New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Thursday adjourned to March 7 a case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, accused of abetting suicide of Sunanda Pushkar, his wife. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj adjourned the hearing after Delhi Police sought more time to prepare its argument on the issue of framing of[Read More…]
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Sunanda Pushkar death case: Arnab Goswami in legal trouble, court orders FIR after Shashi Tharoor’ complaint
On a complaint filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who alleged that confidential documents relating to the probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi court has ordered filing of First Information Report against news channel Republic TV and its Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder Arnab Goswami, reported Bar &[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor can’t be ‘compelled to speak’ on Pushkar death, HC tells Republic TV
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that Republic TV news channel’s right to air stories on the death of Sunanda Pushkar cannot be curbed, but it has to be “tempered and balanced”, and that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor cannot be “compelled to speak”. The court also came down on[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death: Delhi HC dismisses Swamy’s plea for CBI probe
The plea filed by BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy for a court-monitored investigation into the death of Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was dismissed by the Delhi High court on Thursday. The HC dismissed the petition saying it to be ‘frivolous’. The HC also warned both Swamy and his[Read More…]
Sunanda death case: Delhi HC wants status report in 2 weeks
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to the Delhi police regarding its probe into Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. It said, “If you have anything new then come within two weeks and if you can’t then we will look into it.” The police[Read More…]
Did fiction trump fact in the Sunanda Pushkar case?
The manner in which the Sunanda affair has been pursued by some sections of the media raises several questions on journalistic ethics and how TRP driven sensationalism coupled with a latent political objective can erode basic norms of fact checking and accurate reporting, which are considered basic to, andessential in,[Read More…]
Goswami’s Republic TV reporters barred from attending Shashi Tharoor’s press conference
Arnab Goswami and drama go hand-in-hand, and Goswami’s newly-launched news channel Republic TV, nevertheless, continues to do so. In a gnarly incident, Republic TV was barred from covering Shashi Tharoor‘s press conference at AICC today. According to Republic TV’s live footages, there were four reporters from Goswami’s channel who went[Read More…]
Sunanda death case: Delhi HC orders Delhi Police to submit status report in three days
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered the Delhi police to submit a report on the status of investigations in the Sunanda Pushkar death case within three days. The court ordered that the report should also be submitted to the petitioner, BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy. Swamy said that the Delhi[Read More…]
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Sunanda Pushkar case till July 20
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the Sunanda Pushkar death case on a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Subramanian Swamy, till July 20. On July 6, Swamy had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court, seeking a court-monitored enquiry into[Read More…]
Exclusive: Shashi Tharoor’s defamation suit solely “a matter of principle”
Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor filed a defamation case against popular journalist Arnab Goswami for 2 crores and 10,000 rupees earlier this week. Speaking exclusively to Newsd, a close associate of the Member of Parliament said, “Tharoor decided to file the defamation case, against the wishes of[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor files defamation suit against Arnab Goswami for 2 Cr
On Friday, Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has filed a defamation case against popular journalist Arnab Goswami for an amount of 2 crores and 10,000 rupees. “We filed today in Delhi High Court. Had enough of his campaign of calumny”, he tweeted. This comes soon after an[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar case: Shashi Tharoor calls TV report ‘misrepresentations and outright lies’
After a report surfaced on a TV channel in link with the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar, the former Union Minister termed it as “misrepresentations and outright lies.” “Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalist,”[Read More…]