Kollam: The 7th Gandhi Bhavan Sneharajyam media awards instituted by Gandhi Bhavan Snehrajyam was announced and Mathrubhumi managing editor PV Chandran, Janmabhumi editor Leela Menon and Kairali TV MD John Brittas will get...

Content in cartoon, children's channels comes under scanner

New Delhi: Faced with several complaints against cartoon channels for showing scenes which are unsuitable for children, the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has asked broadcasters whose primary viewership is...

Thiruvananthapuram: VU Mathewkutty, senior reporter, Mathrubhumi was presented with the best developmental reporting award in industrial sector. Minster PK Kunhalikutty presented the award. His reports on Keltron, Handloom...

Kochi: PA Alexander has been elected as president and A Madhaavn as general secretary of Senior Journalist forum. KM Roy was elected as patron, V Asokan, KP Kunjimoosa, S Jayasankar, M Abdul Rahiman are new vice presidents....

Kashmiri student becomes editor of global children's newspaper

Srinagar: A Kashmiri student has became the first girl editor of a global children's newspaper 'The Peace Gong' released in New Delhi, an official statement said Monday. 'Iflah Qureshi, a Kashmiri student, became the first...

Thiruvananthapuram: Noted journalist T P Alexander, who had worked in India and abroad with various media organisations, has died at his residence at Pala in Kottayam district, family sources said. Alexander (71), who passed...

Pakistan orders New York Times reporter to leave

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has ordered the expulsion of the Islamabad bureau chief for The New York Times on the eve of national elections, the newspaper said on Friday. The Times has strongly protested the move and is...

Korean lensman promotes colourful rural India

Seoul : 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...

Press freedom 'non-existent' in N.Korea, Iran, Syria

Washington : North Korea, Iran and Syria are among the top 10 countries deemed worst for press freedom, according to an annual ranking by a Washington-based watchdog. 'Just 14 percent of the world's population lives in...

KG Sanath Kumar, chief proofreader, Mathrubhumi dies in accident

Kozhikode: KG Sanath Kumar, chief proofreader in Mathrubhumi Kozhikode unit died here on Thursday in an accident at Meenchantha bypass junction by 11am. He was 52. The scooter he drove collided with a car and he was injured...

Chennai: Sasi Nair from Palakkad has been appointed as the director of Press Institute of India and Research Institute for Newspaper Development . Sasi Nair has worked in Business Line , Times of India, Economic Times, Wan...

Media baron Sivanthi Adithan dead

Chennai : Tamil media baron, educationist and sports administrator Sivanthi Adithan died here Friday night after prolonged illness. He was 76. Adityan was admitted to a private hospital here a month back suffering a stroke....

Thiruvananthapuram DD commences webcasting facility

Thiruvananthapuram : The Thiruvananthapuram unit of Doordarshan Thursday became the first among the 29 DD regional centres of the country to possess the webcasting of news bulletins facility, an official said. S.M. Khan,...

Mathrubhumi news editor T Soman gets state media award

Thiruvananthapuram: T. Soman, news editor, Mathrubhumi daily has bagged the state media award for best general reporting. His series published in Mathrubhumi `Pravasikalude Nattil Ivarkku Naraka Jeevitham' which stated...

Indian newspapers to continue growing: Sircar

Kolkata: Despite a sharp drop in circulation in print media worldwide, newspapers in India are growing rapidly and would continue to expand over the next several years, Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer Jawhar Sircar...