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Liquor, Mahadev App Scams Linked To Rs 353-Crore Haul: BJP's Anurag Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said the liquor, coal, and Mahadev app scams in Chhattisgarh are connected with Jharkhand where Rs 353 crore in cash was recovered from a Congress MP.
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TRP Scam: Partho Dasgupta, Ex-Boss Of TV Ratings Agency BARC, Gets Bail
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) former CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the alleged Television Rating points (TRP) rigging scam.
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TRP Scam: Former Head Of Operations Of TV Ratings Agency BARC Arrested
Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam, an official said.
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Two More Arrested From Mumbai In Fake Ratings Case
The Mumbai Police crime branch on Tuesday arrested two former employees of Hansa research agency in connection with the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) racket, an official said. This takes the number of arrested persons in the case to eight.
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Agency To Pause News Channel Ratings To Review System Amid Ratings Row: 10 Points
Television ratings agency BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) has decided to pause weekly ratings for news channels for three months to "review and augment the current standards" of data after a huge controversy over the alleged rigging of viewership ratings by three channels. One of the channels, Republic TV, had gone to the Supreme Court s...
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Saradha scam: Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh arrested, names Mamata Banerjee in Facebook post
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh was arrested in Kolkata on Saturday evening in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
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BJP is 'self-firing automatic weapon full of blanks': Manish Tewari
With the opposition targeting the Prime Minister over coal block allocations in wake of remarks of former Coal Secretary PC Parakh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today hit back, saying BJP is a "self-firing automatic weapon which is unfortunately full of blanks".
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Government gets its own social media wing to counter online campaigns
The Government is all set to have a new social media wing to counter campaigns that have gone viral online, leaving it battling a string of corruption scams and the Delhi gangrape.
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Court stops telecast of Sony's Crime Patrol Chautala episode
The Delhi High Court restrained Sony TV channel from broadcasting an episode of Crime Patrol programme based on a teachers' recruitment scam involving former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala.
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Rs 1300 Crore deficit for Commonwealth Games, taxpayers will Pay
One crooked deal after another has revealed that the team that organised the Commonwealth Games in India was incorporated as the worst sort of Badmaash Company. Adding to the injury of the thousands of missing crores is the insult that the various deals were crassly crafted. But the corruption that became the currency of the Games is now goin...
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CWG broadcast deal: PM acts on Shunglu Committee report
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has referred the Shunglu Committee report on suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli's alleged irregularities to CBI.Prasar Bharti Director General Aruna Sharma, also indicted by Shunglu Committee, has been reverted to her home cadre of IAS in Madhya Pradesh.Here's a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office:The Pri...
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Shunglu report: PM takes serious view of findings
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken serious view of the findings of the Shunglu panel that is investigating the Commonwealth Games broadcast scam.The panel, in its interim report, has reportedly indicted Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli, finding him guilty of causing a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore to the exchequer. Sources say the report could also sp...
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CWG broadcast rights: Shunglu report indicts BS Lalli
The Shunglu committee on Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during Commonwealth Games to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), even as the term of the panel has been extended till March 31 to submit its full report.Sources say that the committee in its first report on the CWG broadcast rights h...
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CWG corruption: Broadcast deal shows glitches
The inquest of the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games reveals a financial bending of the rules that has become a pattern for virtually every aspect of the event.NDTV has been reporting over the last week that the Rs 246-crore deal is being cross-checked now by, among others, Income Tax officials. Sources say that they have uncovered e...
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CWG broadcast scam: SIS Live denies charges
The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs. 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated. After allegations of favouritism and wrongdoing were leveled against SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the broadcasting rights, the company has denied all charges. SIS Live said it never earned excessive profits or paid sub-contrac...
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Liquor, Mahadev App Scams Linked To Rs 353-Crore Haul: BJP's Anurag Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said the liquor, coal, and Mahadev app scams in Chhattisgarh are connected with Jharkhand where Rs 353 crore in cash was recovered from a Congress MP.
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TRP Scam: Partho Dasgupta, Ex-Boss Of TV Ratings Agency BARC, Gets Bail
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) former CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the alleged Television Rating points (TRP) rigging scam.
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TRP Scam: Former Head Of Operations Of TV Ratings Agency BARC Arrested
Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam, an official said.
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Two More Arrested From Mumbai In Fake Ratings Case
The Mumbai Police crime branch on Tuesday arrested two former employees of Hansa research agency in connection with the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) racket, an official said. This takes the number of arrested persons in the case to eight.
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Agency To Pause News Channel Ratings To Review System Amid Ratings Row: 10 Points
Television ratings agency BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) has decided to pause weekly ratings for news channels for three months to "review and augment the current standards" of data after a huge controversy over the alleged rigging of viewership ratings by three channels. One of the channels, Republic TV, had gone to the Supreme Court s...
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Saradha scam: Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh arrested, names Mamata Banerjee in Facebook post
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh was arrested in Kolkata on Saturday evening in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
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BJP is 'self-firing automatic weapon full of blanks': Manish Tewari
With the opposition targeting the Prime Minister over coal block allocations in wake of remarks of former Coal Secretary PC Parakh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today hit back, saying BJP is a "self-firing automatic weapon which is unfortunately full of blanks".
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Government gets its own social media wing to counter online campaigns
The Government is all set to have a new social media wing to counter campaigns that have gone viral online, leaving it battling a string of corruption scams and the Delhi gangrape.
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Court stops telecast of Sony's Crime Patrol Chautala episode
The Delhi High Court restrained Sony TV channel from broadcasting an episode of Crime Patrol programme based on a teachers' recruitment scam involving former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala.
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Rs 1300 Crore deficit for Commonwealth Games, taxpayers will Pay
One crooked deal after another has revealed that the team that organised the Commonwealth Games in India was incorporated as the worst sort of Badmaash Company. Adding to the injury of the thousands of missing crores is the insult that the various deals were crassly crafted. But the corruption that became the currency of the Games is now goin...
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CWG broadcast deal: PM acts on Shunglu Committee report
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has referred the Shunglu Committee report on suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli's alleged irregularities to CBI.Prasar Bharti Director General Aruna Sharma, also indicted by Shunglu Committee, has been reverted to her home cadre of IAS in Madhya Pradesh.Here's a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office:The Pri...
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Shunglu report: PM takes serious view of findings
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken serious view of the findings of the Shunglu panel that is investigating the Commonwealth Games broadcast scam.The panel, in its interim report, has reportedly indicted Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli, finding him guilty of causing a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore to the exchequer. Sources say the report could also sp...
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CWG broadcast rights: Shunglu report indicts BS Lalli
The Shunglu committee on Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during Commonwealth Games to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), even as the term of the panel has been extended till March 31 to submit its full report.Sources say that the committee in its first report on the CWG broadcast rights h...
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CWG corruption: Broadcast deal shows glitches
The inquest of the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games reveals a financial bending of the rules that has become a pattern for virtually every aspect of the event.NDTV has been reporting over the last week that the Rs 246-crore deal is being cross-checked now by, among others, Income Tax officials. Sources say that they have uncovered e...
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CWG broadcast scam: SIS Live denies charges
The broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games, worth Rs. 246 crore, is being thoroughly investigated. After allegations of favouritism and wrongdoing were leveled against SIS Live, a UK-based company that won the broadcasting rights, the company has denied all charges. SIS Live said it never earned excessive profits or paid sub-contrac...
