The Council has drawn attention to several breaches which include narrating a one-sided story, relying on gossip, giving excessive publicity to the victim, suspects and witnesses, conducting a parallel trial and seeking to sensationalise reports.
BR Gupta was appointed as a PCI member for a three-year term on May 30, 2018.
Speaking about how the fake news gets viral he said even the tweet is deleted, it stays somehow.
The Press Council of India's move to intervene in the case in Supreme Court over restrictions on communication placed in Jammu and Kashmir has prompted strong objections from members of various media watchdog organisations
The detention of a Manipuri journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem under the National Security Act has uncovered fissures within the media while revealing the dictatorial mindset of the state's rulers
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a committee to frame rules to regulate news portals and media websites, according…
The decision, reportedly at the instance of the Prime Minister, to withdraw a circular issued by the Ministry of Information…
Highlighting the actions being taken by the government to tackle news outfits providing fake news, Union Minister for Information and…
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was constituted by the Tripura government to probe the killing of a journalist by…
The Press Council of India (PCI) today expressed “concern” over the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh and asked Karnataka…
