Taming Zee News

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/02/2018
The News Broadcasting Standards Authority has rejected the appeal by Zee News on its order of September 2017 to pay Rs one 1 lakh as a fine for its report ‘Afzal Premi Gang ka Mushaira’ broadcast on March 9, 2015, targeting poet and activist Gauhar Raza and to tender an apology.  The NBSA was acting on a complaint filed by litteratuer Ashok Vajpayi, singer Shubha Mudgal, actor Sharmila Tagore and writer Syeda Hamid.  Zee News  has been asked to display the apology on 16.2.2018 at 9 pm and deposit Rs one lakh within seven days.