Bangladesh crackdown on bloggers escalates
byBangladesh should immediately drop charges against and release four bloggers and a newspaper editor arrested this month – Human Rights Watch
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US remains vulnerable, says media
byWashington, April 16 (IANS) The American media reacted with horror to the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that once again brought the nation…
Rome mayor sues TV programme for mafia allegations
byRome, April 16 (IANS/AKI) Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno has launched legal proceedings against an Italian investigative TV show that claimed the mafia and crime…
Remove Katju as PCI chief, say activists
byLucknow, April 15 (IANS) Social activists here Monday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the removal of Press Council…
Reliving, archiving the thrill of Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war
byNew Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The names of Debdulal Bandyopadhyay and Nilima Sanyal may not ring a bell with today’s generation, but they were…
AIR may get 24-hour news channel
byNew Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The government is considering the launch of a 24-hour news channel on All India Radio (AIR) and has evolved…
Abducted Italian journalists freed in Syria
byRome, April 13 (IANS)) The Italian foreign ministry said four journalists from the country who were kidnapped and taken hostage in Syria earlier this…
Have a dedicated channel for documentaries: Mike Pandey
byNew Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Have dedicated channels for documentaries, educate and build the capacity of our rural people, says three-time Green Oscar winner…
Anarchist groups claim sending bomb to Italian daily
byRome, April 13 (IANS/AKI) Two anarchist outfits have claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb delivered to the offices of the La Stampa newspaper in…
Don’t harass me on ‘slap-gate’, says Lalit Modi
byNew Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi Friday asked the media not to harass him over the “slap-gate”…