Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passes away at 95
NEW DELHI : Veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha member Kuldeep Nayar died late last night in New Delhi. He was 95. His last rites will be performed at 1 pm today at the Lodhi Road crematorium. Nayar also served as India’s High Commissioner for the United Kingdom. A veteran journalist, diplomat, parliamentarian and an author, Nayar wore many More...
350 newsrooms banded to push back against Trump’s war on the media
U.S. Republican presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump speaks at a veteran’s rally in Des Moines, Iowa January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking – RTX24HM9 WASHINGTON : In an unprecedented move, More...
Editors Guild accuses Modi govt of attempting to curb press freedom
NEW DELHI : The Editors Guild of India on August 8, decried “all attempts” by the government to “interfere” with the independence of the media, taking strong note of senior journalists of two TV channels More...
Regulating Social Media Will Turn India Into ‘Surveillance State: Top Court
NEW DELHI ; The Supreme Court on Friday observed that letting one’s social media content tracked and regulated by the government would turn India into a “surveillance state”.The court said the More...
Chhota Rajan Gets Life In term in journalist J Dey murder case
MUMBAI : Nearly seven years after the murder of veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey sent shock waves through the country, a courtin Mumbai has convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case. He has been given life imprisonment More...
Journalist accepts TN Governor’s apology for pat on cheek
CHENNAI : Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday apologised to a woman reporter whose cheek he publicly patted on Tuesday, a gesture that provoked outrage by her and the journalist fraternity and protests by opposition More...
TV Journalist shot at in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD : A journalist was shot at by two unidentified gunmen in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on Sunday. Police said the scribe has suffered multiple bullet wounds on his hand, leg and stomach.Mr. Chaudhary More...
Journalist probing police-sand mafia links run over by truck in MP
BHOPAL : A local television channel stringer, who exposed illegal mining and had even sought police protection after getting threats in the wake of a sting operation against a senior police officer, was killed More...
Tarun Tejpal Rape case trial to begin mid-March
PANAJI : A trial court in Mapusa, Goa, will start hearing the rape case against former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal on March 15, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The hearings will continue till March 17. Earlier, More...
Chairman rejects claims of owners & Editors for 13th Press Council
BY Bipin Dhulia NEW DELHI: In a major historic decision, Mr. Justice C.K. Prasad (formerly of the Supreme Court), chairman of the Press Council of India, has on Thursday (15 February 2016) disqualified all the More...