Tajikistan blocks YouTube without official explanation
byDushanbe, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tajikistan has blocked YouTube for the third time in less than a year without an official explanation, a representative…
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Russian social network blacklisted by mistake
byMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Vkontakte, Russia’s biggest social networking website, was put on a state registry of blacklisted websites by mistake Friday, an…
BBC editor apologises for Muslim remark
byLondon, May 24 (IANS) Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, Friday apologised for directly quoting a Whitehall source who described the Woolwich killers as…
Bengal to acquire closed Saradha TV channels, Left opposes
byKolkata, May 23 (IANS) In the wake of the shutting down of the scam-tainted Saradha Group media house, the West Bengal government Thursday announced…
Bengal to acquire two closed Saradha TV channels
byKolkata, May 23 (IANS) In the wake of the shutting down of media houses owned by the scam-tainted Saradha Group and leaving hundreds of…
Dalai Lama’s website to go Hindi
byDharamsala, May 23 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is all set to reach out to Indians in Hindi. The Hindi version of…
Bangladesh’s Green Radio heralds new era of environment education
byDhaka, May 23 (IANS) Nature lovers in Bangladesh can tune in to 89.6 FM for their daily dose of green awakening, courtesy a 45-minute…
Pressure by media leads to hasty judgement: PM
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India has a very free press and an increasingly active civil society movement, but they do put pressure for…
Court query on shielding kids from online exploitation
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Facebook and other social networking sites how Indian children could be prevented from…
Bihar rights panel seeks report on scribe’s plight
byPatna, May 22 (IANS) Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant…