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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Billionaire Modi ally on verge of taking over independent Indian news channel

Gautam Adani, chair of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group
Gautam Adani, chair of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, began a covert takeover bid of NDTV by acquiring a third-party company that had a stake in the channel. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty

One of India’s few remaining news channels known for independent reporting is about to be taken over by a billionaire ally of the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

In recent years, NDTV (New Delhi Television) has earned a reputation as one of the last bastions of independent journalism among India’s mainstream media, which have increasingly been put under pressure to toe the government line under Modi, who came to power in 2014.

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