The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Iranian government to immediately release four detained journalists, three of them with US-Iranian nationality, a media report said Friday.


Four journalists detained in Iran


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Police in Ghaziabad Wednesday refused to comment on the mysterious death of 31-year-old Rajya Sabha TV producer Milita Dutta Mandal, who died at her residence in Vaishali.


Ghaziabad police mum over TV producer's death


Paris, July 23 (IANS/EFE) A Paris-based group called Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced the judicial harassment of news professionals in Honduras.


Judicial harassment of media in Honduras denounced


A woman journalist working with the Rajya Sabha Television was found dead at her residence here in mysterious circumstances, police said Tuesday.


Woman journalist found dead in Ghaziabad apartment


Tegucigalpa (Honduras), July 22 (IANS/EFE) A Honduran television journalist who went missing over the weekend has been found dead, Ramon Sabillon, director of Honduras National Police, said.


Missing Honduran journalist found dead


Former Pune police commissioner Gulabrao Pol Monday sent defamation notice seeking Rs.100 crore (Rs.one billion) in damages from the editor and reporter of a English news magazine for alleging that he sought help of a 'tantrik' to solve the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.


Dabholkar murder: Ex-top cop slaps defamation notice on news magazine


A court in Tripura Thursday awarded life imprisonment till death to a newspaper editor-cum-owner in a year-old triple murder case, a public prosecutor said.


Life term for Tripura editor in triple murder case


Rio de Janeiro, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Four officers of the Rio de Janeiro state police were detained Wednesday on charges of assaulting reporters and activists during a protest against the amount of public money Brazil spent to host the FIFA World Cup.


Brazil police charged with assaulting World Cup protesters


Journalists and other press freedom advocates staged a protest here against the imprisonment of three Al Jazeera journalists, including an Australian, in Egypt last month, media reported.


Protest in Australia over jailing of scribes in Egypt


The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a student union affiliated to the ruling Bangladesh Awami League, has expelled 12 of its members over an attack on journalists on the Dhaka University campus.


12 Dhaka student leaders expelled for attack on journalists


In the past few weeks, I would sometimes watch the reruns of the exciting World Cup matches. My disappointment at the absence of Chinese footballers on the pitch was somehow mitigated by the fact that many products and services for the event are from China.


BRICS nations must demonstrate their soft power through their media (Comment: Special to IANS)


An Agartala court Monday found a Tripura newspaper editor-cum-owner guilty in a year-old triple murder case, a government lawyer said.


Tripura editor found guilty in triple murder case


Having immortalised strong women-oriented roles on TV screens across the border, young and multi-faceted Sanam Saeed, known to Indian audiences as Kashaf Murtaza of "Zindagi Gulzar Hai", says that while India makes the most of its filmmaking capacity to tell stories, the medium in Pakistan  is TV.


India uses cinema to tell its stories, we use TV: Pakistani actress (Interview)


Children are unable to understand the thin line between reality and fiction, say experts who feel violent cartoon shows make them aggressive and less sensitive to pain and suffering.


How violent cartoon shows make children aggressive (Behavioural Feature)


The Maharashtra government has asked the CBI to probe the suicide of senior journalist Charudatta Deshpande last year, an official said here Friday.


CBI to probe former Mumbai scribe's suicide


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a new 24X7 television channel for the northeast region.


New TV channel for northeast: Jaitley


London is likely to become world's top tourist city with the most international overnight visitors, according to a survey.


London to be world's top tourist destination, finds survey


A court here has directed Delhi Police to collect voice samples of editors of the Zee media group in the presence of experts in a case of extortion from a company of Congress leader Naveen Jindal.


Collect voice samples of Zee editors in experts' presence: Court


A court in Islamabad Monday issued an arrest warrant against Pakistani TV anchor Mubashir Lucman, media reported.


Arrest warrant issued against Pakistani TV anchor


Andy Coulson, ex-editor of the now defunct News of the World (NoW) newspaper, was sentenced to 18 months in jail Friday for conspiracy to hack phones, BBC reported.


NoW's Andy Coulson jailed for phone hacking


Andy Coulson, ex-editor of the now defunct News of the World (NoW) newspaper, was jailed for 18 months Friday for conspiracy to hack phones, BBC reported.

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