Journalist Vinod Verma

Senior journalist Vinod Verma, whose name had cropped in the "sex CD" episode last year, was on Thursday appointed political advisor to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The General Administration Department (GAD) appointed four advisors to the chief minister, an official statement said.

A court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district today rejected the bail plea of senior journalist Vinod Verma, who is in judicial custody after his arrest in connection with a case of alleged blackmailing and extortion.

A local court today remanded journalist Vinod Verma, who was arrested from Ghaziabad by the Chhattisgarh Police in connection with an alleged case of blackmailing and extortion, in police custody till October 31.

As he was hurried into a police station shortly after midnight in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, senior journalist Vinod Verma, arrested for blackmailing a state minister, said, "This is just the tip of the iceberg".

A day after a senior journalist was arrested from his home near Delhi after being accused by a Chhattisgarh minister of blackmailing him, the police have filed an FIR against the state's Congress chief over a complaint by the minister.

Hitting out at the Congress, the BJP today said it was shameful that the opposition party was confusing media freedom with criminal activities. The comments came after the Congress accused the ruling party of squeezing press freedom, following the police taking journalist Vinod Verma into custody on extortion charges.

A senior journalist was arrested around 4 am today from his home near Delhi by the Chhattisgarh police on charges of extortion. Vinod Verma, a member of the Editors Guild of India, alleges that he is being targeted because he has a sex CD featuring a minister.

Senior journalist Vinod Verma, whose name had cropped in the "sex CD" episode last year, was on Thursday appointed political advisor to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The General Administration Department (GAD) appointed four advisors to the chief minister, an official statement said.

A court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district today rejected the bail plea of senior journalist Vinod Verma, who is in judicial custody after his arrest in connection with a case of alleged blackmailing and extortion.

A local court today remanded journalist Vinod Verma, who was arrested from Ghaziabad by the Chhattisgarh Police in connection with an alleged case of blackmailing and extortion, in police custody till October 31.

As he was hurried into a police station shortly after midnight in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, senior journalist Vinod Verma, arrested for blackmailing a state minister, said, "This is just the tip of the iceberg".

A day after a senior journalist was arrested from his home near Delhi after being accused by a Chhattisgarh minister of blackmailing him, the police have filed an FIR against the state's Congress chief over a complaint by the minister.

Hitting out at the Congress, the BJP today said it was shameful that the opposition party was confusing media freedom with criminal activities. The comments came after the Congress accused the ruling party of squeezing press freedom, following the police taking journalist Vinod Verma into custody on extortion charges.

A senior journalist was arrested around 4 am today from his home near Delhi by the Chhattisgarh police on charges of extortion. Vinod Verma, a member of the Editors Guild of India, alleges that he is being targeted because he has a sex CD featuring a minister.