By Pervez Bari, Maeeshat.in, Bhopal, October 13: Around 500 representatives including foreign ministers and ambassadors will take part this year in the summit. A total number of 3000 participants are expected to take part in the Global Investors Summit, (GIS), 2016...
By Saeed Naqvi, (IANS) : Kash Hindustan mein hota janam Abbas ka Barh ke hum Hindu utha lete alam Abbas ka (If only Abbas were born in Hindustan, We Hindus would have held aloft his emblem) -- A "noha", or Moharram dirge, from Awadh. Abbas was Hussain's younger...
New Delhi, (IANS) : International rights watchdog Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to revoke the ban on a daily newspaper, saying it is "against the spirit of democracy and freedom of press". Kashmir Reader, an english...
Jeddah, (AB/IINA) : The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will participate in a conference on "The Role of Media in Combating Terrorism and Extremism – Cyberspace as a New Weapon of Terrorism", which will be organized by the Arab...
By Vikas Datta, (IANS) : Title: Network18 - The Audacious Story of a Start-up that Became a Media Empire; Author: Indira Kannan; Publisher: Portfolio Penguin; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 699 It was a start-up, even before the word was coined, and perhaps the best example of...
By Mumtaz Alam, New Delhi: Senior journalists have criticized attempts by some TV news channels and newspapers to standardize on thought on issues in the name of nationalism. While agreeing that there should a self-regulation in the media and nothing should be imposed...
New Delhi, (IANS/IndiaSpend) : As many as 27 journalists have been murdered in India in direct retaliation for their work since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit organisation based in New York. The CPJ's latest report,...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Congress on Wednesday announced that both its newspapers National Herald (English) and Navjivan (Hindi) would resume publication, and has named Neelabh Mishra as Editor-in-Chief. According to the Congress, both the newspapers will resume...
Panaji, Aug 7 : With elections to the state legislative a few months away, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has advised the BJP workers to be cautious of paid news. "I am reminding you once again, ahead of the forthcoming poll, some people are trying to rake up...
Ankara, (IANS) : Turkey has formally discharged over 1,700 officers from the military and dozens of media organisations were shut down following the recent failed attempted coup. Those discharged on Wednesday were 87 land army generals, 30 air force generals, 32...