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Adani Group needs SEBI approval to acquire majority stake in the news channel: NDTV

The media company said, Adani Group would need to take approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to complete the transaction. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Adani stake in NDTV | Promoters cite SEBI ban on dealing in shares

Roys signal inability to meet two-day deadline set by Adani group for transfer of shares

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Congress says acquisition of NDTV is aimed at stifling independent media

Jairam Ramesh refers to PM’s “special friend” and his “over-leveraged company”

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Adani stake in NDTV | Two oligarchs taking over entire media, says Delhi Union of Journalists

Cross-media holdings and media monopolies ensure that the views of the government and big business are replicated without deviation across channels, says the union

The Hindu

‘NDTV will change fundamentally’: What the news industry makes of the Adani takeover

All calls to NDTV staff on Wednesday were rather short. Asked to comment on the Adani group’s acquisition of their TV network, they declined to speak, even off the record. Coaxing did not help. Several anchors at NDTV 24x7, the network’s flagship English news channel, said they had nothing to…

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NDTV stock rises 5%; hits upper circuit limit on Adani group takeover bid

NEW DELHI: NDTV's share price rose 5 per cent, hitting the upper circuit in opening trade on Wednesday, a day after the Adani group launched a hostile bid to take over the media house.

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Media freedom fears in India after Modi ally Adani buys 29% stake in NDTV

NDTV, one of the media groups willing to criticise Narendra Modi’s government, faces hostile takeover by country’s richest man

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Move to stifle any semblance of independent media: Congress on Adani's NDTV stake

Adani launched a hostile takeover of NDTV, first with an indirect acquisition of a 29.18% stake in the broadcaster followed by an offer to buy out a further 26% controlling stake

The Hindu

Adani buys 29% in NDTV, to make open offer for 26%

MUMBAI: In a transaction that drew an adverse reaction from the promoters of New Delhi Television (NDTV), the media arm of the Adani Group announced the acquisition of a 29% stake in the company.

The Times of India

How Adani is taking over NDTV without consulting the Roys

Through an indirect deal, the media arm of Adani Enterprises, led by Gautam Adani, the fourth richest person in the world, will acquire nearly 30 percent of NDTV’s shares over the next two days. The deal has kicked in an open offer, under which the Adani group is open to…

Newslaundry

Adani group acquires NDTV?

A subsidiary of the Adani group has indirectly acquired 29.18 percent in NDTV and launched an open offer, the Hindu reported today.

Newslaundry

‘Not paid news’: New York Times denies BJP’s claim that AAP paid for frontpage story

A day after the New York Times published a frontpage story on the Aam Aadmi Party’s efforts to improve Delhi’s education system, the American newspaper clarified on Friday that the story was based on impartial on-ground reporting and was not an advertisement or paid for in any way, according to…

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Fact check: As monsoon arrives, misinformation pours

As monsoon rains lash several parts of the country, social media platforms are awash with weather-related misinformation.

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Lawyer, ex-journalist, BJP supporter: Meet the complainant against Ranveer Singh

In the past week, five words have become ingrained in the public consciousness, sprouting memes, songs and music videos.

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Tribunal overturns securities market ban on NDTV founders

The Securities Appellate Tribunal has overturned a verdict against NDTV founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy which barred them from accessing the securities market.

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Protesters take over Sri Lanka's state broadcaster

In dramatic scenes today, protesters in Sri Lanka stormed the state-run TV Rupavahini and took over the broadcast.

Newslaundry

Press meet on Zubair’s arrest: Why journalists need more than just shows of solidarity

The conference hall of the Press Club of India was packed on Monday afternoon. It contained more than 70 journalists who had gathered to discuss, as PCI put it, the “creeping infringement of media freedom and assault on personal liberty of journalists”.

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YouTube singles out Ravish Kumar’s show on UP police brutality for content warning

YouTube has slapped a warning on a recent episode of NDTV India’s show “Prime Time with Ravish Kumar”. “The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences,” the warning reads.

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Indian police charge 30 soldiers over killing of tribal people

Nagaland state’s police chief says the army resorted to ‘disproportionate firing’ that killed six innocent people.

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‘Intellectual debate’: How papers and TV covered diplomatic fallout of BJP leaders’ Prophet remarks

India has been forced into diplomatic firefighting as remarks made by two BJP leaders against Prophet Muhammad have sparked outrage in several Arab capitals. On Sunday, the governments of Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s envoys and expressed their anger, even handing over diplomatic notes of protest and demanding a…

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TV Newsance 173: KCR sponsors NDTV 'feature', Modi and Yogi enjoy free publicity on ABP

This week we shift gears to bring you a special episode breaking down what ad-funded programming looks like on TV news and what different forms this monster has taken in the Indian news ecosphere.

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TV Newsance 172: Gyanvapi ka Sach, from Param Bhakts on TV news

Is it a Shivling or a fountain? This entire week on TV news was spent debating this question pertaining to the Gyanvapi mosque. Anchors turned kar sevaks and gave us minute details about a leaked report on a survey conducted at the mosque. We had experts like Amish Tripathi on…

Newslaundry

Amish Tripathi’s ahistorical fantasy, brought to you by NDTV

On the evening of May 17, NDTV invited Amish Tripathi, a writer of fantasy fiction, to discuss whether India should go digging up the past vis-à-vis the Gyanvapi mosque. What ensued was 17 minutes of a pantomime where Tripathi made a series of ahistorical statements. Unsurprisingly, since he is by…

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'Gagging': NDTV, Newslaundry reporters not allowed to speak to affected families in Jahangirpuri

A media gag has ostensibly been put in place at the site of the Jahangirpuri demolition, with journalists not being allowed to speak to victims of the action that came in breach of a Supreme Court order.

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