Minister of Information and Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunsi of India

Dasmunsi was also responsible for the popular, if controversial, decision to require Indian sports broadcaster Nimbus Communications to share broadcast rights for Indian cricket matches with the state television network, Doordarshan.
Dasmunsi was married in 1994 to Mrs.
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Dasmunsi has condoled the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of ‘Sanmarg’ Ram Awtar Gupta.
Features on Politics - Priyaranjan DasmunsiAbout Priyaranjan DasmunsiPriyaranjan Dasmunsi is the Indian Union Information and Broadcasting Minister.
Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is admitted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the wee hours of October 13, 2008 following severe heart ailment.
Dasmunsi was admitted to AIIMS early on Monday following a severe heart attack.
HARD TALK: Dasmunsi says anything that affects society's moral attitude is obscene.
India News / 2007 / July 2007 / July 12, 2007Dasmunsi denies report of imposition of license fee on colour television / Print / CommentsPriyaranjan DasmunsiManmohan Singh to look after I and B MinistrySerious Dasmunsi kept on ventilatorDasmunsi in AIIMS following severe heart ailmentGovt.
Dasmunsi denies report of imposition of license fee on colour televisionInformation and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has denied reports that the Government was considering imposition of a license fee on colour television sets to support the cash starved Prasar Bharti.
New Delhi, July 12 : Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has denied reports that the Government was considering imposition of a license fee on colour television sets to support the cash starved Prasar Bharti.
Speaking to reporters after Thursday's Cabinet meeting, Dasmunsi said there were no such proposals under consideration.
Dasmunsi was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) An ailing Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was Tuesday unanimously re- elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) while.
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MINISTER IN HOSPITAL: Dasmunsi was admitted to cardiology department at around 0230 hrs IST.
PR Dasmunsi admitted to AIIMS, condition seriousInformation and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi was admitted to AIIMS following a severe heart problem early Monday morning.
So far as domestic travel is concerned, I will henceforth travel by economy class and it would be in the fitness of things if other officers of the ministry also follow suit, Dasmunsi said in the circular.
In case of foreign tours, where the participation of ministrys officials is not required, then the views of the ministry may be sent to mission offices via email, Dasmunsi said in the circular.
Dasmunsi was hospitalised on Sunday night with acute coronary syndrome.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is as committed to the India-United States civilian nuclear agreement as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the party will not let him down on the issue, senior leader and Union Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has said.
There are attempts in the country by a section of the media to create a mischievous difference between Mrs Gandhi and the PM, including on the nuclear treaty," Dasmunsi said in an interview to a television channel.
IIMS spokesperson Y K Gupta said that sixty two year old Priyaranjan Dasmunsi had a complete left ventricular failure of the heart when he was admitted.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Priyaranjan Dasmunsi denied that the nation was heading for a mid-term poll.
Dasmunsi said that those who were raising the issue of Afzal Guru are reminding the nation that the attack on Parliament took place when the BJP was at the helm of affairs.
Panaji, Nov 23 (IANS) Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is not too happy with the TRP race among the television channels and said the ministry will soon address the issue.
New Delhi: The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has accused Nimbus of humiliating the country.
Terms and conditions set by Nimbus to resolve the deadlock humiliating to the country," Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said on Monday.
New Delhi, June 21 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has said that Congress President Sonia Gandhi is as committed to the Indo-US nuclear deal as Prime Minister Dr.
Sonia as the head of the party is fully committed to the deal, Dasmunsi said in an interview to a local news channel.
Dasmunsi said in coalition politics where the government is seeking support from others, such kind of confusion may come, but we shall not let down the Prime Minister.
at around 2:30 am, after he complained of severe heart problem.
Addressing to the students, faculties and staff members, Dasmunsi said that former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi had conceptualised it in his fatherrsquo;s regime and lsquo;in 1965 this great institute was establishedrsquo.
India could review the 26-percent foreign equity cap in news and current affairs publications if stakeholders take a collective view on the matter, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said in an important declaration of intent Monday.
Dasmunsi said magazines have kept the old-age traditional habits of reading in both rural and urban India alive.
Dasmunsi said the trend also suggested a proliferation of niche journals - where 100 percent foreign equity is permitted - in areas like travel, tourism, heritage, popular science, regional literature and health.
KOLKATA: Perhaps one of the biggest challenges that Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, newly-appointed president of the West Bengal Congress unit, will be facing is factionalism.
Dasmunsi has been a strong advocate of closer ties with the Trinamool in the fight against the ruling Left Front in the elections to come, is another question that awaits an answer.
Dasmunsi is senior MLA Subrata Mukherjee, who described the former as the person most fit for the presidents post; one who can get along with all.
The team of doctors attending to Dasmunsi is led by the head of the department of cardiology Dr VK Behl.
Dasmunsi was rushed to the hospital at around 2.
Dasmunsi had suffered a heart attack July 8.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi was admitted in AIIMS in the wee hours of this morning following a severe heart problem.
New Delhi, Oct14 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi was on Tuesday described as being in a stable condition but still on respiratory support after suffering a heart attack on Monday morning.
and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi.
62-year-old Dasmunsi was today taken out of ventilator after he was put on and off the life support system yesterday, said Dr V K Behl, HOD, Cardiology and heading the team of doctors looking into matters related to the minister's health.
Dasmunsi was admitted to the hospital late on Monday night with complaints of severe breathlessness and lung congestion.
Tuesday, October 14,2008Dasmunsi critical, under observation New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is under close observation as his condition continues to be critical for the second consecutive day Tuesday.
62-year-old Dasmunsi was admitted to AIIMS yesterday with complete left ventricular failure of the heart.
Dasmunsi was treated for acute coronary syndrome in a private hospital in Kolkata in July and he had undergone a primary angioplasty.
New Delhi:Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack and has been put on life support system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.
Dasmunsi said he was very happy with the performance of the team and hoped they would qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunsi was the chief guest and he announced that the Centre would make efforts to cover all the 27 districts of the State through FM radio in phases.
Dasmunsi said that the Centre wished to extend FM radio to the entire country.
Dasmunsi said that Bhutia was invited to grace the occasion, which is also an honour to the Football fraternity, but he expressed his desire not to take part or participate in this function, for some personal reasons, is purely an expression of his Fundamental Right.
Dasmunsi is still in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Indraprastha Apollo hospital and his neurological condition remains to be the same, according to the doctors treating him.
Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is leading the "hide drive.
Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is leading the "hide drive," cutting off what he considers offensive to lay people, particularly children, Reuters reported Friday, January 19.
Dasmunsi is scrutinizing other channels for 'adult content'," the Times of India reported on Friday, after banning AXN, owned by a unit of Sony for two months earlier this week.