Centre Phone Tapping

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  Chandrababu Naidu Accuses Jagan Reddy's Party Of Phone Tapping

  Alleging that the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh was resorting to illegal tapping of phones to further its political gains, Telugu Desam party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that the Centre order an inquiry by a competent body to check the illegal acts.

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  "My Phone Was Tapped," Says Mamata Banerjee, Blames Centre, "2-3 States"

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the centre to launch an investigation into messaging service WhatsApp's announcement that unnamed entities had used Israeli spyware to snoop on journalists and human rights activists.

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  Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea Over Ajit Doval Phone Tapping

  The Delhi High Court sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking setting up of a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged illegal phone tapping of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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  Agencies Can Snoop On Any Computer, Says Centre's Order, Triggering Alarm

  Investigating agencies will have sweeping powers to intercept and monitor data on computers after a new home ministry order put out on Thursday. Ten central agencies have been equipped with powers of "interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer," in the order signed by Home S...

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  Delhi High Court Disposes Of Mukul Roy's Plea Alleging Phone Tapping

  The Delhi High Court today disposed of former TMC leader Mukul Roy's plea alleging phone tapping, after the centre and the West Bengal government said his numbers were not being intercepted. The order was passed by Justice Vibhu Bakhru after he perused the affidavits filed by the two governments.

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  Mukul Roy Phone Tapping: Centre, West Bengal Government Told To Explain

  The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre and the West Bengal government to file in a sealed cover, their responses on a plea by BJP leader Mukul Roy alleging that his phones were being tapped by the state police.

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  Delhi High Court Refuses To Interfere In Essar Phone Tapping Matter

  The Delhi High Court today refused to direct a court-monitored probe by an SIT into the allegation that corporate major Essar tapped phones of high- profile people and some union ministers, saying the Centre has already asked the Delhi Police to investigate the matter.

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  New York Launches App to Fight Terror

  New Yorkers can now warn authorities of suspect activities with a tap, thanks to a smartphone phone app to fight terror unveiled Monday on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday.

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  Andhra Pradesh Takes Fight With Telangana to Centre as Chandrababu Naidu is Expected to Meet PM Modi Today

  The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to seek Centre's intervention in asking the Governor to exercise his powers in the common capital of Hyderabad with Telangana as it accused the dispensation in the newly-formed state of tapping phones of its ministers, MPs and officers.

• Phone was tapped, says Mamata; not true, says centre

  After pulling out of the UPA government over differences on the Centre's recent decision to hike diesel prices and allow Foreign Direct Investment in retail, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hinted that the central government was tapping her phones.

• Supreme Court sends notice to Centre on phone tap

  The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking laying down of guidelines for tapping telephonic conversation by taking into account the right to privacy of citizens.A bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly issued notices to the Centre and Department of Telecommunication on a PIL filed by an advocate seeking...