New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The CPI-M on Tuesday denounced the refusal by Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) to broadcast the customary Independence Day address of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and sought action…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday launched a live Twitter wall for promoting ‘Bharat Ke Veer portal’ here on the eve of the 71st Independence Day. On this occasion,…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Congress on Monday rejected as “entirely false, baseless and fabrication” a news report that Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be named the party’s Working President….
San Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) Researchers at security company, Lookout, have identified a family of malware, referred to as ‘SonicSpy’ on Google Play Store, that can remotely control infected Android smartphones, the media reported. The…
Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) South Korea’s key news wire service Yonhap News Agency on Monday announced that it has introduced an automated reporting system ‘Soccerbot’ to produce news on football games and improve coverage and…
San Francisco, Aug 13 (IANS) Google has rolled out its anti-phishing mechanisms for the Gmail app for iPhone users that will warn you about potential phishing attacks when you click on a shady link. Google…
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) While transgender characters on fictional TV shows has the power to influence attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues, news coverage, even when pervasive, does not have the same effect,…
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) North Koreans are raised to be soldiers and “have no ounce of freedom”, according to a journalist who lived undercover in Pyongyang. “Their lives were completely mapped out according to the…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Rajya Sabha TV CEO Gurdeep Singh Sappal on Saturday announced his resignation from the post. Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati has been given addition charge of of the channel….
By Sandeep Sharma New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) With the digital boom exposing Indian youth to international content like never before, content providers and broadcasters are gearing to cater to growing demands for quality film…
New York, Aug 11 (IANS) Chelsea Manning, the transgender US soldier convicted of espionage for leaking national security secrets, graces the pages of the Vogue magazines September issue, the media reported on Friday. Manning was…
Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) Tamil movie world mega star Kamal Haasan on Thursday said Dravidian culture is pan-Indian and would continue to exist till the word `Dravida’ exists in India’s National Anthem. Speaking at the…
Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) The two big stars of the Tamil movie world, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, on Thursday attended the 75th anniversary celebrations of DMK mouthpiece, Tamil daily Murasoli. Haasan, who has of late…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 10 (IANS) A complaint was filed on Thursday against noted Odia litterateur Haraprasad Das for sexually harassing a woman poet on social media. Writer Pallishree Patnaik, who works as a lecturer in a…
Ramallah, Aug 9 (IANS/AKI) Palestinian security forces arrested five journalists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for “leaking sensitive information to enemy groups”, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Wednesday, citing a security source. One…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A free press has an important role to play in keeping people of a country informed of the reality, Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel peace laureate the Dalai Lama said…
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) Bihar Minister Vinod Kumar Singh on Tuesday triggered a controversy when he called mediapersons, who did not shout “Bharat Mata ki Jai” during a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) function, supporters of…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) India is as naive as it was in 1962 if it thinks China will not respond to its “provocations” in Doklam, a Chinese daily said on Tuesday. The…
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that he was working hard from his golf club in New Jersey, after being criticized for taking a vacation, and said his base of…
Paris, Aug 7 (IANS/AKI) Unesco chief Irina Bokova on Monday condemned the recent killings of two Iraqi TV reporters, calling such slayings “an intolerable war crime”. “I condemn the killing of Harb Hazaa al-Dulaimi and…