Arnab Goswami

Mumbai cops seek withdrawal of 'fake' TRP case involving Arnab Goswami

Mumbai Police's crime branch on Tuesday filed an application in a local court seeking to withdraw the alleged fake TRP case in which senior television journalist Arnab Goswami has been named as an accused. The alleged scam came to light in October 2020 when ratings agency the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Group, alleging that certain television channels were rigging TRP (Television Ration Point) numbers. In a supplementary charge-sheet, police named Goswami as an accused in the case alleging that Goswami in connivance with former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, a co-accused, illegally tampered with the TRP- a tool to judge which programmes are watched the most and to index the viewers' choices. The chargesheet cited Goswami's alleged acceptance of his WhatsApp chat with Dasgupta as crucial evidence to indict him in the case. On Tuesday, the prosecution filed an application before a magistrate court to withdraw the case. The plea was

Ex-Mumbai police commissioner withdraws defamation suit against Arnab

Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Wednesday withdrew a defamation suit filed against TV journalist Arnab Goswami and ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd which owns Republic TV. While allowing the withdrawal request, additional sessions judge V D Kedar imposed a nominal cost of Rs 1,500 on Singh, who has now retired, to be paid to Goswami. "It is not in dispute that due to the filing of the suit the defendant has to engage an advocate. I feel cost needs to be imposed for withdrawal of the suit unconditionally," the judge said. Singh filed a defamation suit in 2021 against Goswami and the owners of the Republic TV newschannel, seeking damages of Rs 90,00,000. In October 2020, Goswami made several false and defamatory statements on his news show on Republic TV in relation to the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam which Mumbai Police were probing, Singh claimed in his suit. The "tone and tenor" of the show implied that Singh was driven by malice and vendett

The process is the punishment

The refusals to grant bail to Aryan Khan and the persecution of Rhea Chakraborty show the lower courts in India today pay no attention to the highest court's pronouncements

Arnab Goswami had conspired with BARC CEO to boost Republic TRP: Police

The Mumbai Police cited Whatsapp chats between the duo as a "crucial evidence"

Fake TRP case: Mumbai police names Arnab Goswami as accused in chargesheet

The Mumbai Police has named senior television journalist Arnab Goswami and some employees of two Republic group channels as accused in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam

Fake TRP case: Arnab Goswami named as accused in second chargesheet

The chargesheet was submitted before a magistrate's court by the police's Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) probing the case.

Arnab and ex-BARC CEO exchanged only friendly chats: High Court told

Arnab Goswami's lawyer informed the Bombay High Court on Monday

Bengal polls LIVE: TMC govt did nothing for farmers, Adivasis, says Nadda

'TMC supremo has started reciting Sanskrit slokas to assert her Hindu identity, alleged the BJP President. Stay tuned for the Latest LIVE news

TRP scam: HC extends Arnab Goswami's interim relief till March 5

The Bombay High Court hearing the TRP scam case on Friday extended till March 5 the interim protection against coercive action granted to journalist Arnab Goswami

TRP scam: HC asks ARG Media to complete its pleadings by Feb 9

ARG Outlier Media is the company that runs all Republic TV channels

'Arnabgate' undermines the Modi govt's national security narrative

Goswami's source can be prosecuted under Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act for communicating and disclosing secret information, and Goswami for receiving such information and purveying it further

Arnab's chats: Maha seeking legal opinion for action, says minister

This is in connection to Arnab Goswami's purported WhatsApp chats concerning the Balakot air strike

TRP scam case: Times group plans to take legal action against BARC

Former CEO of BARC, Partho Dasgupta is already in jail along with several top executives of Republic TV - which, as per Mumbai police, benefitted due to the TRP manipulation by BARC top officials

Arnab chats: CWC demands JPC probe on alleged breach of national security

The Congress on Friday demanded a JPC probe into the purported WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami for breach of national security

The push for pay - now or never

It is time to break the hegemony of advertising over news media; it is time to push for subscription revenues

Leaking official secrets of military operations is treason: Congress

Leaking of official secrets of military operations is treason and those involved in it must be punished, the Congress said on the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami

Leaking of official secret of military ops is treason: AK Antony

Antony was referring to the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media

Leaking national secret to journalist is a criminal act: Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that leaking sensitive information related to the national secret of a planned attack to a journalist is a "criminal act"

Republic TV head Arnab Goswami violated Official Secrets Act: Congress

Maharashtra Congress expressed serious concerns over the recent leaks of social media chats of two media personalities

Maharashtra cabinet will discuss Arnab Goswami's purported chats: Deshmukh

The purported chats widely reported in media mentioned that Goswami, the editor-in-chief of Republic TV, was privy to the Balakot air strikes