K'taka: Interstate Gang arrested for robbery at jewellery shop
Tumakuru (Karnataka) (PTI): Four men were arrested for allegedly robbing a jewellery shop in this district and stealing gold and silver bars worth nearly Rs 20 lakh, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred in Shira town of this district on Sunday, they said.
The accused, identified as Arvind Kumar (28), Dungar Singh (24), Mahender Singh (32) and Madhu Singh (28), all natives of Rajasthan, were apprehended following a combing operation in a forest area after an overnight chase, police said.
According to Superintendent of Police Ashok Venkat, the accused allegedly broke into the jewellery shop on Sunday afternoon and robbed gold and silver articles.
Soon after receiving the information about the robbery, police formed teams and chased the suspects, who reportedly blocked roads leading to villages while attempting to escape.
The accused later entered the forest areas of Mudigere Kaval and Makerahalli, where they hid. After a whole-night combing operation, police arrested the four in what officials described as a "cinematic" operation.
Stolen property recovered from the accused includes 100 grams of gold bars worth approximately Rs 14 lakh, 1.5 kg of silver bars valued at Rs 3.25 lakh, and gold-plated silver bars worth Rs 2.75 lakh.
A vehicle and an iPhone were also seized, police said.
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Union government assumes full control over TV ratings, TRAI role curtailed: Report
New Delhi: The Union government has assumed full control over television audience measurement, removing the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from oversight of the ratings system that underpins the country’s ₹36,000 crore television advertising market, according to a report published on Wednesday.
The report in Mint said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) now has exclusive authority over the framework governing how television ratings are measured and regulated. TRAI had been entrusted with oversight of TV ratings in 2012 during the UPA government’s tenure. TRAI is no longer mentioned in the relevant policy document, effectively vesting sole authority in the MIB.
The report said TRAI will continue to regulate other aspects of broadcasting, including channel pricing, advertising caps, interconnection and distribution norms, service quality and compliance standards. Its role in determining how ratings agencies track viewing behaviour has been withdrawn.
Television Rating Points (TRPs), which reflect viewership patterns, guide advertisers in deciding where to allocate spending across channels and time slots.
A government source quoted in the report said the ministry could modify TRAI’s decisions even when the regulator oversaw broadcasting.
A former CEO of Prasar Bharati told the newspaper that the MIB has historically regulated rating agencies through licensing and guidelines, and by holding them accountable under existing norms.
During its tenure overseeing ratings, TRAI had taken decisions affecting the broadcast sector, which included capping advertising time at 12 minutes per hour following complaints about excessive commercial breaks and it now remains unclear how these matters will be addressed under the revised arrangement.
Satya N. Gupta, former principal advisor at TRAI, was quoted as saying that merging regulatory functions with policy oversight and removing an independent regulator from the process was a retrograde step.
TRAI’s involvement in broadcasting had earlier attracted criticism as well. In 2012, its consultation paper on quantitative limits on television advertising was viewed by some as overlapping with the Advertising Standards Council of India’s code. Subsequent recommendations covering television audience measurement, ownership of news channels and issues such as paid news had also raised concerns among sections of the industry.
Television ratings have faced scrutiny in recent years, including during the controversy involving the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), where officials of the ratings body were prosecuted over allegations of manipulation of viewership data.
