Budget 2018-19

  The Mumbai Police arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer. Goswami alleged that he was assaulted by the police Police on Wednesday arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said. The official said a team of Alibaug police picked up Goswami from his residence here. Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed he was assaulted by police at his home, while being taken away. In 2018, an architect and his mother committed suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswamis  Republic TV , the official said. In May this year, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had announced that a re-investigation has been ordered on a fresh complaint by Adnya Naik, daughter of the architect Anvay Naik. Deshmukh had said Adnya alleged that the Alibaug police had not investigated the alleged non-payment of ...

  The Mumbai police on Monday arrested one more person in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, taking the number of those in custody in the case to five, official said arrested one more person in connection with the TRP manipulation racket, taking the number of those in custody in the case to five, official said. Vinay Tripathi, a former employee of Hansa Research agency, was arrested from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh by the Mumbai police’s Crime Branch, they said. He earlier worked as a relationship manager at Hansa Research, they said. Meanwhile, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Hansa Pravin Nizara and the company’s deputy manager Nitin Deokar were questioned on Monday by the Crime Branch here in connection with the alleged scam, the officials said. Chief Financial officer (CFO) of  Republic TV  Shivam Sundaram is likely to appear before the Crime Branch on Tuesday, they said. According to the officials, Tripathi is the person who used to pay money to watch some se...

  Those responsible, Mumbai Police Commissioner said, would be arrested, be it a director, promoter or any other employee of the channel Mumbai Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket, and said it had arrested four persons in the case.Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh told reporters that Republic TV channel, facing flak over its attack on Mumbai Police and Maharashtra government in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, was among the three channels involved in the racket. Those responsible, he added, would be arrested, be it a director, promoter or any other employee of the channel. Singh said the Mumbai Police crime branch, which unearthed the racket, had arrested the owners of two Marathi channels — Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema. Another police official said two former employees of Hansa agency, involved in the process to determine the TRPs, had also been arrested. The bank accounts of these channels are being probed, th...