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.