-Outlook Broadcast Editors' Association (BEA) today decided to set up a three-member fact-finding committee to look into allegations of industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal against the Editor and other functionaries of Zee News channel. The committee, it said, will delve into the aspects of allegations pertaining to ethical lapses, if any and submit its report in two weeks. BAE, which called an emergency meeting of the executive committee, said that since it...
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Police await forensic report on recordings in Jindal’s complaint against Zee TV -Devesh K Pandey
-The Hindu The Delhi Police Crime Branch plans to soon summon those named in the extortion case registered against Zee TV on a complaint by Jindal Steel and Power Limited alleging that Rs.100 crore was demanded in the form of advertisements to dilute the campaign launched by the news channel against the business group in connection with the alleged coal block scam. The Crime Branch has already sent the recordings of at...
More »BEA sets up team to probe Jindal allegations against Zee
-Live Mint JSPL had filed an FIR alleging attempts at extortion by Zee to stop unfavourable coverage The executive committee of the Broadcast Editors Association has agreed to set up a three-member fact-finding committee to look into allegations against Zee News Ltd by the Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL). JSPL, run by Congress MP Jindal, filed a first information report (FIR) with the crime branch of Delhi Police on 2...
More »EC asks Gujarat to set up committee to check the paid news menace-Manas Dasgupta
-The Hindu Ahmedabad: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Gujarat government to set up a Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to check the menace of paid news during the build-up to December’s State Assembly election. The EC identified paid news masquerading as news as a major problem during elections. It has also issued guidelines to the MCMC to not only monitor all the political advertisements to be aired on television...
More »Rapes happening because men and women are interacting more freely, says Mamata Banerjee
-CNN-IBN Kolkata: After Haryana ministers and Khap panchayats, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave her 'bizarre' reasoning for the increasing rape cases in the country. Mamata said that rape cases are on a rise in the country because men and women interact with each other more freely now. "Earlier if men and women would hold hands, they would get caught by parents and reprimanded but now everything is...
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