The way government and police work now bears part resemblance to the dystopian setting of Oceania in George Orwell’s book 1984, writes Pushkar Raj.

Fadnavis said the state government was free to conduct an inquiry into the phone-tapping charges against him.

Recently seven navy personnel were arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information to a spy racket connected to Pakistan.

Tharoor has said the alleged use of technology to snoop on Indian citizens was a matter of 'grave concern'.

The police allegedly tapped around 30 phone numbers by inserting them between numbers of suspected smugglers.

The hacking of a wider group of top government officials’ smartphones than previously reported suggests the WhatsApp cyber intrusion could have broad political and diplomatic consequences.

Several political leaders have accused Kumaraswamy of being behind the alleged phone tapping episode to save his government, which was then rocked by dissidence within.

Several BJP leaders, including former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, have directly accused Kumaraswamy of being behind the episode to save his government which was then rocked by dissidence within.

Hundreds of black-clad protesters armed with bamboo poles and baseball bats fought with police officers wielding batons on a main road following a march against "smart lampposts" that was sparked by surveillance fears.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's announcement comes after disqualified JDS MLA A H Vishwanath, who later turned rebel, accused H D Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders, including him.

Mamata Banerjee has accused several Hindutva organisations including the RSS of hatching a conspiracy in the wake of the Pulwama attack to create divisions in the country, including in her state.

Highly placed sources in the EOW informed that in this case about 12 to 15 phone numbers were under interception without proper permission.

A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao also issued notice to the agency and sought its response on the plea which contended that such activities are "very dangerous for the country".

According to the government's notification, 10 central probe and snoop agencies are now empowered under the Information Technology (IT) Act for computer interception and analysis, Ministry of Home Affairs officials said.

The government has said it has authorised 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt all the data contained in "any" computer system and asserted that this was being done to prevent "any unauthorised use of these powers".

The government authorised 10 central probe and snoop agencies for the purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource under.

UIDAI said the court has upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and accepted that there is a legitimate state aim in the 12-digit biometric ID.

The man also sustained minor injuries due to the explosion and was later admitted to the hospital.

Unions have red flagged the plan on grounds that the top management was attempting to “foist a 24X7 surveillance system on employees through technological tools”. .

"OBI was never associated with Cambridge Analytica (CA). Any work of any nature, if any, undertaken by CA cannot be read against OBI."