Pegasus Snooping

The BJP on Friday made light of Rahul Gandhi's allegation that he was being snooped upon, saying that the Congress leader was "hallucinating" and makes such claims as he wants to create headlines wherever he goes.

Lashing out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his claim of being snooped on through Israeli spyware Pegasus, Union Minister Anurag Thakur today said it is his habit to raise unfounded allegations and 'defame' India on foreign shores.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took exception to Congress member Gaurav Gogoi's allegation that government snoops on politicians with Israeli spyware Pegasus and asked him to give proof of the claim.

Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday took a swipe at the BJP as his name had figured among the alleged targets of the Pegasus snooping scandal.

Mamata Banerjee today said her government had turned down an offer to buy Israeli spyware Pegasus a few years ago. The use of the spyware to snoop on political rivals is "not acceptable", the Bengal Chief Minister told reporters.

Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.

An Israeli investigation found “no indication” that police illegally hacked the mobile phones of dozens of public figures.

Police used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis, including a son of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, activists, and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today in parliament said the gap between the "rich India" and "poor India" is widening. From Pegasus snooping row to unemployment and tensions with China, he touched on several issues.

Israel's national police force said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens' phones.

Opposition parties are likely to raise the Pegasus snooping allegations, farmers' issues and the border row with China in the Budget session of Parliament which is starting from today.

There was no link between the $2 billion India-Israel deal that purportedly involved the Pegasus spyware and an Indian vote in the United Nations as suggested by The New York Times, the former Indian envoy to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told N

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there cannot be a better time to set new goals for taking forward India-Israel relations and asserted that the cooperation between the two countries has played a key role in the growth stories of the two

The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy toll in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to "treason".

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations.

The BJP on Friday made light of Rahul Gandhi's allegation that he was being snooped upon, saying that the Congress leader was "hallucinating" and makes such claims as he wants to create headlines wherever he goes.

Lashing out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his claim of being snooped on through Israeli spyware Pegasus, Union Minister Anurag Thakur today said it is his habit to raise unfounded allegations and 'defame' India on foreign shores.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took exception to Congress member Gaurav Gogoi's allegation that government snoops on politicians with Israeli spyware Pegasus and asked him to give proof of the claim.

Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday took a swipe at the BJP as his name had figured among the alleged targets of the Pegasus snooping scandal.

Mamata Banerjee today said her government had turned down an offer to buy Israeli spyware Pegasus a few years ago. The use of the spyware to snoop on political rivals is "not acceptable", the Bengal Chief Minister told reporters.

Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.

An Israeli investigation found “no indication” that police illegally hacked the mobile phones of dozens of public figures.

Police used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis, including a son of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, activists, and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday.

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today in parliament said the gap between the "rich India" and "poor India" is widening. From Pegasus snooping row to unemployment and tensions with China, he touched on several issues.

Israel's national police force said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens' phones.

Opposition parties are likely to raise the Pegasus snooping allegations, farmers' issues and the border row with China in the Budget session of Parliament which is starting from today.

There was no link between the $2 billion India-Israel deal that purportedly involved the Pegasus spyware and an Indian vote in the United Nations as suggested by The New York Times, the former Indian envoy to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told N

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there cannot be a better time to set new goals for taking forward India-Israel relations and asserted that the cooperation between the two countries has played a key role in the growth stories of the two

The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy toll in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to "treason".

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations.