Republic TV announces global channel amidst mysterious absence of Arnab Goswami from TV
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Republic TV on Wednesday announced that it was set to launch its new TV channel, called R. Global, amidst the mysterious absence of its founder Arnab Goswami from TV for more than 50 days.
In a series of tweets, Republic TV wrote, “BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! Republic Media Network is very proud to make a series of growth announcements in India and abroad on broadcast and digital. We are supremely grateful to the people of India whose love propels R. ! #TheGameHasJustBegun.”
Its subsequent tweet read, “We are proud to announce R. GLOBAL! India’s largest & most loved news brand R. is now going GLOBAL! We are rapidly expanding our international base with over 120 journalists from across the globe to deliver world-class content & investigations to our viewers #TheGameHasJustBegun.”
Republic TV said that Arnab was ‘personally committed to the expansion of Indian media in the global market’ adding that the media group’s new venture was ‘the first step in that direction.’
“From Wuhan to Tel-Aviv to Dominica: R. has led international coverage and unearthed the biggest stories with our global investigation teams on the ground. With R. GLOBAL, R. will take our international reporting base to the next level,” it said.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! REPUBLIC MEDIA NETWORK IS VERY PROUD TO MAKE A SERIES OF GROWTH ANNOUNCEMENTS IN INDIA AND ABROAD ON BROADCAST AND DIGITAL. WE ARE SUPREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WHOSE LOVE PROPELS R. ! #THEGAMEHASJUSTBEGUN
— REPUBLIC (@REPUBLIC) JUNE 16, 2021
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! Republic Media Network is very proud to make a series of growth announcements in India and abroad on broadcast and digital. We are supremely grateful to the people of India whose love propels R. ! #TheGameHasJustBegun
— Republic (@republic) June 16, 2021
The media network owned by Arnab said that it will soon recruit over ‘100 digital professionals on the tech, product and content streams’ to stregthen its digital team.
The news of Republic TV’s expansion plans came amidst continuing suspense over Arnab’s absence from the public scene for nearly two months. The last time the controversial anchor was seen on his own TV channel was on 2 May when he appeared on TV for the counting of votes in five states including West Bengal. However, he had made a hasty exit immediately after it emerged that BJP was unable to wrest power from Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.
Arnab had launched Republic Bangla ahead of the Bengal elections with much fanfare.
Many of Arnab’s supporters including Madhu Kishwar and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit had taken to social media to announce that Arnab was well and the anchor had merely taken a brief break from his TV commitments. Republic TV has not made any comments on the mystery surrounding the TV anchor’s absence.
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Plea about 'threat' to Rahul Gandhi filed without his consent, to be withdrawn: Lawyer
Pune, Aug 13 (PTI): Hours after filing a plea in a court here claiming apprehension of threat to Rahul Gandhi from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the Congress leader's lawyer on Wednesday said it was filed without Gandhi's consent, and would be withdrawn.
He will submit another application on Thursday to withdraw the `Pursis' or the application filed before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde, said Advocate Milind Pawar.
Pawar is representing Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, grand-nephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, over certain statements made by the Congress leader against the late freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue.
He drafted the application without consulting Gandhi and the latter has taken a "strong exception to the filing of this Pursis and expressed his disagreement with its contents", the lawyer said in a press release late in the evening.
The application filed by advocate Pawar earlier in the day said that complainant Satyaki Savarkar had admitted that he is also a direct descendant, through maternal lineage, of Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse, principal accused in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and recently held a press conference in Delhi, placing before the nation evidence of electoral fraud by the Election Commission, the application said.
"Furthermore, during the parliamentary debate on the subject of Hindutva, there was a heated exchange between the Prime Minister and Shri Rahul Gandhi, a matter well known to the public. Against this backdrop, there is little doubt that the complainant, his great-grandfathers (the Godses), those connected with the ideology of Vinayak Savarkar, and some followers of Savarkar who are presently in power, may harbor hostility or resentment towards Gandhi," the application said.
"In light of the documented history of violent and anti-constitutional tendencies linked to the complainant's lineage, and considering the prevailing political climate, there exists a clear, reasonable, and substantial apprehension that Rahul Gandhi may face harm, wrongful implication, or other forms of targeting by persons subscribing to the ideology of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar," the application stated.
The Pune court has already granted bail to Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case. The trial is yet to begin.
Reacting to the development, Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, Satyaki Savarkar's lawyer, asked why the application was filed in the first place. "This is nothing but an attempt to delay the trial by moving such frivolous pleas," he said.
Satyaki Savarkar has filed a defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi, alleging that in a speech made in London in March 2023, the Congress leader claimed that V D Savarkar had written in a book that he and five to six of his friends once beat up a Muslim man and he (Savarkar) felt happy.
No such incident ever took place, and V D Savarkar never wrote any such thing anywhere, the complaint claimed.
