Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 03:10 pm A file photo of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. | Partho Dasgupta via Twitter
Former head of the Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta on Monday told the Bombay High Court that the purported WhatsApp exchanges between him and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami were mere “loose talks” and that he should not be kept in detention on the basis of the chats, reported
Bar and Bench.
Dasgupta made the submission before a bench of Justice PD Naik, which was hearing the former media executive’s bail plea. The Mumbai Police had arrested Dasgupta in connection with its investigation into the Television Ratings Point scam on December 24. The police have alleged that Goswami bribed Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up Republic TV’s viewership.
NEW DELHI: While opposing the bail application of former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in the TRP manipulation case, the state informed the Bombay high court that Dasgupta had rigged TV ratings since 2017 in connivance with the anchor of a news channel and had also silenced an employee who had raised objections to the sudden spike in the
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In the cyber-age, online information has converted our planet into a global village. By bringing the political battles into our bedrooms, social media has made it much difficult for politicians to speak lies and to hide information.
In this respect, the EU DisinfoLab continues unraveling slowly, India’s terror-network and anti-Pakistan propaganda campaign, operating against Pakistan.
In its report, titled “Indian Chronicles”, the EU DisinfoLab, published on December 9, last year, exposed an Indian disinformation network, operating since 2005 to discredit nations, particularly Pakistan. It aims to reinforce pro-Indian and anti-Pakistan and anti-Chinese feelings.
Media reports on January 16, this year, pointed out more revelations of the EU DisinfoLab which disclosed the leaked WhatsApp chats between an anchorperson of Indian Channel Republic TV Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta, the former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council, ex
Read more about TRP case: Bombay High Court reserves verdict on ex-BARC CEO s bail plea on Business Standard. The Bombay High Court on Tuesdayreserved its verdict on the bail plea filed by former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the TRP scam.During the day s hearing, Mumbai police opposed the bail plea with special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray
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