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Digital space allows you to work freely, says Sudhir Mishra
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], November 26 (ANI): Noted film director Sudhir Mishra said on Saturday that the digital space was a wonderful medium because one could work without bothering about censorship.
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Former I&B minister accuses ministry of 'crude censorship'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Former information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday termed the Centre's removal of two films from an upcoming film festival as 'extremely unfortunate', and called out the ministry for practising 'crude censorship'.
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Shantaram Naik calls Parrikar's censorship against own MLAs 'surprising'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 20 (ANI): President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Shantaram Naik has expressed his "surprise" over Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's censorship order against his own MLAs restraining them from criticising the policemen in Goa on the drugs issue.
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Pahalaj Nihalani sacked; Prasoon Joshi the new CBFC chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Pahalaj Nihalani, who has been under the radar for the recent cuts and censorship in movies, has been dethroned as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief. Famous lyricist Prasoon Joshi will take charge for the next three years.
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We've not made porn film: Ajay Devgn on reports of trimming intimate
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Looks like Ajay Devgn has a perfect answer for all the reports that are doing the rounds regarding the self-censorship of intimate scenes in 'Badshaho' fearing backlash from Censor Board.
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Whatsapp down in China amid censorship scare
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July. 19 (ANI): Netizens in China have reporter disruptions in service by Whatsapp, leading to the scare that the Facebook-owned chat app may be on its way to being entirely blocked.
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Opposition lambasts CBFC diktat on documentary featuring Amartya Sen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Opposition parties on Wednesday lambasted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) diktat to mute four words in a documentary featuring Amartya Sen and demanded that censorship needs to be withdrawn.
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No media censorship, but no monopoly either for cable networks or TV chann
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday categorically ruled out any censorship against Fastway/PTC News or any other cable or media organisation, but made it clear that action would be taken against them if charges of tax violation
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Left condemns Govt. for denying screening of film based on Rohith Vemula
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Condemning the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for denying the screening of film 'The Unbearable Being of Lightness' (based on Rohith Vemula's suicide) at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, the Left
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Problem not censorship, but 'patriarchal system', says 'Lip
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], Feb. 24 (ANI): Commenting on the controversy surrounding certification of 'Lipstick Under My Burkha', film's director Alankrita Shrivastava on Friday said the problem was not about censorship, but patriarchal system where media is more focused on male desires and
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China tightens control on news portals, orders round the clock monitoring
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug. 19 (ANI): With stringent internet censorship, China now has tightened control over online news websites after authorities ordered editors-in-chief to take full responsibility for any wrongdoings in content and implementing round the clock monitoring on their respective
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No more 'censorship' powers to Censor Board, only 'certific
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 12 (ANI): In a massive development set to rock the Censor Board and the film industry, the monitoring body is likely to be stripped off its 'censoring' powers and will be left only with the authority to 'certify'.
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