NDTV India ordered to go off air for a day

In a statement, the broadcaster has raised concerns that it is being singled out for its coverage of the Pathankot terror attacks and it is examining all options in the matter

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | November 4, 2016

Penalising NDTV for its coverage of the Pathankot terror attacks, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) last evening ordered the broadcaster to shut its Hindi channel NDTV India for a day on November 9. In a statement, NDTV has said that it has received the order of MIB, and was examining all options in this matter.

The statement said: “It is shocking that NDTV has been singled out in this manner. Every channel and newspaper had similar coverage. In fact NDTV's coverage was particularly balanced. After the dark days of the Emergency when the press was fettered, it is extraordinary that NDTV is being proceeded against in this manner. NDTV is examining all options in this matter.”

It is gathered that the government felt that NDTV compromised national security and risked the country's strategic assets by airing the counter-terror operations undertaken by the security forces.

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