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Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology has assured the country that the government will not compromise on the issue of national security. He said that the authorities will make sure that no harm is threaten by any of the IT or communications technology to India's security. He was referring to the Blackberry concern.

Pilot said, "In a time when we are severely confronting with the concerns of national security from terrorism and internal threats, some strict actions against Blackberry makers Research in Motion (RIM) is essential. National security is paramount."

"We do not want any situation in which a technology can harm our internal security. For these reasons, the Home Ministry is considering a wide range of issues from time to time." The Minister further added.

He also expressed hope that RIM would cooperate with the law enforcement agencies and will try to satisfy their distress. . "It is not an issue of imposing a ban; what we want is cooperation from them for the sake of security issues." Pilot stated.

The government has set an August 31 deadline for RIM and telecom operators offering its services to address its security concerns, failing which, it warned, it will shut down BlackBerry Enterprise Services and BlackBerry Messenger Services.