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NEW DELHI: Tightening noose on journalists in view of fake news, the Union information and broadcasting ministry announced on Monday that journalists found guilty of writing or broadcasting “fake news” will have their accreditation withdrawn for a limited period or permanently. This will depend on the frequency of violations. This appears to be a move to crack down on the menace of fake news.

The ministry did not define “fake news” but said in a statement that all complaints of “fake news” would be referred for determination to the Press Council of India (PCI) for violations in print, and to the National Broadcasters Association (NBA) for violations on TV. The ministry’s statement didn’t mention digital media, although I&B minister SmritiIrani has previously said that the government would try and frame rules for that too. The minister said a line of ethics and a code of conduct had to be put in place to ensure that customers do not get affected by vested views in news, broadcasting and advertorial content.

New Delhi: The police have arrested two teachers of a private school and tutor of a coaching centre from outer Delhi for for allegedly leaking CBSE’s Class 12 economics paper over an hour before the March 26 exam.

Hours later, the ministry of human resource development (HRD) responded to the breakthrough in the investigation and suspended Central Board of Secondary Education officials who was supervising the examination centre in question. The official, KS Rana, was found to be “lax” in his duties, tweeted Anil Swarup, secretary, school education and literacy, HRD ministry.

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a bank fraud case to the tune of Rs 19.03 crore. The money was sanctioned by the public sector UCO Bank to 18 fake borrowers under various home and property loan schemes with concessional interest rates in 2013 and 2016.

The agency’s move comes in the wake of a complaint received from UCO Bank on March 27. The Central Bureau of Investigation filed the FIR on March 29 naming five persons, including former UCO Bank Jayanagar’s branch manager KR Saroja.

Others were middleman BS Srinatha and three approved valuers of the bank — Jambunath and proprietor of two Bengaluru-based firms identified as Gopinath R Agnihotri and N Venkatesh.

New Delhi: One of the most ambitious projects of building all whether road connecting Ladakh has been halted for the past four days. No work has taken place on the strategic 8.8km long Rohtang tunnel, as more than 500 workers had gone on strike, citing violation of labour laws.

Workers began their protest on March 27 as the private firms -German group Strabag and Indian firm AFCON Infrastructure Limited, which have been engaged for the construction of the tunnel, failed to pacify them on Saturday, which resulted in continuation of the strike.