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Hello Jammu News at 7:24:00 PM 0


SRINAGAR, JULY 4: The three-member Press Council of India (PCI) team held a series of meetings here today with the representatives of various media associations to have an insight into the challenges confronting the media in the State.
The PCI team comprising of Pravat Kumar Dash, Ashok Upadhyay and Prof Sushma Yadav, held detailed deliberations with the representatives of Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG), Kashmir Press Club, Jammu &Kashmir Editors Forum (JKEF), Jammu and Kashmir Press Association (JKPA), J&K Media Association, J&K Journalistic Union and other similar bodies.
During the meetings, the associations urged PCI to play a proactive role in addressing the issues and challenges faced by the newspapers and journalists here.
They demanded that there should be a set-time frame within which the petitions filed in the Council by the newspapers regarding various issues are addressed.
Lack of J&K’s representation in PCI was also discussed during the meetings. It was said that it is high time when J&K should get representation in the Council, as it will expedite redressal of the cases brought into the notice of the Council from the State.
The visiting Council members acknowledged that there has been some communication gap between local journalists and the Council and every possible step would be taken to fill the void at an earliest. They assured that they would be in regular touch with the media fraternity in the State to ensure speedy redressal of their grievances.
The team said that they were visiting the State on the instructions of Chairman PCI Justice C K Prasad who according to them was concerned over the recent developments in the State.

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Hello Jammu News at 6:04:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, JULY 03: The three-member team of visiting Press Council of India (PCI) today called on Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar to discuss the issues being confronted by the media fraternity in the state.
The members of the visiting Sub-Committee include Prabhat Dash, Ashok Upadhyay and Prof Sushma Yadav.
Director Information & Public Relations, Tariq Ahmed Zargar was also present at the meeting.
The PCI team sought the Advisor's intervention in initiating welfare measures for the journalists of J&K including institution of welfare scheme and health insurance cover.
Assuring the full support of the state government, the Advisor said that the suggestions offered by PCI would surely be considered by the department.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:07:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, JULY 02: The three-member visiting panel of Press Council of India (PCI) called on Director Information and PR, Mr Tariq Ahmad Zargar here this morning to discuss various issues pertaining to the media scenario in Jammu and Kashmir.
Joint Director Information (Headquarters) SaajidYehaya Naqash and other officials of the Department were also present on the occasion.
The PCI Members comprising Mr Prabhat Kumar Dash, Mr Ashok Upadhyay and Prof (Ms) Sushma Yadav arrived here on Sunday to have first-hand appraisal of the media scenario in J&K and the challenges confronting the journalists in the State.
Director Information apprised the PCI panel in detail about the functioning of DIPR and the steps being taken by the State Government to facilitate smooth functioning and growth of the media organizations and working journalists in J&K.
The PCI panel asked DIPR to further strengthen the amenities available to the media fraternity including institution of a welfare scheme, health insurance, pension scheme and travel concessions for the working journalists.
The Committee is scheduled to meet various State Government functionaries besides representatives of the media fraternity during their ongoing visit to the State.
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Hello Jammu News at 4:24:00 PM 0


New Delhi, Apr 3: Following the protests over the guidelines issued by the Information and Broadcasting Minister on Monday for curbing 'fake news', the Government on Tuesday announced that the release stands withdrawn.
'PIB Press release titled “Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists amended to regulate Fake News” issued on 2 April 2018 stands withdrawn,' a release by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry said.
In a press note issued on Monday, the Ministry had said that In an attempt to curb the increasing instances of fake news in various mediums including print and electronic media, the Government had amended the Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists wherein such cases would get referred to the Press Council of India (PCI) if it pertains to print media and to News Broadcasters Association (NBA) if it relates to electronic media.
The amended guidelines stipulated that the journalist whoever created and/or propagated the fake news will, if accredited, would have the accreditation suspended till such time the determination regarding the fake news is made by the regulating agencies.
'Determination is expected to be completed within 15 days by these regulating agencies. Once the complaint is registered for determination of fake news, the correspondent/journalist whoever created and/or propagated the fake news will, if accredited, have the accreditation suspended till such time the determination regarding the fake news is made by the regulating agencies mentioned above,'the Ministry statement said.
The Ministry said that while examining the requests seeking accreditation, the regulatory agencies will examine whether the `Norms of Journalistic Conduct’ and `Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards’ prescribed by the PCI and NBA respectively are adhered to by the journalists as part of their functioning.
'It would be obligatory for journalists to abide by these guidelines,'the ministry said.
The guidelines by the Ministry had caused a lot of uproar among media organisations with the press organisations threatening to launch protests against the move, which thy described as attemopt to muzzle the press. UNI
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Srinagar, Dec 11: Mobile internet services of all cellular companies, including BSNL were suspended for security reasons in many areas of north Kashmir, where three foreign militants were killed by security forces in an encounter on Monday morning.
A woman was also killed after she was hit by a bullet inside her house near the encounter site.
Officials said the authorities have directed all cellular companies to suspend mobile internet services in Kupwara, Handwara, Sopore and Baramulla in north Kashmir to prevent spread of any rumour on social media. But, suspension of the facility has led to more rumours.
Three foreign militants were killed by security forces in an encounter on Monday morning at Unsoo of Handwara in Kupwara.
The authorities have in the past also suspended internet services on several occasions in the valley, claiming that social media was used to instigate protests. However, the government has come under severe criticism over it from all sections of the society in the valley, besides the Press Council of India (PCI).
The mobile internet services for post-paid connections was suspended for about five months last year, following violence triggered by the death of HM commander Burhan Wani on July 8 last year. Similarly, mobile internet services for prepaid connections were restored in Kashmir on January 27, six months after they were suspended. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 7:01:00 PM 0


SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 24: The Press Council of India (PCI) has lauded the Government of Jammu and Kashmir for the outstanding arrangements made during the recent visit of the PCI Chairman and Members to the State.
"I would like to thank the Government of Jammu & Kashmir for all the cooperation and hospitalities extended to the team of Press Council of India during its visit to Srinagar from 8 October 2017 to 10 October 2017," Secretary PCI, Ms Vibha Bhargava said in a communication addressed to the Chief Secretary, B B Vyas.

She said the meetings of the Council and the interaction with the Chief Minister, the Ministers and the media fraternity was conducted smoothly and efficiently due to the special efforts of the Director Information, Muneer-ul-Islam and his entire team of officers/officials. "We highly appreciate the commendable efforts put in by the Department of Information & Public Relations, J&K Govt during our visit," she added.
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Hello Jammu News at 5:10:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 07: The Press Council of India (PCI) is for the first time convening full Council meeting in Srinagar on 9 October 2017.
The PCI delegation led by its chairman Justice (Retd) C K Prasad and Members is scheduled to arrive here on 8 October for the annual Council meeting.
The PCI Members arriving for the meeting in Srinagar include Mr S N Sinha, (President, Indian Journalists Union), Mr Prakash Dubey (Group Editor Dainik Bhaskar), Mr Prabhat Kumar,Mr Apoorva Kumar, Mr Bipin Newar, Mr Rajiv Ranjan Nag, Mr K D Chandola, Dr Suman Gupta, Dr K Sreenivasrao, Mr C K Nayak, Mr Prajanand Chaudhri, Mr Sondeep Shankar, Mr Krishna Prasad, Mr K Amarnath and Mr Gurinder Singh.
The delegation also includes, Ms Vibha Bhargava, Secretary PCI, Ms Poonam Sibal, Deputy Secretary PCI and others.
Pertinently, a 3-Member PCI Sub-Committee headed by Mr S N Sinha visited Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh earlier this year to discuss the issues facing the media in the State.
Following the extensive visit of the PCI Sub-Committee to all the regions of the State and wide-ranging deliberations with the stakeholders, the full Council is now convening its annual meeting in Srinagar to dwell on detail on the issues confronting the media.

This will be the last full council meeting of the present Press Council before the new Council is constituted towards the end of this year.
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Hello Jammu News at 5:01:00 PM 0


SRINAGAR, JULY 18: The Sub-Committee of the Press Council of India (PCI), comprising Sh. S.N. Sinha, Convenor, Sh. C.K. Nayak, and Dr. Suman Gupta called on Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today.


The PCI members, who are on a weeklong visit in J&K, discussed with the Governor  issues relating to the role of the print media and certain matters relating to the functioning of the newspapers being published in J&K.
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