SC agrees to hear PIL on US surveillance of Internet data

New Delhi : The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and seeking to initiate action against Internet companies for...

India-born Amol Rajan is editor of London's The Independent

London : Indian-born Amol Rajan has been appointed editor of the London morning daily The Independent, making him Fleet Street's first non-white editor, the newspaper reported Monday. Rajan, 29, was previously the daily's...

There are questions about media credibility, says Ansari

Aligarh: India has every reason to be proud of the strength and diversity of its mass media, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Saturday. But from time to time there have been disconnecting developments that do raise questions...

Thousands of gmail accounts hacked in Iran, says Google

Rome: Internet giant Google says it has blocked a 'politically motivated' phishing against thousands of gmail users in Iran on the eve of the country's presidential election. 'For almost three weeks, we have detected...

Kasargod : Noted photographer Kayyur Selvaraj passed away after a brief illness in a private hospital at Mangalore in Karnataka today. He is 48 and is survived by wife Suma, children Amal Raj and Shivani. After serving...

TV show cancelled for showing Putin divorce material

Moscow: A Russian TV presenter has claimed that his show was pulled off air because of its take on the recent news that President Vladimir Putin is getting divorced. In his status update on a social network, Vladislav...

Indian television gets increasingly niche

New Delhi: First, there were the entertainment channels. Then came the news channels, followed by infotainment channels. Now, niche channels are, well, increasingly carving a niche for themselves in the over Rs.370 billion...

Readers miss Rituparno's weekly Bengali column

Kolkata: They eagerly awaited Sundays when they could lay their hands on their favourite weekly column by the versatile genius Rituparno Ghosh. But the first Sunday after the tragic demise of the master storyteller, who...

Club FM gets national award

Mumbai: Club FM bagged a national award, instituted by India Radio Forum 2013 as the award for best Malayalam programme, . The programme `Kalakkan Recharge' presented by Shan bagged the award. Club FM already bagged many...

Brazil media baron dies

Sao Paulo : Roberto Civita, chief of the Brazilian media conglomerate Abril and creator of the prestigious newsweekly Veja, has died, his company said Monday. He was 76. The mogul died of multiple organ failure at the...

Media is hounding me: Srinivasan

Chennai : A defiant and combative BCCI President, who has decided to hang on to his position despite the IPL spot-fixing scandal, today said his resignation is being sought only by a 'hounding media'. Srinivasan, whose...

BBC editor apologises for Muslim remark

London : Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, Friday apologised for directly quoting a Whitehall source who described the Woolwich killers as being 'of Muslim appearance'. Robinson said he was sorry for using the...

Nayar, Ram named for lifetime achievement award

Mumbai : Two veteran journalists - Kuldip Nayar and N. Ram - have been selected for this year's 'RedInk Lifetime Achievement Award' instituted by the Mumbai Press Club, an official said here Monday. Maharashtra Governor...

Alappuzha: ADGP Hemachandran said that journalism strengthens democracy. He said it's only journalism which forces the ruling power to stay within limits. It's time of instant journalism and a new generation where everything...

Thrissur: Therampil Ramakrishnan MLA said that ayurvedic treatment sectors should move forward retaining its character. He was speaking after inaugurating the state meet of Kearla State government Ayurveda specialist officers....