Pegasus Spying Row: The government has been denying all Opposition allegations over the matter Washington: The US has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics and journalists, even as it maintained that it has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue in India. “The whole notion of using … Read more
NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided that it will not allow Parliament to take up any other issue till Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah speak on the Pegasus snooping row and allow a proper discussion on it in the House. TMC members held a parliamentary strategy meeting on … Read more
PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president A V Subramanian on Wednesday slammed the BJP government at the Centre for snooping and spying on the mobile phones of constitutional functionaries, Union cabinet ministers, present and former heads of India’s security forces, senior leaders of opposition parties, journalists, lawyers and activists through Israeli surveillance software Pegasus. In … Read more
The department-related standing committee for information and technology chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is likely to discuss another issue that may actually create a storm between parties in the Opposition and parties from the ruling dispensation. The issue of the alleged phone tapping has already taken Parliament by storm and no business has happened … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Pegasus snooping controversy rocked the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday, leading to continued disruptions and repeated adjournments of the House. Soon after the House assembled at 3 pm, the opposition members again started raising slogans on the Pegasus snooping issue, forcing the chair to adjourn the House for the day. The Lok … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday ruled out scope for talks with Karnataka over the Mekedatu dam issue. Based on the Centre’s assurances, his government is confident that Karnataka cannot go ahead in its initiative and legal options would also be pursued in the dam matter, Stalin told reporters in the national … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met Congress leader AK Antony and NCP chief Sharad Pawar and is learnt to have briefed them about the border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as the current situation in the region, people familiar with the development said. The former defence ministers were also provided with … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Wednesday moved the Supreme Court over the Krishna River dispute, alleging the Telangana government has deprived it of its legitimate share of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. The petition claims the Telangana government refuses to follow the decisions taken by the Apex Council constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the … Read more
This is for the second year when the Odisha government prohibited the “Bol Bom Jatra”. (File) Bhubaneswar: In view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government Tuesday announced a ban on the religious activities and congregations of “Kaudias” or “Bol Bom” devotees. The “Bol Bom” devotees are not allowed to collect water … Read more
In view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government Tuesday announced a ban on the religious activities and congregations of ‘Kaudias’ or ‘Bol Bom’ devotees. The ‘Bol Bom’ devotees are not allowed to collect water from rivers, ponds, and other water bodies and walk on any public road to offer it to … Read more