Remove media access restriction for Parliament coverage: Editors Guild to Birla, Dhankhar
New Delhi (PTI): The Editors Guild of India on Monday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to remove access restrictions on the media for covering proceedings of Parliament.
The Guild, in a letter to Birla, said the practice of restricting the number of media persons, including those holding permanent accreditation, came into force when Covid19 protocols were in place.
"The country has fought the scourge and moved on and we hope limiting access is also done away with," it said in a letter to Birla.
The Guild also expressed concern over the non-reconstitution of the Press Advisory Committee that was first founded in 1929 under the guidance of the president of the Central Legislative Assembly, Vithalbhai Patel.
The Guild urged Dhankhar to restore complete access to all media accredited media persons to the House without the need for them to secure additional access passes, which only adds to the bureaucratic work at a time when the effort is to reduce the load.
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Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case: Complainant appears before SIT in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: The complainant in the Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case on Saturday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the state government to probe the alleged criminal activities under the jurisdiction limits of Dharmasthala Police Station.
The complainant is said to have presented himself before the SIT at the IB office in Kadri, accompanied by his advocates. The complainant is expected to be interrogated in the presence of DIG (Recruitment Division) MN Anucheth, sources have said.
The Karnataka government constituted the SIT under the leadership of Director General of Police (Internal Security Division), Pranav Mohanty, with other key members including DIG (Recruitment Division) MN Anucheth, DCP (CAR Central) Soumya Latha, and SP (Internal Security Division) Jitendra Kumar Dayama.
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