Extortion case: Zee editors sent to 2-day police custody Two Zee editors were on Saturday remanded back in two-day police custody by a Delhi court to enable the investigators to confront them with Zee group head Subhash Chandra and his son in a case of alleged extortion bid of Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's company. ...  
08:42 PM, Dec 08, 2012

Zee chairman Chandra appears before police for questioning Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra on Saturday appeared before police for questioning in connection with the alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid by two Zee Editors from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's company for not airing news damaging to it. Chandra, who had secured a interim protection from arrest till December 14 by a Delhi court, came to Crime Branch office in Chanakyapuri along with lawyers where he was questioned. ...  
03:13 PM, Dec 08, 2012

Jindal extortion case: Delhi Police to question Zee chief, MD Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and managing director Puneet Goenka will be questioned by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Saturday in connection to the alleged 100 crore rupee extortion case filed by the Jindals. ...  
07:59 AM, Dec 08, 2012

Jindal extortion case: Police seek custody of Zee editors Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court here that it would need the custody of two Zee News channel editors to confront them with group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son in the case of their alleged bid to extort Rs 100 crore from a Congress MP Naveen Jindal's group firm. ...  
10:51 PM, Dec 04, 2012

Jindal extortion case: Court denies bail to Zee editors A Delhi court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of two Zee News editors facing charges of extortion bid against Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal's Jindal Steel Power Limited (JSPL). The duo, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, was accused by Jindal of trying to extort Rs 100 crore from the company to not air negative stories over its alleged involvement in the coal blocks allocations controversy. ...  
08:21 PM, Dec 03, 2012

Jindal extortion: Court to hear bail plea of Zee editors The bail plea hearing of two senior Zee News editors - Samir Ahluwalia and Sudhir Chaudhary - in the Rs 100 crore extortion case filed by the Jindal Group will come up for hearing in a Delhi court on Monday. The duo were sent to a 14-day judicial custody on Friday. The hearing was scheduled on Saturday but was deferred due to the absence of the prosecutor and the investigating...  
09:09 AM, Dec 03, 2012

Jindal extortion: Bail plea hearing of Zee editors deferred A Delhi court on Saturday deferred the bail plea hearing of two senior editors of Zee News - Samir Ahluwalia and Sudhir Chaudhary. They were both sent to 14-day judicial custody on Friday in the Rs 100 crore extortion case filed by the Jindal Group. ...  
02:44 PM, Dec 01, 2012

Jindal extortion: Court to hear bail plea of Zee News editors The bail plea of two senior editors of Zee news, Samir Ahluwalia and Sudhir Chaudhary, will come up in a Delhi court on Saturday. They were both sent to 14-day judicial custody on Friday in the Rs 100 crore extortion case filed by the Jindal Group. ...  
09:32 AM, Dec 01, 2012

Zee News editors sent to judicial custody till Dec 14 The two senior editors of Zee News, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, were on Friday sent to judicial custody till December 14 in connection with the Jindal Group extortion case. The duo has filed a second bail plea that will come up for hearing on Saturday. ...  
04:00 PM, Nov 30, 2012

Is it time to re-write social media laws?

In a major development, the Supreme Court has asked the Attorney General to respond to a petition challenging the controversial Section 66A in the Information Technology Act. ...
11:46 PM, Nov 29, 2012

Zee journalists' arrest: Editors call for media regulation The arrest of two editors of Zee News Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia has ignited the debate over whether there is a need for regulation of the media. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, editors called for regulation of the media. Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju says Zee's license should be suspended if charges are found true. ...  
07:40 AM, Nov 29, 2012

Is the media facing a serious credibility crisis?

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent the two arrested Zee News editors, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, to two-day police custody in the alleged Jindal extortion case. ...
11:43 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Jindals tried to bribe us first, says Zee CEO Alok Agarwal

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent the two arrested Zee News editors, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, to two-day police custody in the alleged Jindal extortion case. ...
10:42 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Jindal extortion case: Zee editors denied bail, sent to 2-day police custody

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of 2 senior journalists of Zee News channel and remanded them to a two-day police custody. ...
10:27 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Police acted under political pressure: Zee News lawyer

The arrests on charges of extortion came following the registration of a case about 45 days ago on a complaint filed by Jindal's company with the Crime Branch of Delhi Police. ...
08:21 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Jindal extortion case: Zee News editors sent to 2-day police custody A Delhi court on Wednesday sent the two arrested Zee News editors, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, to two-day police custody in the alleged Jindal extortion case. The police had sought the custody of Sudhir Chaudhary, the head of Zee News, and Samir Ahluwalia, head of Zee Business, to unravel the truth behind the Jindal extortion case. Both the editors were arrested on Tuesday night on the complaint by Congress...  
07:14 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Jindal case: Zee promoter asked to join probe The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday asked Zee Network promoter Subhash Chandra to join the investigation into the extortion claims made by the Jindal Group. Meanwhile, the Zee News has demanded the immediate release of its two senior journalists arrested in an extortion case filed by Congress MP Naveen Jindal, alleging that the police action was "illegal" and "designed for something else". ...  
06:07 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Zee News calls the arrest of its editors 'illegal' Media group Zee News Ltd came out strongly in defence of its arrested editors Sudhir Chaudhry and Sameer Ahluwalia, calling the arrest 'illegal'. Zee News CEO Alok Agarwal alleged that Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal tried to bribe the channel's executives. "The fact is that Naveen Jindal tried to bribe first the executives and then the Zee Channel not to publish the story," Agarwal said. ...  
11:45 AM, Nov 28, 2012

Arrest of editors a cover up for coal scam: Zee Group Media group Zee TV has condemned the arrest of its editors Sudhir Chaudhry and Sameer Ahluwalia saying the arrests have been made to sensationalise the issue and are a cover up for the coal scam. In a statement, the Zee Group said, "The channel strongly condemns the arbitrary and illegal action of Delhi police in arresting its two editors and for initiating a malicious, illegal and motivated prosecution. The arrests...  
08:06 AM, Nov 28, 2012

Zee News sends Rs 150 cr defamation notice to Jindal New Delhi: Zee News on Saturday sent a defamation notice of Rs 150 crore to Naveen Jindal accusing his press conference on a sting operation conducted by his company, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, on the TV channel, as an attempt to divert attention from demand for independent probe in the coal blocks allocations controversy. Naveen Jindal had filed an extortion case against Zee News, accusing the channel of demanding...  
01:13 PM, Oct 27, 2012