-The Economic Times The government is planning to launch a probe into the alleged fudging of television viewership data by TAM Media Research after several complaints from broadcasters. A top official in the Union information and broadcasting ministry, who did not want to be identified, said the government has received a lot of complaints from TAM in the past. "A lot of people have been raising concerns because of which we are...
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NDTV says TV ratings manipulated-Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Slaps $1.39 billion lawsuit on TAM India and global parent firms Nielsen & Kantar News broadcaster NDTV has sued the country’s only television audience measurement company TAM India — and its global parent firms Nielsen and Kantar — for over a billion dollars in the Supreme Court of New York, accusing TAM of manipulating ratings in return for bribes to its officials. While there have been allegations of manipulation of TAM’s...
More »Bengal set to move SC on Singur law-Samanwaya Rautray
-The Telegraph The Bengal government is expected to move the Supreme Court “in a day or two” against the Calcutta High Court verdict that set aside the Singur land law, a senior lawyer said today. The state government as well as the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) are set to file the petitions in the apex court, according to the lawyer. A Calcutta High Court division bench had on June 22 overturned...
More »21 get life terms for 2002 Gujarat riots
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: A special SIT court on Monday sentenced 21 people to life imprisonment for attempt to murder and arson in the 2002 post-Godhra riot of Dipda Darwaza in which 11 Muslims were killed in Visnagar town of north Gujarat. All the victims belonged to the same family. In addition to the 21 found guilty, M K Patel, the then police inspector of Visnagar and also the first investigator...
More »Madhav Gadgil, ex member of NAC interviewed by Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010. The report zoned 75 per cent of the Western Ghats into different grades of ecological sensitivity. The recommendation was to protect these zones with measures by phasing out mining and introducing organic farming and eco-friendly urbanisation. The report also proposed a development model executed in consultation with the...
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