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"Like Any Other Citizen... Go To High Court": Top Court To Republic TV

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Arun Nair | Thursday October 15, 2020

The Supreme Court today refused to admit Republic TV's petition seeking a CBI probe into allegations of rigged viewership ratings, saying that the channel should instead approach the Bombay High Court "like any other citizen facing investigation". Republic TV is among three channels that are being investigated by the Mumbai Police for allegedly man...

Why Not Have Statutory Body To Regulate TV News Content?: Bombay High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 12, 2020

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Union government why there should not be a statutory body to regulate the content broadcast through television news channels, a poser coming in the backdrop of frenzied media coverage of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

3 Days After SOS Tweet To Police, J&K Lawyer Shot Dead At Home

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday September 25, 2020

A 40-year-old lawyer was shot dead at his house by suspected terrorists in Srinagar today, the police said. The lawyer, Babar Qadri, was a regular in TV news debates and used to write op-eds in local newspapers. The police said he was hit by a single bullet.

Top Court Pauses Channel's "UPSC Jihad" Show: "Tries To Vilify Muslims"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 16, 2020

A private TV channel's episodes on "Muslims infiltrating" government services cannot air for now, a furious Supreme Court ordered, calling the show an attempt to vilify Muslims. "You cannot target one community and brand them in a particular manner," the top court said, restraining Sudarshan TV from airing its show "Bindas Bol" with seven of nine e...

"Why Should TV News Not Be Regulated," Bombay High Court Asks Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 10, 2020

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it was surprised to know that the government had no control over the electronic media and asked why television news should not be regulated by the state.

Opinion: What SSR Blanket Coverage Tells Us About TV News Today

Opinion | Ashutosh | Friday August 28, 2020

The coverage of this case will go down in history as a case study where all norms of journalism were thrown into dustbin, where political vendetta and masochism combined to weave a sordid drama. It is a story of moral decay.

Trump Accuses Cable TV Of Making Coronavirus Look 'As Bad As Possible'

World News | Reuters | Thursday February 27, 2020

US President Donald Trump accused two cable TV news channels of presenting the danger from the coronavirus in as bad a light as possible and upsetting financial markets, even as public health officials warned Americans to prepare for a likely local outbreak.

Man Arrested For Allegedly Sending Obscene Messages To TV News Anchor

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 14, 2019

A 40-year-old man from West Bengal was arrested for allegedly sending sending obscene messages to a woman anchor of a television news channel in Mumbai, an official said on Sunday.

Noida TV Channel Journalists Granted Bail in Defamation Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2019

Three journalists of a Noida-based TV news channel, who were arrested for allegedly airing defamatory content against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, were granted bail in the defamation case by a local court today, their lawyer said.

16 Police Teams Formed To Arrest Men Who Shot At TV Crew In Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 11, 2019

Sixteen police teams have been conducting raids across Delhi to arrest two men who allegedly fired at the crew of a news channel when they were going on an assignment in south Delhi, officials said Monday.

PM Modi Violated Model Code Of Conduct, AAP Tells Poll Body

India News | ANI | Saturday March 30, 2019

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written a letter to the Election Commission of India, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the Model Code of Conduct during his interview with a TV news channel on Friday.

On Video, UP Student Beaten, Called Terrorist For Complaining About Jobs

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday March 8, 2019

In horrific footage that has become all too familiar, a gang of men can be seen hounding a young man, beating him mercilessly with everything they have. One of the attackers calls him a "terrorist". The young man's crime: talking about the lack of jobs in the country on a TV news program.

Donald Trump Nominates Former News Anchor Heather Nauert As UN Envoy

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 7, 2018

US President Donald Trump nominated State Department spokeswoman and former Fox TV news anchor Heather Nauert Friday as ambassador to the United Nations.

Caught On Camera: Trinamool Leaders Attack Woman BJP Supporter Twice

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Monday October 1, 2018

The cameras had already been rolling when the appalling violence unfolded - not once but twice. A supporter of the BJP - a woman - is viciously kicked and thrown to the ground by Trinamool leaders and activists during a protest with startling impunity - first in the presence of cops and then in front of a TV news crew.

Congress Claims Calls From BJP Posing As Reporter To Fabricate Fake News

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 23, 2018

Assam Congress claimed on Saturday that it had traced to the BJP head office in Delhi the calls from a person, who posed as a TV news channel journalist, to some of its leaders and alleged it was an attempt by the party "to fabricate fake news" against it.