Tag: Otv

Bhubaneswar: Throttling media’s voice especially of the No.1 news channel in Odisha – OTV- by the State government is no new normal. Of late, deliberate attempts have allegedly been made by the Naveen Patnaik-led government to defame OTV, just because it has dared to highlight the lapses and irregularities of the administration. Three back-to-back incidents […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Television Network Limited (OTV) continues to get targeted, in what could arguably be called a malicious attempt to weaken & muzzle the voice of the State’s largest media house. The latest in the string of such deliberate attacks has raised serious concerns as the Keonjhar Police yesterday picked up a senior journalist of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Editors Guild of India on Friday expressed dismay and concern over the action taken by Odisha government against the Odisha Television Limited (OTV) and its senior journalist Ramesh Rath. Conveying displeasure over the vindictive manner in which the government and its agencies have acted against the media, the non-partisan association of editorial leaders […]

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Saturday strongly condemned Odisha government for targeting OTV and said that a news channel that exposes corruption should be protected to save democracy. It is improper to harass a popular channel like OTV. Everyone should be mindful of their limits if a channel is exposing corruption, it should be […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) expressed concern over police action against a senior journalist of OTV terming it as “nothing but intolerance”. The journalist body issued a press release in this connection on Monday. Condemning the “illegal” detention of OTV senior journalist, Ramesh Rath, the NUJ said, “The police action against Odisha’s OTV […]

Bhubaneswar: OTV’s senior journalist Ramesh Rath could not appear before the Keonjhar Police today in connection with the alleged morphed video case due to health issues. As per reports, Rath could not appear on account of deterioration in his health condition owing to the police excesses. Rath has sought 15 days’ time through his lawyer […]

Bhubaneswar: One of the senior journalists of Odisha Television Limited (OTV), Ramesh Rath has resigned from the news channel citing health and personal reasons after he was ‘harassed and humiliated by the Keonjhar police’ for his bold and fearless investigative journalism. “I was picked up forcibly by the police from the main road on 15th […]

Bhubaneswar: The office of the BJP National Vice-President, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda and the authorities of the Odisha Television Ltd (OTV) on Monday categorically rubbished the allegations brought out by some activists in Delhi. Those allegations were carried by some local channels targeting OTV and Baijayant Panda. In a statement, OTV refuted the allegations terming them […]

Bhubaneswar: While hearing a plea filed by the Odisha Television Limited (OTV) in connection with a notice served to the media house by the Odisha Commission for Women, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday observed that the Commission cannot force anyone for personal appearance. The court’s directive came in response to the plea moved by […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another instance of alleged targeted harassment, the Baghamari police today arrested an engineer and a supervisor working at the campus of Odisha Television Ltd Studio in Sarua here, who approached the police with a complaint after being attacked by a group of contract workers without provocation. As per reports, an argument ensued […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another instance of violation of human rights and highhandedness against OTV employees, Manoranjan Sarangi, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the leading media house in the State, was picked up by police without any case or notice in the wee hours of Sunday. Such an act by police has left Sarangi’s family […]

Bhubaneswar: Manoranjan Sarangi, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Odisha Television Limited (OTV) said that the crime branch staff who picked him up from his residence in the wee hours on Sunday without any intimation or notice, subjected him to inhuman treatment during detention for several hours. Sarangi said he was woken up from his […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours, after he was arrested by the Crime Branch’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with the alleged land issue in Sarua, Manoranjan Sarangi, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Odisha Television Limited, was remanded to two-days custody of the probe agency by a court late on Sunday. EOW sources informed that the probe […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Television Limited Managing Director Jagi Mangat Panda today appealed Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to put an end to months-long harrasment of the media house and its employees based on certain sudden allegations. In a press statement, Panda said, “Order proper investigation into all these sudden allegations against us, but please stop harassing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Television Limited (OTV) has bagged the prestigious News Television Awards 2020 for its Apana Eka Nuhanti programme. OTV has been conferred the award in the ‘Best social contribution by a news network (Odia)’ category by the Indiantelevision.com. The award ceremony was organized virtually in view of Covid-19. Odisha Television Limited (#OTV) bags […]