Phone Tapping

Bringing Down Elected Government With Money Is Treachery: Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 20, 2020

Phone tapping is an assault on personal freedom and bringing down a democratically-elected government using money amounts to "treachery", the Shiv Sena said on Monday referring to the Rajasthan political crisis.

Congress Asks BJP Minister To Quit Over Rajasthan "Phone-Tapping" Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 19, 2020

The Congress demanded Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's resignation on Sunday for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.

On Phone Tapping Allegations, Home Ministry Asks Rajasthan For Report

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday July 18, 2020

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a report from the Rajasthan Chief Secretary on the BJP's allegations of illegal tapping of phone amid a political crisis triggered by Congress leader Sachin Pilot's open revolt

Congress "Tapping Phone Calls" Of Opposition In Rajasthan: BJP Leader

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 13, 2020

Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan assembly Rajendra Rathore alleged that the state government is tapping the phone calls of opposition members under the garb of a probe into the alleged poaching of MLAs.

BJP Leaders' Phones Tapped Under Devendra Fadnavis Government: Anil Deshmukh

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 7, 2020

The Maharashtra government has information that phones of some BJP leaders too were tapped during the previous Devendra Fadnavis regime and the matter will be probed, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Friday.

Panel To Probe Phone Tapping Allegations Under BJP Rule In Maharashtra

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 3, 2020

The Maharashtra government on Monday announced the formation of a two-member committee to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into allegations of tapping of phones of political rivals by the previous BJP-led administration.

All Leaders Know That Their Phones Are Tapped: Sharad Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 25, 2020

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that all political leaders know that their phones are tapped, which is why they do not think about it seriously.

Phone-Tapping Not Maharashtra's "Culture", Says Devendra Fadnavis

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 25, 2020

After Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's allegation that phones of Congress-NCP leaders were tapped by the previous BJP regime during 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, former ex-chief minister Devendra Fadnavis rejected the charges on Friday.

10 Central Agencies Authorised To Tap Phones: Home Ministry To Lok Sabha

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Tuesday November 19, 2019

The government of India has authorised as many as 10 central agencies to tap phones, including the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and the Intelligence Bureau, the Ministry of Home Affairs told the Lok Sabha today, adding the power of telephone interception is vested and the agencies have to take the Union Home Secretary's ...

"No Privacy Left For Anyone": Top Court Hears Chhattisgarh Phone Tap Case

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday November 4, 2019

An irked Supreme Court today questioned what was happening in the country while hearing a phone tapping case from Chhattisgarh against the backdrop of the WhatsApp snooping scandal, over which the Congress and the BJP have been sparring.

Chhattisgarh Government Can't Tap Senior Cop's Phone, Says Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 26, 2019

The Supreme Court Friday restrained the Chhattisgarh government from intercepting telephones of top police officer Mukesh Gupta and his family and granted him protection from arrest in the cases lodged against him.

Phone Tapping Allowed Only In Case Of Public Emergency: Bombay High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 22, 2019

Telephone tapping is permissible only in situations of public emergency or in the interest of public safety, the Bombay High Court held on Tuesday quashing orders passed by the Union Home Ministry allowing agencies to intercept phone calls of a businessman booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a bribery case.

CBI Searches At Ex-Bengaluru Police Chief's Home In Phone-Tapping Case

Karnataka News | Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday September 26, 2019

Officials of the CBI are searching the home of former Bengaluru police commissioner Alok Kumar in the city in connection with the alleged phone-tapping of politicians and bureaucrats during the term of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka.

CBI Takes Over Probe Into Alleged Phone Tapping Of Karnataka Politicians

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 31, 2019

The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has taken up investigation into alleged phone tapping of politicians during the term of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, officials said on Saturday.

"Pathological Liar": Siddaramaiah vs BS Yediyurappa Over Wiretapping Case

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Monday August 19, 2019

Congress leader Siddaramaiah today called Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa a "pathological liar" for claiming that he had sought a CBI probe into allegations of phone tapping by the previous coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy.