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Topic: Namo TV

Govt’s new DTH rules silent on which NaMo TV-like entities can be run on platform channels

New policy states such channels will be capped, and DTH players will have to pay registration fee. It doesn’t provide more details, but ministry says these channels can't be rented.

Modi govt’s I&B to-do list — regulating platforms like NaMo TV, Netflix & online news

The I&B ministry has drawn up a plan, under which the new Modi govt will bring in fresh regulation and amend old Acts.

Modi, Modi and more Modi: A day in the life of NaMo TV

ThePrint spent 24 hours watching NaMo TV and found the channel does little else but showcase Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP.

War of words breaks out between former civil servants over Modi biopic & EC credibility

A second group of ex-civil servants has written to President Ram Nath Kovind to ‘counter’ the first group’s allegation last week that the EC was ‘weak-kneed’.

NaMo TV not a television channel, doesn’t need licence, ex-civil servants tell President

The letter comes in response to an 8 April letter written by another group of former civil servants, expressing concern over the credibility of the Election Commission.

This 2004 SC order is behind Election Commission decision to bar NaMo TV

The Supreme Court order, delivered on 13 April, came just a week before the 2004 general election season kicked in.

Caution against ‘communal black hole’ and Imran Khan sings Modi paeans

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BJP’s ‘Shatru’ joins Congress, and will the real NaMoTV please stand up?

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NaMo TV – the confused channel orphaned by I&B ministry and DTH operators

It's odd that BJP hasn't openly admitted ownership of NaMo TV since many political parties, across India, own TV channels.

NaMo TV is special channel rented by a party, doesn’t need permit: I&B ministry tells EC

EC has been told that such channels are outside the ambit of government regulations. Expenses incurred on the channel will reflect in BJP's electoral expenses. 

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