Soon, Doordarshan to be available on smartphone

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 18:49

Officials said that the national broadcaster has charted out an aggressive plan to expand the range of its mobile TV services to at least 40 major cities and the services are likely to start in the first ten cities before the end of year 2013.

Four cops killed in Naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 10:24

Four police personnel were killed and another was injured in two separate attacks by suspected Naxalites in Maoist-hit Bastar and Sukma districts.

Jai Chandiram gets lifetime achievement honour

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 19:52

Mediaperson Jai Chandiram, who rose to the position of deputy director general of Doordarshan, was Friday conferred the lifetime achievement award by the International Association Of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).

Govt mulls USO fund for Prasar Bharati

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 20:25

A government-appointed committee is considering Universal Services Obligation (USO) levy on private channels to fund broadcasting by Prasar Bharati or provide fixed time to air programmes created by the public broadcaster.

EC allots parties time to campaign on DD, AIR for K`taka poll

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 18:42

The Election Commission today allotted broadcast and telecast time to political parties for carrying out election campaigns on Doordarshan and All India Radio for the May 5 Karnataka assembly elections.

Fire at Doordarshan office in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 08:28

A fire broke out on the fifth floor of Doordarshan office in Mandi House in New Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday, fire brigade officials said.

Five DD employees suspended, not for ‘theek hai’

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 14:50

Doordarshan has suspended five staffers after its team failed to reach PM Manmohan Singh`s official residence to record his speech in connection with the Delhi gang-rape incident.

'Ye Zindagi hai Gulshan’ commercially important for Doordarshan

Last Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 18:47

After a long hiatus, Suhaib Ilyasi, who anchored a one time famous crime show ‘India’s Most Wanted’, is presenting yet another gripping tale to its viewers ‘Ye Zindagi Hai Gulshan’.

Tuki urges Centre to strengthen DD and AIR in Arunachal

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 12:04

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has urged the Centre to strengthen the mass information mediums like Doordarshan and All India Radio in the state.

PIL seeks DD to air Ambedkar documentary on Oct 14

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 20:19

A PIL was filed in the Madras High Court seeking direction to Doordarshan TV channel to broadcast a documentary on B R Ambedkar on October 14.

Doordarshan refuses to telecast Onir’s 'I Am’

Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012, 10:34

Filmmaker Onir was on top of the world after his critically acclaimed film ‘I Am’ won best Hindi film honour at the 59th National Awards, but little did he know that his joys would be short lived. The director got a shock when Doordarshan refused to air Onir`s National Award winning film ‘I Am’ because it does not have `U` certification.