#NDTV HINDI FREE#

Top media bodies on Monday expressed solidarity with NDTV and condemned the CentreвЂ™s move, saying it sends a вЂњdangerous signalвЂќ to the entire press, the freedom of which is already under вЂњincreasing threatвЂќ in the country.Д«ut the government has defended the action, saying many other channels were banned in the past and that free speech couldnвЂ™t be absolute or override national security.

This was the first time a channel was asked to stop broadcasting over concerns about national security. This crucial information could have been readily picked up by the militantsвЂ™ handlers and jeopardised national security, the information and broadcasting ministry said. NDTV India was asked to go off the air on November 9 after the government said the channel revealed sensitive details during its coverage of a militant attack on the Pathankot airbase in January. In June 2016 NDTV decided to launch two separate channels called NDTV India and NDTV Spice in the United Kingdom. The governmentвЂ™s announcement came after NDTVвЂ™s co-founder and executive co-chairperson Prannoy Roy met information and broadcasting minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday. NDTV India (styled as NDTV ) is a Hindi news channel in India owned by New Delhi Television Limited. The top court is expected to hear the case on Tuesday. The government has decided to put on hold the one-day ban on Hindi news channel NDTV India, a week after announcing to take it off air for allegedly compromising national security with its coverage of a terrorist attack on an air force base.Д®ven as the media group eked out the concession from the government, it also moved the Supreme Court challenging the gag order.

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