 "Govt puts on hold its one-day ban on NDTV India")
The Union information & broadcasting ministry on Monday put on hold a one-day ban imposed on Hindi news channel NDTV India for allegedly jeopardising national security by leaking sensitive information in its coverage of the Pathankot terror, news agency Press Trust of India wrote, quoting unnamed sources.
Earlier in the day, top media bodies had stood in solidarity with NDTV over the one-day ban imposed on it, saying the move sent a "dangerous signal" to the entire press, the freedom of which was already under "increasing threat" in the country.
Representatives of Editor's Guild of India, Indian Women's Press Corps, Federation of Press Clubs, Delhi Union of Journalists, Press Club of India and senior journalists from several media houses also gave a clarion call to the fraternity for a united fight for freedom of the press.
NDTV Ltd, the parent company which operates NDTV India, had also filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court questioning the constitutional validity of the government action. The decision came after the Supreme Court agreed to hear on Tuesday NDTV's appeal against the ban.
Earlier in the day, top media bodies had stood in solidarity with NDTV over the one-day ban imposed on it, saying the move sent a "dangerous signal" to the entire press, the freedom of which was already under "increasing threat" in the country.
Representatives of Editor's Guild of India, Indian Women's Press Corps, Federation of Press Clubs, Delhi Union of Journalists, Press Club of India and senior journalists from several media houses also gave a clarion call to the fraternity for a united fight for freedom of the press.
NDTV Ltd, the parent company which operates NDTV India, had also filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court questioning the constitutional validity of the government action. The decision came after the Supreme Court agreed to hear on Tuesday NDTV's appeal against the ban.