I&B Ministry
Radio City 91.1 FM to broadcast in Jaipur
MUMBAI: Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. (MBPL) has announced the launch of its seventh radio station — Radio City 91.1 FM in Jaipur today.
With shows like Rang De Gulabi, Humdum Suniyo Re, Tashan 91, Taake Na Tinak Dhin, Magta Hai Kya, Sunday Taka Tak, Raat Baaki, Total Timepass especially designed for Jaipur, the programming mix of Radio City 91.1 FM includes shades of romance, comedy, josh, fantasy, novelty and masti – something to please everyone, in every mood, according to an official statement.
Along with these we have celebrity RJ Roshan Abbas with Filmcity Express, Love Guru who will solve all the love problems, Meri Kahani – a peep into the life of Legends and Maya will bring the taste of Television on Radio
Radio City 91.1 FM programming is an outcome of an extensive and an in-depth research undertaken by the industry experts. The research findings have helped Radio City to provide listeners with whole lot of programs designed to entertain the Jaipurites. This has resulted in a host of customised programmes reflecting the ‘true sound of Jaipur’, informs the release.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Radio City CEO Apurva Purohit said, “Jaipur is an extremely important market for us and we are eagerly looking forward to engage with our listeners. Our music expertise, innovative programming line-up will stir listeners to indulge in their kind of music. We hope the success we have enjoyed with listeners making Radio City an integral part of their lives in cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow and the recently launched Hyderabad and Chennai would be duplicated here in Jaipur as well.”
As a prelude to the launch, Radio City had organized an RJ Hunt in the city of Jaipur, which received an overwhelming response. The selected RJs were provided rigorous training to hone their skills and develop all-round personality.
Under the Phase II operation, Radio City kicked off in Hyderabad and Chennai. The FM radio station in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore are using the 91 frequency, in Hyderabad it is on 106.4 FM and in Chennai, the station is available at 104.8 FM.
I&B Ministry
India turns up the heat on piracy, orders Telegram to axe 3,142 channels and blocks 800 websites
New legal teeth, nodal officers and notices to intermediaries signal that the government is done playing nice with copyright thieves
NEW DELHI: India’s war on film piracy just got significantly more aggressive. The government has ordered Telegram to remove 3,142 channels distributing pirated content, blocked access to around 800 websites through internet service providers, and put the full weight of freshly sharpened legislation behind the crackdown. The message from New Delhi is unambiguous: the free ride for copyright thieves is over.
Minister of state for information and broadcasting L. Murugan spelled out the legal architecture to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023, he said, now contains specific provisions designed to make piracy a genuinely painful proposition. Sections 6AA and 6AB prohibit unauthorised recording and transmission of films, with violations attracting a minimum of three months’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 3 lakh. At the upper end, offenders face three years behind bars and fines of up to 5 per cent of a film’s audited gross production cost — a figure that, for a big-budget production, could run into crores.
The legislation also gives the government powers to act against intermediaries hosting infringing content, by notifying them under Section 79(3) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and compelling takedowns and blocking actions. Under Section 79(3)(b), intermediaries are legally required to remove or disable access to unlawful content upon receiving government notice or court orders. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, add a further layer of obligation, requiring platforms to ensure their services are not used to host or distribute content that violates copyright or proprietary rights.
To put enforcement into practice, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has established a dedicated institutional mechanism, complete with nodal officers to receive complaints. Copyright holders, authorised representatives or individuals can report piracy through a prescribed format, after which the government issues notices to intermediaries to disable access to infringing links.
The most headline-grabbing action came on 11 March 2026, when Telegram was formally notified under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act and directed to remove and disable 3,142 channels found to be distributing unauthorised content belonging to OTT platforms, content owners and producers. The complaints that triggered the action came from OTT platforms including JioCinema and Amazon Prime Video, which alleged that copyrighted films, web series and other material were being shared on the platform on a massive scale. Telegram’s architecture, with its large file-sharing limits and capacity for user anonymity, has made it a favoured vehicle for exactly this kind of large-scale piracy.
The Telegram action sits within a broader pattern of escalating enforcement. Just days before the Lok Sabha statement, the ministry banned five OTT platforms for streaming obscene content: MoodXVIP, Koyal Playpro, Digi Movieplex, Feel and Jugnu. In July 2025, the Centre ordered the blocking of 25 OTT platforms accused of streaming obscene, vulgar or pornographic material, a list that included ALTT, ULLU, Big Shots App, Desiflix, Boomex, Navarasa Lite, Gulab App, Kangan App, Bull App, Jalva App, ShowHit, Wow Entertainment, Look Entertainment, Hitprime, Feneo, ShowX, Sol Talkies, Adda TV, HotX VIP, Hulchul App, MoodX, NeonX VIP, Fugi, Mojflix and Triflicks.
Rule 3(1)(b) of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, provides the regulatory hook for those actions, prohibiting platforms from hosting content that is obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy, gender-harassing, racially or ethnically objectionable, or that promotes hatred and violence.
For an industry that loses billions of rupees annually to piracy, the direction of travel is welcome. The question, as always, is not whether the laws exist, but whether the enforcement machinery can keep pace with the ingenuity of those determined to circumvent it. Three thousand channels down, and the pirates are already busy opening three thousand more.
