Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) The President of the United States on Saturday warned that his administration would inflict severe punishment on Saudi Arabia if the Middle Eastern Kingdom was found to have played a part…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah has said that he was not in a position to comment on M.J. Akbar, who is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, as the…
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Most of the news outlets that had agreed to sponsor a high-profile business conference in Saudi Arabia have now pulled out following the unexplained disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bloomberg is…
Ankara, Oct 13 (IANS) Missing Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have recorded his own death as he turned on the recording function of his Apple Watch before walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul…
Riyadh, Oct 13 (IANS) Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday Turkey’s announcement of approving the Saudi request to form a joint team to investigate the Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance in Istanbul, Turkey. The expert-level joint…
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) The Bihar government has planned to depute “Cyber Senanis” at 100 police stations across the state to monitor and check spread of rumours on social media to engineer trouble, said state’s…
Chennai, Oct 12 (IANS) Threats to constitutional authorities like the Governor will not be tolerated, the Raj Bhavan said on Friday, criticizing Tamil magazine ‘Nakkheeran’ Editor R.R. Gopal for allegedly slandering the Governor. “In a…
San Francisco, Oct 12 (IANS) Facebook-owned photo-messaging platform Instagram is testing “tapping” as a replacement of scrolling through posts on the platform, the media reported. The company is testing the tap-to-advance feature to navigate between…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Income Tax department ended its “surveys” over alleged tax evasion at the residence and office premises of Raghav Bahl, founder of news portal The Quint, after over 24 hours….
United Oct 12 (IANS) General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa very firmly believes that there should be zero tolerance for sexual harassment of journalists, her spokesperson Monica Grayley has said in answer to a question…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Income Tax officials on Thursday carried out what it said were “surveys” at the residence and office premises of Raghav Bahl, head of news portal The Quint, over alleged tax…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Calling the income tax raids on a news portal office “a clampdown on free press”, Amnesty India on Thursday said the authorities are attempting to silence anyone expressing views critical…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Amid allegations of sexual harassment against former editor and Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the “gentleman in question would…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Sleuths of the Income Tax department on Thursday carried out “surveys” at the residence and office premises of Raghav Bahl, head of news portal, The Quint in connection with a…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday demanded the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar over allegations of sexual assault against him by several female…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday asked former Editor and Union Minister M.J. Akbar to either come clean following sexual harassment charges against him or resign. It also sought an independent probe…
Agartala, Oct 10 (IANS) The Tripura High Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the West Tripura District Magistrate who stopped the publication of 40-year-old CPI-M mouthpiece “Daily Deshar Katha” on technical grounds. Tripura High…
Naypyidaw, Oct 10 (IANS) Three journalists from a local media group in Myanmar were arrested on Wednesday and charged with violating a law against publishing a report deemed to intentionally alarm the public. Editors from…
Sofia, Oct 10 (IANS) The police in Germany have detained a man as a part of the inquiry into the murder of a Bulgarian journalist who was investigating alleged corruption related to European Union funds,…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The government on Wednesday continued to maintain silence on the allegations of sexual misconduct against Union Minister M.J. Akbar even as the Congress sought his resignation. Law Minister Ravi Shankar…