Nepal’s cable TV operators switch signals of Indian news channels except DD

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Cable television providers have said that signals for
Indian news channels, except Doordarshan, have been switched off in the
country. There is, however, no official order issued in this regard.
“We have turned off the signals of the Indian Channels from this evening,”
Dhruba Sharma of Mega Max TV, a Channel operator of Nepal confirmed
to ANI.
The move by Nepal’s Multi-System Operators (MSO) comes hours after
former Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson of the ruling Nepal
Communist Party (NCP) Narayan Kaji Shrestha said that the Indian media
must stop the “baseless propaganda” against Nepal government and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Shrestha expressed his disbelief on the extent to which some media channels have gone to
defame the current government.
The move comes amid heightened tensions between India and Nepal after Kathmandu issued a new map incorporating some
portions of Indian territories in May.