Tamil news channel attacked; Rathore condemns attack

[Deepu]

The Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has condemned the attack on the Tamil news channel Puthiya Thalaimurai.

Rathore tweeted, “Attack on a Tamil TV channel is condemnable. There are self-regulatory bodies to resolve complaints on TV content. Law will prevail.”

He further added that “disagreement on TV content could be addressed to: For News, nbanewdelhi.com, For ent’ment, ibfindia.com; for adv.ascionline.”

Suspected members of the right-wing outfit Hindu Illaignar Sena threw crude bombs at the local office of the news channel over a proposed interactive show on ‘Thaali’ (Mangal Sutra), drawing widespread criticism from media bodies and political parties, which termed it as an attack on the freedom of expression.

Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/tamil-news-channel-attacked-rathore-condemns-attack/ | TelevisionPost.com

 

[Technoglitch]

it is actually a part of BJP.

 

[NinadG]

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Chennai police arrest Hindu Illaignar Sena members for bomb attack on TV channel
The bombing comes in the wake of a controversy surrounding a show that was to discuss the relevance of the mangalsutra.

The Chennai Police on Thursday arrested four persons suspected to be have bombed the office of Tamil television news channel, Puthiya Thalaimurai, the previous night.

The men all belong to a little-known group called the Hindu Illaignar Sena, The Hindu reported. More crude bombs were also seized from the outfit's premises.

This incident comes in the wake of aggressive protests by several Hindutva groups angered by a show that was to debate the traditional practice of married woman wearing a thaali or mangalsutra. The show was to have been telecast last Sunday, which was marked as International Woman’s Day. However, following the protests, the channel decided against airing the show.

Even Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary H Raja had opposed the airing of the show. “Why should this channel be allowed to air the show?" he told The News Minute. "What is the need to discuss the relevance of the thaali? Will the same channel discuss the Purdah for Muslim women or if Christian nuns should wear the cross?”

Read more at : Scroll.in - News. Politics. Culture.

 

[DashMajor]

it is actually a part of BJP.

What ? TV channel ?

 

[Technoglitch]

What ? TV channel ?

the persons who threw the bomb at the channel, last week they attacked a female reporter when she was entering the channel office.

 

[IndianMascot]

That idiot should be punished well.