India, July 3 -- The Union ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) was set to send notices to Telegram and Signal over their username-based communication features, a day after issuing a similar notice to WhatsApp, a government official told HT on Thursday. The notices are expected to go out on Friday.

"The rules apply to everyone. Similar notices will be sent to Telegram and Signal on Friday," the official said.

The move follows MeitY's notice to WhatsApp, which directed the company to pause the rollout of its username feature and furnish a detailed explanation within three days. MeitY officials met WhatsApp representatives on Thursday at 11.30am, HT has learnt. According to people aware of the discussions, the compan...