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Irresponsible media better than a controlled one: PCI chief CK PrasadPrasad said the PCI has taken note of reports about certain "gag orders" issued against media recently by Union ministries including MHA.
Democracy cannot survive if media is controlled: PCI Chief Chandramauli Kumar PrasadAsserting that "without freedom of press, you don't know anything", Prasad said that his basic mantra will be freedom of the press.
Former SC judge CK Prasad to succeed Markenday Katju as Press Council ChiefInformation and Broadcasting ministry sources said Prasad has been selected by a committee headed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
PCI appoints panel to probe attack on mediapersons in HisarThe PCI chairman set up a four-member fact finding committee consisting of Sondeep Shankar (convenor), Kosuri Amarnath, Rajeev Ranjan Nag a...
Press Council of India appoints panel to probe attack on mediapersons in HisarThe Committee may meet and talk with media persons, including those who were attacked or whose cameras etc were broken, journalists, organi...
Tehelka: Disappointed with 'stoic silence', members ask Press Council of India to actDisappointed with the "stoic silence" maintained by PCI over the alleged sexual assault by Tejpal, 2 members have demanded action.
Media houses asked to set up panel for sexual harassment casesThe direction for setting up internal complaints' committee came in the backdrop of sexual harassment charges against Tehelka Editor.
Press Council India appoints one-man inquiry panel into Mumbai gangrape incidentThe Press Council of India has appointed a one-man inquiry committee to go into the facts of the gangrape incident in Mumbai.
PCI adopts report indicting Nitish govt over press freedomPCI has adopted a scathing report by a panel accusing the Nitish Kumar government of arm-twisting and muzzling the press in Bihar and it wi...
After Sanjay, Katju to seek pardon for another 1993 Mumbai blast case convictPCI chairperson Justice Markandey Katju said he would now appeal to the President to grant pardon to another convict Zaibunissa on humanita...
- Minimum qualification for a journalist needed: Markandey Katju
In a statement issued here, the PCI chairperson said that for some time the need for a qualification for entry into the profession of journ...
Fali S Nariman praises Katju for his article critical of ModiNoted jurist Fali S Nariman praises PCI chairperson Markandey Katju for his article on Narendra Modi, for which the later has been flayed b...
- Press Council chairperson Markandey Katju warns of legal action if press wrongly denied government ads
Hitting out at governments for allegedly stopping advertisements to publications over "critical" articles, Press Council chairperson Markan...
- Self-regulation is no regulation: Markandey Katju, Press Council of India
'Self regulation' as practised by the electronic media is a 'ploy' to escape accountability, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Marka...
- Revise paid news guidelines, take suo motu action: PCI panel
The panel also said that the Press Council should take the initiative and draft revised guidelines on what could be described as Paid News ...
- Bring electronic, social media under us: Press Council of India tells Government
The Press Council of India has urged govt to carry out necessary amendments to bring electronic & social media under its purview.
- New PCI chief asks Centre to defer action on channels' license
Press Council of India Chairman Justice(retd) Markandeya Katju on Monday asked the union government to defer it move to amend rules.