FCRA

As per the court order, Prabir and NewsClick’s HR head will remain in police custody for seven days NEW DELHI: On Friday, the Delhi High Court exacerbated NewsClick’s concerns by rejecting the petitions filed by the founder, Prabir Purkayastha, and the Human Resources head, Amit Chakravarty. These petitions challenged their arrest by the Delhi Police […]

NEW DELHI: After the Delhi Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against news website NewsClick, its founder Prabir Purkyastha, and American citizen Neville Roy Singham, and a foreign-based firm on allegations of violating the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA). NewsClick is accused of receiving illicit funding from the Chinese government […]

NEW DELHI: A special CBI court on Wednesday extended the stay on a trial court order for immediately withdrawing the Look Out Circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann extended the interim stay on the trial court’s order, which also asked the CBI director to apologise […]