Notices to 3 news channels: BEA to take up matter with govt

August 8, 2015

New Delhi, Aug 8: Broadcast Editors' Association today expressed concern over what it said apparent tendency among governments, both at Centre and in some states, to serve notices on media organisations in a selective manner, against the backdrop of I&B ministry's show-cause notices to three news channels over coverage of Yaqub Memon's hanging.yakub memon

The apex body of editors of news channels in India expressed dismay over the latest notices issued to the three channels reportedly on the "questionable pretext" that their coverage of Memon's death sentence amounted to contempt of the institution of the President as also the judiciary.

"The BEA has decided to take up this issue with the government," a statement released here said.

The BEA also expressed concern over the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2015 which limits the media coverage of anti-terrorist operations to "periodic briefings" by an officer "till such operation concludes."

"This amended rule does not mention -1) what constitutes a terrorist operation and how it is different from any other encounter. 2) at what stage should the government notify the nature of incident to the media," the BEA statement said.

It also asked if the rules restrict only airing of the operation "till such operation is over" or does it deny the right to cover the incident.

"While the BEA does not believe in live visual coverage of terror incidents, it does believe that media coverage cannot be restricted to official briefings," the BEA said.

There are ample self-regulatory guidelines regarding coverage of terror incidents which this body strictly adheres to, it added.

During the recent Gurdaspur terror attack, the Information and Broadcasting ministry had issued an advisory asking channels to desist from covering the incident live. Public broadcaster DD News is learnt to be among the channels that did so.

The BEA today also said that it has in its executive committee meeting on Saturday decided to take up the defamation notices issued by the Rajasthan Government to a leading news channel and privilege proceedings initiated by the UP Assembly against a Hindi news channel.

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April 4,2020

Aurangabad, Apr 4: A marriage was solemnised on a video call, the unique method which was adopted due to coronavirus lockdown.

A Muslim man named Mohammad Minhajudd, based in Aurangabad exchanged marriage vows with a Muslim woman based in Beed via video call on Friday.

The entire country is witnessing a 21-day lockdown due to which there is a limitation on the movement of people from one place to another and gatherings have been banned to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has wreaked havoc across the globe.

The marriage halls are also closed during the lockdown period.

The bridegroom's father Mohammad Gayaz said that the marriage was fixed between the two persons six months ago when there was no fear about coronavirus. We got the elders of the family assembled at our home and conducted the marriage on phone.

Mufti Anis ur Rehman, the Qazi who performed the rituals for the marriage, said that both the families are happy as the marriage got conducted with the minimal cost incurred and the ceremony was a simple one. 

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February 10,2020

Hyderabad, Feb 10: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi continued his tirade against PM Modi and Amit Shah against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). "We are ready to take bullets in our chests but we will not show our papers.

We are ready to take bullets in our chests as we love our country," Owaisi said further.

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April 20,2020

London, Apr 20 : Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India on alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an estimated ₹9,000 crore, today lost a High Court appeal in UK against his extradition order to India.

A consortium of Indian public sector banks led by the State Bank of India had sought a bankruptcy order against Mallya as part of efforts to recoup around GBP 1.145 billion of unpaid loans from Mallya.

The 64-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss had appealed to the High Court against his extradition to India at a hearing in February this year.

Lord Justice Stephen Irwin and Justice Elisabeth Laing, the two-member bench at the Royal Courts of Justice in London presiding over the appeal, dismissed the appeal in a judgment handed down remotely due to the current coronavirus lockdown.

"We consider that while the scope of the prima facie case found by the SDJ [Senior District Judge] is in some respects wider than that alleged by the Respondent in India [Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)], there is a prima facie case which, in seven important respects, coincides with the allegations in India," the judges ruled.

Earlier this month, the High Court in London had deferred hearings on a plea by the SBI-led consortium of Indian banks, seeking the indebted tycoon to be declared bankrupt to enable them recover their loan from him.

Justice Michael Briggs of the insolvency division of the High Court granted relief to Mallya, ruling that he should be given time till his petitions to the Supreme Court of India and his settlement proposal before the Karnataka High Court be determined, allowing him time to repay his debts to the banks in full.

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