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<div>{{short description|Indian television channel}}<br />
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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Bharat Samachar<br />
| logo = Bharat Samachar Logo.jpg<br />
| logo_alt = <br />
| image = <br />
| launch_date = June 2016<br />
| closed_date = <br />
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]])<br />
| owner = <br />
| slogan = सत्यमेव जयते<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| area = [[India]]<br />
| affiliates = <br />
| headquarters = [[Lucknow]], [[India]]<br />
| former_names = India Special (2016—2017)<br />
| replaced = India Special<br />
| replaced_by = <br />
| timeshift_service = <br />
| web = http://www.bharatsamachartv.in/<br />
| webcast = http://tataplay.com/watch-live/557? on [[Tata Play]]<br />
| sat_serv_3 = Tata Sky<br />
| sat_chan_3 = 587<br />
| cable_serv_1 = NXT Digital<br />
| cable_chan_1 = 812<br />
| cable_serv_2 = Om Digiway<br />
| cable_chan_2 = 346<br />
| cable_serv_3 = SKYNET<br />
| cable_chan_3 = 215<br />
| cable_serv_4 = Net Vision<br />
| cable_chan_4 = 227<br />
| cable_serv_5 = Lucknow 9<br />
| cable_chan_5 = 230<br />
| cable_serv_6 = Umbrella Network<br />
| cable_chan_6 = 325<br />
| cable_serv_7 = Neo<br />
| cable_chan_7 = 325<br />
| cable_serv_8 = Fastway<br />
| cable_chan_8 = 325<br />
| cable_serv_9 = Sea Cable<br />
| cable_chan_9 = 364<br />
| satradio_serv_1 = <br />
| sat_radio_chan_1 = <br />
| adsl serv 1 = <br />
| adsl chan 1 = <br />
| online_serv_1 = <br />
| online_chan_1 = <br />
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'''Bharat Samachar''' is a TV channel owned by Time Today Media Network Private Limited according to [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|MIB]].<ref>https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Master%20List%20of%20Permitted%20Private%20%20statellite%20TV%20Channels%20as%20on%20%2031.07.2018.pdf</ref> The channel was relaunched in 2017 as a local Hindi news channel focusing [[Uttar Pradesh|U.P.]] from [[Lucknow]].<ref>https://www.bhadas4media.com/brajesh-mishra-bharat-samachar/</ref> It was named in [[Cobrapost]]'s sting operation in which it agree to endorse Hindutva and attack on [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]], [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.cobrapost.com/blog/Bharat%20Samachar%20TV%20News%20Channel/1057</ref><br />
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==Sting operation by [[Cobrapost]]==<br />
Under Operation 136 : Part II released by [[Cobrapost]] on 25 May 2018, Marketing and Sales Head along with Editor-in-Chief and Owner of Bharat Samachar agree to promote firebrand Hindutva leaders and attack [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name="Case Study: Media on Sale">{{Cite news|url=http://cobrapost.com/blog/case-study-media-on-sale/1061|title=Case Study: Media on Sale|work=Cobrapost|date=25 May 2018|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> <br />
The media houses named in the undercover investigation include [[Times of India]], [[India Today]], [[Hindustan Times]], [[Zee News]], [[Network 18]], [[Star India]], [[Paytm]], Bharat Samachar, [[ABP News]], [[Dainik Jagaran]], [[Radio One (India)|Radio One]], [[Red FM (India)|Red FM]], [[Lokmat]], [[ABN Andhra Jyothy]], [[TV5 (India)|TV5]], [[Dinamalar]], [[BIG FM 92.7|Big FM]], [[K News]], [[India Voice]], [[The New Indian Express]], [[MVTV]] and [[Open magazine]].<ref name="How Acharya Atal Stung Big Media">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/05/28/cobrapost-operation-136-acharya-atal-big-media-pushp-sharma-hindutva|title=How Acharya Atal Stung Big Media|work=Newslaundry|date=28 May 2018|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Case Study: Media on Sale"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/cobrapost-sting-india-s-top-media-houses-take-money-to-put-out-pro-hindutva-content-114710.html|title=Cobrapost sting: India's top media houses take money to put out pro-Hindutva content|work=Catch News|date=25 May 2018|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> The portal disclosed how [[Bartaman|Bartaman Patrika]] and [[Daikik Sambad]] declined to distribute content with religious undercurrent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thewire.in/media/cobrapost-sting-dainik-bartoman-dainik-sambad|title=Cobrapost Sting: The Two West Bengal Newspapers That Refused to Sell out|work=The Wire|date=26 May 2018|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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==[[Income Tax Department]] raid==<br />
The [[Income Tax Department]] raided premises of Bharat Samachar on July 2021. As per department, 3 crore cash was seized and 200 crore unaccounted transactions were unearthed along with 15 shell companies for [[Money laundering]].[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/probing-unaccounted-transactions-of-rs-200-cr-says-cbdt-after-raids-on-bharat-samachar-and-linked-businesses-1012481.html]<br />
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On 20 September 2023, LCN changed by Airtel added lcn 362.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|http://www.bharatsamachartv.in}}<br />
{{Television news in India}}<br />
{{Television in India}}<br />
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