CBI booked RRPR Holdings, the Roys, NDTV, ICICI Bank officials for allegedly causing bank loss of Rs 48 crore in 2017. Closure report comes after a 7-year-long investigation.
Prannoy Roy was on NDTV 24X7 making predictions for 2023. Gautam Adani twice appeared on TV news since his NDTV takeover. And Prince Harry was incisive with his takedown of the British royal family.
As the Roys have shown, dignity and respect for facts are the best equity in today's news bazaar. It's with this satisfaction that they must walk away, leaving NDTV in new hands.
ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta recounts his experiences with TV & anchoring an iconic programme in introduction to his 2017 book, 'Walk the Talk: Decoding Politicians'.
In all these years of covering elections on NDTV, I do not recall a single occasion when I was asked or even hinted to say or not say something. I disagreed with Prannoy Roy off-screen and on-screen and that was never a problem.
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
The same CBI which is getting the flak ” caged parrot” of BJP Govt has given clean chit- so hereafter will Dot Alliance stop calling CBI ” caged parrot” .As far as allegations r concerned when Banks were saddled with NPAs and RBI was scrutinizing all NPA accounts, naturally some suspicion arose wrt benefit of Rs48 cr given to Roys by ICiCI bank.So CBI had to investigate.
It’s simple and plain abuse of power by the Union govt. The Roys can be many things but they most certainly are not corrupt. Just because they are on the opposite side of the ideological divide, the govt agencies went after them.
The process is the punishment. And they have succeeded as the Roys have been forced to sell NDTV to Adani.
The same CBI which is getting the flak ” caged parrot” of BJP Govt has given clean chit- so hereafter will Dot Alliance stop calling CBI ” caged parrot” .As far as allegations r concerned when Banks were saddled with NPAs and RBI was scrutinizing all NPA accounts, naturally some suspicion arose wrt benefit of Rs48 cr given to Roys by ICiCI bank.So CBI had to investigate.
It’s simple and plain abuse of power by the Union govt. The Roys can be many things but they most certainly are not corrupt. Just because they are on the opposite side of the ideological divide, the govt agencies went after them.
The process is the punishment. And they have succeeded as the Roys have been forced to sell NDTV to Adani.