By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) At 265 and counting – both in English and vernacular – Jammu and Kashmir summer capital could well have the largest of such ‘daily newspapers’ in the country…
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) Iraq has shut down the Baghdad bureau of Al Jazeera Media Network and banned its journalists from reporting in the country. In a letter to Al Jazeera on Wednesday, the Communications…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Communication is a critical component of the government’s outreach strategy through people-centric initiatives and innovative approaches, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said on Wednesday. He was…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Veteran business journalist T.N. Ninan was conferred the RedInk Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mumbai Presss Club by Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao here. The award recognizes Ninan’s extensive contribution to business…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) A whopping 35 million people across the globe took part in conversations on India’s state assembly elections on Facebook, from January 1 to April 1, according to the social networking site….
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) To sensitize media students with public health reporting skills, Unicef India, in partnership with Oxford University, held a three-month long awareness and skill development programme in Delhi for the first…
Dhaka, April 25 (IANS) Two people including a pro-LGBT editor of a magazine were hacked to death by unidentified assailants here on Monday, the media reported. A police official said at least five machete-wielding assailants…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A court here on Monday fixed May 26 for considering a complaint against three news channels which allegedly ran doctored videos of the JNU controversy. The complaint was filed by…
Toronto, April 23 (IANS) Zee TV and Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra on Saturday received the $50,000 Global Indian Award from the Canada-India Foundation. The award was presented by Canada’s Investment Minister Navdeep Bains at…
Kolkata: CPI-M leader V S Achuthanandan during a party rally in Kolkata, on Dec 27, 2015. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) With the Kerala assembly election around the corner, campaigning has taken a…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prominent journalists, activists and scholars from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the US and other countries have urged the Nepal government to release well-known journalist, Himal editor Kanak Mani Dixit, saying he…
Karachi, April 22 (IANS) Police and intelligence agencies have arrested in Karachi on Friday a man wanted in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case. Rizvia Society police said that in a joint action with intelligence…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Claiming that the changing stand of the Trinamool Congress was “an acceptance of the reality of the sting operation”, Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel on Friday ridiculed the impunity of leaders…
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal’s anti-graft body on Friday arrested publisher, editor and journalist Kanak Mani Dixit from his Lalitpur-based residence. Dixit is the publisher of Himal Media, a reputed publication house that publishes Himal…
Panaji: Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The government is considering outsourcing the content for Doordarshan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Thursday….
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards ceremony in New Delhi on Nov 23,2015.(Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former Rajya Sabha MP and…
Paris, April 20 (IANS) A leading journalism advocacy group says media freedom experienced a sharp decline around the world over the past year, citing increasing government restrictions in places like Turkey, Poland, Tajikistan, and Egypt….
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Media in India continues to be under stress as the country figures low at 133 out of 180 nations in the latest press freedom index, an international watchdog said on Wednesday,…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) This is an example of how the power of community radio is being innovatively harnessed to spread the message on skill development – a priority area for the central government….
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed as “bizarre” the media reports that pollution levels in the national capital had spiked despite the odd-even traffic scheme. “Bizarre conclusions by…