Jawahar Sircar says his earnest request to ministry was to help strengthen public institutions.
Amid heightened tension on the border, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a campaign through which people can send their Diwali greetings and messages to soldiers guarding the nation's frontiers to boost their morale.
Almost half of the 219 All India Radio stations are functioning without a station director and other senior management staff because of the absence of recruitment and promotion guidelines.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved a bill making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share live feed of national sports events with Doordarshan and All India Radio on free-to-air basis.
It is likely to generate advertising revenue of Rs 55 crore.
The government on Friday said 175 additional radio stations would be operational across the country by the end of the current year.
All India Radio and Doordarshan employees, affiliated to National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan, are holding a day-long demonstration in Mumbai on Tuesday, protesting the "denial" of benefits given to government employees.
The channel, launched nearly two weeks after the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls beginning on April 11 came into effect, carries the picture of Modi as its logo.
The government on Thursday announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.
Millions of Indian children lack access to online education as they do not have smartphones, computers or an Internet connection.
The Centre has decided to hike pay for All India Radio and Doordarshan Programme Executives in compliance of an order given by the Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal.
All India Radio has decided to launch two 24-hour music channels exclusively for Carnatic and Hindustani Classical music from July, Brijeshwar Singh, director general, AIR said on Wednesday.
Readers wish one of India's bowling greats, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, on his 60th brithday
'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'
The President felt many students find a disconnect between what they learn at school and what they do in a job.
The government will zero in by the end of current fiscal a fighter jet it wants to build under 'Make in India' initiative, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said.
He will celebrate the festival with ITBP personnel at Mana, the last village on Indian territory along the border with China, official sources said on Friday.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the "age of bans" on the media is over, observing that it is "literally impossible" to implement them.
Eight hundred students and 60 teachers from various schools here would interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday on the eve of Teacher's Day along with students from across the country that have excelled in various activities.
Prashant Pathrabe, a 1992 batch officer of IIS, has been given temporary charge as director of the FTII.
Doordarshan would be deploying more than 20 hi-definition cameras for the coverage of the event on June 21.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister S Jaipal Reddy said on Sunday that his ministry has drawn up an ambitious roadmap to set up 400 FM radio stations in the private sector throughout the country.\n\n\n\n
Months after a major row over Yoga Day celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said utterance of the word 'Om' can be a reason for controversies in the country, which has seen "ups and downs" in the realm of ideology.
Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma told reporters that the proposed DD news channel will be principally news driven and\n\nwill focus on in-house production.
The campaign sought to highlight the achievement and policies of the Congress-led UPA government in electronic and print media.
'A player can improve a lot in the long run by playing county cricket in England', said the Indian captain.
Had it been an election of digital campaigns, the cost of the 2019 election would have been far less than what it actually is.
War-torn Afghanistan, playing only their third match after being inducted as a Test-playing nation two years ago, completed a famous victory by defeating Bangladesh by 224 runs with 3.2 overs left on the final day on Monday.
The fear of news tailored by private players is a surprise in the internet age. If news websites, run by any entity, can reach out to everyone, why not radio, asks Nivedita Mookerji.
The message of 'good work' done by the NDA govt must be loud and clear in the run-up to its first anniversary.
The Election Commission on Friday announced 25 hours each of free telecast and broadcast time for the six national parties on Doordarshan and the All India Radio for campaigning.
Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.
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