Media

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Mumbai Police team led by encounter specialist Sachin Vaze reportedly assaults Arnab’s minor son, in-laws, carried AK-47 to arrest him

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2020

In a shocking display of might of state, the Mumbai Police not only assaulted and dragged Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami before making the arrest but also physically assaulted his minor son and other family members.

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Arnab Goswami arrested: Mumbai Police physically manhandle Republic TV chief at his residence, drags him to police station

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2020

Arnab Goswami physically assaulted, dragged by hair, arrested by Mumbai Police in an old 2018 closed case.

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From ‘you pay Rs 400 to become number 1’ to ‘you are a Hawala operator’: Arnab Goswami responds to Parambir Singh’s latest allegations

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2020

Arnab Goswami challenged, "If I am indeed one of Mumbai's biggest hawala operators, and if I am, as Param Bir Singh claims, a hawala kingpin, he should place me under arrest immediately."

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FIR and 65 crore defamation notice against publication, that cheered hounding of Republic TV, for reporting about Sharad Pawar-family owned paper

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2020

Even as folks at Newslaundry rejoiced at the systematic witch-hunting of Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV, one of their own journalist and their own organisation is subjected to a similar kind of harassment

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Rajdeep Sardesai comes as knight in shining armour for anyone who needs a platform to clarify after goofing up

Nirwa Mehta - 3 November, 2020

Rajdeep Sardesai, often fondly referred to as Michelangelo for his expertise in the art of hypocrisy, also doubles up as cleaning agent.

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I-T Dept initiates probe against the Hindu for running Chinese propaganda, complaint filed against Hindustan Times too: Report

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2020

The complaint seeks an investigation into inflow of Chinese money that might have be received by these newspapers for publishing the Chinese advertisements.

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Shekhar Gupta’s The Print slanders the Gita while justifying Islamic verse advocating violence against Kafirs: Here is how they are out of their mind

K Bhattacharjee - 2 November, 2020

The Print, headed by the former chief of Editor's Guild, published an article on Monday that could only ever be interpreted as apologia for Radical Islam.

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Republic TV invites Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh for live, unedited interview with Arnab. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2020

In a tweet to Mumbai CP, Republic said that even those who disregard due process must be given a chance to explain or publicly atone or clarify their stand.

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