Tag: Trp Scam

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Sunday questioned Republic TV’s CEO Vikas Khanchandani and others in connection with the alleged fake Television Rating Points (TRP) mega-scam, officials said here. Besides, three other channel officials, Hansa Research Group CEO Praveen Nijhara and a staffer are also being quizzed by the police. In a related development, the police […]

Mirzapur : The Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch investigating the television rating points (TRPs) scam has arrested Vinay Tripathi, a former employee of the Hansa Research Group, from Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district. Tripathi, who was arrested on Monday evening, is the fifth person to be arrested in the case. He will be produced in the local […]

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday, during the hearing of Republic TV plea against the summons issued by the Mumbai Police to the news channel in connection with the alleged Television Rating Point (TRP) scam, said the court is concerned about the Police Commissioners giving interviews. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising […]

Mumbai: Following the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of weekly ratings of news channels across languages. The council intends to review and augment the current standards of measurement to improve on “statistical robustness”, and the exercise will result in a “pause” in […]

Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday has summoned Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to appear before it at 11 am on November 27. As reported by Republic TV, this is in connection with the arrest of Republic Media Network’s Assistant Vice President Ghanshyam Singh in the alleged TRP scam probe. As […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering complaint in the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) rigging scam that is being investigated by the Mumbai police. Official sources said the central probe agency has filed an enforcement case information report (ECIR) that is equivalent to a police FIR under the provisions of […]

Mumbai/Pune: The Mumbai Police on Friday asserted that ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta – who was arrested on Thursday – was the ‘mastermind’ of the alleged multi-crore rupees TRP scam, unearthed last October. Addressing the media, Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and other officers said that the former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) had […]

Mumbai: Former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta is the “mastermind” of the Television Rating Points manipulation scam and there seemed more to the case than mere rigging of TRPs, as per the sessions court that had rejected his bail plea last month. The copy of the January 20 order of the sessions […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested Republic Media Network’s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani on Sunday morning in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam, a police official said. Khanchandani was arrested from his residence here by the police’s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), he said. He will be produce before a court for further […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Romil Ramgarhia, former COO of the BARC, was arrested in the afternoon by a team of Mumbai crime branch, which is probing the TRP case, an […]