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NMC condemns killing of Shantanu Bhowmik
The Punjab and Haryana wing of National Media Confederation (NMC) has strongly condemned the killing of a young television journalist Santanu Bhowmik in Mandai area of Triprura. Coming only days after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, this incident has again reminded of increasing violence against media-persons in our country.
Expressing the shock over the brutal murder of young television scribe, President of the NMC, (Pb& Chd chapter), Surinder Verma said, “This is an inhuman act to silence the voice of free press in the country and an assault on the freedom of press. Reporters on the field in far-flung areas are particularly vulnerable to such attacks. Ironically, no concrete steps have been taken by the Governments across the country to protect the members of the fourth estate”.
Adding to it, he said, “We demand that the state government should take prompt action and bring the guilty to book. We also demand that both state and central governments should take appropriate steps to safeguard the life of media professional across the country. Besides, we convey our heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family”.
Women Welfare Trust and Citizens Awareness Group organized Condolence Meeting for Pradhyuman
Chandigarh/Panchkula
Women Welfare Trust and Citizens Awareness Group express serious concern over the murder of 8 year child of RYAN International school Gurugram,Haryana and asked for comprehensive guidelines for all schools to prevent such crimes across the country.
President of Citizen Awareness Group Surinder Verma said we demand CBI investigation as local police failed to unearth conspiracy behind cold blooded murder and demanded for framing a policy on compensation to the victims of violence inside the school premises.
Sushma khanna, Managing Trustee of Women Welfare Trust said Child protection right should seek detailed report on the safety measures undertaken by Govt. and private schools and conduct susprised checks to verify security arrangement.
Divya Azad, member of Citizen Awareness group said that Awareness should be created among students regarding the present scenario and should be taught self defence. Kiran dhaliwal Mamta dubey and other members of Women Welfare Trust were present on the occasion.
Members accused the school management of negligence for its failure to provide security to students.
Women Welfare Trust and Citizens Awareness Group organized Condolence for Meeting 8 year child of RYAN International school Gurugram,Haryana
Chandigarh/Panchkula
Women Welfare Trust and Citizens Awareness Group express serious concern over the murder of 8 year child of RYAN International school Gurugram,Haryana and asked for comprehensive guidelines for all schools to prevent such crimes across the country.
President of Citizen Awareness Group Surinder Verma said we demand CBI investigation as local police failed to unearth conspiracy behind cold blooded murder and demanded for framing a policy on compensation to the victims of violence inside the school premises.
Sushma khanna, Managing Trustee of Women Welfare Trust said Child protection right should seek detailed report on the safety measures undertaken by Govt. and private schools and conduct susprised checks to verify security arrangement.
Divya Azad, member of Citizen Awareness group said that Awareness should be created among students regarding the present scenario and should be taught self defence. Kiran dhaliwal Mamta dubey and other members of Women Welfare Trust were present on the occasion.
Members accused the school management of negligence for its failure to provide security to students.
Condolence meet to pay tribute to slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh
September 7, 2017
A condolence meet to pay tribute to slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was held today at Press Club, Sector 27 Chandigarh. The meeting was organized by National Media Confederation (NMC), Punjab & Chandigarh. It was supported by Chandigarh Press Club, Citizens Awareness Group and Women Welfare Trust. Members from the media fraternity and supporters from various walks of life marked a presence at the meet.
At the meeting Deepak Kumar Dhingra, President of Chandigarh Management association (CMA) gave a brief history on the excellent work done by Gauri Lankesh with a special emphasis on her being the staunch critic of right wing Hindutava politics and her advocacy for the freedom of the press.
The President of the NMC, (Pb& Chd chapter), Surinder Verma said, “The killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh has raised alarms about the state of Freedom of Expression in the country. She had been dedicated to the cause of upholding the democratic values of the country. This murder is an assault on democracy. Ideological differences should lead to debate not physical violence. Ideas are bulletproof and thoughts cannot be suppressed through murders. The instance demands greater assertion of freedom of expression by everyone. The best way to react to this incident is by asserting our fundamental right to speech and liberty”.
Adding to it, Jaswant Rana, President, Press Club, Chandigarh said, “She had been exposing politicians and superstitions. Many more journalists should take up the cause Gauri Lankesh was fighting for and they would find ample support from us. Her assassination must be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. Apart from this, request the concerned authorities to ensure security of journalists”.
Gauri Lankesh, who was the editor of a weekly Kannada tabloid magazine Lankesh Patrike, was killed after being shot at least three times. She was shot by a helmet-wearing assailant while entering her home in Bengaluru.
At the meet Saurabh Duggal, Varinder Rawat, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Bhupinder Singh, Parvesh Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Pradeep Sharma, Sushma Khanna, Kiran Dhariwal, Mamta Dubey, Rakesh Malhotra, Jyoti Tandon were also present at the meet.
National Media Confederation (NMC) is an evolving league of media associations, media companies, media houses, journalists of all specializations, media organization managers of all specializations, support staff of all classes including freelancer journalists, photo-journalists, designers and all others directly associated with media.