New Delhi
Stating that some private news channels had not shown "maturity" in their coverage of protests against Delhi gangrape incident, government has asked them to show events in a "responsible manner" with "due care and restraint".

The Information and Broadcasting ministry in an advisory issued late Sunday evening warned that any violation of the Programme code under the Cable TV Network Rules, 1994 would invite action but I&BMinister Manish Tewari said that it was not aimed at any sort of regulation of media but only to see that programming rules are not violated.

The advisory said that channels were showing "round the clock" coverage of the incident as well as the efforts of the law and order agencies. This incident and the public outcry in its aftermath are "a very sensitive issue" and "any inappropriate" media coverage is likely to vitiate the law and order situation.