Tag: Muzzling Media

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No entry for journalists inside school campuses: Congress, BJP condemn order, Minister responds

Condemning the order to bar mediapersons' entry to school campuses, senior Congress leader Suresh Routray on Sunday said, “Steps are being taken to suppress corruption in the State.”

  • Sunday, 10 July 2022
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Muzzling Media: Human rights activists serve notice to Vishal Dev for misbehaving with journalist

Bhubaneswar: Human Rights activists Biswapriya Kanungo and Narendra Mohanty today served a notice to Commissioner-cum-secretary of Sports and Youth Services department, Vishal Dev for misbehaving with OTV journalist in his chamber on November 21. The notice has been served under section 13 of the Press Council of India Act, sources said. Condemning such behaviour shown […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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'Media has major role to play in politics; to muzzle it is unhealthy'

Bhubaneswar: Criticism continues to pour in against the decision of the ruling BJD in the State to boycott participation in all debate and discussion programmes of Odisha’s largest news channel-OTV. “If any government feels a channel or reporter is speaking against them, it should use the same platform to respond and clarify,” said Siddharth Vardarajan, […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Breach of privilege motion: Assembly Privilege Committee summons OTV MD

Bhubaneswar: The Privilege Committee of Odisha Assembly has summoned managing director of Odisha Television Ltd, Jagi Mangat Panda in connection with the breach of privilege motion moved against OTV in November 2018. The Committee has asked Panda to appear before it on January 28. It is pertinent to mention here that Opposition party chief whip, […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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BJD used Tara as pawn to muzzle voice of media: Congress

Bhubaneswar: At a time when voices of dissent are growing within the Congress over Tara Prasad Bahinipati’s move to bring a breach of privilege motion against OTV for a factual report the channel telecast, senior leader Sarat Rout today categorically stated that the Congress doesn’t back such motion. Moreover, Rout further alleged that it was […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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Muzzling media: Protests mount in Odisha over privilege motion against OTV

Bhubaneswar: Resentment is brewing across Odisha among journalists as well as political leaders who have condemned the privilege motion moved by the Opposition party chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati against OTV for a telecasting a factual report on the proceedings inside the Odisha Assembly. Terming it as an attempt to muzzle the voice of media; […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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OPCC RTI Cell chairman resigns over Bahinipati’s privilege motion against OTV

Bhubaneswar: Expressing displeasure over senior Congress leader Tara Prasad Bahinipati’s decision to move breach of privilege motion against OTV in Odisha Assembly, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) RTI Cell chairman, Hemant Panda today resigned from his post. “Without moving for a no-confidence motion against the government and the Speaker, he (Tara Bahinipati) moved a privilege […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Rights activists seek apology from Vishal Dev for misbehaving with journalist

Bhubaneswar: Taking a stern note of misbehaviour towards OTV reporter by Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Sports and Youth Services department, Vishal Kumar Dev; rights activists Biswapriya Kanungo and Narendra Mohanty today demanded an unconditional apology from the senior bureaucrat. In a memorandum to Odisha Chief Minister, the rights activists have condemned the discriminatory behaviour of Vishal Dev […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Leave, go, I have not permitted you, don’t waste my time: Vishal Dev to OTV reporter at press meet

Bhubaneswar: In what can be termed as a blatant disrespect to the fourth pillar of democracy – the media, the Odisha Sports Secretary, a senior bureaucrat Vishal Dev today asked a reporter of OTV to get out of a press meet he had called. At around 12.48 pm today noon, OTV reporter Niranjan Reddy reached […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Muzzling media: Privilege motion against OTV after telecast of factual report

Bhubaneswar: Opposition party chief whip, Tara Prasad Bahinipati today brought a Breach of Privilege motion against OTV after the channel telecast a factual report yesterday on how the Speaker adjourned the House after being prompted by the secretary. Following the motion, the Assembly Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat has directed the House secretary to issue notice […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Op-Ed: Fissures in media allow govt to browbeat it

Can a bureaucrat – or anyone anyone holding a public office for that matter – eject a reporter from a briefing for the media on the grounds of ‘biased’ coverage? Or pick and choose which media outlet s/he would talk to? The answer, I am afraid, has to be an emphatic and unambiguous ‘No’! It […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Summon to OTV MD smacks of political vendetta: KV Singh Deo after resigning from Committee

Bhubaneswar: Patnagarh BJP MLA Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo today resigned from the Privilege Committee of Odisha Assembly citing that the move of the Committee to summon Managing Director and Co-founder of Odisha Television Ltd, Jagi Mangat Panda, was to harass her for political reasons. Singh Deo tendered his resignation from the Committee in a letter […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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I feel extremely harassed & so does OTV: Jagi Panda breaks silence

Bhubaneswar: After working in Odisha for as long as 22 years as a woman entrepreneur, Jagi Mangat Panda, also the Managing Director and Co-founder of Odisha Television Ltd, expressed her anguish today after appearing before the House Committee of Odisha Assembly. Jagi appeared before the Privilege Committee after being summoned in connection with a breach […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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You can’t enter, we have orders from ‘top’: Police to OTV journos at Naveen Niwas

Bhubaneswar: In yet another attempt to muzzle OTV’s voice, a lady journalist of the news channel Archana Satapathy was misbehaved with and turned away by security personnel at Naveen Niwas while she was on her way to cover news after having received information from ruling-BJD sources. As per reports, Archana along with cameraperson Santosh Tarai was […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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BJD continues to muzzle voice of media, lodges 4 complaints against OTV in 24 hours

Bhubaneswar: In yet another brazen attempt to muzzle the voice of OTV, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has filed four complaints against the leading media house in Odisha in the last 24 hours. After falsely accusing  the channel of telecasting  press conference of BJP during silence period yesterday, the BJD today moved the Chief […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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