The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud which had on September 15 restrained the channel from telecasting episodes of the programme till further orders, saying 'the intent' of aired episodes 'prima facie' appears to 'vilify' the community.
A complaint on disclosure of the identity of the girl student who was forced to drink her own urine by a school warden in Santiniketan has been made by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to the Press Council of India and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Ambika Soni, the new I&B minister, called for a full-presentation on Tuesday on both these issues from senior I&B officials, a day after she took charge of the ministry.
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A key meeting will be held on Tuesday between the government and the agitating FTII students in a fresh bid to end the four-month-long strike at the Pune-based institute.
Currently, we are planning to construct one animation centre in Pune. We have asked PwC to prepare a detailed report for the same; it should be ready in the next four months.
Indi Media had bought NewsX in January from INX News, reportedly for Rs 50 crore. INX was promoted by ex-Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea and his wife, Indrani Mukerjea, both of whom quit the company with the sale. Indi Media is said to be owned by a clutch of investors led by Vinay Chhajlani, CEO of Webdunia.com India, and promoter of the Hindi daily, Nai Duniya, and by Jehangir S Pocha, former editor of the weekly, Business World.
Sources close to the Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting say the attendance of the Khans has not been confirmed.
Online booking of tickets will be encouraged but box office will be open for single-screen theatres.
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These are FM radio, uplinking news & current affairs, print media (news & current affairs), commodity exchanges, stock exchanges along with depositories and clearing corporation, power exchanges, petroleum & natural gas refining, insurance, defence production and private security agencies.
The polling body said any such film that subserves purpose of any political entity or individual should not be displayed in the electronic media.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the Union Cabinet has accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for payment of PLB equivalent to 78 days' wages for 2010-11 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees.
Among the other names tipped to make it to the Cabinet are Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Baijayant Panda.
'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!'
The ministry clarified that AXN is not the only channel, which has been banned.
Alert: Wanted, Delhi-based translators on a casual basis.
However, the two ads in question were cleared by the Advertising Standards Council of India, the self-regulatory body of the advertising industry.
The committee on piracy constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recommended an amendment to the Cable Television Networks Act. The panel suggested a licensing system for cable operators along the lines of the existing registration mechanism to combat piracy.
A total of 16 secretaries have been appointed to various central government departments.
Millions of central government employees were taken for a ride on April Fool's Day.
The government is attempting everything it can to make sure that this does not happen, observes Aakar Patel.
"They have apologised for hurting Indian sentiments and have sworn to correct the error by November 30, 2020," she added.
The government on Saturday said it would have a re-look at the uplinking guidelines to ensure that the 26 per cent cap on foreign equity is strictly followed and a level playing field maintained.
The heavy industries ministersaid that the proposal for the auto scrappage policy was ready and all stakeholders have provided inputs, therefore its announcement was likely very soon.
Undeterred by the CAS chaos, the Union Cabinet on Thursday resolved to go ahead with its staggered rollout from September 1, even as it decided to hold further consultations on some legislative proposals to rein in the broadcasters.
Depending on the location of theatre in the states, the movie-goers pay anywhere between 40 to 100 per cent tax on a ticket, making India a "highest entertainment taxed" country in the world.
Each dept could handle a designated area.
Nothing much has changed since the first Kamasutra condom commercial aired in 1991.
Companies say that unlike in the US and other countries, in India the high cost of rentals and lower ticket price makes it unviable to run an operation without half the seats available for sale.
The I&B ministry has intimated January 14 and 24 as the new dates for the auction instead of December 29 and January 10.
Boston Celtics' Kanter sparks backlash in China after comments on Tibet, Xi.
Though the Cabinet reshuffle on July 5 has a clear stamp of the Prime Minister's Office, the changes have also increased the coherence between the Bharatiya Janata Party, the government and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The way the present government has dealt with appointments of civil servants remains to be a cause for concern.
The government on Friday made it mandatory for channels downlinking into India to register themselves in the country to have an effective control on their operations and banned any advertising and news programmes designed specifically for Indian audi
The move is significant as the ministry has announced its intention to set up another committee to evaluate the success of CAS in areas where it has been implemented. The committee is likely to submit its report by December.
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced a new corporate structure to sharpen the company's focus on rapidly unfolding digital opportunities while enabling it to unlock value. The move comes at a time when digital is turning out to be a compelling proposition for players in the Indian market, where the use of smartphones and better broadband connectivity has spurred the adoption of a new range of services. Players are positioning themselves beyond the core telephony offerings, as they enhance digital engagement, build future streams of revenue and create brand differentiation, besides redefining themselves as a larger platform of digital services, say market watchers.
The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee headed by Amit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI, to review existing television rating point system (TRP) in India and suggest measures to bring in place an effective mechanism for a transparent TRP system in the country.
'The EC is a sacred institution.' 'In the last few years, more than once, we have found the EC bending over backwards to accommodate the government.'
Tennis great and founder of the WTA Billie Jean King was among those who applauded the announcement.
Alarmed by the growing number of advertisements on 'miracle' drugs being shown on television channels, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration
