative’ to save the corrupt

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit out those opposing the crackdown on politicians facing corruption allegations and accused the so-called 'Khan Market gang' of creating fake narratives to protect these individuals from legal action. "The same people who demanded that Sonia Gandhi be put behind bars are crying hoarse over action against corruption," PM Modi said, in an apparent reference …

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over Pune Porsche accident, says 'Narendra Modi is creating two India...'
10 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over Pune Porsche accident, says 'Narendra Modi is creating two India...'

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a Juvenile Justice Board's recent order in which the board asked the accused of the Pune Porsche accident case to write an essay. Earlier the Juvenile Justice Board in Pune granted bail to a teenager involved in a car accident that killed two people while asking him to write a …

Fake alert: Voters need to be alert against deepfakes in election campaigns
10 months, 1 week ago

Fake alert: Voters need to be alert against deepfakes in election campaigns

Hindustan Times  

Fact and fiction have become synonyms as AI tools manufacture information quicker than the speed of thought. Deepfake Misinformation Blitzkrieg Videos with unclear sources have surfaced depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a series of Indian voters by name. The 2024 Global Risks Report by the World Economic Forum suggest that Indian experts flagged misinformation and disinformation as the "biggest …

Demand that PM probe Adani, Ambani’s ‘tempos of cash’, says Congress
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Demand that PM probe Adani, Ambani’s ‘tempos of cash’, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Sunday reiterated its demand for an investigation into the alleged tempos of illicit money that Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani of sending to the Congress in a campaign speech at Telangana’s Karimnagar on May 8. Jairam Ramesh, Congress’s general secretary, further emphasised the party’s resolve to ensure a joint parliamentary committee …

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
11 months, 2 weeks ago

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

LA Times  

Mihir Desai, a lawyer at his office in Mumbai, India, is defending a dozen political activists, journalists and lawyers jailed in 2018 on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. The 65-year-old lawyer from India’s financial capital Mumbai is now working on one of his — and the country’s — most high-profile cases: defending a dozen political activists, journalists …

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
11 months, 2 weeks ago

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the nationwide elections that begin this week. Here are their stories: DEFENDING MODI’S CRITICS Mihir Desai has fought for the civil liberties and human rights of India’s most disadvantaged communities, such …

A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital
1 year ago

A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. “It looks like harassment because only opposition leaders are being singled out,” said political commentator Neerja Chowdhury, …

’Jisne loota hai...’: PM Modi attacks Opposition leaders accused of corruption
1 year, 1 month ago

’Jisne loota hai...’: PM Modi attacks Opposition leaders accused of corruption

Live Mint  

Amid Opposition accusing the central government of using central probe agencies against its leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said probe agencies are independent and the Constitution has kept them so. PM Modi said the Enforcement Directorate seized just ₹5,000 crore during the Congress' rule, but the figure reached ₹1 lakh crore under the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government at the …

How two protesters caused chaos inside India's parliament and an outcry over the Modi government's approach to dissent
1 year, 3 months ago

How two protesters caused chaos inside India's parliament and an outcry over the Modi government's approach to dissent

ABC  

India's parliament gets hundreds of visitors every day, hoping to watch the so-called largest democracy in the world in action. Key points: Two men wreaked havoc in India's parliament, disrupting a session with sitting members More than 140 opposition members have been suspended from the chamber for protesting the security breach The move comes as PM Narendra Modi's critics accuse …

India will look into evidence of alleged plot to kill Pannun on US soil: Modi
1 year, 3 months ago

India will look into evidence of alleged plot to kill Pannun on US soil: Modi

Hindustan Times  

India will “look into” any evidence of allegations of a plot to kill a Khalistani leader on American soil but a “few incidents” will not derail US-India ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his first response on the issue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi made the remarks in an interview with the Financial Times, during which he sought …

India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists
55 years, 3 months ago

India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists

Wired  

A special unit of the Delhi Police, reporting directly to Narendra Modi’s union government, this morning seized the laptops and phones of journalists and satirists associated with a news website, Newsclick.in. Journalists Abhisar Sharma, Aritry Das, and Bhasha Singh posted about the raids on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, confirming that Delhi Police had seized their laptops and …

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding
1 year, 5 months ago

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding

Al Jazeera  

Website’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and another staff arrested following raids over allegations of receiving foreign money for pro-China propaganda. “A special investigations team launched a search operation to identify all those individuals who were possibly getting funds from overseas to run a media group with the main agenda of spreading foreign propaganda,” said a home ministry official overseeing the raids …

PM Modi invokes Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's killing, accuses Cong of ‘votebank politics’ in poll-bound Rajasthan
1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi invokes Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's killing, accuses Cong of ‘votebank politics’ in poll-bound Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan over the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, who was beheaded on June 28 last year. I want to ask Congress, what did the Congress party do during the Udaipur tailor killing, they played vote-bank politics…”, the prime minister said in a rally in Chhittorgarh in poll-bound …

RTI activist arrested for derogatory post on PM Modi, Amit Shah: Mumbai cops
1 year, 10 months ago

RTI activist arrested for derogatory post on PM Modi, Amit Shah: Mumbai cops

India TV News  

A Right to Information activist was arrested by Mumbai police on Saturday for making "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya. The accused made alleged "derogatory" remarks about the Prime Minister and other leaders in a Facebook post, according to a Mumbai police official. On Friday, a man called the Delhi …

PM Modi uses The Kerala Story to attack Congress poll campaign
1 year, 10 months ago

PM Modi uses The Kerala Story to attack Congress poll campaign

The Hindu  

Shifting gears from developmental issues to the theme of terrorism-nationalism ahead of elections in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his poll rally in Ballari on Friday accused the Congress of “nurturing terrorism to appease and safeguard its vote bank”. Citing the controversial film The Kerala Story to bolster his tirade against the Congress, Mr. Modi said, “In the changing …

India expands investigation into BBC as more charges brought and workers questioned
1 year, 11 months ago

India expands investigation into BBC as more charges brought and workers questioned

The Independent  

Authorities in India have brought a new case against the BBC for alleged violations of foreign exchange rules, months after multiple tac raids on the broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. The actions come after the BBC aired a documentary about the 2002 Gujarat religious riots, with new evidence suggesting Narendra Modi was “directly responsible” for the circumstances leading …

Man arrested for morphing videos of PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi
1 year, 11 months ago

Man arrested for morphing videos of PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Pune: Upon his arrest, Ansari confessed to his actions and revealed that he had created the morphed videos for fun purposes. A 20-year-old man from Ranchi, Jharkhand, was arrested by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Cyber Crime division for allegedly morphing videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi, and other political leaders. According to …

PM Modi Takes Digs At Opposition: 'All The Corrupt On One Platform Now'
2 years ago

PM Modi Takes Digs At Opposition: 'All The Corrupt On One Platform Now'

The Quint  

A day after leaders and MPs of the opposition staged a protest against the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, PM Modi hit back, accusing them of attempting to attack the very foundations of Indian democracy. On 28 March, PM Narendra Modi spoke at the inauguration of the BJP's new office in Delhi, spitting fire at opposition leaders, stating that they were …

‘Unfortunate that questions are being raised on Indian democracy,’ says PM Modi
2 years ago

‘Unfortunate that questions are being raised on Indian democracy,’ says PM Modi

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prime minister Narendra Modi tore …

No action against corrupt politicians joining BJP: Oppn leaders write to PM over misuse of central agencies
2 years ago

No action against corrupt politicians joining BJP: Oppn leaders write to PM over misuse of central agencies

India Today  

Alleging the misuse of central agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to frame their leaders, nine Opposition leaders have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that no action was taken against corrupt politicians who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Be it the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab, Telangana or …

Manish Sisodia’s arrest is a bid to divert attention from Adani scam: CPI(M)
2 years, 1 month ago

Manish Sisodia’s arrest is a bid to divert attention from Adani scam: CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, is an effort to divert attention from growing questions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with industrialist Gautam Adani, CPI Polit Bureau said in a statement in New Delhi. The party said that the arrest is …

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary
2 years, 1 month ago

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after it aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K., the broadcaster said. The Editors Guild of India denounced the move, saying it continues “a trend of using government agencies to intimidate and harass press organizations that are critical …

BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai raided by India’s tax department
2 years, 1 month ago

BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai raided by India’s tax department

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s tax authorities have raided …

Indian police detain students over Modi documentary screenings
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian police detain students over Modi documentary screenings

Al Jazeera  

The documentary alleges that Modi ordered police to turn a blind eye to deadly riots while he was Gujarat state’s chief minister. Police have detained many students in the Indian capital, New Delhi, over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role during the deadly Gujarat sectarian riots in 2002. Police swarmed Delhi University after …

BBC and Bias: The Modi documentary, the ‘prejudiced’ lens on India, and other controversies
2 years, 2 months ago

BBC and Bias: The Modi documentary, the ‘prejudiced’ lens on India, and other controversies

Firstpost  

India: The Modi Question, the controversial BBC documentary, which revisits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, continues to fan tension in India. The documentary on the 2012 Delhi gang rape It’s not the first time that the BBC has made a documentary that has angered India. Also read: Here’s why I wish I hadn’t watched Leslee …

BBC documentary on PM Modi is conspiracy against India: Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai
2 years, 2 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi is conspiracy against India: Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai

The Hindu  

A BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots that has sparked controversy is a “conspiracy” against India, said Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai on January 26. The “character assassination of the Prime Minister” amounts to an onslaught, insult and a malicious act against the country, said the Governor during his address after inspecting a …

BBC film on India's PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire
2 years, 2 months ago

BBC film on India's PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that …

BBC documentary on PM Modi | Public screenings in Kerala irks BJP
2 years, 2 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi | Public screenings in Kerala irks BJP

The Hindu  

Political temperatures escalated in the State on Tuesday over the public screenings of a damning BBC documentary purportedly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Student and youth organisations owing allegiance to the CPI and the Congress defied the “Central ban” and provoked the ire of the BJP by holding public screenings of the …

Kerala: DYFI, SFI to screen BBC documentary at 200 venues
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala: DYFI, SFI to screen BBC documentary at 200 venues

Op India  

Amidst the ongoing controversy over the recently released BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CPIM’s Democratic Youth Federation of India has vowed to screen the ‘India: The Modi Question’ at 200 venues in Kerala on January 24 and January 25. The reminders of betrayal, apology and genocide cannot be hidden using power.” The BJP has hit out at …

Indian government lashes out at BBC over Modi documentary, saying it exposes ‘colonial mindset’
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian government lashes out at BBC over Modi documentary, saying it exposes ‘colonial mindset’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Addressing a weekly press conference on Thursday, Indian government …

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’
2 years, 2 months ago

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’

Al Jazeera  

The BBC documentary features the findings of a UK inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry has dismissed as “propaganda” a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questions his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots. The report of a United Kingdom inquiry showcased in the documentary …

Bihar terror module’s bid to target PM event busted
2 years, 8 months ago

Bihar terror module’s bid to target PM event busted

Deccan Chronicle  

PATNA: The Patna police on Thursday said that it busted a terror module and arrested two persons for indulging in anti-India activities and for planning to disturb the event in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had participated on July 12. Reports said the accused were being trained in Phulwari Sharif 15 days ahead of Modi’s visit and held meetings on …

Bihar Police busts terror module planning to target PM Modi, ex-cop among 2 arrested
2 years, 8 months ago

Bihar Police busts terror module planning to target PM Modi, ex-cop among 2 arrested

India Today  

A suspected terrorist module has been busted in Patna and two suspected terrorists have been arrested. The Intelligence Bureau got information that a possible terrorist module was operating in the Phulwari Sharif area of Patna, after which police and central agencies raided the Naya Tola area on July 11 and arrested both the suspected terrorists. Police have revealed that the …

Indian politician Rahul Gandhi questioned in money laundering probe
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian politician Rahul Gandhi questioned in money laundering probe

Al Jazeera  

The BJP accuses India’s main opposition leader of forming a shell company and illegally gaining control of property worth $300m. Indian money laundering investigators have questioned the main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as his supporters jostled with police outside the financial crime-fighting agency’s office in the capital, New Delhi. The investigation by the Enforcement Directorate is linked to a nine-year-old …

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital
2 years, 11 months ago

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital

The Independent  

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PM Modi Security Breach: Radicalisation of India’s ‘Liberal’ Forces is Now a Threat
3 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi Security Breach: Radicalisation of India’s ‘Liberal’ Forces is Now a Threat

News 18  

On January 6 last year, the world was rocked by images of rioters storming the United States’ Capitol, threatening the peaceful transition of power. One year later, almost exactly to the day, the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy sat abandoned on a small flyover in Ferozepur in Punjab, with only a handful of his personal security officers shielding …

'Minister is a criminal': Rahul Gandhi seeks Ajay Mishra's ouster over Lakhimpur violence in Lok Sabha
3 years, 3 months ago

'Minister is a criminal': Rahul Gandhi seeks Ajay Mishra's ouster over Lakhimpur violence in Lok Sabha

India TV News  

Highlights Oppn has sharpened attack on govt over SIT report on Lakhimpur violence that claimed 8 lives in Oct The SIT probing Lakhimpur violence in its report said that it was a 'pre-planned conspiracy' 13 people have been arrested including Teni's son in connection with the case. Teni is MoS in MHA Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday called …

Protests erupt in India’s Parliament over spyware scandal
3 years, 8 months ago

Protests erupt in India’s Parliament over spyware scandal

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament erupted in protests on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of using military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists. In India, the list of potential surveillance targets included senior Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, at least 40 journalists, a veteran election strategist critical of Modi and a top virologist, …

Protests erupt in India's Parliament over spying scandal
3 years, 8 months ago

Protests erupt in India's Parliament over spying scandal

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s Parliament erupted in protests on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers …

India’s PM Modi accused of ‘treason’ over Pegasus spyware scandal
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s PM Modi accused of ‘treason’ over Pegasus spyware scandal

Al Jazeera  

Opposition accuses Modi of compromising national security following revelations that dozens of Indians were potential targets of snooping by Israeli-made spyware. India’s main opposition Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “treason” and compromising national security following revelations that dozens of Indians were potential targets of snooping by an Israeli-made spyware. Indian media reports said Modi’s main rival, …

‘India among nations that hacked phones’: Global media investigation
3 years, 8 months ago

‘India among nations that hacked phones’: Global media investigation

Hindustan Times  

India is among the countries that used Israeli company NSO Group’s Pegasus phone hacking software to potentially target politicians, journalists and activists, an international collaborative investigation involving 17 media organisations including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Die Zeit said. ‘Govt committed to right to privacy’: India’s response over Pegasus hack The first part of the multi-part investigation, released late …

Toolkit | Delhi Police officials visit Twitter office
3 years, 10 months ago

Toolkit | Delhi Police officials visit Twitter office

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday visited the office of Twitter in the national capital in connection with a probe over the alleged ‘ Congress toolkit ’. While confirming the presence of Special Cell officers at Twitter’s office in Lado Sarai, a source said that the officials currently did not have a warrant for a search. Last week, the …

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