By Saeed Naqvi, (IANS) : Since I had been to the region some time ago, a school invited me for a talk on Syria, particularly Aleppo, and why Assad was killing his own people. "This is not true" I said. "Why do you have this impression?" "Because this is what we read...
By Arun Kumar, Washington, (IANS) : A foundation started by prominent Indian-American IT entrepreneur Frank Islam and his wife Debbie Driesman will fund a fellowship in the US for a mid-career journalist from India for six months in 2017. The Frank Islam & Debbie...
By Saket Suman, New Delhi, (IANS) : India's otherwise booming publishing industry is now undergoing a crucial phase as sales have dropped by almost 30-60 per cent since November 8, after the government's decision to invalidate the 500- and 1,000-rupee notes. The...
By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar, (IANS) : Facing an acute financial crisis as their advertisement revenues have dried up due to unrest and a shutdown since early July, newspapers published in the Kashmir Valley are struggling to survive and remain in business. Hit hard by...
Mumbai, (IANS) : Reliance Capital on Wednesday announced that it will be selling 49 per cent stake in its radio business and 100 per cent interest in the TV arena to Zee Group that will not just cut Rs 1,900 crore in debt but also unlock shareholder value. The deal...
Panaji, (IANS) : The BJP and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government is committed to a free media, but there can be no compromise on issues related to "national security", BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said on Monday. Rao was addressing a...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday hit back at criticism of the 24-hour ban imposed on Hindi news channel NDTV India, saying that "freedom of press is important but the country's security can't be...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed Hindi news channel NDTV India to go off air for 24 hours for allegedly breaching broadcast norms in its coverage of the Pathankot terror attack. The NDTV on Thursday expressed shock over the...
New Delhi, (IANS) : A Srinagar journalist who runs a news portal said he was questioned and "harassed" by police over a video statement by Hizbul Mujahideen he had published on his website a month ago. In an email to IANS, Vijdan Kawoosa, who also writes for some...
By Gaurav Sharma, Beijing, (IANS) : The call for boycott of Chinese goods on Indian social media is "rabble rousing" as Indian products cannot compete with those of China, the state-owned media said on Wednesday. In an acerbic op-ed, Global Times launched a blitzkrieg...