Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 22:32
Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley Friday said that Phase-III auctions of FM Radio will 'boost' the radio news sector in the country and reach out to smaller towns and cities providing quality information to the audiences.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 21:58
Officials said that an Application Review Committee, which yesterday met, has rejected the applications of the companies belonging to the Sun TV group, which had failed to get a security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 19:19
The I&B ministry is mulling making security clearance mandatory for candidates before appointment as Prasar Bharati board members in the backdrop of sexual assault charges against Tarun Tejpal, who had been selected for the post.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 19:55
The I&B ministry made the suggestion after it received a clarification from the MHA that the security clearance given to broadcasters at the time of allotting them licence to run a channel was valid for only three years.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 19:50
The I&B Ministry is planning to support a demand of broadcasters that government reconsider its decision to grant security clearance of only three years to news channels instead of the entire duration of their licence.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 18:48
Union Minister Manish Tewari on Sunday warned the Punjab government against "forcible" acquisition of land in nine villages of Ludhiana district along the Sidhwan canal for setting up an industrial park and a township.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 18:47
Corporate as well as surrogate political ownership of media are "inescapable" realities, Union minister Manish Tewari said and asked media industry to devise ways to separate commercial considerations and editorial autonomy.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 20:29
Following the non-utilisation of funds he provided for development works here, Information and Broadcasting minister and Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari on Thursday asked Municipal Commissioner to return them if they were not used properly.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 23:03
Prasar Bharati chief Jawhar Sircar Tuesday denied any rift with the information and broadcasting ministry, and termed the leakage of his letter to the ministry as "unfortunate".
Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 22:19
Indian Administrative Service officer Bimal Julka Monday took charge as the secretary, information and broadcasting ministry.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 21:16
Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Saturday held consultations with representatives of print and the broadcasting industry on the issue of increasing FDI limits in media sector.
Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 20:45
Bimal Julka, an IAS officer of 1979 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre, will be the next Information and Broadcasting Secretary succeeding Uday Kumar Varma who retires in June.
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