The India Today Group has sent a notice to the website Cobrapost demanding that the latter remove the malicious and slanderous content that seeks to defame the group. The notice states that in case Cobrapost failed to remove the said content, appropriate legal action will be initiated against the website and its promoters.

"The India Today Group is one of the leading media organizations in India, and has been for over four decades. The ITG has an impeccable reputation for integrity and transparency. As an organization, it has never engaged in the unethical and illegal practice of "paid news". As a policy, commercial exigencies have never influenced editorial content on any of its platforms," reads the legal notice.

"Advertising and editorial are separate departments in our organization and advertising slots on television and in print are clearly marked as advertorials or contain disclaimers where necessary to maintain this separation, which we value," it further mentions.

Here is the notice served to the Cobrapost website and its founder: