By Abdul Bari Masoud New Delhi: Politicians, lawyers, journalists and activists on Monday denounced the ban imposed on popular Malayalam TV news channel MediaOne by the BJP-led union government on ‘absurd ground’. They also took exception to the Kerala High Court...
The statement signed by the groups called for the release of Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul, Aasif Sultan, and Manan Gular Dar among other journalists who have been illegally arrested in Kashmir. NEW DELHI – As many as 58 global rights groups, including Human Rights Watch,...
By Aazeen F. Kirmani On Feb 9th 2022, the Times of India published an article by Zeenat Shaukat Ali, titled : Is wearing of hijab mandated by religion? Since the writer is the Director-General of Wisdom Foundation and has found mention in other places as a scholar of...
KOCHI — A day after a Single Bench of the Kerala High Court upheld the decision of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to revoke the license of Malayalam news channel MediaOne — Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited, they on Wednesday filed an appeal at the Division...
Four journalists detained by Israeli forces in January By Nour Abu Eisha An Arab journalists’ rights group has recorded 46 of Israeli violations of Palestinian media freedoms in January. In a report on Wednesday, the Journalists’ Support Committee, which documents...
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a Washington-based media watchdog, has called on the Indian authorities to immediately release Fahad Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla portal and drop investigation into his work and stop detaining media persons. Shah...
Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has come up with the latest data illustrative of the grave risks to the scribes in the country and thereby the sorry state of freedom of the press NEW DELHI – The state of freedom of the press in India today is no secret. The...
By Abdul Bari Masoud New Delhi: Prominent senior journalists on Wednesday flagged that the media in India never faced such a serious danger to its survival as it does today. Speaking at an event to mark the Press Club of India’s 64th Foundation Day, they claimed...
The Kamal Khan Memorial Scholarship has been instituted with an aim to carry forward the illustrious journalist of the resident editor of NDTV who died of heart attack recently Waquar Hasan NEW DELHI – A Lucknow-based NGO, Aaghaz Foundation, has announced...
The court insisted that the reason for revoking the licence should be revealed and then asked all the relevant files be produced before it and posted the case for Monday. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended, till next Monday, its interim...