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800 publications removed from list of govt ad-recipients: Naidu

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said a review of newspapers which get government advertisements was taken recently. <br/><br/>The Minister said that 800 publications were removed from the list of ad-recipients while cases were filed against 270 bogus newspapers. <br/><br/>Mr Naidu, speaking after a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, said that public money cannot be spent on newspapers which do not publish at all. <br/><br/>The Minister said, he has asked Fadnavis to make use of state broadcasters All India Radio and Doordarshan to propagate the message of development.

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