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NewsClick Scandal

NewsClick-China Funding Scandal
NewsClick-China Funding Scandal

NewsClick is a news organisation that has been peddling anti-India propaganda. In 2021, the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into their illicit foreign funding. In 2023, there were revelations about NewsClick getting funding from China to peddle pro-China, anti-India propaganda. Several journalists connected to NewsClick were also raided by the Delhi Police in October 2023.

This section has details of the NewsClick scandal since the investigation started in 2021.

Editor's picks

ED slaps ₹184 crore penalty on NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case

OpIndia Staff -
While NewsClick must pay ₹120 crore, Prabir Purkayastha has been charged ₹64 crore in the FEMA case by the ED.
Specials

Exclusive: Read how Newsclick man who handed over Chinese money to Sharjeel Imam, was in Delhi Riots planning group, is connected to Congress, Soros

Nupur J Sharma -
There is now a clear link between the NewsClick-China funding case and Delhi Riots - with Congress in the middle of it
News Reports

Grounds of arrest were not given in writing: SC cites technicality to hold NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest invalid

ANI -
The apex court ordered that NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha be released, subject to him furnishing surety and bail bond
News Reports

Is China planning to interfere in Indian elections? Analysing NewsClick funding and CCP’s track record in other countries

Dibakar Dutta -
China has a clear track record of influencing elections in several countries including the Philipines, Kenya, Italy and Canada.
Specials

Exclusive on NewsClick-China case: How Prabir Purkayastha and Neville Roy Singham spoke about ending democracy, taking lessons from Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood

Nupur J Sharma -
The 8000-page chargesheet against NewsClick and founder Prabir Purkayastha reveal sinister plot to end democracy in India
News Reports

‘Links with LeT terrorists, gave funds to Sharjeel Imam and Naxals, spread lies about Covaxin’: Here is what the Delhi Police chargesheet says about...

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Delhi police, the NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha was at the helm of a disinformation campaign under the pretext of protesting against the NRC and CAA.
News Reports

NewsClick Chinese funding case: Delhi Court extends judicial custody of founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head Amit Chakravarty

ANI -
The Additional Sessions Judge Dr Hardeep Kaur on Monday extended their judicial custody till February 17, 2024.
News Reports

Supreme Court does not like NewsClick approaching them directly, but concedes to their plea anyway: What Kapil Sibal was contending

OpIndia Staff -
SC issues notices to probe agencies for response to NewsClick plea for guidelines on seizure of digital devices
News Reports

Urban Naxal Gautam Navlakha interrogated by Delhi Police in Mumbai over NewsClick funding case

OpIndia Staff -
Gautam Navlakha has been linked with NewsClick's founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha since 1991 and has been a shareholder in NewsClick since its inception in 2018.
News Reports

Anti-India outfit ‘The People’s Forum’, associated with NewsClick linked CCP stooge, saw 803% rise in funding

Dibakar Dutta -
Asccording to thw Washington Examiner, 'The People's Forum' received a whopping $4.4 million in 2022 while it could rake in only $4,86,900 a year earlier.
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