The monsoon session of Parliament begins today amid reports that phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking. The allegations regarding government surveillance on specific people has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever, the centre has said in its response. The government will not back down from putting up a strong defence in the Pegasus spyware scandal, sources have told NDTV. Ahead of the session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the opposition must ask tough questions, but the government should be allowed to reply in a peaceful atmosphere.