The crackdown this week came in the wake of a New York Times report in August associating NewsClick and other outlets with Chinese propaganda, Zoe Alexandra reports for Peoples Dispatch, a targeted publication.
By Zoe Alexandra
Peoples Dispatch
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Sources in the Delhi police, who report to the Union home ministry, said this was the first time a media outlet had been booked under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act