Journalists asked to uphold dignity of the profession
The Hindu
Minister for Public Works and district-in-charge for Belagavi Satish Jarkiholi has called on the journalists to uphold the dignity of the profession through their impartial reports that throw light on the maladies and problems in the society.
Minister for Public Works and district-in-charge for Belagavi Satish Jarkiholi has called on the journalists to uphold the dignity of the profession through their impartial reports that throw light on the maladies and problems in the society.
He was speaking at the felicitation programme of Chief Minister’s media advisor K.V. Prabhakar organised by Belagavi District Union of Working Journalists in Belagavi on Saturday.
Mr. Jarkiholi said that with the advent of electronic and digital media, the form of news itself had changed drastically leading to reports that gave an altogether different meaning to the whole issue. “It is required that the original news or statements are reported as they are,” he said.
The Minister said that following confusion over the place, the construction of ‘Patrika Bhavan’ in Belagavi had been delayed and it would be initiated immediately after the land was finalised.
Earlier, responding to the felicitation accorded to him, Chief Minister’s Media Advisor K.V. Prabhakar dedicated the honour to all mediapersons. Considering the role played by newspaper hawkers in delivering newspapers to the doorsteps, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had honoured 76-year-old Javarappa during the Rajyotsava celebrations, he said.
Mr. Prabhakar promised to make honest efforts to make provision for residential sites for journalists and bus passes for the moffusil journalists.
Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar said that decision would soon be taken on allotting sites to journalists at the residential layout developed by Belagavi Urban Development Authority at Kanabaragi in Belagavi.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.