Last Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011, 21:48
Following the Bihar model, the Election Commission has decided to set up district-level media certification and monitoring committees in West Bengal to check instances of paid news ahead of the state Assembly polls.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 22:57
Election Commission on Thursday concluded oral hearing on a case seeking to disqualify Ashok Chavan as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Last Updated: Friday, February 4, 2011, 16:30
S.Y. Quraishi said that paid news attempts to deceive the voters and affect their opinion, adding that opinion polls should be banned during elections.
Last Updated: Monday, January 24, 2011, 15:12
Terming paid news phenomenon as a complex problem, the Election Commission on Monday said it could best be addressed by "self-regulation" by media and political parties which was not happening.
Last Updated: Monday, December 27, 2010, 23:35
Election Commission would issue new guidelines to check "money power", Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi
Last Updated: Friday, November 19, 2010, 22:39
Eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani on Friday pleaded for the disqualification of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for alllegedly resorting to paid news in the Assembly polls in the state last year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 22:00
Eminent litterateurs of Assam have condemned the system of "paid news" in journalism and said such a concept will erode the value associated with the fourth estate.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 21:14
The Election Commission expressed concern over the phenomenon of paid news but said it was taking steps to tackle it by having EC monitored committees at the district level.
Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 17:19
EC may liberalise its tough rules & regulations that could help candidates approach people directly.
Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 13:38
The Election Commission is mulling with the idea of liberalising it tough rules and regulations that could help candidates approach the people directly.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 19:48
Expressing concern over the malaise of paid news, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said that corrective steps in this regard have to be taken by consensus.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 20:22
The paid news syndrome has resulted in the media becoming more careful while reporting events and laying more focus on society, Press Council of India chairman Justice G N Ray said on Saturday.
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