9 October 2020, 18:07 PM
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday asked all private satellite television channels to adhere to the Programme Code and emphasised that no programme should criticise, malign or slander any individual or certain groups. The advisory comes in the wake of actor Rakul Preet Singh's plea in the Delhi High Court alleging defamatory programmes being run against her in connection with a drugs probe related to the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, reports PTI.
9 October 2020, 14:31 PM
A PIL was moved in the Delhi High Court alleging that famous journalist and his TV channel were reporting "distorted and misleading facts" on the death of actor Shushant Singh Rajput resulting in the infringement of the right to a fair trial of actor Rhea Chakraborty.
"Interestingly, no investigating agency is probing any charge of murder in the present criminal investigation. Even the FIR registered by the Patna police on the complaint received by the father of the deceased (Rajput) is for abetment to suicide and other penal provisions. Moreover, as per the report of AIIMS, the cause of death is suicide and not murder," the petition has claimed, according to PTI.
9 October 2020, 14:30 PM
The Mumbai police on Thursday claimed to have busted a Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket. The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) welcomed the Mumbai Police investigation on fake TRP and said that it is committed to reporting a true picture of television viewership.
