Two Malayalam news channels - Asianet News and MediaOne TV were banned for 48 hours




Two Malayalam news channels - Asianet News and MediaOne TV - that were banned for 48 hours on Friday over their coverage of last week's violence are back on air.

The two news channels were taken off air at 7:30 pm on Friday for reporting on violence in northeast Delhi last week over contentious citizenship law - Citizenship (Amendment) Act - that killed more than 50 people, injured over 200.

While Asianet was back on air at 1:30 am on Saturday, the broadcasting of MediaOne TV resumed this morning.
 
Statement issued by MediaOne TV reacting to 48 hour ban imposed on the channel over its reporting of the Delhi violence