WB Govt censors Nepali language channel

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/07/2017

HT reports that The West Bengal government sealed the Siliguri-based office of a Nepali language satellite ABN News Network television channel on July 22, and said it was "a move seen as a crackdown on establishments allegedly promoting the public unrest for a separate Gorkhaland state. Police alleged that the channel had disobeyed a public servant’s order and promoted enmity between groups in its coverage of a pro-Gorkhaland rally.

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