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Zee News spews communal venom over US elections!
Tweet about election results pitches ‘nationalism’ against ‘Muslim card’
Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide abetment case
In May 2020, the Maharashtra home minister had announced a fresh CID investigation into the case
HRDA demands investigation into fabricated cases lodged against journalist Manish Soni
Ambikapur officials file an FIR against a senior investigative journalist alleging he used abusive language against Mayor Tirki, a member of the Scheduled Tribe
Rethink advertising on channels that spread discord: Constitutional Conduct Group
Former All India and Central Services officers write open letter to corporates to rethink advertising policy that may indirectly be funding hate speech
Plea in Delhi HC seeks regulating news channels from broadcasting content on communal disharmony
Plea moved in the Delhi High court after right wing news channel Sudarshan TV's show Bindas Bol called Tanishq ad ‘advertisement jihad’
Right to free speech does not mean a licence to promote hate speech: Editors Guild of India
Guild tells Republic TV to behave responsibly, asks police to ensure investigation does not become a tool to suppress media rights
Centre to publish order against Sudarshan news complaints, informs SG
During a brief hearing on October 26, in the hate speech related case. the Solicitor General told the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was ready to publish its order against the broadcast of Bindas Bol show of Sudarshan News TV that was held to be prima facie communal in nature.
NBSA finally cracking down on TV news channels airing insensitive, derogatory content
Times Now held guilty of violating principles of self-regulation, Aaj Tak, Zee News, News 24 and India TV told air public apologies for insensitive and sensationalised reporting
Take urgent action, prevent using Sedition to threaten journalists: IFJ, IPI tell PM Modi
Harassment of journalists in India is making Global news, International Federation of Journalists and International Press Institute write to the Prime Minister
Will Uttar Pradesh police leave Prashant Kanojia alone now?
After months in jail for sharing a tweet, journalist Prashant Kanojia will hopefully be a free man today, he was granted Bail on October 21
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