Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Union Ayush Minister Sripad Naik and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar addressing the press conference on winning the State of State India Today award in Panaji on Saturday. (PTI Photo) Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Union Ayush Minister Sripad Naik and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar addressing the press conference on winning the State of State India Today award in Panaji on Saturday. “It’s not a ban, they’ve been asked to put-off the channel temporarily as they had broadcasted live operation – which is against the guidelines issued to the channels following the 2008 terror attack,” Parrikar said. “During UPA regime, nearly 21 times such guidelines were issues against channels for broadcasting even something like sting-operation, whereas this is the matter if national security,” he said. “The broadcast compromised the strategic assets, it may have been easily picked up by the terrorist-handlers and the lives of our own security personnel may have been compromised,” he said.

Source: Indian Express November 05, 2016 12:11 UTC