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The Press Council of India Chairman Justice C.K Prasad has noted with concern that a number of journalists working for Business Standard of the Business Standard Pvt. Ltd. have been terminated from its Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar bureaus.<\/p>\n

While taking Suo-Motu cognizance of the case, Comments have been called for from the Management of the newspaper in this regard.<\/p>\n

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Press Council of India<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Press Release dt. 30-07-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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