Delhi based Red FM Radio station faces ban

posted by   rite2ankit (2)   13 months ago (rite2ankit.blogspot.com)

Delhi-based Red FM radio station is staring at a week-long ban for airing an allegedly racist remark against the Gorkhas after Darjeeling boy Prashant Tamang was crowned 'Indian Idol' at a reality TV show on Sony Television last week.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry had last week served a show-cause notice on the radio station following a complaint about the said racist slur on live broadcast from the Gorkha community and the West Bengal government.

The I&B notice had asked the FM