Information And Broadcast Ministry

'Guidelines for accreditation of journalists to regulate fake news stands withdrawn': PMO rolls back order right after Smriti Irani tweets

The Prime Minister's Office directed that the press release regarding fake news be withdrawn and said the matter should only be addressed in PCI

Smriti Irani, Ekta Kapoor reunite at ITA Awards; we decode what they could possibly be discussing

Smriti Irani and Ekta Kapoor caught up at the Indian Television Academy Awards and we were left wondering — What are they possibly discussing?

Dish TV writes to BCCI, competition watchdog to prevent Star India from monopolising IPL broadcasting rights

Dish TV CMD Jawahar Goel visualises the prospect of Star India winning the IPL rights as 'anti-competitive' as well as 'anti-consumer'.

Prasar Bharati to distribute DTH set-top boxes to Naxal-hit areas for free

Besides a dedicated DD channel for Chhattisgarh, Naidu had also stated that a high-power transmitter would be commissioned in Jagdalpur (Bastar district headquarter) which would beam signal of AIR Jagdalpur to a radius of 200 kms.

Padmavati row: Rajput Karni Sena to approach I&B Ministry for creation of 'pre-censor board'

In light of the distortion of historical facts in Padmavati, Karni Sena has proposed setting up of a pre-censor board to monitor all period films.

Editors Guild slams govt panel's recommendation to take NDTV India off air for a day

An Inter-ministerial committee of the Information and Broadcast ministry has recommended that a leading Hindi news channel NDTV India to be taken off the air for a day on 9 November after it concluded that the broadcaster had revealed "strategically-sensitive" details while covering the Pathankot terrorist attack.

Devpreet Singh appointed as new CBI spokesperson

Senior Information Service officer Devpreet Singh has been appointed as the new CBI spokesperson in place of Kanchan Prasad who will resume charge as Director (News) in Doordarshan News.

FTII row: I&B team holds 'satisfactory discussions' with stakeholders, meets students

A three-member information and broadcasting ministry team on Friday held talks with all stakeholders of Film and Television Institute of India, where students have been protesting for nearly three months against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the institute's chairman.

Dissatisfied over functioning of board, CBFC member writes to I&B ministry

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) member Nandini Sardesai has written to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, expressing "dissatisfaction" with the functioning of the board.

Govt mulling 'very strict discipline' on media during anti-terror ops: Jaitley

Indicating that there could be soon norms for media coverage of terror-related operations, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that the issue is under "serious and very advanced consideration" of the government.