Asianet and Media One, banned by Centre for Delhi riots coverage, back on air

'Malayalam news channels Asianet News and Media One came back on air on Saturday morning, a day after the Centre placed a 48-hour ban on them for their coverage of the Delhi riots. The channels were taken off the air at 7.30 pm on Friday and were to resume broadcast only at 7.30 pm on Sunday, March 8. In its unprecedented orders, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry cited “siding” with one community and being “critical towards Delhi Police and RSS” as reasons for its decision. Both the orders accused the channels of having “highlighted the attack on places of worship and siding towards a particular community” during their reporting on the riots...'