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Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over Sanchar Sathi app, says party keeping "vultu
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"Those whose history itself has been one of spying, how can they possibly give up espionage? In the BJP government, the freedom of expression was already being snatched away; now, even the private conversations within homes, families, relatives, friendships, and businesses will come under
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Apple to resist India government order to preload Sanchar Saathi app on mo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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"Tum nalayak ho...": Renuka Chowdhury hits back at Kiren Rijiju amid SIR r
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, calling him "nalayak" (useless), after the latter criticised the Opposition for obstructing Parliamentary proceedings over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.
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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 3 months, 1 week 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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"Will speak in debate in House": Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on directive t
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday refrained from commenting on the directions to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi App on mobile phones, stating that he would debate the issue in the House.
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"Attack on privacy of common people": KC Venugopal slams Centre over Sanch
Updated : 3 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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Face-off over Sanchar Saathi App: "Snooping App," says Priyanka Gandhi; "R
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rijiju said, "They dont need to dig out issues. A list of businesses has been prepared, and there are many issues. We will have a debate on the issues raised by the opposition as well, and think about how we need to move ahead. They dont need to find new issues and distur
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