New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Editors Guild of India on Monday condemned the way some journalists were stopped from entering the Sher-i-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar during the Republic Day function, calling it “shocking” and…
London, Jan 26 (IANS) The UK’s Daily Telegraph on Saturday apologized “unreservedly” to US First Lady Melania Trump and agreed to pay her “substantial damages” for an article it published last week. The paper said…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Information & Broadcasting Ministry on Friday increased the advertisement rates for private TV channels by around 11 per cent. The revision of the rates offered by the Bureau of Outreach…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) In an “open letter” on Friday, Subhash Chandra, Chairman, ZEE & Essel Group, apologised to bankers, NBFCs & mutual funds for “not having lived up to their expectations” hours after…
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Zee Group on Friday suffered a loss in market capitalisation to the tune of Rs. 14,000 crore after the shares of its entertainment arm tanked over 30 per cent in the…
Geneva, Jan 25 (IANS) A team of UN experts is set to carry out an investigation into the killing of a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul, the organization said on…
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Publishers, writers, filmmakers and the media are facing coercion in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre and if the UPA was to swing back to power…
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) A CNN anchor has apologised for a tweet in which he appeared to suggest that Indian-American Senator Kamala Harris, who announced her 2020 presidential bid earlier this week, needed to prove…
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) Marzieh Hashemi, an American-Iranian journalist working for a Tehran-based news outlet, has been released from US custody after testifying before a grand jury in Washington, her representative said. She is now…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Nominations for the 2018 Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women mediapersons in India have started, The Media Foundation, which confers the award, said in a statement. First awarded in…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) The White House Correspondents Association on Tuesday criticised the remarks of US President Donald Trump about press briefings. “This retreat from transparency and accountability sets a terrible precedent. Being able to…
Ankara, Jan 22 (IANS) Turkey is planning to launch an international probe into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take the necessary steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. Khashoggi,…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday said it will decide on January 29 whether to summon journalist Priya Ramani or not in the defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J….
Tehran, Jan 20 (IANS) Iranians demonstrated outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest against the detention of an Iranian-American journalist in Washington. The protesters chanted “Free Marzieh Hashemi” and demanded that the…
Ankara, Jan 19 (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become an obstacle in improving the US-Saudi ties and must be “dealt with”, US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump,…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Media houses taking up arms against fake news, publishers looking towards subscriptions to make up for the losses, which may fuel lay-offs and thus weaken further their ability to hold…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has disputed a BuzzFeed News story as “not accurate”, after the outlet reported that President Donald Trump had directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to…
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking release of a Kashmiri journalist who was arrested in August last year….
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) The Centre splurged more than Rs 2.64 crore on advertising in the media for the inaugural of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue, known as the Statue of Unity, a RTI reply revealed…
San Francisco, Jan 16 (IANS) Facebook has announced to invest over $300 million over the next three years to support local news organisations. In a blog post, Campbell Brown, Vice President, Global News Partnerships, said…