Bhubaneswar Municipal Be Put in Jail for Even a Night
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The France-based TMonday strongly refuted was published by a web portal Minister Narendra Modi Supreme Court who accused media non-profit Forbidden allegations of its alleged yesterday night.... The Press accusing the Opposition of not for Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Stories and Amnesty involvement in the Pegasus report appeared a day before liking "women and those from of sexual abuse also figures on International's Security Lab telephone tapping scandal and the Monsoon Session of the deprived sections - Dalits, list as potential targets of had access to these records, accused the Opposition of Parliament. This cannot be a tribals, farmers and OBCs - Israeli spyware "Pegasus" in which they shared with The using it to disrupt Parliament. coincidence. In the past simi- finding their place in the !" the latest set of explosive reve- Wire and 16 other news organ- party in Lol Sabha Adhir Information Technology lar claims were made regard- Union Cabinet." lations by The Wire portal along isations worldwide as part of a Ranjan Chowdhury and Rajya and Communications Minister ing the use of Pegasus on The PM made this calcu- raised issues of price rise, with 15 International media collaborative investigation and he Congress on Monday Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Ashwini Vaishnaw, whose WhatsApp. lated attack on the Opposition farm laws and picked up plac- organisations like Forbidden reporting project running over Tdemanded the resignation Kharge.Taking to social media, name was also found in the list Those reports have no fac- in the Lok Sabha after sloga- ards as soon as the Prime Stories, The Washington Post six months. of Home Minister Amit Shah former party chief Rahul said, of people whose phones had tual basis and were categori- neering erupted when Modi Minister got up to present the and The Guardian. following the allegations "We know what he's been been tapped, dismissed media cally denied by all parties....The wanted to introduce to the new Ministers inducted into Former Election against the Modi Government reading- everything on your reports on the use of Pegasus Press report of July 18, 2021 House, as per convention, the his Cabinet. As Modi started Commissioner Ashok Lavasa regarding the espionage scan- phone." His tweet was a quote- software to snoop on Indians, also appeared to be an attempt new members in the Council his address, the Opposition and West Bengal Chief Minister dal on politicians including tweet of an earlier post of his, saying the allegations made to malign the Indian democ- of Ministers who were induct- Benches raised the decibel of Mamata Banerjee's nephew their leader Rahul Gandhi, in which he had written: "I'm just ahead of the Monsoon racy and a well-established ed by him in a major reshuf- their protests. Abhishek Banerjee's name are top bureaucrats, judges, indus- wondering what you guys are Session of Parliament are institution," the Minister said, fle on July 7. The Opposition Modi said he thought among those whose phones Patna: New technologies are trialists and journalists & reading these days." aimed at maligning Indian while the Opposition was members ignored Speaker Om there would be an enthusias- may have been compromised. being used to disturb and trou- media organisations. The party expressed its democracy. demanding replies from Prime Birla’s repeated appeals for tic welcome to so many Also on the list is the per- ble people and hinder their The Congress tried to cor- deep resentment over the lat- In a suo motu statement in Minister Narendra Modi and calm. Opposition parties women, Dalits, tribals and sonal secretary to Vasundhara work, Bihar Chief Minister ner the Government both in est revelations that the tele- the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said Home Minister Amit Shah. sprang to noisy protests and OBCs becoming Ministers. Raje Scindia, when she was the Nitish Kumar said today in and out of Parliament terming phones of Rahul and his staff that with several checks and BJP's Chief Minister in strong disapproval of reports of the entire issues a case of members were also hacked. balances being in place, "any Rajasthan, The Wire reported. journalists, judges, and minis- sedition hence the Central The telephone of Ashok sort of illegal surveillance" by The Israeli company, NSO ters in India being targeted with Government must be held Lavasa, Chief Election unauthorised people is not Group, which sells Pegasus, Pegasus spyware. He called accountable. The party also Commissioner was also select- possible in India. has denied the snooping such acts of snooping "dirty" held a Press conference ed for illegal surveillance and The Minister made this charges and claimed that it and "worthless". addressed by leader of the snooping. statement in response to media reports that the spyware ! Pegasus was being used to conduct surveillance on several trajectory with with me in a lighter Indians, including political their conspiracies. vein but today I $" ! nion Home Minister Amit In a hard-hit- want to seriously UShah on Monday hit out at ting statement, say - the timing of &'(( the Opposition, the Congress Shah said that the the selective leaks, !R0 party and international organ- report about the the disrup- $ isations for accusing the alleged snooping tions…aap Government of being involved has been amplified chronology sama- ) * in surveillance of phones of by a few whose jhiye! This is a !"# each, Nayagarh 73, Puri 67, politicians, journalists and oth- only aim is to do whatever is report by the disrupters for the $% &' Dhenkanal 54, Kendrapada ers, saying such "obstructors" possible to humiliate India at obstructers. Disrupters are 50, Malkangiri 35, Sundergarh and "disruptors" will not be able the world stage. “People have global organisations which do ( 33, Sambalpur 24, Keonjhar to derail India's development often associated this phrase not like India to progress. and Rayagada 21 each, Bargarh 17, Kandhamal 15, R! ! % Nabarangpur 12, Kalahandi and Ganjam 11 each, " Subarnapur 10, Jharsuguda &+& ! !# nine, Nuapada seven, Koraput ollowing a viral photo in six, Boudh and Gajapati five Fsocial media of a 10-year- old !$R each and Deogarh and boy carrying liquor bottles on Balangir one each. his shoulders for delivery to cus- he Covid-19 cases declined Besides, 44 cases were tomers in Koira block of Tsignificantly on Monday reported from the State pool. Sundargarh district, an inquiry he Supreme Court on with 1,648 cases reported in Meanwhile, another 58 into the incident was conduct- &,-&.+- Meanwhile, 16 more patients TMonday ensured the the 30 districts and the State patients succumbed to the ed on Monday. succumbed to the disease in the release of Manipur-based polit- Mayurbhanj district. The irri- pool in last 24 hours. This was disease in the last 24 hours, The incident of Class-V city, mounting the total death ical activist, booked under gation facility would cover the record low of the caseload with which the total death toll student being engaged for deliv- toll to 653. However, 158 per- NSA for his criticism of BJP Baripada, Betanti, Morada, in several weeks. Now, the in the State surged to 5,116, ery of liquor raised many eye- sons recovered on the day, leaders on use of cow dung and Shuliapada and Rasgobindpur cumulative tally has risen to the Health and Family Welfare brows. After identifying the increasing the total recoveries cow urine as cures for Covid- blocks. The CM said the 9,55,974. Department said. boy, the administration got him to 93,988. Meanwhile, the 19, by 5 pm, saying he cannot Subarnarekha Irrigation Project A total of 69,812 samples The maximum 29 deaths admitted in a school on Monday Bhubaneswar Municipal be put in jail for even a night. would irrigate a total of 1.09 were tested in the last 24 were reported from Khordha and also provided him study hubaneswar on Monday Corporation (BMC) declared A Bench of Justice DY lakh hectares of land in hours and the test positivity district followed by Bargarh materials. Bregistered 181 new Covid- some portions of the Chandrachud and MR Shah Mayurbhanj and Baleswar dis- rate (TPR) was 2.36 per cent. with 10, Baleswar eight, Deepak Munda, a native of 19 positive cases, the lowest Brundaban Plaza at Unit-6 as said that his continued deten- tricts. Of the new cases, 955 Sundergarh seven, Ganjam Kanthar Koira, reportedly vis- caseload in several weeks. With a containment zone to prevent tion will be in violation of his Stating that irrigation is a were from quarantine and 693 six, Sambalpur and ited a local dhaba to meet an this, the total tally in the city spread of Covid as several pos- fundamental right to life hief Minister Naveen priority of his Government, he local contacts. Cuttack district Kandhamal two each and aunt, who works in dhaba, rose to 96,065. Out of the new itive cases were detected in the under Article 21 of the CPatnaik on Monday inau- said that 10,000 hectares of land reported the day's highest 335 Boudh, Kalahandi, adjacent to a liquor shop.