‘Cancel licences of rogue TV channels’
New Delhi: A strong demand for cancellation of licences of those TV channels which are in the “business of extortion” by giving ‘paid news’ was made by a Congress member in the lok Sabha on Friday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Navin Jindal said that licence of running a TV channel was being used by some as “licence for extortion” and sought that licences of channels, who make its wrong use, should be withdrawn.
Step up security of embassy, Italy told
New Delhi: India on Friday said it has asked Italy to provide more security to its embassy in Rome after the mission reported receiving hate mails and a live bullet in retaliation to Italian marines’ issue. Asserting that India takes such incidents very seriously” and it was a “matter of concern”, the spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said, “We have sensitised our friends in Italy and hope that necessary measures will be taken to ensure safety and security” and noted that government was in touch with Italian government at various levels including “at very senior level”.
SC no to PIl seeking plots cancellation
New Delhi: The apex court on Friday declined to entertain a PIl seeking cancellation of allotment of plots, allegedly in arbitrary and discriminatory manner, to judges of high courts of Odisha and Gujarat, by brushing aside the plea that refusal to hear the matter will send a wrong message. “We decline to entertain the writ petition. However, the petitioners are at liberty to approach the appropriate high courts,” a bench of justices Hl Dattu and SA Bobde said.