New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Leslie Moonves, the powerful longtime Chairman and Chief Executive of CBS, has resigned in the wake of sexual assault accusations, concluding a tumultuous six weeks that saw him fall from…
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) The head of US media giant CBS, Les Moonves, has resigned after allegations of sexual misconduct. CBS had been investigating Moonves since allegations appeared in the New Yorker in July –…
Jakarta, Sep 7 (IANS) Indonesian journalists on Friday gathered outside the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta to protest the conviction of two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets law….
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) An unnamed senior US administration official has assailed President Donald Trump’s “amorality” and reckless decision-making in an op-ed and said he or she is part of a “resistance” working to thwart…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Marking the first death anniversary of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh, hundreds of people in the city paid moving tributes to her, recalling her chequered life and dogged fight against injustice and…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) After being pulled up by the government to take concrete steps to stop the spread of misinformation and fake news on its platform, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said it has…
Yangon, Sep 4 (IANS) Civil society groups on Tuesday urged Myanmar to release the two Reuters journalists who were sentenced to seven years in prison for violating an archaic secrets act while investigating the massacre…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Monday said the arrest and imprisonment of two Reuters journalists was a “big blow to democracy” and demanded their release at the earliest….
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir Police to make public the charges against an arrested Srinagar-based journalist, Aasif Sultan. Sultan was formally arrested after six…
Yangon, Sep 3 (IANS) A Myanmar court here on Monday jailed two Reuters reporters for seven years for breaching the Official Secrets Act while investigating violence against the Rohingya Muslims, a ruling which drew widespread…
Yangon, Sep 3 (IANS) Two Reuters reporters were jailed on Monday for seven years for violating a state secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a court said, in the case that has…
Baghdad, Sep 3 (IANS) Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said it was “astonished” by a report that Iran had moved ballistic missiles to armed groups in Iraq. “The ministry confirms that all Iraqi state institutions…
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) A short film on Jammu and Kashmir tourism, launched by the state government, has won “gold” at an award ceremony organised by the India chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA) here….
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) A leading Chinese newspaper on Friday made a scathing attack on US President Donald Trump for his repeated accusations against China on Twitter adding that his messages are from an alternative…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the firing of the presidents of two key US television networks — CNN and NBC — whom he accused of being biased against him….
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned to September 14 the hearing on a habeas corpus plea filed with regard to rights activist-journalist Gautam Navlakha. A bench of Justices S….
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached properties worth Rs 26.65 crore of senior journalist Upenra Rai in connection with its ongoing probe into a money laundering…
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Alphabet Inc.’s Google search platform of elevating critical news stories about his presidency at the expense of friendly conservative voices, declaring that it is…
Naypyidaw, Aug 27 (IANS) A Myanmar judge on Monday postponed the ruling against the two detained Reuters journalists who were probing the persecution of the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state, to September 3….
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday extended his support to award-winning Bangladeshi photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested after he criticised the Bangladesh government in an interview….