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Only Authorised Law Enforcement Agencies Can Tap Telephones, Says Government
In a reply to a question posted by a parliamentarian in Lok Sabha, the government on Tuesday said only authorised law enforcement agencies in the country are empowered to tap telephones or intercept and monitor any electronically transmitted information.
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10 Central Agencies Authorised To Tap Phones: Home Ministry To Lok Sabha
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 ...
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Chhattisgarh Government Can't Tap Senior Cop's Phone, Says Supreme Court
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.
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Phone Tapping Allowed Only In Case Of Public Emergency: Bombay High Court
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.
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IPL betting: Gurunath Meiyappan, Vindoo Dara Singh's voice samples match with tapped conversation between them
Mumbai Police, probing the scandal that surfaced in 2013 edition of the T20 league, recently received a forensic report which confirmed the voice samples of Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindoo Dara Singh matched with the tapped telephonic conversation between them during Indian Premier League matches, a senior Crime Branch official said.
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Gujarat government gets 90,000 phone records in 90 days: report
Gujarat Police has obtained nearly 90,000 telephone call data records (CDRs) of people and entities in three months beginning from January this year, raising eyebrows in central intelligence agencies.
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British spooks secretly tapping fibre-optic cables: Edward Snowden
Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency has gained secret access to fibre-optic cables carrying global Internet traffic and telephone calls, rogue US intelligence technician Ed Snowden has told The Guardian.
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Over 1,000 phones tapped by BJP, says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh
A committee has found over 1,000 telephones of politicians, bureaucrats and journalists were tapped during previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said.
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'Invisible' phone taps: Is the Govt worried?
Imagine if it was possible to know the exact strategy of a rival political party: Campaign dates, names of key campaigners and amount of money to be spent, that too much before the party has given out the details out to its own members.
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BJP attacks government over phone-tapping
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday accused the government of giving "limited denials" on the telephone tapping allegations and warned that allowing lobbyists to influence policies like telecom spectrum would be "hugely frightening" for Parliamentary democracy.
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Chidambaram's statement on phone tapping issue
Home Minister P Chidambaram has said, "I wish to state categorically that no telephone tapping or eavesdropping on political leaders was authorised by the UPA government.
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Only Authorised Law Enforcement Agencies Can Tap Telephones, Says Government
In a reply to a question posted by a parliamentarian in Lok Sabha, the government on Tuesday said only authorised law enforcement agencies in the country are empowered to tap telephones or intercept and monitor any electronically transmitted information.
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10 Central Agencies Authorised To Tap Phones: Home Ministry To Lok Sabha
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 ...
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Chhattisgarh Government Can't Tap Senior Cop's Phone, Says Supreme Court
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.
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Phone Tapping Allowed Only In Case Of Public Emergency: Bombay High Court
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.
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IPL betting: Gurunath Meiyappan, Vindoo Dara Singh's voice samples match with tapped conversation between them
Mumbai Police, probing the scandal that surfaced in 2013 edition of the T20 league, recently received a forensic report which confirmed the voice samples of Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindoo Dara Singh matched with the tapped telephonic conversation between them during Indian Premier League matches, a senior Crime Branch official said.
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Gujarat government gets 90,000 phone records in 90 days: report
Gujarat Police has obtained nearly 90,000 telephone call data records (CDRs) of people and entities in three months beginning from January this year, raising eyebrows in central intelligence agencies.
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British spooks secretly tapping fibre-optic cables: Edward Snowden
Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency has gained secret access to fibre-optic cables carrying global Internet traffic and telephone calls, rogue US intelligence technician Ed Snowden has told The Guardian.
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Over 1,000 phones tapped by BJP, says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh
A committee has found over 1,000 telephones of politicians, bureaucrats and journalists were tapped during previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said.
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'Invisible' phone taps: Is the Govt worried?
Imagine if it was possible to know the exact strategy of a rival political party: Campaign dates, names of key campaigners and amount of money to be spent, that too much before the party has given out the details out to its own members.
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BJP attacks government over phone-tapping
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday accused the government of giving "limited denials" on the telephone tapping allegations and warned that allowing lobbyists to influence policies like telecom spectrum would be "hugely frightening" for Parliamentary democracy.
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Chidambaram's statement on phone tapping issue
Home Minister P Chidambaram has said, "I wish to state categorically that no telephone tapping or eavesdropping on political leaders was authorised by the UPA government.
