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Media

After barring NDTV from accessing capital markets, SEBI imposes penalty of Rs 12 lakh for non-disclosure of information

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2019

In yet another setback for controversial media group NDTV, SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs. 12 lakh on New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) for failing to make timely disclosures to the stock exchanges.

Media

What you did in that ICU is not journalism, Anjana Om Kashyap, it is insensitive, creating a nuisance and endangering lives

Editorial Desk - 19 June, 2019

A video came to light earlier where Anjana Om Kashyap, a senior journalist from the India Today group was seen heckling and questioning a doctor inside the ICU over the outbreak of Encephalitis in Bihar

News Reports

India Today uses image of Babri mosque demolition to represent the 2005 Ayodhya terror attack committed by Islamic terrorists

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

India Today tries to give 'Hindu terror' angle to Ayodhya terror attack by Jihadis using a picture of Babri demolition

Media

As Swati Chaturvedi mourns the loss of her imaginary credibility, her past faff pieces come to haunt her

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

Even though she wants to put the blame on us, we can't possibly be held responsible if Swati Chaturvedi's peers doubt her 'credibility'.

Entertainment

After threatening Jesus to choose between her and Rakhi Sawant, Tanushree Dutta questions Modi’s ‘Ram Rajya’

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

The Mumbai police have recently filed a B Summary report, giving a clean chit to Bollywood actor Nana Patekar, in connection with actor Tanushree Dutta sexual harassment case

Media

That you have lost readership and your peers doubt you, is not our problem: Read our response to Swati Chaturvedi’s defamation notice

Nupur J Sharma - 17 June, 2019

Recently, OpIndia.com got a legal notice from abusive media troll Swati Chaturvedi. At the onset, we would like to reiterate that such intimidatory tactics won't work with OpIndia.

Media

LokSatta and Karan Thapar scolded by Press Council of India for peddling fake news against the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

While Thapar maintained that his mistake of wrongly attributing quotes to Dr Mohan Bhagwat was bonafide, the PCI has taken a tough stand against Thapar.

News Reports

Here is what you missed when the India-Pakistan match was on

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

News you may have missed due to the India-Pakistan match yesterday

Media Fact-Check

Times of India whitewashes Aligarh murder, downplays brutality, blames social media for ‘communal spin’

Nirwa Mehta - 16 June, 2019

Since AltNews' attempts to whitewash the crimes and downplay the brutality has failed, elements in mainstream media has taken it upon themselves to push the narrative.

Opinions