Uplinking policy for news channels may be reworked

Dissatisfied with Star's application for uplinking its news channel from India, the government is likely to rework the uplinking guidelines to ensure its strict compliance.

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The first meeting of the group of ministers, comprising Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, Law Minister Arun Jaitley and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, was held in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The GoM is likely to meet soon and take a final decision on the matter, sources said.