By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani, Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government is preparing a draft bill, which is likely to be tabled in the state assembly during the two-day monsoon session that starts from August 8. The proposed bill has raised a controversy with many alleging it may...
Jerusalem : Israeli Communications Ministry on Sunday announced to close the local offices of Al-Jazeera, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Qatar-based TV news broadcaster of incitement. However, it is unlikely to be an imminent shutdown, as several...
Sharjah : The Sharjah International Childrens Film Festival (SICFF) 5th edition will be held from October 8 to 13. Organised by FUNN -- Sharjah Media Arts for Youth and Children, an arts organisation, the festival will showcase films, conduct movie workshops and media...
Chandigarh : Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said that there was massive corruption in the Punjab cable TV industry during the previous regime which caused losses worth thousands of crores to the state exchequer. He added that the Congress...
By Sanu George, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remains the tough guy of the state's politics unlike his predecessors, who rarely lost their cool even in difficult situations. His "get out" direction to the photo-journalists on Monday from the room where he was...
New York : The hijab, one of the most visible signs of Islamic culture is going mainstream with advertisers, media giants and fashion firms promoting images of the traditional headscarf in ever more ways, Reuters reported. Last week, Apple previewed 12 new emoji...
Maeeshat Correspondent, New Delhi, July 28: India’s reputed TV news channel NDTV on Thursday received a letter from the Income Tax Department asking the channel to “immediately now” pay Rs 429 crore. “A demand for immediate payment without any notice period is unheard...
San Francisco : Twitter is reportedly mulling over closing down SnappyTV that it acquired in 2014 for quickly clipping, editing and sharing live video clips on its platform. According to a report in TechCrunch on Tuesday, Twitter plans to bring several of SnappyTV's...
Istanbul : Seventeen staff reporters and directors of the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were among 19 people who went on trial in Turkey on Monday charged with aiding "armed groups". "We want justice," ran a Cumhuriyet frontpage headline on Monday announcing...
Dubai : Sports and children TV channels owned by Qatar were back on the screens this weekend in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being blocked since June, amid signs of easing of a diplomatic crisis. The Doha-based beIN media group owns beIN Sports channels and...