Police ask social media to delete TV anchor's photos
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday asked social networking websites to delete intimate photographs of TV anchor Amrita Rai with Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, a day after she filed a...
View ArticlePrasar Bharati CEO takes on Tewari, admits Modi interview edited (Intro Roundup)
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a hard-hitting letter, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar Friday acknowledged that certain portions of the Narendra Modi interview on Doordarshan "were apparently edited" and...
View ArticleBroadcasting ministry at arm's-length from Prasar Bharati: Tewari
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The I&B ministry has an arm's-length relationship with Prasar Bharati and the public broadcaster's autonomy is guaranteed by an act of parliament, Information and...
View ArticleTejpal to get unedited CCTV footage
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) The Goa Police Crime Branch has been directed by a fast track court Saturday to submit copies of all evidence, including unedited CCTV video footage, to former Tehelka...
View ArticleIndia can be leader in supplying medicines: Cipla chairman
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India can be a global leader in supplying affordable and high quality medicines to the world, and especially to the underdeveloped countries where such medicines do not reach...
View ArticleModi questions press freedom, Tewari denies government involvement (Roundup)
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The debate over press freedom came full circle Saturday with Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari refuting allegations that he had any role to play in editing...
View ArticlePrasar Bharti needs autonomy, from bureauctats too (Comment: Active Voice)
The debate is raging on the independence of Prasar Bharti. The contours of the debate are pertaining to political interference in the functioning of Prasar Bharti, especially programming, editing,...
View ArticleThree billion internet users by end of 2014: ITU
And the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally, new figures released by International Telecomuumications Union (ITU) Monday show. Fifityfive percent of these...
View Article`Exposure to media violence may turn kids aggressive'
Washington, May 6 (IANS) Along with limiting screen time, monitoring the content of what your kids watch on television or what video games they play may be equally important as exposure to media...
View ArticleProminent Vietnamese blogger, aide arrested
Ho Chi Minh City, May 6 (IANS/EFE) A prominent Vietnamese blogger and his assistant were arrested this week for publishing articles critical of the government, signalling another attack on free speech...
View ArticleTrinamool asks EC to curb telecast of speeches on polling day
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission (EC) seeking to restrain television channels from telecasting election speeches live on Wednesday. BJP's prime...
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