Snoopgate

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  Pegasus Snoopgate: Supreme Court Appoints Expert Committee to Inquire Into Surveillance Row

  The Supreme Court appointed a committee of experts to inquire into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens.

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  WhatsApp Said to Have Shared 'Technical Jargon' With Government, Didn't Mention Pegasus

  Government sources say that WhatsApp had given information to CERT-IN, a government agency in May, but without any mention of Pegasus or the extent of the breach.

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  Amit Shah Bald, Sushma Swaraj Has Simple Hairstyle: Police Profiles

  Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favoured a dhoti and kurta teamed with a Jawahar jacket and chappals or slippers. On a police proforma that the government says is routinely filled by prominent politicians for security reasons, BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are listed as Mr Vajpayee's close associates.

• 'Scandalous' Charges Against Modi Not Ok: Supreme Court to Snoopgate Petitioner

  "Scandalous allegations" made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi" must be deleted, the Supreme Court has ordered Pradeep Sharma, the suspended bureaucrat from Gujarat who has accused Mr Modi of ordering the police to illegally spy on a woman.

• Narendra Modi Doesn't Understand India; Snoops on Women: Rahul Gandhi

  Taking Narendra Modi head on, Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate does not understand the strength of India and its people and accused his party of following a politics that was "full of anger".

• Not investigating Snoopgate, Centre tells Supreme Court

  The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it is not investigating Snoopgate, or the alleged spying on a woman in Narendra Modi's Gujarat, which had sparked a political war in the middle of the national election.

• Snoopgate: 'Thankful' for Surveillance, Woman Tells Supreme Court

  The father of a woman who was allegedly stalked on the orders of the Gujarat government, in the scandal known as "Snoopgate", has gone to court to stop any investigation in the case. He said any probe would be a violation of privacy, as his daughter is now married.

• Snoop-Gate's Four Unanswered Questions

  The current election campaign has seen a resurgence of the "Snoop-gate" controversy. In an election which it is expected to lose abysmally, the Congress has used the scandal as ammunition against Narendra Modi, the bJP's prime ministerial candidate, who is accused of ordering the illegal surveillance of a young woman architect in Gujarat.

• Post Allies Attack, Government Changes Mind About Snoopgate Judge: Sources

  After it was censured strongly by its own allies, the Congress has reportedly abandoned plans to appoint, in its last few days in power, a judge who will determine whether Narendra Modi allegedly ordered the surveillance of a young woman architect.

• Congress Allies Agree with BJP Over Snoopgate Appointment

  In a major bruise for the Congress, two of its key allies have stridently objected to the announcement that a judge will be appointed by this government - now at the end of its term - to investigate the scandal dubbed as "Snoopgate" which is based on allegations against Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.

• Congress Allies Agree With BJP Over Snoopgate Appointment

  Two of Congress' key allies have stridently objected to the announcement that a judge will be appointed by this government to investigate "Snoopgate".

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  Amit Shah Slams Government Move on 'Snoopgate' Probe

  Slamming the UPA government's announcement that it will assign a judge to investigate if the Gujarat police spied on a young woman architect at the behest of Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister's close aide Amit Shah today said it had no "moral or constitutional authority" to take decision on it at the fag-end of its tenure.

• Snoopgate: Will Appoint Judge Before Votes are Counted, Says Government

  In the midst of a bitter election campaign, the government has arranged a new confrontation with the BJP by announcing that it will assign a judge to investigate if the Gujarat police spied on a young woman architect at the behest of Narendra Modi.

• Snoopgate: Will Appoint A Judge Before Votes Are Counted, Says Government

  Before votes are counted on May 16, the government will appoint a retired judge to investigate whether Gujarat police officers spied on a young woman architect at the behest of Narendra Modi.

• Eavesdropping Row Hangs Over Obama-Merkel Talks

  This is her first visit to Washington since revelations that the US may have tapped her mobile phone.