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A Delhi court is likely to hear on Tuesday Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair's plea seeking bail in a case related to an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala will hear Zubair's application filed on Monday against the order of a magisterial court which on July 2 dismissed his bail plea and sent him to 14-day judicial custody (JC) in the case. The magisterial court had cited the nature and gravity of the offences against Zubair and observed that the matter was at the initial stage of the investigation. The court had sent him to JC after his five-day custodial interrogation. In its order, the court had noted the submission of the public prosecutor that the investigation was at the initial stage and that there was every likelihood that police custody (PC) remand of the accused would be required. The judge also considered the addition of new sections during the course of the investigation while rejecting the
Thanks to hype around the recently held UP elections, Hindi news channels in the country saw a massive tripling in viewership on the day of the results. Results of elections in five states were announced on March 11. These states included UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab. Hindi news channels, which command the lion's share of viewership within the news genre, registered a combined viewership of 368.59 million impressions (total number of viewers) on the day of the results, as compared to 112.02 million impressions registered as an average of the previous three Saturdays. According to data provided by Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC), the top five Hindi news channels on election result day were ABP News, Aaj Tak, India TV, India News and News 24, in that order (see chart). ABP News was not only the most viewed, but also the biggest gainer, albeit on a lower base than its peers, jumping from 12.9 million impressions to 65.6 million on result day. Aaj Tak ...