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Explained: Rules for political parties to use state-funded media during polls

May 19, 2024 1:17 pm

Two Opposition leaders, Sitaram Yechury and G Devarajan, recently slammed Doordarshan and All India Radio for ‘censoring’ their speeches. Here is what the rulebook officially says.

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No 'Muslims', 'communal authoritarian regime': Opp leaders Sitaram Yechury, G Devarajan censored by Doordarshan, AIR

May 19, 2024 1:18 pm

The Opposition leaders had to drop these words from their speeches made on the public broadcaster in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

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Ameen Sayani, the golden voice of India that revolutionised radio presentation, falls silent

February 23, 2024 1:39 pm

Ameen Sayani, the most identified and recognisable voice on Indian radio, passed away on Tuesday night due to a cardiac arrest in his Mumbai home. He was 91.

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India is peace loving, but won’t spare those who cast an evil eye: Rajnath to soldiers

August 15, 2023 2:31 am

Minister says government is making all efforts to modernise the Armed Forces with state-of-the-art weaponry and best training to protect the country from all future challenges

Govt cuts farm airtime: Kisan Ki Baat, Kisanvani 3 days a week

July 31, 2023 7:38 am

The programmes, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, will now be aired on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

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National Broadcasting Day 2023: How the radio came to India

July 24, 2023 9:59 am

National Broadcasting Day in India is marked on July 23 as symbolic of the Radio Club of Bombay (established by some businessmen) making the first-ever broadcast in the country in June 1923.

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Akashvani’s 90 m-long tower brought down before cyclone strikes

June 15, 2023 4:24 am

A release from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said, "The move follows a safety audit of this 35-year-old tower by the structural experts from NIT Surat and CCW who recommended the dismantling of this tower in January 2023."

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Death of AIR employee, daughter: ‘Residents thought stench was due to rats, sewage, called cops after 7 days’

June 02, 2023 9:21 am

According to police, they had to break the windows of the house as there was a twin-locking system, which can only be accessed by residents, and found the bodies of 64-year-old Rajrani Lal and her daughter Ginni (30).

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Retd AIR official, her daughter found dead in locked flat

June 01, 2023 3:07 am

The deceased have been identified as Rajrani Lal (64) and her daughter Ginni, a student. Police registered a case of murder based on injuries found on the bodies.