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Drone attack threat in Delhi in August? Delhi Police declines to comment

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With Independence Day less than a month away, Delhi Police have reportedly taken certain measures like temporarily banning the use of UAVs while districts in J&K issued stricter orders after the drone attack in Jammu. Delhi Police has reportedly received alerts from the Intelligence Bureau about a major "terror activity" likely to be executed with the help of drones in August, news agency ANI and several other publications reported. Why it matters: India witnessed its first drone attack on its territory when it was reported that UAVs had attacked an Indian Airforce Base in Jammu. Since then, there has been a crackdown on drone operations in various districts of Jammu and Kashmir, while the Indian government has proposed new drone rules. However, this alert also comes at a time when reports of the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware possibly targetting several Indian politicians, activists, and journalists have been receiving a lot of attention. Questions are being raised of the Indian government since the NSO Group had earlier stated that they only sell their products to vetted governments and agencies. The Pegasus exposé released a few days ago has caused an uproar in Parliament as well where the Monsoon Session is currently underway. Reports by ANI, India Today, and the Tribune which does not quote any official, and which attributes the information to "sources" said that intelligence agencies like the Intelligence Bureau have alerted Delhi Police "about a major terror activity that is likely to be executed in the national capital with the help…

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