NEW DELHI, Nov 04:The Editors Guild of India has strongly condemned the unprecedented decision of an inter-ministerial panel to take NDTV India off air for a day and termed it a "direct violation" of the freedom of the press.
The editor's body demanded that the order be "immediately rescinded".
The inter-ministerial panel constituted by the Information and Broadcasting ministry had concluded that the channel NDTV India had revealed crucial and "strategically sensitive" information when the terror attack on Pathankot IAF base was being carried out in January, according to official sources.(Agencies)
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