In 2014, during the Congress government, the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa had also proposed a ban on television cameras from broadcasting Assembly proceedings inside the house.
Assistant Director of Doordarshan Podhigai TV, Tamil channel of DD, R Vasumathi, has been suspended for dereliction of duty as she did not broadcast live the speech of PM Modi
Yoga instructor Ira Trivedi had first deleted her old tweets then claimed that the screenshots were fake, a lie that was again exposed by Twitter users.
The union minister stated that under the three-year action plan of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, support has been given to Doordarshan to modernize its infrastructure.