A former radio jockey Rajesh was hacked to death

We will nab the culprits soon-DySP, P Anilkumar

Thiruvananthapuram: 27th March 2018: (Media Screen Bureau)::
violence continued against the persons who are raising their voice for the voiceless peoples. RJ Rajesh was the new target. People's Media Link condemned the murder and demanded the required security arrangements. Peoples Press Club also condemned the murder.

A former radio jockey was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in his studio at Madavoor near Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram early Tuesday. The deceased is Rajesh aka Rasikan Rajesh, 36 of Madavoor. His friend Kuttan was also injured and he has been admitted to Medical College Hospital.
According to Pallickal police, the murder took place around 2 am when Rajesh and Kuttan came to his studio after a mimicry performance held at a nearby temple. When he was sitting with Kuttan in his sound recording studio, four men arrived in a red swift car and attacked them using sharp weapons. The assailants escaped immediately after the local residents rushed the spot hearing the commotion. Though they took them into a nearby hospital at Parippally, Rajesh was declared dead on arrival while Kuttan was referred to Medical College Hospital. Kuttan used to go with Rajesh in all mimicry programmes, police said.

Speaking to the media Attingal DySP, P Anilkumar said that a probe has begun to nab the culprits.

"Prima facie, we have not received any clues about the culprits. We are also not sure whether Rajesh had any enemies. We have recorded the statements from Kuttan and he said four persons barged into the studio and attacked them all the way. Kuttan did not know them and he also not aware whether Rajesh had any enmity with the culprits. However, a forensic examination was conducted at the crime spot with the help of dog squad. We will nab the culprits soon", he said.

Press Conference regarding CBSE at Circuit House

Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:27 PM

Schools have no right to refuse the students

Dear Madam/Sir,

The parents of Ludhiana had filed an RTI to the CBSE Panchkula regarding disallowing the students from taking exam. As per reply of RTI from CBSE bylaws schools have no right to refuse the students from taking examination. In this regard we are organising press conference as per programme below. All are cordially invited to cover this PC for the benifit of society please.  

Date.  21.12.2017

Time: 12.15 pm

Venue: Circuit House,  Ludhiana

We request you to kindly cover ihe press conference.  

For more details contact Swaroop Singh at 7837943955

Demonstration by AISF on 24th Oct. 2017 at Ludhiana

Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:12 PM

Protest against closure of 800 Schools in Punjab

Ludhiana: 23rd Oct. 2017: (The Media Screen Bureau)::

To protest against government’s decision to close 800  schools the All India Students Federation Ludhiana is organizing a demonstration on 24^th October 2017 (Tuesday) at Mini Secretariat Ludhiana at 2.30 pm.

I request you to kindly cover the same.

Deepak Kumar

Convener AISF

Mobile:9653230040, 7009655429

Media Invitation by Fortis Hospital

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:01 PM
Awareness programme on Knee Arthritis

Arthritis in knee

Ludhiana: 13 Jan 2015:(Media Screen Bureau):

Media persons are cordially invited to join for free awareness programme on 

Knee Arthritis by the experts of Fortis Hospital Ludhiana on 

Wednesday 14^th January, 2015 at Sharp-11.30 AM

Venue: Fortis Medicentre (FMC), 2nd Floor, Surya Tower, Gate No.1, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.

A special info on problems related to Internet Media

Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:52 PM

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BOOK

                                                                                                          --Zehera Kassam

A computer repairman says this is like having gold. 

This is a good thing. I learned a computer

trick today that's really ingenious in its simplicity. 

As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it 

heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to

everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.

This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, 

but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and

 it will alert you to the fact that the worm has gotten into your system.

Here's what you do:

First, open your address book and click on

'New contact,' just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email

addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in 'A'.

For the screen name or email address,

Type AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA

Now, here's what you've done and why it works: The 'name 'A' will be placed at the top of

your address book as entry #1.

This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends. When it

tries to send itself to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA, it will be undeliverable because of the phony

email address you entered.

If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm goes no

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Here's the second great advantage of this method: If an email cannot be delivered, you will

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you that an email addressed to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA could not be delivered, you know right

away that you have the worm virus in your system.

You can then take steps to get rid of it!

Pretty slick huh? If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about

opening mail from friends.

Bhopal Survivors begins an Indefinite Fast in New Delhi

Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 4:53 PM

Disaster remain inaccessible even after 30 years

                                                                                                                                                   Courtesy image

What: Press Conference by representatives of Bhopal survivors to announce the indefinite hunger-strike to press for correct figures on the nature and  extent of disaster related casualties, which remain inaccessible even after 30 years. The accurate facts are a precondition to legal justice, however the Indian government has not yet submitted the right figures to the Supreme Court. The enhanced compensation is expected to be the rightful product of any such revisions in the Curative Petitions.

When: 10^th November, 12:30pm

Where: Jantar Mantar

Background:  An ex-gratia compensation of Rs. 1 lakh was given to only 33, 672 survivors among the 5, 69, 081 people exposed to Union Carbide’s toxic gas even though there is no scientific or legal basis to deny additional compensation to 93 % of the victims.The figures of death and extent of injury caused by Union Carbide in the curative petition are far lower than the findings of the Indian Council of Medical Research and other scientific agencies. The government is downplaying the damage caused by Union Carbide even when it is seeking additional compensation. Also, the government is demanding a far lower additional compensation from the American corporations in the Curative petition, which is only 1.2 billion dollars instead of at least 8.1 billion dollars.

Rashida Bi, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh   94256 88215

Nawab Khan, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha 8718035409

Balkrishna Namdeo, Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pensionbhogi Sangharsh Morcha 9826345423

Satinath Sarangi, Rachna Dhingra, Bhopal Group for Information and Action 9826167369

Safreen Khan, Children Against Dow Carbide

AHRC condemned the Pakistan action against “ARY News” channel

Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:51 AM

A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission

PAKISTAN: Government must restore the arbitrarily suspended broadcast license of ‘ARY News’ with immediate effect

The government of Pakistan  through its regulatory body, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has banned a local television channel, the “ARY News” and has arbitrarily suspended its license for a period of 15 days, and  imposed a fine of Rs.10 million (approximately USD 97,000) for airing on 20^th October 2014  an allegedly derogatory programme against the judiciary. Two days prior to the ban, on 17^th October 2014, the same regulatory body also banned a talk show tittled “Khara Sach” (the crude truth),  hosted by Mr. Mubashir Lucman, one of ARY’s anchor personalities. The PEMRA said it was acting on the instructions of the single judge bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) who has taken the decision through a Suo Motu action.

The PEMRA, although a mere regulatory body, is infamous for working under influence of powerful groups like the military, the government, and the judiciary. In June this year, in another scandalous incident, the PEMRA suspended the license of yet another popular media channel, the Geo TV, which was the country’s leading news network, following the telecast of allegations that the head of the government’s powerful spy organization, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, was behind an attempt to assassinate Mr. Hamid Mir, a popular Geo TV talk show host. At the time, even Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif publicly expressed support for Mr. Mir and the media channel; however the government did little or nothing and turned a blind eye at the time when the country’s powerful military establishment was pushing the government to have the channel taken off-air.

As the news of the suspension of the license was aired, a strong reaction and an outcry was generated by journalist bodies, politicians and the civil society which compelled the single judge bench of the Court to clarify, the very next day that it has never ordered the PEMRA to suspend the license of Geo TV. According to “ARY News”, Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi during the hearing observed that the Court had not issued any orders for suspension of the license of ‘ARY News’ and added that the PEMRA had misinterpreted the orders of the Court.

According to the statement issued by the PEMRA the action to ban ‘ARY News’ was in compliance with the order of the single judge bench of the Lahore High Court that ordered the PEMRA to review the talk show “Kara Such”. The Court placed restrictions on airing of this particular show and the participation of Mr. Lucman  in any other TV programme in the future. Later, in the wake of the strong protests from civil society, the politicians and journalist’s bodies,  the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a statement to the effect that “the Court did not order for the cancellation of the license of the ‘ARY News’”. However, the Court has failed to-date to order for the restoration of ‘ARY News’ though it has issued a statement saying that the PEMRA is trying to now put the blame on the Court.

In its previous decisions the Lahore High Court has banned the programme ‘Khara Such’ and also prevented the anchor person, Mr. Lucman from participating in any future programme in any TV channel.

The single judge bench, headed by Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, opposed the actions of the “ARY News” when it aired a programme where it was revealed that the Chief Minister and Justice  Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi  have made a deal with a private company to clear the company of all its corruption charges. Justice Naqvi , then proceeded to institute ‘Suo Motu’ an action, in complete conflict of interest where he himself heard the case and ordered the warrant against the Mr. Lucman the anchor person of ‘ARY Channel’ and the Chief Executive Officer of the same channel.

The freedom of expression in Pakistan has always remained under serious threat from the military, the judiciary, and the government authorities and above to all, by Muslim extremist fundamentalists. With the successive governments the reality of freedom of expression has  grown thinner and more thinner as the right guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan has been further constricted. Apart from the blatant interference by the government, freedom of expression is also being squeezed by non-state actors without any hindrance from the authorities.

As a result, journalists have been at the receiving end of most of the victimizations and every year more than half a dozen journalists are killed by un-known persons and law enforcement authorities.

Journalists and media houses along with the civil society were on the front line during the lawyer’s movement for the restoration of the Chief Justice and the restoration of the independence of the judiciary since 2007 till 2009. However, this time around, the fight for the freedom of expression has come up against the judiciary itself, it has come up against some journalists and media houses who are providing legal cover to these authorities, and it has come up against retired military bureaucrats sitting as heads of the regulatory bodies in Pakistan – so much so that to hold an opinion, to be able to discuss it and to be able to freely express such an opinion has become an impossibility in Pakistan.

In this backdrop, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges the government of Pakistan to restore with immediate affect the license granted to the ‘ARY News’ and take appropriate disciplinary and legal actions against high ranking officials of the PEMRA taking such arbitrary decisions to suspend the license of the “ARY News” for suspending the license of ARY News and misinterpreting the decision of the high court. The programme of Khara such which is hosted by Mubashir Lucman must be restored.

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About AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission is a regional non-governmental organisation that monitors human rights in Asia, documents violations and advocates for justice and institutional reform to ensure the protection and promotion of these rights. The Hong Kong-based group was founded in 1984.