By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 19 (IANS) When a senior cabinet minister and government spokesperson in no ambiguous terms tells editors of Srinagar-based dailies to shut, the decision to gag the media amid heightened security…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Did you know Welsh missionary Thomas Jones introduced the Roman alphabet to the Khasi language in northeast India? Thanks to a digital archive, hitherto lost narratives of the people who are…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator Iqbal Ahmed on Tuesday assured of cooperation in the police probe into a sting operation by Narada News, in which several high profile TMC leaders were allegedly shown…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has clarified to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu that no ban has been imposed on the publication of newspapers in…
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) Amitabh Mattoo, a top aide of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday denied that the government had imposed any ban on the media in Kashmir, saying “heads will…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan during a media interaction for success of the film Sultan, in Mumbai, on July 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) The virtual world has become a route for Bollywood…
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The team of women journalists who turned the badlands of Bundelkhand into a hub of rural journalism with the launch of an eight-page newspaper “Khabar Lahariya” 15…
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The team of women journalists who turned the badlands of Bundelkhand into a hub of rural journalism with the launch of an eight-page newspaper “Khabar Lahariya” 15…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 16 (IANS) A civilian was killed in a clash with police on Saturday as the Jammu and Kashmir government cracked down on newspapers published here and blocked cable TV, creating…
Colombo, July 16 (IANS) Sri Lankan investigators on Saturday arrested an Army Intelligence Unit official over the murder of a popular editor, Lasantha Wickremetunga, police said. The arrest came months after police sought public assistance…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 16 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday cracked down on all Urdu and English newspapers published from here and blocked cable TV, creating an information blackout amid continuous…
Sringar, July 16 (IANS) Police on Saturday seized copies of major Urdu and English newspapers in the Kashmir Valley following midnight raids on the printing press creating an information blackout as mobile services also remained…
Ankara, July 16 (IANS) A group of soldiers on Saturday entered state-run Hurriyet daily building taking several journalists hostage following a military coup attempt underway in Turkey. CNN Türk’s broadcast also went off air after…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) National heroes from different regions who did not get “the recognition they rightly deserved” would soon find space in new books to be published by his ministry, Information and Broadcasting…
New York, July 15 (IANS) In a quest to become a leading live-streaming service, micro-blogging website Twitter has signed a new partnership with Pac-12 universities that will bring live events to its social network. Twitter…
By Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) Normally, unrest is good for the media business. Newspapers thrive on bad news, with circulation and pages often going up to cope with the demand and the sudden…
Nice, July 15 (IANS) Shortly after a trucker mowed down at least 84 people in this French city, news channels supportive of the Islamic State cheered the carnage, The New York Times reported on Friday….
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday suspended Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s official twitter handle @hafizsaeedlive. The Indian security agencies had raised concerns with Twitter that his account was being used…
Ranchi, July 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has asked people to stay away from water pits — locally called dova — primarily dug up across the state to facilitate irrigation. The advisory comes in the…
By Deepak Goel New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Journalism and Public Relations may have come a long way since the days of the town-criers. But the professionals in these respective fields have kept re-inventing themselves…