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Jagran’s MM Gupta new PTI Chairman

August 31, 2025 2:22 am

He was a Rajya Sabha MP from April 2006 to April 2012, and is now a member of the Executive Committee of INS

National Press Day: Time for PCI to not show teeth, but to bite, says Dhankhar

November 17, 2023 1:56 am

Dhankhar also said it is the moral duty of the media to tell the truth "and nothing but the truth". He cited a recent incident about a newspaper in Telangana publishing that the V-P’s Twitter handle carries a fake photograph of a parliamentary committee.

No need for a unified media council with statutory powers: Govt to parliamentary panel

February 10, 2023 2:06 pm

However, the committee reiterated its demand for such a framework with statutory powers to enforce advisories.

Press Council of India censures Star of Mysore for targeting minority community

December 28, 2022 7:35 am

Following the publication of the article, The Campaign Against Hate Speech – a collective that works towards promoting media accountability – filed a complaint with the PCI against SOM editor M Govinda Gowda and the then editor-in-chief KB Ganapathy.

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Government curbs choking media in J&K: Press Council panel

March 14, 2022 7:52 am

“There is also the threat of violence by the militants which acts as a deterrent,” the committee has said in its report that was submitted last week.

Journalists' groups write to I&B Minister against new accreditation guidelines

February 11, 2022 8:36 pm

The letter, with the subject “Protest by the journalists against the new guidelines” was written by the Press Club of India’s president and secretary general.

Form Media Council with statutory powers: Tharoor-led IT panel to Govt

December 02, 2021 7:36 am

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology said the I&B ministry should encourage self-regulation in electronic media by the broadcasting industry.

Press Council seeks comments from Tripura over journalists' arrest

November 17, 2021 7:32 pm

Swarna Jha and Samriddhi Sakunia, who work for HW News Network, were granted bail by a Chief Judicial Magistrate's court after being arrested over alleged attempts of communal disharmony and criminal conspiracy.

Press Council seeks report from UP govt on journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence

October 06, 2021 12:45 pm

Raman Kashyap, 30, a local journalist from Nighasan area of Lahimpur Kheri district, was killed while covering the farmers protests for Sadhana TV.

‘Journalism should be fair... guard against fake news’

November 17, 2019 4:24 am

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, who also attended the event, said that fake news is a bigger crisis than paid news.