Axe ‘communal’ videos: NBDSA to Times Now Navbharat

In a November 2 order, the NBDSA said the channel’s show, which was broadcast on January 2 and used the phrase “Zameen jihad”, was a violation of its ‘Code of Ethics & Broadcasting Standards’ and guidelines on reportage relating to racial and religious harmony. The NBDSA asked the channel to remove the videos as well as “all hyperlinks, including access, which should be confirmed to NBDSA in writing within 7 days of the order”.

In an order to Aaj Tak over its April 6 broadcast on illegal encroachments in Uttarakhand, the NBDSA said it had “decided to advise the broadcaster not to use the term ‘Mazaar Jihad’ so lightly”.