New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Swaraj Abhiyan on Friday condemned the central government’s decision to ban NDTV India for a day “on flimsy grounds” and said it is another step in the direction of emergency-style…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Journalists and major opposition politicians on Friday strongly condemned and asked the government to immediately rescind its Emergency-like decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India for a day for…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The AAP on Friday accused the government of strangling the media and said through the one-day ban on NDTV India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking the country back to…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the government over its “shocking and unprecedented” decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India for a day. “Detaining opposition leaders, blacking…
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday criticised the Centre’s order to a Hindi news channel to go off air for 24 hours, saying the “shocking” decision reflects the government’s…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he hoped the “whole media” will go off air for a day to express solidarity with Hindi news channel NDTV India, which…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Editors Guild of India on Friday condemned the “unprecedented decision” of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to take Hindi news channel NDTV India off the air for a day…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed Hindi news channel NDTV India to go off air for 24 hours for allegedly breaching broadcast norms in its coverage of the…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Lauding the media for its constructive contribution to public causes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged it to encourage debate on other constructive subjects including simultaneous elections for the…
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Search engine Google is yet to receive permission — primarily on the policy front — to launch its Street View feature in India, a company official said here on Thursday. “However,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 3 (IANS) The Congress party on Thursday requested the Kerala Governor to step in immediately to end the lawyers-media impasse in the state. Addressing reporters here after the party’s political affairs committee meeting,…
New York, Nov 3 (IANS) The US is “more backward” than India when it comes to leadership role for women, according to H R Shah, the CEO of TV Asia, the largest South Asian TV…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave away the Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in journalism. “I congratulate all those who have been awarded today,” the Prime Minister said in…
Kochi, Nov 2 (IANS) Around 10 journalists who had come to report the trial of the rape-murder of a Dalit law student in April at the Ernakulam district court on Wednesday were asked to leave…
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief of Times Now, announced on Tuesday that he is quitting the Times Group, employees of the news channel said. Goswami made the announcement at a meeting with…
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) After Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat radio address dedicated this Diwali to soldiers defending the countrys borders against tremendous odds, a national organisation of communication professionals has…
Ankara, Nov 1 (IANS) Police arrested Turkish opposition daily, Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief, Murat Sabuncu along with 11 others amid a crackdown on media after the failed July coup, authorities said. Writers associated with the daily Aydin…
Islamabad, Nov 1 (IANS) The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has suspended the licence of Nickelodeon channel for airing cartoons dubbed in Hindi language. The electronic media watchdog on Monday announced that the licence…
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Pakistan Information Minister Parvaiz Rasheed has resigned from his post in the wake of a story in the Dawn that reported details of a high-level civil-military meeting and an apparent rift…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Minister of Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a game-changer for the media and entertainment industry. He also said…