New Delhi/ Thiruvananthapuram: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided not to discontinue All India Radio’s (AIR) regional bulletins in Dharwad, Pune, Indore, Trichy and some other cities. These were as per the Prasar Bharati chairperson’s directions, the advisory added. Prasar Bharati chairperson A. Suryaprakash is learnt to have directed officials in the news service division (NSD) of the AIR to continue the bulletins after reports suggested that the regional news units in some of the centres were being closed. When contacted, Suryaprakash confirmed that the services would continue and said that to ensure this he would seek I&B minister M. Venkaiah Naidu’s “intervention” in this regard. According to an advisory issued by DG (news) AIR Sitanshu Kar, regional news units at Indore, Pune, Dibrugarh, Bhuj, Dharwad, Trichy and Kozhikhode would continue with their normal services like bulletins, headlines and programmes as usual.

Source: Mint August 11, 2016 16:30 UTC