Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has underlined the need for a self-regulatory mechanism in electronic media. This has been cited by Soni in wake of the increasing number of notices which have been issued by I & B ministry for violating the programme code.
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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni has mentioned that the new TV channels will have to wait till the body for the regulation of content comes into existence.
 
"Presently, there are around 500 private TV channels on air in our country. We will not give permit to ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has mentioned that the union cabinet has approved 50% reservation of seats in urban local bodies for women.
 
Soni said the ministry of urban development will move a bill for a constitutional amendment in the next parliamentary session, to ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, while mentioning that there is no space for censorship or content regulation, mentioned a mechanism enabling the freedom of expression and sensitivities of civil society will be set up.
 
"The government's effort is to bring out a road ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has disclosed on Tuesday that India's premier institute of journalism, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, will have four more branches across India.
 
She also added that IIMC will be upgraded to the status of international media ...

Seven more Indian Institute shave been approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. These IIMs will become operational in two phases.
 
The first phase will see the four IIMs coming up in Trichy, Ranchi, Raipur and Rohtak with the classes starting from the next academic session, 2010-11. The ...

With the media reeling under the financial crunch, Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni, has backed increasing FDI (foreign direct investment) in print media to 49%, saying "it is safe". "I think it is a good suggestion," Soni said in an interview when asked about ...

Saying that censorship has no place in the age of Internet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said she has no plan to bring the controversial content code on the "front burner" of the government's action plan.
 
She favoured a nodal agency which could ...

Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, a regal train chugging across the land of maharajas in western India, will start its maiden journey on Jan 11 when it will be flagged off by Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni.
 
The train, according to the Rajasthan Tourism Department, will be a landmark in terms ...

In its mission to expand India as a popular tourist destination, Tourism Ministry of India has decided to do a month long Incredible India campaign in Beijing, during Olympic. The campaign will showcase the country’s rich heritage and culture, and accordingly the campaign will be highlighted ...

India’s Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni will participate in historic march organized to commemorate the centenary of the historic march organized by Mahatma Gandhi in SA. The historic march will be organized on 16th of August. Evidently, the original march was prompted by the ...