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Mumbai court grants bail to Republic Media Network CEO in alleged TRP rigging scam

Republic Network CEO Vikas Khanchandani, who was arrested Sunday from his residence by the police's Crime Intelligence Unit, was granted bail on a cash surety of Rs 50,000.

Mumbai Police files chargesheet in TRP rigging case after 12 arrests

The alleged scam came to light in October when ratings agency BARC filed a complaint, alleging that certain TV channels were rigging TRP numbers.

Modi govt sets up panel to review guidelines on TV rating agencies amid ‘fake TRP’ row

The four-member committee will be headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, and will have to submit its recommendations within two months.

Delhi-based adman behind CBI’s TRP case has ‘worked with UP parties, including BJP in 2017’

Kamal Sharma claims unknown persons committed cheating, forgery & breach of trust, based on info he collected from friends in advertising & ‘open sources’.

BARC ‘highly disappointed’ with Republic, says network misrepresented its private email

BARC issued a statement Sunday saying it is ‘dismayed at misrepresentation of its communication by Republic’, and that it has not commented on the investigation.

Broadcaster body led by Rajat Sharma lauds BARC news rating pause, Arnab-headed NBF slams it

Journalists Rajat Sharma and Arnab Goswami lead two different broadcasters bodies, named the News Broadcasters’ Association and the News Broadcasters’ Federation, respectively.

BARC suspends weekly publishing of ratings for news channels amid ‘fake TRP’ row

BARC will continue to release audience estimates for the overall news genre every week by state and language, but channel-wise audience estimates data will not be released.

Arnab Goswami vs rest: How TRPs can be fixed, and why TV news is caught in a vicious fight

In Episode 589 of Cut the Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the ongoing controversy surrounding TV news ratings in India.

All about Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema — two TV channels named with Republic in ‘TRP scandal’

Owners of Fakt Marathi, a Marathi general entertainment channel, and Box Cinema, a Hindi movie channel, were arrested by the Mumbai Police.

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.