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ED fines NewsClick Rs 120 crore, Purkayastha Rs 64 crore under FEMA

The Enforcement Directorate has issued a notice under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, fining the company that operates NewsClick Rs 120 crore and the portal’s founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha Rs 64 crore.

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HC grants anticipatory bail to Prabir Purkayastha in ‘foreign funding’ cases

The Delhi High Court has reportedly granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in the money laundering case against him by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged foreign funding.

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India top court bails NewsClick editor arrested in Chinese funding case

Prabir Purkayastha was arrested last year after NYT report said outlet was backed by network pushing Chinese propaganda.

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‘Reporters given money to distribute among rioters’: In NewsClick chargesheet gems

Reporters usually have strict deadlines from their editors when they go to protest sites. But if the Delhi Police chargesheet in the UAPA case against NewsClick is to be believed, the outfit’s reporters were allegedly sent to participate in protests, distribute money among protesters, and incite violence against the state.

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Chinese government was ultimate paymaster of NewsClick: Delhi Police charge sheet

Delhi Police charge NewsClick founder and HR head for alleged Chinese state links, funding anti-India activities.

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NewsClick founder plea against UAPA case: SC asks why remand order before remand application

Hearing NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s petition against his arrest in a UAPA case, the Supreme Court noted that the remand order was issued before his lawyer was served a remand application, LiveLaw reported.

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FCRA violations | CBI to question Newsclick HR Head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail on April 24

CBI to question NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail for FCRA violations probe.

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NewsClick founder, HR head’s custody extended till February 17

The judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty has been extended till February 17 in the UAPA case by a Delhi court, Times of India reported. The former’s plea against his arrest was also adjourned by the Supreme Court, as per Livelaw.

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Days after he turned approver, NewsClick HR head withdraws plea against remand

NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty has withdrawn his plea before the Supreme Court against his arrest and police remand in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case against him, Bar and Bench reported.

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NewsClick HR head turns approver in UAPA case, gets pardon

A Delhi court today allowed NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty’s plea seeking to turn approver in the UAPA case lodged against the media portal. The court also granted him pardon in the matter, Livelaw reported.

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NewsClick HR head moves court to turn approver

NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty has reportedly moved court seeking to turn approver in the case accusing the news portal of receiving foreign funds to spread anti-India propaganda.

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‘Salaries held up, staff shocked ahead of festive season’: NewsClick says accounts frozen

NewsClick has termed the freezing of its bank accounts as an “administrative-legal siege” and said this has “left all our employees shocked” at the year-end festive season.

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Police ask court to protect identities of 5 ‘potential witnesses’ against NewsClick: Indian Express

The Delhi police has moved court to protect the identities of five “potential witnesses” against news outlet NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case, Indian Express reported. Their statements were recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure earlier this month.

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Delhi police asks US govt for details of five firms linked to Neville Roy Singham: Indian Express

A week after the Enforcement Directorate summoned US businessman Neville Roy Singham in the NewsClick case, the Delhi police has sought “financial” details of five companies linked to him in a letter to the US authorities.

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NewsClick case: ED issues fresh summons to Neville Roy Singham

The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Shanghai-based American millionaire Neville Roy Singham over the NewsClick case.

The Hindu

NewsClick case | ED issues fresh summons to American millionaire Neville Roy Singham

U.S. millionaire Neville Roy Singham who is accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India, is stated to be currently based in Shanghai, China.

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India's press freedom under scrutiny after police raids on journalists

The editor of an Indian news website stands accused of taking shady funds to promote pro-China propaganda in a case that has seen police interrogate dozens of journalists. But observers warn that the allegations are merely an excuse to intimidate the media.

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SC notice to Delhi cops over NewsClick founder’s plea

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Delhi Police over the special leave petitions by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty against their arrest in a UAPA case, LiveLaw reported. The court will next hear the matter on October 30.

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Supreme Court issues notice to police on arrest of NewsClick founder under UAPA

The case had reached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and employee Amir Chakraborty under the anti-terror law.

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Statement by Neville Roy Singham on Newsclick funding row

As the Delhi Police named American millionaire Neville Roy Singham as one of the accused in the Newsclick terror case, he has issued a four-page rebuttal, in which he has called the NYT article misleading and innuendo-laden hit piece.

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Celebrated novelist Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India – for a speech she gave in 2010

Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, has been charged, along with retired law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain, for allegedly seditious comments supporting the separation of Kashmir from India.

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NewsClick and patterns of repression: The tiredness of being a journalist

For a particular kind of journalist, life is supposed to play out in sanctimonious technicolour, just like The Newsroom. Speaking truth to power, telling the stories that matter, separating fact from fiction, holding people accountable. Did you annoy a government or local bigwig in the process? No problem! That’s par…

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How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press

NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times published a report which enabled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to use the press to attack…

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NewsClick FIR says ‘Gautam Bhatia’ is ‘key person’ who legally defended Vivo, Xiaomi

The Delhi police’s FIR against news portal NewsClick claims that “big Chinese telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo” purportedly “incorporated thousands of shell companies in India” – and that one “Gautam Bhatia” is a “key person” in the matter.

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‘Only the latest action against journalists in India’: What global press said on NewsClick raids

In the wake of this week’s unprecedented police action against journalists linked to NewsClick, several international news organisations have turned their attention to the searches, seizures and arrests.

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