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BBC Governors publish latest complaints findings
MUMBAI: The BBC board of governors have published the findings for their Programme Complaints Committee for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005 and for 1 April to 30 June 2005.
The Governors’ Programme Complaints Committee (GPCC) is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of complaints handling by the BBC, including hearing appeals from complainants who are not happy with the responses they have received from BBC management. The GPCC came to findings on 22 appeals in quarter one: 20 related to matters of impartiality and accuracy and two related to matters of taste and decency. After careful consideration, the Committee upheld two appeals in full or in part.
One complaint that was upheld concerned the show Campbeltown on BBC Two. The complainant was one of nine people to complain to the Programme Complaints Unit about t Campbeltown. The programme was billed as “an intimate portrait of small-town life which follows the lives of four teenagers growing up in Campbeltown, an isolated town on the west coast of Scotland. It has little to offer its young; its old industries are now barely viable, there’s no swimming pool and the cinema is shut on a Friday night. These teenagers are faced with trying to find work locally or leaving for a new life elsewhere.”
The complainant maintained that the programme was “deliberately dishonest and misleading”, and that the programme maker had a “predetermined agenda” to show that “living in a small town is a dead end experience and chose sequences which demonstrated that and omitted sequences which contradicted that viewpoint”. The complainant then cited examples of the ways in which the programme had depicted negative elements of the lives of the four teenagers, and omitted positive references.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
