Dissenting activists disconnected
BY RANJIT SUR| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |14/08/2012
Activists demand the deletion of section 66A from the IT Act and warn that the Mamata government's action is a pointer of things to come for the country.
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Dissenting Bengal activists ‘lose' their cell connections
BY RANJIT SUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |14/08/2012
Activists demand the deletion of section 66A from the IT Act and warn that the Mamata government's action is a pointer of things to come for the country.
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Mystery of ‘anonymous' hospital
BY RANJIT SUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/07/2012
Leading Kolkata newspapers fight shy of mentioning the name of a well-known hospital found guilty by consumer court.
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Why this licence to Mamata?
BY RANJIT SUR| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |20/05/2012
PCI Chairman Justice Katju sees a"concerted move" from Delhi to Kolkata behind the media criticism against the West Bengal Chief Minister.
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Mamata gags the Dodhichi newsletter
BY RANJIT SUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/05/2012
Now, it is the turn of the alternative media in West Bengal to be at the receiving end of governmental intolerance.
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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship
The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   
Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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