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  Rajya Sabha: TMC MP snatches Pegasus statement from Ashwini Vaishnaw, tears it

  India | July 22, 2021 15:57 IST

  TMC MPs on Thursday tore papers and flung them into the air, throwing the Rajya Sabha into bedlam as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw read a statement on the alleged snooping using Pegasus.

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  Muqabla | Opposition target Modi govt over phone tapping row

  News | July 19, 2021 18:19 IST

  The central government dismissed allegations of tapping phones of prominent individuals including ministers, opposition leaders, journalists, businessmen and others. The government said similar claims were made in the past regarding the use of Pegasus on WhatsApp by India. Those reports, the statement said, had no factual basis and were categorically denied by all parties, including WhatsApp in the Supreme Court.

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  'Sensationalism', says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Lok Sabha over phone tapping row

  India | July 19, 2021 17:30 IST

  An international media consortium on Sunday reported that 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 the Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies.

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  Gujarat: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Vadnagar railway section

  News | July 17, 2021 14:48 IST

  Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the Vadnagar railway section and travelled in a rail engine along with the locomotive pilot.