Articles for Pegasus Row

'National security can't be free pass every time,' SC tells Centre on Pegasus row, sets up panel to probe matter
3 years, 1 month ago

'National security can't be free pass every time,' SC tells Centre on Pegasus row, sets up panel to probe matter

Firstpost  

The matter related to a media investigation uncovering alleged surveillance of certain eminent Indians, including members of the Opposition parties, by hacking their phones using Israeli firm NSO’s spyware, Pegasus. The Supreme Court on Wednesday formed an independent committee of technical experts to probe the Pegasus surveillance issue, saying that the Centre did not even attempt to justify its stand …

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Government need not disclose anything which compromises national security: Supreme Court on Pegasus row
3 years, 4 months ago

Government need not disclose anything which compromises national security: Supreme Court on Pegasus row

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter, making it clear that it did not want the government to disclose anything which might compromise national security. The bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the apex …

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Pegasus row: Why hasn't anyone filed complaint under IT, Telegraph Act, Supreme Court asks petitioners
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus row: Why hasn't anyone filed complaint under IT, Telegraph Act, Supreme Court asks petitioners

India Today  

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday asked why no one has filed a criminal complaint about illegal interception under the IT and the Telegraph Act in connection with the Pegasus row. Read: Allegations of snooping serious if reports true, says Supreme Court on Pegasus Sibal said, "Please see N Ram's petition. The Supreme Court was hearing a batch …

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Pegasus snooping row: The story so far
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus snooping row: The story so far

India Today  

Allegations of snooping using military-grade spyware Pegasus have prevented Parliament from functioning normally. The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction for a probe by a special investigation team to ascertain the central government’s role in the Pegasus snooping allegations. Reports say journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, whose phone was allegedly infiltrated with …

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Pegasus Row: In First Among BJP Allies, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Bats For Probe Into Snooping Claims
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus Row: In First Among BJP Allies, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Bats For Probe Into Snooping Claims

ABP News  

Patna: In perhaps a first from an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for a probe to be initiated in the Pegasus case. People have been reiterating for so many days, it should be done," Bihar CM Nitish Kumar told media persons. Opposition parties have been demanding a Supreme …

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Pegasus row: Nitish Kumar favours Opposition's demand for discussion in Parliament, calls for probe
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus row: Nitish Kumar favours Opposition's demand for discussion in Parliament, calls for probe

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems to have struck a chord similar to the Opposition parties' narrative on the Pegasus row. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have failed to transact any significant business, except passage of some bills, amid continued protests by Opposition parties over the Pegasus since the Monsoon session of Parliament commenced on July 19. The opposition …

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Pegasus Row: Parliamentary Panel to Question Govt Officials Postponed
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus Row: Parliamentary Panel to Question Govt Officials Postponed

The Quint  

A meeting of the Parliamentary Panel on Wednesday, 28 July, that was supposed to see government officials being questioned on the Pegasus spyware issue was put off due to a lack of quorum, PTI reported. Some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, met in Parliament to discuss the issue. Tharoor …

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Pegasus row: Snooping has always existed, it's just become more brazen, intrusive and tech-savvy | OPINION
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus row: Snooping has always existed, it's just become more brazen, intrusive and tech-savvy | OPINION

India Today  

In the last few days, the national media has been abuzz with reports over the Snoopgate or Pegasusgate as it's being called - the data leaks from India and across the world that suggest that thousands of phone lines could have been tracked, some of them hacked, using an Israeli spyware called Pegasus. Truth is, my friends, every government-and we …

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PM must clarify whether snooping was done: Chidambaram on Pegasus Spying Row
3 years, 4 months ago

PM must clarify whether snooping was done: Chidambaram on Pegasus Spying Row

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the government should either call for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Pegasus snooping allegations or request the Supreme Court to appoint a sitting judge to investigate the matter, and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in Parliament clarifying whether there had been surveillance or not. Asked about …

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Pegasus spyware row shifts Oppn mood towards Adjournment motion, but Parliament has no dearth of motions
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware row shifts Oppn mood towards Adjournment motion, but Parliament has no dearth of motions

Firstpost  

Call for Adjournment Motion is common in Parliament. But then there are No-day-yet-named Motions and many more As the Pegasus spyware snowballed into a massive political row in Parliament and outside, many Congress MPs sought adjournment motion in Lok Sabha while many MPs in Rajya Sabha sent notice under Rule 267 seeking suspension of rules to discuss the matter. At …

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Pegasus row: Govt maligned India, aap chronology samajhiye, Kapil Sibal's dig at Amit Shah
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus row: Govt maligned India, aap chronology samajhiye, Kapil Sibal's dig at Amit Shah

India Today  

Congress leader Kapil Sibal used Home Minister Amit Shah's 'aap chronology samajhiye' barb against him to level snooping allegations against the Union government following the Pegasus spyware news reports. Responding to the Pegasus row, which created a storm on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Amit Shah called it an attempt "to malign Indian democracy and its …

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