Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi on Thursday assued media persons of full sharing of information with them in response to complaints of lack of cooperation from chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora, against whom bailable arrest warrant was issued by the Press Council of India (PCI), has now been asked to appear before the panel on…
New York, April 13 (IANS) Not just youngsters, senior citizens are turning out to be Facebook’s fastest growing community, say researchers including an Indian-origin team member, suggesting that the elderly are joining Facebook for the…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The central government has constituted a three-member committee to address the issues related to content regulation in government advertising, it was announced on Monday. The committee would be chaired by…
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has awarded an honorary MBE to former journalist Shireen D. Mistry, who is also an ex-high ranking official of the British Deputy High Commission here. The Member…
Male, April 11 (IANS) Some 183 Maldivian journalists have signed a historic petition urging authorities to tackle threats to press freedom, including the withdrawal of a bill criminalising defamation and ending impunity for crimes committed…
Ranchi, April 11 (IANS) The police beat up several journalists in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, causing an outcry among media persons which led to the suspension of four police personnel. The incident happened on Sunday night…
Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Slain online Bangladeshi activist Nazimuddin Samad went into hiding at for some days after getting death threats for writing against religious extremism. His friends said Nazim, 27, went into hiding at…
Beijing, April 9 (IANS) The Economist and Time have joined the list of foreign news websites including The New York Times, The Independent and the BBC currently blocked in mainland China. The sites appear to…
Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Bangladesh police on Saturday said they are yet to find any blogs written by murdered online activist Nazimuddin Samad, but have found a diary he maintained since 2009. An Al Qaeda…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, April 8 (IANS) Stating that many journalists are inadequately trained and not even knowledgeable, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday took a swipe at journalists and…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Eight months of hibernation in a “den”, working on a secret project and no weekends amid precautions for secrecy — that’s how the largest leak in whistleblower…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Press Council of India (PCI) on Thursday announced setting up of sub-committees comprising members and senior journalists for poll-bound states to monitor the coverage in newspapers from the angle…
By Zita Campbell When Karun Misra died – shot at close range while riding a motorcycle on his way home – it was a shock to his family. He left behind a wife, Payal, and…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Veteran journalist and author Yogendra Bali died here on Thursday morning after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 86 and is survived by wife Vijay and daughters Kalika…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) In a resounding testimonial to the government’s public diplomacy efforts, India has been ranked among the top 10 countries in terms of its digital diplomacy performance, according to a global…
California, April 6 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday launched ‘Facebook Live’ — a feature that enables users to interact with their friends and users real-time through live videos. It was earlier available for…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Press Council of India (PCI) on Wednesday served notice to the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, for allegedly imposing restrictions on media from covering of news in the…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Panama Papers leak, claimed by many as the “world’s biggest”, has created ripples across the world, upsetting the rich and mighty with accounts in tax havens. But there is…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Over 2,600 GB of data comprising more than 11 million documents about some 214,000 hidden offshore companies owned by prominent people, including some from India, together make up for one…