Archive · 28 May 2025
Om Birla Nominates Lok Sabha Members to Press Council
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, chose three people to join the Press Council, which looks after print news.
This is like a group that makes sure newspapers and magazines are fair.
The people chosen include Sambit Patra, Naresh Mhaske, and Kali Charan Munda.
The Rajya Sabha Chairman also picked some people for the council.
The council has many members from different backgrounds to represent various interests, including journalists, newspaper owners, and experts in education, law, and literature.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla nominated three members to the Press Council of India.
Sambit Patra, Naresh Mhaske, and Kali Charan Munda are the Lok Sabha nominees.
The Press Council is a quasi-judicial body for print media.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar also made nominations to the council.
The Council comprises 28 members representing various fields.
- Who
- Om Birla, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Sambit Patra, Naresh Mhaske, Kali Charan Munda, Sudhanshu Trivedi, and Brij Lal.
- What
- Nomination of members to the Press Council of India.
- When
- Published May 28, 2025.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- To represent readers' interest, education, law, and literature, and working journalists.
- Lok Sabha Speaker
- Om Birla
- Lok Sabha Nominees
- Sambit Patra, Naresh Mhaske, Kali Charan Munda
- Rajya Sabha Chairman
- Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Rajya Sabha Nominees
- Sudhanshu Trivedi, Brij Lal
- Total Council Members
- 28