Tweeting in troubled waters: Is someone spilling I&B ministry's secrets?

The Smriti Irani headed Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been in the eye of a storm over its circular on “fake news” and attempt to regulate online news. On Tuesday, there was a buzz in the corridors of the ministry at Shastri Bhavan about a new Twitter handle, “I&B reporters Association@Ib_reporters”. The handle tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that Press Information Bureau principal director general Frank Noronha and secretary in the ministry N K Sinha have been asked to clarify their position on reports published on the “fake news” issue, as also on another report that journalists would be issued