Posted by: Dhumraketu February 18, 2005
INDIAN Interest in NEPAL
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The news by Sudeshna Sarkar (Indian Journalist), Indo-Asian News Service; outlines the Indian interest to secure and motivate Nepalese towards Indian channel, Indian film, and overall pro-Indian Media interference in Nepal. After the present context, Indian Media personnel and the Indian government is fired at Nepalese policy to ban Indian channels. The news says; among others; Indian news channels continued to be off in Nepal Tuesday though the country resumed its telecommunication links with the world a day earlier. The Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, HIGHLY POPULAR AMONG THE NEPALESE (According to Indian Media person), was discontinued from Feb 5 ever since it showed Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran saying in New Delhi the reasons India pulled out of the SAARC summit in Dhaka Feb 6-7. Shyam Saran said ..............the developments in Nepal were the reasons for India's pullout (SURPRISING). Other Indian news channels like Zee TV, NDTV and Indian state TV Doordarshan too are off air. While DD's Sports channel is available, its national and news channels have been taken off. Perhaps the hardest hit among the Indian news channels is Nepal 1 headed by Indian media celebrity Nalini Singh. Unlike the other Indian channels, it beams programmes in Nepalese. Being off the air in Nepal means a considerable drop in viewership. http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/02/08/08off.shtml (How can Delhi telecast a television channel named like NEPAL-ONE on air. It directly hits the Nepal Soveriegnity. Bholi, Nepal Television le pani Kathmandu bata INDIA-ONE bhanne channel Indian territory ma prasaar garyo bhane, ke INDIA chup laagera baschha? If it was happen with them, ahile samma, they would have already gone to file a case in the International Court.
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