I&B ministry had imposed a 48-hour ban on two media channels for their alleged “biased” reportage of the Delhi violence
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday revoked within hours the 48-hour telecast ban it had imposed on Media One and Asianet News, two Malayalam language channels, for “biased” reporting of the Delhi riots, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi “expressed concern” over the turn of events.
While Asianet News came back on air around 1.30am on Saturday, Media One resumed transmission at 9.40am. The government order had banned the telecast of the two channels from 7.30pm on March 6.
The Friday order banned the telecast of Media One for allegedly deliberately focusing on vandalism by CAA supporters. Its coverage, the order said, “questions RSS and alleges Delhi Police inaction”, and appeared to be “critical towards Delhi Police and RSS”. Asianet News, on the other hand, came under government fire because it “highlighted the attack on places of