Five Brazilian cops arrested for journalists’ murders
byBrasilia, April 29 (IANS/EFE) Five Brazilian police officers have been arrested for their suspected role in the murders of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria…
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Iraq suspends 10 TV channels over sectarianism
byBaghdad, April 28 (IANS) An Iraqi commission has suspended 10 satellite TV channels for allegedly inflaming sectarianism in their coverage of a Sunni Muslim…
Jai Chandiram gets IAWRT Lifetime Achievement Award
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Jai Chandiram, one of the first women in television in India, who rose to Deputy Director General of Doordarshan,…
‘Chak de phatte’ draws new hockey fans in Canada
byWashington, April 27 (IANS) “Chak de phatte goooaaalll Joffrey Lupul! Torrronto Maple Putayyy!” – that’s how a Punjabi commentator does play-by-play on CBC’s “Hockey…
Trinamool MP named in FIR for financial irregularities
byKolkata, April 26 (IANS) Compounding the misery of West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress government, employees of a news channel run by the Saradha Group have…
Twitterati pour scorn, poke fun at Sudipta Sen
byKolkata, April 26 (IANS) Social networking site Twitter is abuzz with scorn and ridicule for the arrested Saradha Group promoter, Sudipta Sen, whose chit…
Photojournalist’s mutilated body found in Mexico
byMexico City, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The mutilated body of Daniel Alejandro Martinez, a photographer for Mexico’s La Vanguardia newspaper, was found along with that…
Reddit apologises for Indian student’s witchhunt
byWashington, April 24 (IANS) Reddit, a popular social news and entertainment website, has apologised for posts on the site that had led to speculation…
AP Twitter account hacked, creates scare over Obama news
byWashington, April 24 (IANS) President Barack Obama was said to be fine after a tweet by the Associated Press, America’s largest news agency, about…
Hush up mass killings, Russian leader tells media
byMoscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, has called on the media to stop covering mass…