More than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies, an international media consortium reported on Sunday. The government, however, dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever . Asserting that India is a robust democracy that is committed to ensuring the right to privacy to all its citizens as a fundamental right , the government dismissed the media report as an attempt to playing the role of an investigator, prosecutor as well as jury .
Will Fight It Out In Parliament, No Compromise On AP s Interests: YSRCP Jul 19, 2021, 10:50 IST
NEW DELHI: YSR Congress Party MPs flayed the Centre’s stance towards the State by not fulfilling the promises of the AP Reorganisation Act which were pending for the past eight years and betraying the Telugu people. Speaking to the media on Sunday after attending the Central All-Party Conference in Delhi, YSRCP MP V Vijayasai Reddy said that the BJP was adopting a partisan attitude. We have requested the Center to stop the privatization of the steel plant. The BJP government is following double standards. We have made requests for the Special Category Status, to engage CBI to conduct inquiry into the CRDA scam, AP Fibrenet scam, chariot burning issue, and also to clear the DISHA Bill. The Center is also not acting on the disqualification petition of the MP and we will raise all these issues in the Parliament sessions,’’ the MP said.
Parliament building in New Delhi | Raj K Raj/HT File Photo
The Opposition parties are likely to bring up various topics, including the new farm laws, the Pegasus hack media report, fuel price hike and the coronavirus pandemic, as the Monsoon Session of Parliament begins on Monday, reported NDTV. The proceedings in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will start at 11 am.
Communist Party of India Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has moved a suspension of business notice in the House on the revelations of the Pegasus spyware media reports.
On Sunday,
The Wire reported that phone numbers of Indian ministers, Opposition politicians, journalists, activists among others are listed on a leaked database that reportedly reflects potential targets of illegal cyber surveillance using the Pegasus hacking software.
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New Delhi, July 19
More than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies, an international media consortium reported on Sunday.
The government, however, dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever .
Asserting that India is a robust democracy that is committed to ensuring the right to privacy to all its citizens as a fundamental right , the government dismissed the media report as an attempt to playing the role of an investigator, prosecutor as well as jury .
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