DD lost ‘Tejaswini’.”News anchor Neelum Sharma
NEW DELHI : Senior news anchor Neelum Sharma, who was associated with India’s public service broadcaster Doordarshan News for over 20 years, passed away on Saturday. The journalist was reportedly battling cancer. Paying tributes to the “founding anchor”, DD News tweeted, “DD News mourns passing away of our dear Colleague Neelum Sharma. A founding More...
Kerala IAS officer’s drunken driving kills journalist
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K Muhammed Basheer, 35, killed was killed in a road accident in Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram late last night when a car driven allegedly by an IAS officer rammed his motorcycle, More...
Media Bodies Supports Boycott Of Actress Kangana Ranaut
MUMBAI : The Press Club of India on Saturday said it supports the decision of the Entertainment Journalists Guild to boycott actor Kangana Ranaut for refusing to apologise for lashing out at a PTI reporter during More...
Journalist Prashant Kanojia should immediately be released: SC
NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia who was arrested by the UP police for a ‘defamatory’ video on Uttar Pradesh P Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.”I More...
Girish Karnad: The Man Who Always Fought for Freedom of Expression
BANGALORE/ NEW DELHI : : Girish Karnad once revealed, “When my mother was expecting me, she decided she did not want to have any more children…So, she persuaded my father to take her to a doctor for More...
Jouro Arrested for Sharing Post on Social Media against UP CM
LUCKNOW: A journalist has been arrested for allegedly sharing an objectionable post against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, police said on Saturday. An FIR was registered against Prashant More...
Adani To Withdraw Defamation Cases Against “The Wire”
NEW DELHI : Adani Group is set to withdraw all defamation suits filed against news portal The Wire and its editors in an Ahmedabad court for having published articles against its companies, said highly placed sources More...
#MeToo: ‘Truth is My Defence’ Says Priya Ramani
NEW DELHI : Senior journalist Priya Ramani, who had accused former Union minister MJ Akbar of sexual misconduct during his time as a media personality, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Monday in connection More...
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s sister writer Gita Mehta turns down ” Padma “Award
NEW DELHI : Noted writer Gita Mehta, who is also the elder sister of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday declined to accept the Padma Shri award. Mehta said the timing of the award was questionable More...
Government Proposes Social Media Rules That Could Suppress Users’ Speech
NEW DELHI : The Indian government is proposing new rules that aim to prevent the spread of misinformation on social media, sparking free speech concerns among local advocacy groups. The government has proposed to More...