Press Release
PR/4/06-07-PCI 20.07.2006
Press
Council censures Alsafa, Ananda Bazar Patrika, MID-DAY,
The
Press Council of India, which met in New Delhi on July 12, 2006 under the
Chairmanship of Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.N. Ray, Chairman, Press Council of India
has censured Alsafa of Srinagar, Ananda Bazar Patrika of Kolkata, MID-DAY of
Mumbai, Punjab Kesari of Delhi in two cases and the Times of India, Delhi and
Pune editions in two different complaints for breaching the norms of
journalistic conduct.
The
Press Council adjudicated upon 43 cases of complaints against the press and 9
cases of complaints by the press against the authorities. Apart
form censuring five newspapers the Council admonished one newspaper and
reprimanded another five for violation of the norms of Journalistic
Conduct.
Anand
Bazar Patrika, Kolkata, has been censured alongwith its editor and Ms Sharmila
Bose, the author of the news article captioned ‘Ram Ramani Katha’ held to be derogatory to the Hindu God Shri
Ram. The Council expressed its deep anguish over the lack of sensitivity displayed
by the newspaper in carrying the impugned news material that depicted Shri Ram
in adverse light and hurt the religious sentiments of the people. The Council
also observed that every freedom has to be subject to some reasonable limits,
so must artistic and literary freedom, in larger public interest and peace and
harmony.
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