Italian journalist untraced in Syria

May 9, 2013 17:23

Rome, May 9 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government has no information on the 62-year-old war reporter Domenico Quirico, who vanished in Syria in April, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said Thursday. “Regrettably, until now we have received no sign, but are following the case extremely closely,” Bonino told the media at a [...]

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HC notice on Swamy’s plea that editors must be Indian citizens

May 8, 2013 18:32

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the centre on a plea by Janta Party leader Subramanian Swamy that editors of news organisations in India should be citizens of the country. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath sought [...]

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Chandy gives media clean chit, apologises for intelligence report

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Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday apologised for references in an intelligence report that said a section of the media was favouring Tamil Nadu in the water sharing dispute between the two states. “I express my apologies to the media after a probe by the state [...]

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Korean lensman promotes colourful rural India

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Korean lensman promotes colourful rural India

Seoul, May 8 (IANS) A colourful perspective of rural India, as captured by South Korean photographer Jo Jeol Kyu, has been put on display here at the Indian Cultural Centre. Titled “Memory of India”, the exhibition was launched earlier this week and chronicles the travels of Jo, undertaken over a [...]

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Moscow court upholds ban on YouTube’s Halloween video

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Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow Arbitration Court has upheld a ban on Halloween-themed makeup tutorial video, which has been ruled by a state watchdog as “suicide promotion”. As of Tuesday, YouTube, which filed the lawsuit to appeal the ban in February, had not yet indicated whether it intended to [...]

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