Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has announced to start a TV news channel for presenting the official side of developments. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, Gogoi criticised the local TV channels of going hyper and not being impartial in its reporting and said a Government-owned channel will help to bring balance. He said the channel will cater to social issues, besides political news, and also give space to opposition groups. He said people are now tuning to watch Doordarshan News Channel perturbed with the biased reporting by private TV channels.
News On AIR | April 24, 2012 1:39 PM
Assam to get new Govt TV Channel: Gogoi