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Indian news agency majority-owned by the Adani Group

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The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) is an Indian wire service in English and Hindi, based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in 1986 by the Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the India Abroad News Service, a bridge between India and its diaspora in North America.2Wikipedia3IANS

In December 2023 AMG Media Networks, the media arm of the Adani Group's flagship Adani Enterprises, bought a 50.50% stake in the agency, with operational and management control and the right to appoint all its directors. In January 2026 it signed an agreement to buy the remaining stake, after which IANS would become a wholly owned step-down subsidiary of Adani Enterprises.2Wikipedia5Scroll6Outlook Business

From 2007 the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group held a majority stake. In 2019 a former managing editor alleged that the agency had faced pressure from the ruling party to change or drop stories; editor-in-chief Sandeep Bamzai rejected other former employees' claims about censorship.4Newslaundry

Who it favours

We have not analysed Indo-Asian News Service's coverage yet. When we do, this shows which side its articles favoured, story by story.

Who controls it

Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.

Owners, funders and directors

    As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.

  1. OwnerGautam AdaniFounder and chairman of the Adani Group, which controls IANS through AMG Media Networks 5Scroll6Outlook Business7Wikipedia
  2. OwnerAdani GroupParent group; its flagship Adani Enterprises owns AMG Media Networks 5Scroll6Outlook Business
  3. OwnerAMG Media NetworksWholly owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises; majority owner since December 2023 with the right to appoint all directors; agreed in January 2026 to buy the rest 5Scroll6Outlook Business
  4. OwnerIANS India Private LimitedOperating company 1IANS

How we use it

1 story cites Indo-Asian News Service directly, and 2 more through other outlets that carried its reporting.

October 2026

  1. Jio Platforms IPO, India's largest ever, is oversubscribed more than five times on day twoReliance's Jio Platforms drew bids for more than five times the shares on offer by day two of its roughly Rs 30,200-crore IPO, after a record anchor book.
  2. Sensex falls for a third day as crude tops $110 and RBI minutes rule out near-term rate cutsThe Sensex lost 460 points and the rupee weakened to 94.81 per dollar as Brent crude rose above $110, a day after RBI minutes signalled the next move can only be a hike or a pause.
  3. Mary Millben claims George Soros funds India protests, without evidenceThe American singer named Soros in a video; she offered no evidence. Dipke disputed her claims.

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Sources

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    IANSIndo-Asian News ServiceEx-editor alleged ruling-party pressure on stories (2019, previous owner) (alleged)ianslive.in
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    About UsIndo-Asian News ServiceEx-editor alleged ruling-party pressure on stories (2019, previous owner) (alleged)ianslive.in
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    Gautam AdaniWikipediaen.wikipedia.org