News bulletins to be aired on FM stations, and more...

Private FM stations will now be able to air news bulletins and current affairs programs - which will be produced by the state-run All India Radio - but the proposal is yet to make headway since the minister for Information and Broadcast Priyan Ranjan Dasmunhi out of action, hospitalised after a heart attack.

The I&B ministry is also mulling increasing FDIs in the private radio space.

After launching Star Jolsha, a Bengali channel in October, the Star group is coming up with a Marathi channel next month. It will be called Star Pravah.

Zee has launched Zee 24 Ghante Chattisgarh, the first round-the-clock news channel in the state. The group has also ventured into Tamil Nadu.

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