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Nepal partially lifts ban imposed on Indian private news channels

On Thursday, cable television operators stopped the transmission of all Indian private news channels except Doordarshan, accusing them of airing reports hurting Nepal's national sentiment.

PM Naredra Modi with his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli during the inauguration of south Asia's first cross border oil pipeline
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FILE PHOTO: On Friday, Nepal sent a 'diplomatic note' to India, urging New Delhi to take steps against the broadcast of materials which it called "fake, baseless and insensitive as well as abusive" to the country and its leadership by a section of the Indian media.

Press Trust of India Kathmandu
Nepal's cable television operators on Monday partially lifted the ban imposed on Indian private news channels.
A meeting of the cable operators decided to lift the ban on the Indian news channels with only a few news channels still banned in Nepal, Vice president of television operators' association Dhurba Sharma told reporters.
"A few news channels airing objectionable content are still banned in the country," Sharma said.
On Thursday, cable television operators stopped the transmission of all Indian private news channels except Doordarshan, accusing them of airing reports hurting Nepal's national sentiment.
Nepal's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also thanked the cable operators

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