Phone Tap

Jaitley CDR case: Court seeks DCP's reply

A court on Wednesday sought response from the Delhi Police on the alleged "illegal detention" of the wife of one of the accused, who was arrested for illegally retrieving call detail records of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal passed the order on allegations made by arrested private detective Neeraj that the Special Cell of Delhi Police is illegally detaining his wife who is...  

Phone tapping row: Virbhadra blames predecessor, Dhumal denies

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday accused his predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal in the illegal mass tapping of phones of politicians and bureaucrats when he was heading the erstwhile BJP government. Dhumal refuted the charges. ...  

Jaitley call records case: Bail plea of constable Dabas rejected

A court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, arrested in connection with BJP leader Arun Jaitley's phone tapping case. ...  

Govt set to put new mechanism for interception of telephone

A new mechanism will be put in place by the government to eliminate the loopholes in authorised phone tapping by intelligence and enforcement agencies. The process, followed by the agencies by approaching telecom service providers individually after due authorisation, will be brought under one roof. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: Anurag Singh confesses

Private detective Anurag Singh, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case, confesses to investigators, says he wanted to build contacts within the BJP to get out of the 2006 phone tapping scandal. ...  

Jaitley CDR case: Court rejects constable's bail plea

A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of constable Arvind Dabas, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case. While rejecting his bail plea, the court said it did not have jurisdiction to hear it. ...  

Jaitley call records: Police likely to question BJP's Sudhanshu Mittal

BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal is likely to be questioned by the Delhi Police in the high profile case of senior party leader Arun Jaitley's call records. The police are likely to question him over his alleged links with detective Anurag Singh and whether he masterminded the entire operation. ...  

Phone tapping case: Lalit Modi denies role

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has denied any role in the attempt to access senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley's phone records. Modi's name surfaced in the controversy as someone whose call records were being sought as well as also possibly as someone who might have had a hand in this. ...  

Over 1,000 phones tapped during BJP rule in Himachal

Another report into illegal phone tapping, allegedly by the previous BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, on Friday said 350 telephone calls were recorded. These phone calls were mostly of politicians and bureaucrats. ...  

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Jaitley phone tapping case: Who is to blame?

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress had a heated exchange in Rajya Sabha on Friday over the issue. ...

Will Jaitley phone tapping case overshadow elections strategy at BJP's three-day meet?

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde came under fire on Friday after he made a statement over BJP leader Arun Jaitley's phone records being accessed illegally. ...

News 360: Unidentified man rapes minor girl inside MCD school

A seven-year-old girl student of a municipal school in Mongolpuri in northwest Delhi was raped by an unidentified man on Thursday. The incident triggered protests. ...

Jaitley phone tapping case: The big questions

Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Sudhanshu Mittal and Nitin Gadkari - all these BJP leaders were allegedly on the radar of private detective Anurag Singh and his aides. Police are investigating whether this could have be done by rival factions within the BJP itself. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: Shinde probably unaware of telegraph rules, says Harish Salve

Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the issue, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had on Friday said it was not a phone tapping case, but a case of unauthorised access to call records. ...

Jaitley phone tapping case: CNN-IBN accesses photos of accused

The Delhi Police is probing possible internal rivalry within the Bharatiya Janata Party as the reason behind the phone tapping case. ...

Jaitley phone tapping: Police probing possible rivalry within BJP

The Delhi Police is now investigating a possible rivalry within the Bharatiya Janata Party as the possible reason behind the tracking of call records of senior party leader Arun Jaitley, sources said. The sources added that the police is probing why BJP leaders, including Arun Jaitley, Sudhanshu Mittal, Vijay Goel and Nitin Gadkari, were being tracked. ...  

Full text: Shinde's statement on Jaitley's call records case

Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the Jaitley call records case, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said it was not a phone tapping case, but a case of unauthorised access to call records. ...  

Jaitley call records: Cong points at BJP infighting

The Congress and BJP are caught in another war over alleged attempts to access BJP leader Arun Jaitley's phone records. While the Congress has blamed it on BJP infighting, the BJP has said it couldn't have happened without the government's co-operation. However, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that though Jaitley's call records were sought, they were not provided. ...  

Jaitley surveillance issue: Shinde likely to speak in RS

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to speak on the alleged phone tapping of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. This comes days after the issue caused a ruckus in Rajya Sabha, forcing the Chairman to adjourn the House briefly. ...