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Rahul accuses PM of treason, demands SC appointed probe into Pegasus issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah used the Pegasus spyware against India and its institutions, and "the only word for this is treason", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged

Pegasus is Israeli weapon, Centre used it against India: Rahul Gandhi

Attacking the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Pegasus spyware is an Israeli classified weapon that the government has used against the institutions of the country

Lok Sabha: Congress MP moves Adjournment motion on Pegasus issue

Congress MP B Manickam Tagore on Friday has moved a motion of Adjournment of the business in Lok Sabha to discuss over 'Pegasus Project' media report

Anil Ambani's numbers added to Pegasus hacked phone list, says report

The report said the mere presence of a number on this list does not imply the smartphone connected to Anil Ambani's phone was successfully snooped upon

Plea filed in SC seeking SIT probe into Pegasus snooping allegations

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team into reports of alleged snooping by government agencies using Israeli spyware Pegasus

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 12 noon after opposition ruckus

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for an hour on Thursday after opposition members tried to raise issues of income tax raids on Dainik Bhaskar and alleged snooping using Pegasus spyware

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon following protests by opposition MPs

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Thursday following sloganeering by opposition members protesting over a range of issues, including the Pegasus snooping controversy

BJP slams opposition over Pegasus issue, says attempt at spreading lies

Tamil Nadu BJP national co-incharge Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Wednesday accused the opposition parties of trying to defame BJP in the name of Pegasus spyware row without any proper evidence

Pegasus row: No proof who targeted 50,000 phone worldwide, says Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that there was no proof as to who targeted the 50,000 smartphone numbers in 'Pegasus' spyware row, adding that even his number could be on the database

Israel sets up team of ministers to examine NSO spyware allegations: Report

The team is headed by Israel's National Security Council, which answers to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and has broader areas of expertise than the Defence Ministry

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Kamal Nath demands probe into Pegasus snooping case by SC judge

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath termed the alleged snooping by the Israeli spyware Pegasus as the "biggest attack on the privacy" of people and demanded a probe into it

Parliamentary panel to question MeitY, MHA on Pegasus issue on July 28

A parliamentary standing committee, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will question officials of MeitYand MHA in connection with the case of alleged illegal surveillance using Pegasus software

Emmanuel Macron among 14 heads of states on potential spyware list

French President Emmanuel Macron leads a list of 14 current or former heads of state who may have been targeted for hacking by clients of the notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO Group

France investigates alleged spyware use against dissidents: Report

The prosec­utor's office said on Tuesday that it opened an investigation into a raft of pote­n­tial charges, inclu­ding viola­tion of privacy, illegal use of data and illegally selling spyware

Opposition parties disrupt Parliament, seek probe into Pegasus

Shouting out slogans agai­nst Modi's govt, the Opp­osition members said they wanted an independent probe into the complaints of spying and the resignation of HM Amit Shah

'Don't think my phone was being hacked': Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel

Names of two union ministers- Prahlad Singh Patel and Ashwini Vaishnav-, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and several Indian journalists appeared on the leaked list of potential targets for surveillance

Pegasus row: Kapil Sibal demands SC-monitored probe, white paper by govt

Former IT minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal Tuesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe in the Pegasus snooping matter and a government white paper in Parliament

Maharashtra govt did not avail of NSO's services till I was CM: Fadnavis

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra government did not avail of the services the private Israeli firm NSO as long as he was the state chief minister.

Amazon Web Services shuts down Pegasus-owner NSO Group's infrastructure

After the massive Pegasus spyware controversy, Amazon Web Services, which is the Cloud arm of Amazon, has shut down infrastructure and accounts linked to the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group