The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has ordered NDTV’s Hindi news
channel, NDTV India, to go off air for one day on November 9/10 for
violating the programming code during its coverage of the Pathankot
terrorist attack in January 2016
This is for the first time that a news channel has been penalised after
the Programming Code was amended and notified by the I&B Ministry
last year.
In its November 2 order, the Ministry prohibited “transmission or
re-transmission of NDTV India channel for one day on any platform
throughout India with effect from 00:01 hours on November 9 till 00:01
hours of November 10”. An email to the NDTV spokesperson went
unanswered.
An Inter-Ministerial Committee concluded that the news channel “had not
shown restraint, responsibility and sensitivity, and revealed
strategically-sensitive details,” while covering the Pathankot terrorist
attack.
After deliberations, the Committee said, “Having considered that this is
the first instance of violation of the newly inserted provision in the
programme code,” it recommended that a “ minimum penalty” of taking the
channel off air for a day.
The Committee said NDTV India violated Rule 6 (1) (p) of the Programme Code of the Cable TV Networks Rules 1994.
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