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MCD bypolls: BJP wins big with 7 seats, AAP bags 3 wards amid claims of 'f
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP won 5 of the wards reserved for women. Manisha Devi won ward 120 Dwarka - B, Veena Asija won ward 65 Ashok Vihar, Anjum Mandal won ward 173 Greater Kailash, Rekha Rani won ward 128 Dichaon Kalan, Anita Jain won ward 56 Shalimar Bagh-B.
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"Sanchar Saathi App is snooping, infringes privacy": Congress MP Amar Sing
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Amar Singh on Wednesday criticised the government over the mandatory pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on mobile phones, calling it "snooping" and an infringement on the privacy of ordinary citizens.
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Opposition slams Govt over Sanchar Saathi app, Centre calls app voluntary
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Centre's move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones triggered a major political row on Tuesday, with Opposition leaders alleging a threat to privacy, while the government clarified that using or activating the app remains completely voluntary.<
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Supreme Court refuses to seek Centre's response on PIL alleging 'custodial
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned a PIL (public interest litigation) plea that sought directions with regard to the alleged custodial disappearance of five Rohingya refugees to December 16, on which other matters in relation to the Rohingya, are listed.
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Apple to resist India government order to preload Sanchar Saathi app on mo
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Apple does not plan to comply with the mandate to preload mobile handsets with the 'Sanchar Saathi' app and will convey its concerns before the Indian government, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three unnamed sources.
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"Sanchar Saathi's functionality neither disabled nor restricted": Priyanka
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday hit back at Union Minister of Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia over the directive mandating the Sanchar Saathi app, claiming that the app's functionality can neither be disabled nor restricted.
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"Completely illegal and unconstitutional": Kalyan Banerjee's response on S
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, on the activation of the Sanchar Saathi app on mobile headsets, said on Tuesday that mandating such an app by the government is completely illegal and unconstitutional.
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"Brazen attack on individual privacy, liberty": Arvind Kejriwal slams Cent
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday strongly criticised the Modi government's directive requiring all mobile manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saarthi app on new and existing phones, calling it a "brazen attack on individual privacy and liberty."
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"Sanchar Saathi app voluntary, activation not mandatory; opposition unnece
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday asserted that activation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile handsets is not mandatory and it is fully up to the consumers to use it or delete it like any other app.
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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Department of Telecommunications' directive to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all new mobile handsets, calling it "Orwellian" and warning that the government will now "pry into the private lives of every citizen" and is "replicat
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"Attack on privacy of common people": KC Venugopal slams Centre over Sanch
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi application on all mobile handsets manufactured or imported in India has sparked political controversy. Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday criticised the government's directive, calling
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Govt mandates 'Sanchar Saathi App' on all mobile handsets used in India
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
To safeguard the citizens from buying the non-genuine handsets, enabling easy reporting of suspected misuse of telecom resources and to increase the effectiveness of the Sanchar Saathi initiative, the DoT has mandated some norms for the manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets that are
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