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Piyush Goyal meets Venkaiah Naidu over TMC MPs paper snatching incident
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal on Friday met Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu over the issue of snatching of a paper from the hands of IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tearing it off by TMC MP Santanu Sen yesterday, said sources.
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'Shameful for one of largest democracies in world': Anurag Thakur after TM
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Hitting out at TMC MP Santanu Sen for snatching a statement on Pegasus from Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha and tore it into pieces, Union Minister Anurag Thakur termed the incident "unfortunate" and said that such behaviour is "shameful" f
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TMC's Santanu Sen accuses Hardeep Puri of threatening, verbally abusing hi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Santanu Sen on Thursday accused Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri of threatening and abusing him in Rajya Sabha on Thursday after the House was adjourned amid uproar.
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Govt to bring privilege motion against Trinamool MPs for 'misbehaving' wit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The government is planning to give privilege motion notice against Trinamool Congress MPs who "misbehaved" with Union Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Thursday.
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Pegasus row: IT Minister reiterates media report attempted to malign India
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday reiterated that the media report about the use of Pegasus spyware is a carefully-timed attempt to malign the Indian democracy.
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Pegasus row: TMC MP Santanu Sen snatches statement from IT Minister in Raj
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing tiff over the Pegasus issue between the Centre and Opposition, TMC MP Santanu Sen on Thursday snatched the statement from Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha and tore it into pieces.
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Pegasus row: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to speak in Parliament today
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid the controversy over the 'Pegasus Project' media report, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will speak in Parliament on Thursday.
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IT Minister says no substance in Pegasus project report, calls it attempt
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said there is 'no substance' in the media report regarding the use of Pegasus on WhatsApp, adding that the report was an attempt to malign Indian democracy and its well-established institutions.
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Had informed Ravi Shankar Prasad before locking his account: Twitter respo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Amid a war of words with the Central government, Twitter on Thursday responding to the Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel for Information Technology stated that it had informed the then IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad before blocking his account under
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Law of the land should be abided by everyone, says new IT minister Ashwini
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The law of the land should be abided by everyone, said new Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday while commenting on the Centre's stand-off with Twitter.
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Twitter should be accountable to Indian laws, cannot be governed by US rul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said tech companies like Twitter should be accountable to India's Constitution and laws and that they should not be governed by American laws while operating in Indian territory.
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Parliamentary panel seeks Twitter's response on locking accounts of IT min
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information and Technology (IT) has sought a response from Twitter within two days the reason behind locking Twitter accounts of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
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