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lanrexlan: Liar,peace tv is located in Dubai,not india.....Peace

Government puts 24 foreign 'hate channels' on notice for showing anti-India TV shows after intelligence alert

By Pratul Sharma

Hate channels which are illegally down-linked and freely available to viewers near the India-Pakistan and north-eastern borders have become important weapons in the psychological war against India.

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has red-flagged 24 "illegal" foreign channels for beaming anti-India programmes.

The potential for mischief by these channels was serious enough for the government to concede in Parliament: "The content of some of these channels is not conducive to the security environment in the country and poses a potential security hazard."

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The government has red-flagged Indian preacher Zakir Naik-run peace TV which is illegally aired in India

The government has red-flagged 'Peace TV', which is illegally aired in India and run by preacher Zakir Naik

The government has initiated steps to enhance the penal provisions for beaming such channels.

Amendments to the Cable TV Act, which will include higher fines apart from the existing jail provisions, are ready to be introduced in Parliament.

The government's move to block the channels follows a spate of communal incidents in Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad, Assam, Srinagar, Mumbai and other parts of India in recent months following motivated reports.

However, the authorities find it difficult to jam all channels. Encouraged by this lack of control and easily available in the border areas and even elsewhere, these channels are brought into homes via cable TV.

Ajit Doval, former director of the Intelligence Bureau, said, "If these channels are indulging in anti-national and seditious activities which are detrimental to the security of the country, then the government should take suitable legal action and a technological response to counter them."

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Most hate channels focus on news or religious affairs. Pakistani TV channels identified as being stridently anti-India include QTV, Madani TV, ARY TV, the official broadcaster PTV, PTV Home, PTV World, Geo TV, Dawn, Express, Waqat, Noor TV, Hadi TV, Aaj, Filmax and STV.

They are available in Jammu Kashmir and Punjab. Other TV channels that are illegally down-linked into India and are known to spew malicious content include Peace TV (Dubai), Saudi TV, TV Maldives, NTV (Bangladesh), XYZ TV, Nepal TV, Kantipur (Nepal), Ahmedia Channel (UK-based) and Bhutan Broadcasting Service.

These channels are watched in the north-eastern states and in areas bordering Nepal.

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Sources said channels like QTV and Indian preacher Zakir Naik-run Peace TV are also available through cable TV operators in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Many cable operators are unaware that it is illegal to air these channels.

Indian viewers are drawn to the illegally shown TV channels because of the entertainment programmes they show.

For instance, Pakistan's official broadcaster PTV has a dedicated following for its highly popular drama and comedy shows.

But, it is illegal in India. The channel was banned following the Kargil conflict and increased terrorist activities in India a decade ago.

It is the dangerous content that the Intelligence Bureau has opposed. Unverified reports on the desecration of the holy Quran telecast on Iran TV, an illegally downloaded channel, had sparked violent protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The channel is banned in the Valley.

The anti Islam film, 'Innocence of Muslims', triggered riots and protests in Mumbai and other parts of the country.

The government is wary that incendiary films or visuals can disturb the peace.

Sources said the anti-India propaganda to misguide viewers in India is very carefully managed. Foreign channels provide free space for people who are wellknown India baiters.

Even the news telecast is sometimes loaded against India and aimed at whipping up communal passions.

The Indian security agencies and the army are shown in poor light and blamed for human rights abuses. In the border areas, despite the access to Indian channels, there is a demand for TV programmes from across the border.

This makes it easier to slip in content that is "coloured" and likely to stir up passions.

Officials said the problem of anti-India channels pertains mainly to cable operators and not other platforms like DTH.

There are over 60,000 registered cable operators in the country and it is not easy to monitor them, said officials.

Digitisation could be a solution as it will be easy to track what is being shown by a cable operator.

But this will take some time. Officials said digitisation will not be completed before 2014.

In other words people in the border areas, where the problem of illegal channels is acute, could continue to watch these channels for at least two years even though the digitisation rollout goes according to present plans.

The issue of illegal channels has been plaguing the government for long but it has not been able to find an effective answer to deal with the issue.

Sources said on the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office, a committee of secretaries analysed the issue in 2010.

A technical group comprising National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), CERT-in and the Intelligence Bureau had explored various technical options to address the issue of showing illegal contents by the cable networks.

They were of the view that localised blocking of a specified TV channel using a terrestrial transmitter is neither feasible nor a financially viable option.

Secondly, although it is technically possible to block a particular channel on a pan India basis by disturbing, or jamming the downlink frequency of a particular TV channel, "such actions are not internationally acceptable," sources said.

maclatunji: He is a lecturer. His lectures that I have watched make sense. Sorry, can't watch your video at the moment.

Look at it this way, why has the Indian government not acted against this 'terrorist' you are trying to nail?

Abrakhan.:
reference?

udatso: You are very funny....now is the time we need peopple like him. Some of us believe that even though boko haram claim to be muslims, they do not follow the teachings of islam and at such we don't consider them true muslims. He is a popularly known scholar who can answer all your questions about islam and all you have been made to believe wrongly by the media or other sources. UK banned him but this is nigeria....uk is ok with gay marriage but we are not...so many things UK do that we don't or things they don't permit but we permit...brother, if I were you, I would make sure I attend and attack him with questions....if islam is a false religion, here is your opportunity to find out. If only christians can organise events like this where people of different faith can come in, I would be so glad cos I av lots of questions about christianity that I am yet to find good answers for...peace

vedaxcool: It is being dishonest to claim a report that says

Only in Nigeria do Muslims offer views that are, on balance, positive toward al Qaeda and bin Laden with roughly half (49%) expressing a favourable view of al Qaeda

So the thread should be named 49% of Nigerian have favourably view towards al qaeda,

Please Moderators take note, as the thread name is devious and deceitful!

Now op did you download the entire report and read the contradiction to the end claim?
in page 29, the question was asked
Q31 How concerned, if at all, are you about the rise of Islamic extremism
around the WORLD these days? Are you very concerned, somewhat
concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?

guess what,

[size=18pt]73% of Nigerians say they are concerned about the rise of islamic extremism.[/size]

literal showing a contradiction between the entire report, if Nigerians in your words support al qaeda an extremist organisation, then we ask, how is it at the same time, they fear the rise of Islamic organisation? Go and think and come up with an answer.

Q34e For each, tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do
the right thing regarding world affairs – a lot of confidence, some
confidence, not too much confidence, or no confidence at all: e. Osama bin
Laden


Spring, 2010 43 No confidence at all

justwise: Indeed, who do we ask? Keep saying that to yourself to feel better.

o'boy:
ignoramus!
The protest has little or nothing to do with the biafran struggle
its just a rememberance day for 6 innocent igbo men your crazy tribesmen killed

justwise: I'm sure they hated you as well as and couldn't wait to get rid of you.

justwise: This is democracy, you have been given the platform to air your views but if you want to abuse it then somebody will show you the exit door quicker than you expected.

justwise: I moderate the same way and people who need help keep coming back to the section and a single thread is growing into 757 pages, if they don't like it they would have gone to other sites. Nobody want a traitor in his site, if you like it then stay and when you don't feel it any more leave quietly.

hillsate: Shoprite shops all closed nationwide.
Never knew the Igbos are in charge there too

justwise: I really can not help but wonder if you really read through posts before letting yourself down. How will putting up delete button help nairaland grow and pleases members? Which members? Those that deleted their account and left?

Reading through your rant and few others like you its clear that you people just like ranting for the sake of it, you said facebook has delete button and it share has gone down, so you want Seun to implement delete button so that members will leave and companies will stop placing Ads here?

Seun: We are very sorry that we don't yet have the manpower to implement this feature.

justwise: Its a non-issue and this your post proves it, nobody stops you from deleting your post or comment, nobody stops you from removing any personal info in any of your post, its even more ridiculous for anybody to put their personal info in a public forum like this.

Its your responsibility to edit your post using Modify button and after that you stop posting and log-off if you are tired of Nairaland.


The person who started this thread ( skyone) on Jul 18, 2012 crying about his privacy and all that, he was still posting here till 3:19pm On Apr 10, 2013, this is almost a year since he started moaning about his privacy and how nairaland chained him to his keyboard.

fyneboi79 used nairaland to advertise his property business here https://www.nairaland.com/1289803/4-un#15939278 free of charger and the last time i checked he is still here posting. Why not log-out quietly and leave the way you came? Why crying about leaving and refuses to leave?

The owner of the site is not ready to implement certain function at the moment and if you not happy with that then remove your personal info and say goodbye to nairaland.

jerseyboy: Nigerian is FINISHED. These governing elites criminally neglect the roads to death traps and then waste the people’s money on private jets and choppers. Of what benefit is the funeral of Ben Obi's mother to the people of Edo State? Nigerians are in acceptance of this and more numerous abuse of public trust and come here to argue about fees or no fees.

That Adams Oshiomole cannot drive a distance of 81 miles without putting the people's commonwealth to waste should be the outrage of all right thinking Nigerians.

justwise: What is wrong with telling somebody who wants to leave nairaland to stop posting and log off? People make noise about non-issue.

Popowaa: Na here u wan yab woman abi?

otijah: Plss OP wats the name of the movie, I will like to watch in full.