MUMBAI: After persuading cable operators to switch off Colors for a day, Shiv Sena has patched up and the Hindi general entertainment channel is back on air.

Shiv Sena claims that the channel has apologised for inviting Pakistani contestants in the Bigg Boss house. The Hindu activist party had been protesting against participation of Begum Nawazish and Veena Mallik on the show.
  
Cable operators had blocked the channel in Mumbai and Thane on Wednesday evening, following a directive from Shiv Sena.

"The channel has written a letter to the party chief Balasaheb Thackeray apologising to Indians if their sentiments were hurt through the show," Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab was quoted as saying in the PTI report.
 
 When contacted, Colors spokesperson said, “We clarified our stance last night to Shiv Sena on the show.”
The channel is back on air from yesterday midnight. However, Parab said that talks are still on with the channel on sending back the Pakistani artistes.