New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security proposed new norms on phone tapping which put the onus of monitoring conversations on the government instead of service providers. The Committee has proposed a centralised hub for phone taps. The move follows the publication of the telephone conversations of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. There were also allegations on the government on tapping of over 1 lakh...
01:16 PM, Feb 18, 2011
Kolkata: BJP on Tuesday sought a clarification from the UPA government at the Centre on alleged tapping of over one lakh telephones across the country, describing it as a "cause of grave concern". Stating that this amounted to misuse of power, opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said "The government has to confirm that tapping is being done on consideration of security and also state how many phones are...
11:36 AM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: Reliance Infocomm on Monday told the Supreme Court that whatever wiretap it had carried out on Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's telephone was done strictly on the directions of the Delhi Police. The 21-page affidavit of Col (retd) AK Sachdeva, a nodal officer with Reliance Communication, said under the prescribed procedures, once they receive directions from the law enforcement agencies, they are duty-bound...
05:40 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Government on Wednesday told the Supreme court that former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's phone was tapping illegally and that no authorisation was given for the same by the Government of India. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly took strong exception of the illegal phone tapping and asked Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati to file an affidavit telling what action has been taken...
12:18 PM, Feb 02, 2011
Tech Toyz recaps the year gone by featuring some of the best shows of the year 2010. ...
07:07 PM, Jan 09, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Is corporate concern over phone tapping justified?' ...
11:20 PM, Dec 14, 2010
New Delhi: Hours after the Prime Minister spoke on phone tapping, on Tuesday, Senior BJP Leader LK Advani came out all guns blazing. Charging the UPA of being in the grip of lobbyists, he accused the PM of not knowing what was going on within the government. Quoting the Prime Minister's comments on looking for solutions for technology to prevent access of telephone conversations, Advani raised questions on the matters...
10:49 PM, Dec 14, 2010
She claims though she had been saying this for a long time, no one paid heed to it. ...
10:06 AM, May 03, 2010
The Home Minister has maintained that the UPA did not authorise any phone tapping. ...
12:05 AM, Apr 30, 2010
The issue had rocked Parliament on Wednesday. ...
07:28 PM, Apr 29, 2010
Today at 10 pm on
Face The Nation, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts -- Is technological know-how making phone tapping much more widespread now?
05:48 PM, Apr 29, 2010
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice as Opposition members demanded an immediate discussion on the issue. ...
04:20 PM, Apr 28, 2010
How private are your cell phone conversations and can intelligence agencies listen in? ...
08:51 AM, Apr 28, 2010
BJP has accused the Government of going back to the dark days of Emergency. ...
11:09 PM, Apr 26, 2010
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not make a statement on the issue. ...
09:53 PM, Apr 26, 2010
Both Houses of Parliament were disrupted by the Opposition over the issues on Monday. ...
08:28 PM, Apr 26, 2010
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day as the Opposition continued its protests over politicians' phone tapping. ...
03:11 PM, Apr 26, 2010
In the Lok Sabha, Home Minister said the government had investigated the matter. ...
12:50 PM, Apr 26, 2010
The UPA govt is on the backfoot as it seeks to secure support of the allies ahead of a cut motion in Parliament. ...
11:33 AM, Apr 26, 2010
The opposition parties are bracing up for a showdown on phone tapping of politicians by the government. ...
06:36 PM, Apr 25, 2010
