NewsClick was probed by Enforcement Directorate 2 years before China-link report
1 year, 4 months ago

NewsClick was probed by Enforcement Directorate 2 years before China-link report

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate began investigating New-Delhi based NewsClick over foreign funding in 2021, well before a New York Times investigative report last week revealed the news portal’s alleged Chinese links. The ED Investigation revealed that Prabir Purkayastha, the Director of Newsclick, had known Navielle Roy Singham of Worldwide Media Holdings LLC since 2017. Based on seized digital evidence, it was disclosed that an intricate scheme was designed by Prabir, together with Neville Roy Singham, who is reportedly affiliated with the Communist Party of China. Emails related to China were exchanged between Neville Roy Singham, Prabir Purkayastha, and other associates. Emails between Prabir Purkayastha, Vijay Prasad, Prakash Karat and Neville Roy Singham revolved around updates from China, coverage of CPI in China, news of Anti-China feeling in India, restriction of investment and import from China, recent victory in CPI of local bodies elections in Kerala, praise for the Chinese Government action against ANT & Alibaba by Prakash Karat, tribute by CPI to Mao Zedong, etc.

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NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar after getting bail
7 months, 1 week ago

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar after getting bail

The Hindu  

NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha was released from the Tihar Jail on May 15, hours after the Supreme Court declared his arrest “invalid” and a Delhi court granted him bail. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur directed Mr. Purkayastha’s release on furnishing bail bonds worth ₹1 lakh, on the condition that he shall not contact the witnesses and approvers associated …

Exclusive on NewsClick-China case: How Prabir Purkayastha and Neville Roy Singham spoke about ending democracy, taking lessons from Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Op India  

The Delhi Police Special Cell filed a chargesheet on 30th March in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case against Prabir Purkayastha, the founder and editor of NewsClick, who was apprehended by the authorities on 3rd October 2023 along with Human Resources chief Amit Chakraborty for receiving illicit funding from China that was transferred via the United States. What the FIR …

Delhi court takes cognizance of chargesheet in NewsClick Chinese propaganda case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court takes cognizance of chargesheet in NewsClick Chinese propaganda case

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi police special cell in the NewsClick case, accusing the news portal of allegedly running Chinese propaganda with the intention of undermining India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on October 3 last year. Purkayastha …

Delhi Police files chargesheet against NewsClick and founder Prabir Purkayastha
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Police files chargesheet against NewsClick and founder Prabir Purkayastha

Op India  

The Delhi Police Special Cell filed a chargesheet on 30th March in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case against Prabir Purkayastha, the founder and editor of NewsClick, who was apprehended by the authorities on 3rd October last year along with Human Resources chief Amit Chakraborty for receiving illicit funding from China that was transferred via the United States. Special Cell …

NewsClick case: HR head Amit Chakravarty moves court to turn approver
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NewsClick case: HR head Amit Chakravarty moves court to turn approver

Live Mint  

Amit Chakravarty, human resources department head of NewsClick, has moved a Delhi court seeking its permission to turn an approver in a case related to pro-China propaganda, said a report by PTI citing court sources. He moved an application before special judge Hardeep Kaur last week, seeking pardon in the case and claiming he had material information that he was …

Newsclick HR head moves court asking to be approver, says he has material evidence against Prabir Purkayastha
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Newsclick HR head moves court asking to be approver, says he has material evidence against Prabir Purkayastha

Op India  

On 25th December, Amit Chakravarty, the Head of Human Resources at the online portal Newsclick, filed a plea in a Delhi court to become an approver in a case lodged under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act against Newsclick and its founder. It is alleged that the news portal “received foreign funds from Chinese agents to spread anti-India propaganda, disrupt India’s …

NewsClick claims its bank accounts frozen by I-T Department
1 year ago

NewsClick claims its bank accounts frozen by I-T Department

The Hindu  

Online news portal NewsClick claimed on Tuesday that its bank accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax Department and said it will undertake legal measures against this "unjust and cruel" action. "As of the evening of December 18, NewsClick has been unable to make any bank payments due to action by the Income Tax Department. This action, which has …

Court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder, HR head
1 year ago

Court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder, HR head

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty until December 22. The two have been lodged in jail since October 3 in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case against them over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala …

NewsClick case | ED issues fresh summons to American millionaire Neville Roy Singham
1 year, 1 month ago

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

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Shanghai-based American millionaire Neville Roy Singham, through the Ministry of External Affairs, in connection with the NewsClick case. Among the others named as accused are PPK Newsclick Studio Private Limited, its director Prabir Purkayastha and Jason Pfetcher, the then manager of US-based Worldwide Media Holdings LLC. “It was alleged that the said …

NewsClick case: ED issues summons to Neville Roy Singham
1 year, 1 month ago

NewsClick case: ED issues summons to Neville Roy Singham

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate last month issued summons to Neville Roy Singham, the Shanghai-based American businessman, in connection with its money laundering probe against news portal - NewsClick, people familiar with the development said. The Delhi Police last month arrested NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and head of human resources, Amit Chakravorty, last week alleging that the accused persons were …

NewsClick case: Founder, HR head sent to judicial custody till December 1
1 year, 1 month ago

NewsClick case: Founder, HR head sent to judicial custody till December 1

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Thursday sent Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty to judicial custody until December 1 in the case registered by the Delhi police special cell against them for allegedly receiving foreign funds through Chinese firms to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha Additional sessions judge Hardeep Kaur sent the …

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head Amit Chakravarty sent to judicial custody till Dec 1 – India TV
1 year, 1 month ago

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head Amit Chakravarty sent to judicial custody till Dec 1 – India TV

India TV News  

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR department head Amit Chakravarty was sent to judicial custody by Delhi court till December 1 in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur sent both the accused to jail after they were produced before the court on …

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty remanded to police custody till Nov 2
1 year, 1 month ago

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty remanded to police custody till Nov 2

Op India  

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty have been remanded to Delhi police’s custody for nine days in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case against them. On 13th October, the Delhi High Court dismissed the pleas challenging the arrest of Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty. Following raids at 40 residences of journalists linked to NewsClick and their office …

Crackdown on NewsClick signals erosion of democratic values
1 year, 2 months ago

Crackdown on NewsClick signals erosion of democratic values

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 17, 2023 22:11 IST - 13 MINS READ On October 3, at around 6:30 am, there was a knock at the door of a 27-year-old reporter’s home in north Delhi. When he confirmed it, the reporter told Frontline that the ASI then said: “Aren’t you ashamed of working for China?”” The reporter, who joined NewsClick barely two …

Delhi High Court dismisses NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha's plea challenging arrest in UAPA case
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court dismisses NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha's plea challenging arrest in UAPA case

India TV News  

Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the petitions moved by NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty challenging their arrest and remand under the anti-terror law UAPA registered by Delhi Police's Special Cell. Dismissing their plea challenging the police action, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said, "The court does not find merit in both petitions." Purkayastha …

NewsClick founder Purkayastha, HR head Chakravarty sent to 10-day judicial custody
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder Purkayastha, HR head Chakravarty sent to 10-day judicial custody

New Indian Express  

The counsel argued that all the journalistic works of his client are in the public domain. He submitted that there is no allegation that they "used bombs, dynamite or any other explosive substance," as there is a requirement of a 'terrorist act' under 16, 17 and 18 of the UAPA act. Khurana also argued that not a penny has come …

NewsClick rejects allegations in Delhi Police FIR, claims attempt to muzzle 'free and independent' press
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick rejects allegations in Delhi Police FIR, claims attempt to muzzle 'free and independent' press

India TV News  

The NewsClick, which is under the Delhi Police scanner for allegedly receiving funds from China, has outrightly rejected the allegations as untenable and bogus claiming that the action initiated by the authorities are “a blatant attempt to muzzle the free and independent press in India”. The Delhi Police has alleged in its FIR filed under anti-terror law UAPA against NewsClick …

NewsClick rejects allegations levelled in FIR against it as untenable, bogus
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick rejects allegations levelled in FIR against it as untenable, bogus

India Today  

The NewsClick portal has rejected as untenable and bogus allegations levelled in a Delhi Police FIR against it, and said the proceedings initiated are "nothing but a blatant attempt to muzzle the free and independent press in India". In an FIR filed under the anti-terror law UAPA against NewsClick, the Delhi Police has alleged a large sum of funds came …

Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick
1 year, 2 months ago

Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick

The Hindu  

My name is Jason Pfetcher. I would like to set the record straight regarding Worldwide Media Holdings LLC and an investment made by WMH to PPK NewsClick Studio Private Limited in India. Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events Toward the end of 2017, WMH identified NewsClick as an organization that was consistent with WMH’s purposes …

Companies like Xiaomi and Vivo were used to push Chinese money into NewsClick: Delhi Police FIR
1 year, 2 months ago

Companies like Xiaomi and Vivo were used to push Chinese money into NewsClick: Delhi Police FIR

Op India  

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell, in its FIR against NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha, stated that People’s Dispatch Portal, owned and maintained by PPK Newsclick Studio Pvt. Delhi Police through a remand application on Wednesday alleged that NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha conspired to peddle the narrative that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories with the help of a …

NewsClick moves Delhi HC seeking quashing FIR, arrest in Chinese funding case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick moves Delhi HC seeking quashing FIR, arrest in Chinese funding case

Op India  

On Friday, NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the website’s Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty moved the Delhi High Court challenging their arrest in the case of Chinese funding and seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. NewsClick case | NewsClick moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of FIR, challenging trial court order granting …

NewsClick FIR: Foreign funds illegally infused into India, siphoned off by...
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick FIR: Foreign funds illegally infused into India, siphoned off by...

India Today  

The accused of NewsClick, the online portal, which is being investigated for its alleged China-linked entities to push Chinese propaganda, were involved in "continuous unlawful activities" to "undermine" India's "sovereignty and territorial integrity", according to an FIR lodged by the Delhi Police. Big Chinese telecom companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo incorporated thousands of shell companies in India in violation …

NewsClick founder conspired to peddle narrative that Kashmir, Arunachal are disputed territories, say police
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder conspired to peddle narrative that Kashmir, Arunachal are disputed territories, say police

India TV News  

Arrested NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha allegedly conspired to peddle the narrative that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories, the Delhi Police said. "Secret inputs revealed that Purkayastha, Neville Roy Singham and some other Chinese employees of Singham-owned Shanghai-based company have exchanged mails which expose their intent to show Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as not part of India," the Delhi …

UAPA case against NewsClick for plot to disrupt sovereignty of India: police
1 year, 2 months ago

UAPA case against NewsClick for plot to disrupt sovereignty of India: police

The Hindu  

A day after the Delhi Police arrested Prabir Purkayastha, founder and Editor-in-Chief of NewsClick, and Amit Chakraborty, Human Resources head of the news portal, a government source told The Hindu that the police were investigating a “terror case that has Chinese links.” The foreign remittances received by the news portal are already being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate since 2021. …

Delhi Police’s probe into NewsClick began before NYT report: Case timeline
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Police’s probe into NewsClick began before NYT report: Case timeline

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty, the founder and the human resources department head, respectively, of online portal NewsClick following raids across five cities over allegations of irregularities in the website’s cashbooks and foreign funding. Here’s a look at the timeline of the events: The raids and the arrests On Tuesday, at least 400 police …

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head sent to seven-day police custody
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, HR head sent to seven-day police custody

The Hindu  

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations the portal received money for pro-China propaganda, were sent to seven days of police remand, officials said on October 4. Police on Tuesday searched for more than 30 locations, questioned several journalists in connection with the case and arrested …

NewsClick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR Amit Chakravarty arrested after interrogation, sent to 7-day custody in UAPA case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR Amit Chakravarty arrested after interrogation, sent to 7-day custody in UAPA case

Op India  

On 3rd October, a Delhi court sent Newsclick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha to a 7-day police remand. HR head of the controversial news portal, Amit Chakravarty, has also been sent to police custody for seven days after being quizzed for hours. Delhi court remands Newsclick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha to seven days of police custody. Delhi Police raided …

Can’t comment on NewsClick’s China link, respect media freedom: US
1 year, 2 months ago

Can’t comment on NewsClick’s China link, respect media freedom: US

Hindustan Times  

The US government has seen reports of NewsClick’s alleged links to China and is aware of concerns around it though it can’t independently comment on the veracity of those claims. But, as a general principle, the US continues to urge Indian government as well other governments across the world to respect the human rights of journalists, including freedom of expression …

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown
1 year, 2 months ago

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown

Al Jazeera  

The raid on NewsClick has raised international concerns about the media in India, where press freedom has plummeted. Police in India have carried out raids against dozens of reporters, drawing outrage from journalists and rights groups over a growing crackdown on the media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. In 2021, India’s domestic law enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate, launched …

Those linked to NewsClick to get notices under anti-terror law: Sources
1 year, 2 months ago

Those linked to NewsClick to get notices under anti-terror law: Sources

India Today  

Delhi Police plans to issue notices to individuals associated with online news portal NewsClick, sources told India Today TV. Delhi Police on Tuesday searched for more than 30 locations and questioned several journalists associated with NewsClick in connection with the case. Delhi Police inquired about the financial transactions between the individuals and Newsclick, the nature of work conducted for the …

Police did not show FIR, nor informed about particulars of offences: NewsClick
1 year, 2 months ago

Police did not show FIR, nor informed about particulars of offences: NewsClick

India Today  

The Delhi Police did not provide an FIR when it conducted raids on the NewsClick premises and the homes of several journalists and employees linked to it, said the online news portal on Wednesday. "What we have been able to gather is that Newsclick stands accused of offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, for purportedly carrying Chinese propaganda on …

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events
1 year, 2 months ago

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Tuesday arrested NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and the news portal’s human resources head Amit Chakravarty in connection with its investigation into a case filed under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. July 7, 2021: Delhi HC grants interim protection to NewsClick founder till August 5 in foreign funding case The Delhi High Court …

Delhi Police arrest NewsClick founder, HR head in alleged terror case
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Police arrest NewsClick founder, HR head in alleged terror case

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police on October 3 arrested Prabir Purkayastha, founder and Editor-in-Chief of news portal NewsClick and its Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty in an alleged terror case. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police had registered a first information report in the case on August 17 under Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 and 22 of the anti-terror Unlawful Activities …

India police search journalists’ homes and offices in the country’s latest raids on media
1 year, 2 months ago

India police search journalists’ homes and offices in the country’s latest raids on media

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian police raided the offices of a news website that’s under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, in what critics described as an attack on one of India’s few remaining independent news outlets. Indian authorities registered a case against the site and its journalists on Aug. …

NewsClick Scandal: House of Sitaram Yechury also raided by Delhi Police, here is what he said
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick Scandal: House of Sitaram Yechury also raided by Delhi Police, here is what he said

Op India  

In connection with the continuing police crackdown on the news website NewsClick, the Delhi Police Special Cell also searched the residence of CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday, October 3. Delhi Police searched senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury's residence over suspected Chinese fund to #NewsClick. The Delhi Police Special Cell has filed a fresh case against the news portal …

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding

Al Jazeera  

Website’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and another staff arrested following raids over allegations of receiving foreign money for pro-China propaganda. “A special investigations team launched a search operation to identify all those individuals who were possibly getting funds from overseas to run a media group with the main agenda of spreading foreign propaganda,” said a home ministry official overseeing the raids …

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrested under UAPA in foreign funding case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrested under UAPA in foreign funding case

India TV News  

Prabir Purkayastha, founder of digital news website NewsClick was arrested along with Amit Chakravarty, who is the HR head of the company, under anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities Act, officials said on Tuesday. Delhi Police raids The police action comes days after a New York Times investigation alleged that NewsClick had received funding from a newwork propagating the Chinese propaganda. Earlier …

X (formerly Twitter) handle of the reportedly China-funded portal Newsclick suspended
1 year, 4 months ago

X (formerly Twitter) handle of the reportedly China-funded portal Newsclick suspended

Op India  

On Saturday, 12th August 2023, the X handle of Newsclick was suspended by X authorities. Although the allegation that Newsclick received unaccounted money from foreign sources and was indulging in financial irregularities among other criminalities was unearthed after ED raids on the news portal, the issue recently came back to the limelight after an expose by the New York Times. …

Delhi High Court issues notice to Newsclick, its founder in money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court issues notice to Newsclick, its founder in money laundering case

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the news portal, Newsclick, and its founder Prabir Purkayastha on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. The probe agency claimed that their probe had found fresh evidence in the money laundering case against NewsClick. A recent New York Times report claimed that the outlet was …

ED to question CPI(M) leaders in connection with NewsClick Chinese funding
1 year, 4 months ago

ED to question CPI(M) leaders in connection with NewsClick Chinese funding

Op India  

In the latest development in the NewsClick Chinese funding case, the Enforcement Directorate has attached a South Delhi flat worth Rs 4.5 crore belonging to Prabir Purkayastha, the editor-in-chief and promoter of the propaganda portal NewsClick. pic.twitter.com/LKOhJyw4aB — pradeep thakur August 9, 2023 According to reports, the probe agency plans to question several Communist Party of India leaders, including a …

Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by Neville Roy Singham: Details
1 year, 4 months ago

Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by Neville Roy Singham: Details

Op India  

The recent emergence of purported email correspondence between NewsClick Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and ThoughtWorks founder Neville Roy Singham reveals that the two were in discussions to show China in a positive light as regards its handling of the coronavirus crisis vis-a-vis India and the United States. BREAKING Neville Roy Singham’s email exchanges with Prabir Purkayastha, various journalists and CPI leader …

Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha exchanged emails with US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, discussed how to report India-China border dispute, and more
1 year, 4 months ago

Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha exchanged emails with US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, discussed how to report India-China border dispute, and more

Op India  

The leftist media portal, Newsclick exchanged communications with the controversial US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, who is on the payroll of the Chinese Communist Party, to peddle a Chinese narrative in India as reported by Times Now. NYT report exposes wide Chinese web that extends even in India Although the allegation that Newsclick received unaccounted money from foreign sources and …

Congress backs China-funded portal: Minister Anurag Thakur
1 year, 4 months ago

Congress backs China-funded portal: Minister Anurag Thakur

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday charged that China, NewsClick website and Congress are linked to an "anti-India umblical cord" as he cited a news report which alleged that Chinese companies were funding the portal. Addressing a press conference along with Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar at the BJP headquarters here, Thakur charged that …

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey flags 'Chinese funding' of NewsClick in Lok Sabha
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey flags 'Chinese funding' of NewsClick in Lok Sabha

Op India  

On Monday, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey raised the issue of Chinese financing of leftist propaganda news outlet, NewsClick, in the Indian Parliament. He spoke about the recent revelations made by the American newspaper The New York Times in a detailed article on Saturday While citing the findings of the report in the Lok Sabha, Dubey said, “Chinese goods are being …

BJP targets Congress over NewsClick row: 'Part of anti-India umbilical cord'
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP targets Congress over NewsClick row: 'Part of anti-India umbilical cord'

India Today  

The BJP today unleashed an attack on the Congress and Rahul Gandhi, alleging Chinese funding for the party following an explosive New York Times report which claimed that the New Delhi-based media portal, Newsclick - financed by American tech mogul Neville Roy Singham - was pushing Beijing's agenda. The New York Times had, in its investigative report on Saturday, said, …

Leftist propaganda outlet NewsClick received Chinese funding, reveals New York Times
1 year, 4 months ago

Leftist propaganda outlet NewsClick received Chinese funding, reveals New York Times

Op India  

On Saturday, The New York Times published a detailed article, revealing the ties of an American businessman with the Chinese government and his financial support to an Indian leftist propaganda outlet named NewsClick. The New York Times pointed out that Singham has been successful in disseminating Chinese government talking points under the pretext of ‘progressive advocacy’ in countries such as …

Income Tax department ‘surveys’ NewsClick, Newslaundry offices
3 years, 3 months ago

Income Tax department ‘surveys’ NewsClick, Newslaundry offices

The Hindu  

The Income-Tax Department on Friday conducted surveys on the official premises of two digital media platforms, NewsClick and Newslaundry, to examine their financial records. In February, the Enforcement Directorate had searched the premises linked to NewsClick, in connection with an alleged money laundering probe into receipt of funds from overseas. “Newsclick has nothing to hide,” it said, alleging that it …

IT Department raids offices of Newslaundry, Newsclick: Reports
3 years, 3 months ago

IT Department raids offices of Newslaundry, Newsclick: Reports

Op India  

The Income Tax department is conducting raids at the offices of online media portals, Newslaundry and Newsclick, reports say. The raids were reportedly related to a money laundering case and the agency was investigating the funding the organisation had received from “dubious companies” abroad. Interestingly, NewsClick’s owner Prabir Purkayastha has no idea for what purpose the American company transferred the …

HC extends relief for Newsclick founder
3 years, 4 months ago

HC extends relief for Newsclick founder

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Enforcement Directorate not to take any coercive action against Newsclick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a money laundering case subject to his joining the investigation. The High Court also recorded that the ED was yet to supply a copy of its Enforcement Case Information Report to the parties concerned. …

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