Media
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Media is very interesting entertainment for me: Ajit Doval
India | Aug 05, 2015, 02:22 AM ISTMumbai: Dubbing the media as a "very interesting entertainment" for him, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today advised it to keep "national interest" above everything else."Media is very interesting entertainment for me," Doval said, responding
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Gag order on Yakub Memon funeral, media blacks out telecast
India | Jul 30, 2015, 08:47 PM ISTMumbai: Not willing to take any chances, police here on Thursday issued a gag order to the media barring it from photographing and videographing the funeral procession and the last rites of hanged convict Yakub
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Home Ministry bars journalists from meeting senior officers other than spokesperson
India | Jul 24, 2015, 01:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Home Ministry today barred journalists from meeting senior officials other than the spokesperson and came out with a set of guidelines on dissemination of information to the media.In the order, the
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Hema Malini blames deceased's father for accident
National | Jul 08, 2015, 04:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Speaking first time since the unfortunate accident in which a 5-year-old died, actress-turned politician Hema Malini on Tuesday blamed the father of the deceased girl for the mishap.In a series of tweets last
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Men outnumber women in media in India, Pakistan
World | Jun 23, 2015, 10:35 AM ISTBangkok: Although the presence of women in media has more than doubled in two decades, they constitute only 28.6 percent of the media workforce in Asia and the Pacific. Men outnumber women 4:1 in India
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Will not speak to media for 6 months: Manohar Parrikar
National | Jun 20, 2015, 06:24 PM ISTPanaji: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who has faced criticism in the media for his comments on a wide range of issues, on Saturday said he would not speak to the media for six months.Parrikar, who
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Modi a visionary: Bangladesh media on PM's visit
World | Jun 08, 2015, 02:34 PM ISTDhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rousing speech and the 65-point joint declaration that wrapped up his two-day trip to Bangladesh received huge splash on Monday in the Bangladesh media, which termed the Indian leader as
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I don't eat beef; media "twisted" my statement: Kiren Rijiju
National | May 29, 2015, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amidst a row over ban on beef, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said his statement on people's food habit was "twisted" by the media and strongly denied that he eats beef.The controversy was
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Indian media not allowed to enter Terracotta Museum with PM Modi
World | May 14, 2015, 12:59 PM ISTXi'an: Prime Minister narendra Modi today began his official three day tour to China by visiting famous Terracotta Warriors Museum but the Indian media contingent accompanying him was not allowed to enter.Modi spent an hour
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#GoHomeIndianMedia trending in Nepal to protest quake coverage
World | May 03, 2015, 07:07 PM ISTKathmandu: The Indian media is facing flak for its coverage of the earthquake disaster in Nepal with complaints in the social media that it was treating the tragedy as a “public relations exercise” on behalf
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High Court restrains AP cops from giving info to media on firing probe
India | Apr 13, 2015, 10:29 PM ISTHyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court today restrained Andhra Pradesh Police from divulging information to the media and others on the probe into the killing of twenty people in a police firing in Chittoor district on
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Save the internet: Celebrity, commoners join hands to protect net neutrality
Apr 13, 2015, 07:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Net neutrality, the recent buzz word of World Wide Web, has people of all beliefs and affiliations come together. Just everybody who has come to know about the issue, is campaigning, persuading and
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Media attack on me at the behest of arms lobby: VK Singh
National | Apr 12, 2015, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Gen (retd) V K Singh today alleged that an “insidious campaign” is being run against him by a section of media at the behest of the arms lobby that is “working
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V.K. Singh Pushes For 'Effective Watchdog' for Media
India | Apr 09, 2015, 05:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: At loggerheads with media in recent days, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today pushed for a media regulatory body to function as an effective watchdog".Singh, who has been under
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Society needs journalists, says Kate Beckinsale
Hollywood | Mar 28, 2015, 10:35 AM ISTLos Angeles: Actress Kate Beckinsale has found renewed respect for journalists in society and says people would be living in a "police state" without the media.The 41-year-old actress plays journalist Simone Ford in new psychological
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Aamir Khan cuts 50th birthday cake with media
Bollywood | Mar 14, 2015, 12:50 PM ISTMumbai: A day before his 50th birthday, superstar Aamir Khan on Friday cut a vegan birthday cake as part of his celebrations with mediapersons here -- a practice he follows every year.The "PK" star, who
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BCCI pulls up Virat Kohli for his rude behavior with media
Cricket | Mar 06, 2015, 01:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has pulled up Team India's vice captain Virat Kohli for his abusive behaviour with a media person at Perth on Tuesday. In a statement released
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Courageous Alia Bhatt comes open on her relationship with Sidharth Malhotra
Bollywood | Mar 02, 2015, 11:58 AM ISTAlia Bhatt lashes out at journalist when asked about dating Sidharth MalhotraNew Delhi: Alia Bhatt has spilled the beans on her relationship with Sidharth Malhotra as she put forward a stringent stance when asked about
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Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor lashes out at media
India | Feb 16, 2015, 02:18 PM ISTThiruvanathapuram: Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor today vent his anger at the media, alleging that “concocted” stories and “lies” about him were being put out in connection with the investigation into his wife Sunanda Pushkar's
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UP Guv Ram Naik urges media to bring qualitative changes in society
National | Feb 16, 2015, 09:11 AM ISTAgra: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said media should think of ways to bring about qualitative changes in the society.“Media being a mirror to society should know what is right and what is not