Just when the Narendra Modi government was celebrating its first year in office on a note of simulated well being, Gardiner Harris, bureau chief of New York Times in New Delhi, spoilt the party by making a gloomy announcement: New Delhi, the capital of Modi's dream nation, was unlivable and that Harris was leaving, with his wife and children to the cleaner air of Washington.


New York Times expose of Delhi pollution spoils Modi anniversary (Comment: Special to IANS)


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Ankara, June 5 (IANS/AKI) A Turkish court has ordered journalist Ozgur Mumcu to stand trial for defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and faces up to four years and eight months in prison if convicted, the Cihan news agency said on Friday.


Turkish journalist indicted for 'defaming' president


Facebook has announced its plan to officially launch Facebook Lite -- a slimmer version of the social networking website for Android that uses less data - that would work well even in poor network conditions.


Slow net connection? Try Facebook Lite


Mexico's Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute between fired investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui and media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones and instead sent the case back to a lower tribunal, sources with the country's highest court told Spanish news agency Efe.


Mexican apex court declines to hear radio station-scribe dispute


Bogota, June 4 (IANS/EFE) A press watchdog has condemned the release of a man who allegedly raped a Colombian journalist 15 years ago.


Release of man who raped journalist slammed


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused media institutions, such as the New York Times (NYT), CNN and BBC, of trying to weaken the country ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections, Daily News newspaper reported on Wednesday.


Turkish president accuses media of meddling in country's affairs


A young mother, shocked to find her picture of publicly breastfeeding her son on Facebook, has shot a furious letter to the person who had posted the picture.


'Breasts meant for feeding young ones'


The official website of North Bengal Agriculture University in Cooch Behar of West Bengal was hacked on Sunday by a group calling itself the United Islamic Cyber Force, a varsity official said.


'United Islamic Cyber Force' hacks Bengal varsity website


Satellite channels broadcasting major Sun TV Network Ltd on Friday said it closed last fiscal with a higher profit and income.


Sun TV Network net up


Goa governor and Swachh Bharat ambassador Mridula Sinha on Friday exhorted media persons to take up the campaign aggressively and suggested ways and means in which to address the issue of garbage management in the state known for tourism.


Goa governor urges media to aggressively take up Swachh Bharat campaign


Rome, May 29 (IANS/AKI) Bosses who use the social networking website Facebook to spy on their employees at work are not breaking the law, Italy's Supreme Court has ruled.


Boss can monitor workers' Facebook activity, top court rules


The Indian envoy to Sweden has warned Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter to edit references to the Bofors controversy made by President Pranab Mukherjee in an interview else the presidential visit to Oslo was "at risk of being cancelled", according to the daily.


India warns Swedish daily to edit Bofors references by Mukherjee


As President Pranab Mukherjee prepares to travel to Sweden on a three-day visit from Sunday, a controversy has been triggered over his telling Sweden's Dagens Nyheter daily that the Bofors gun issue was not a scandal but rather a "media trial".


Mukherjee travelling to Sweden amid row over Bofors remarks


A Washington Post correspondent facing charges, including spying, appeared in an Iranian court on Tuesday, media reports said.


Trial of US journalist opens in Iran


An Israeli immigration clerk recently committed suicide reportedly after he was shamed on Facebook for his alleged racist behaviour, media said.


Shamed on Facebook, 'racist' Israeli clerk kills self


A section of the Indian media has made news in Nepal -- for the wrong reasons.


Indian media makes news in Nepal, for wrong reasons


HT Media Ltd and North Base Media, an international investment firm, launched Mediahack.in, an innovative accelerator program aimed at fostering a new generation of digital media companies, an official statement said here on Friday.


HT Media, North Base Media launch Mediahack.in


Mosul (Iraq), May 20 (IANS/EFE) The Islamic State (IS) terrorist outfit executed Iraqi journalist Feras Yasin on charges of apostasy and showing no remorse, according to the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.


IS executes Iraqi journalist accused of apostasy


China vowed on Wednesday to invest hundreds of billions of yuan in the coming years to increase internet speed and expand broadband access in rural regions, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.


China vows massive investment to improve internet services


If you think the internet could provide relief to your lovelorn heart, beware! The individual at the other end could be a con, the FBI reported in a survey of computer crime.


Search for love online leads to fraud: FBI


The Chinese military's mouthpiece newspaper has warned about the possibility of "Western hostile forces" using the internet to foment revolution in China.

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