“Left NDTV, but not red mic,” three journalists who resigned from NDTV start new Youtube channel
New Delhi: Former New Delhi Television (NDTV) Journalists Saurabh Shukla, Sanket Upadhyay and Sunil Saini who recently bid farewell to the Network after the Adani takeover of the channel have made a new beginning, to start their career in the Digital Media Industry.
The trio has launched a new Youtube channel named, “The Red Mike,” stating, “We have left NDTV, but not the red mic.”
The Youtube channel has so far gained around 19.1K subscribers at the time of writing this article.
In a video posted on their channel both Saurabh and Sanket revealed that the idea of coming together to build a Youtube Channel was based on people's opinion. Meanwhile, Saurabh who served NDTV for the past 13 years, also stressed on bringing ground reports for the viewers.
At the same time, Sanket Updahyay who served the network as an consulting editor for 4 years and also worked with several other news channels including CNN News 18, India Today and others, stated, “ We are bringing a new platform to maintain your trust and belief towards us.”
"The Red Mike is new movement in journalism. We tell your stories, ground reports, the way they should be. Stories from India and around the world that impact and affect you. Your Mike. Your stories." The video description read.
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BharatPe fraud case: Delhi HC quashes lookout circular against Ashneer Grover, wife
New Delhi, Nov 12: The Delhi High Court has ordered cancellation of a lookout circular (LOC) issued against Ashneer Grover, the former MD of payment app BharatPe, and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, noting that the FIR lodged against them over allegations of cheating and forgery has already been quashed.
Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on Monday after the court was informed that another bench of the high court quashed the FIR on the same day.
The FIR was quashed by Justice Chandra Dhari Singh after considering a plea moved by the Grovers stating that they have arrived at a settlement with the fintech company.
In his order, Justice Narula said, "Although the copy of the order (quashing the FIR) is not available as of now, the aforenoted fact is not disputed by the counsel for the parties.
"In light of the fact that the underlying FIR has been quashed, the LOC issued by respondent No. 3 (Bureau of Immigration), in the opinion of the court, will not survive."
The LOC was issued by the Bureau of Immigration at the instance of Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in view of the investigation against the Grovers in the cheating and forgery FIR.
The court was hearing a plea moved by Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover seeking quashing of the LOC issued against them in connection with the investigation into the cheating and forgery case.
"Accordingly, the present petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents to cancel the LOC against the petitioners in their records," the court noted.
Earlier, the Grovers claimed that they were informed about the LOC for the first time when they were detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on November 16, 2023, while they were scheduled to travel to the US.
After being detained, they were informed that the LOC was operational from November 6, 2023.
In May last year, the EOW filed an FIR against Grover, his wife Madhuri, and others under eight sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 467 and 468 (forgery), and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) for an alleged Rs 81 crore fraud after a complaint was lodged by BhartPe, the fintech unicorn.
In its complaint, BharatPe alleged that Grover and his family caused damages to the tune of Rs 81.3 crore through illegitimate payments to bogus human resource consultants, inflated and undue payments through pass-through vendors connected to the accused, sham transactions in input tax credit and payment of penalty to GST authorities, illegal payment to travel agencies, forged invoices by Madhuri, and destruction of evidence.
Madhuri was the head of controls at BharatPe before she was fired in 2022 after a forensic audit revealed several irregularities.
Subsequently, Grover resigned as the chief executive officer of the fintech firm in March 2022.
