Paris, Nov 28 (IANS/AKI) United Nations culture organisation Unesco on Tuesday condemned Indian journalist Sudip Dutta Bhaumik's slaying last week in northeastern India, calling it "the ultimate form of censorship" and urging his killer to be brought to justice.


Unesco condemns Indian reporter, Nigerian lensman's killing


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A two-day interaction between media persons of India and Myanmar stressed on the need for journalists to contribute meaningfully to the smooth translation of the Indian government's Act East Policy into concrete action.


Indian-Myanmar journalists focus on Act East policy


Sunanda Datta-Ray, former editor of The Statesman, was conferred the 2017 IJA Lifetime Achievement Award, instituted by the Indian Journalists' Association in Europe.


Former Statesman Editor Sunanda Datta-Ray receives IJA Lifetime Achievement award


Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday presented IFFI's 'Indian Film Personality of the Year' award to megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and said it was only logical and befitting, that decades after Bachchan as a struggler was rejected by All India Radio during an audition for radio announcer, that the ministry was bestowing an award on the superstar.


Smriti recalls Amitabh's AIR audition travesty at IFFI award ceremony


Ratna Chatterjee, wife of West Bengal Minster and Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, was interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday as a part of Narada sting footage probe.


Narada sting probe: Kolkata Mayor's wife quizzed by ED


Even in this age of fake news, planting false stories to smear rivals may backfire if you are caught in the act, warn researchers.


Spreading fake news to smear rivals may backfire


A candidate backed by the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC) has announced she wants to challenge Indian American Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi when he is up for re-election in 2018.


Republican Hindu Coalition-backed candidate to challenge Indian American Congressman


Journalists in Indore on Monday protested against the registration of a case against a senior media person from Neemuch for an alleged offensive Facebook post and demanded its cancellation.


Media in Indore protests case against MP journalist, demands FIR cancellation


Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday inaugurated a two-day India-Myanmar media interaction programme here and said his government is trying to introduce a bus service between the two places to bring the people closer.


Manipur CM inaugurates India-Myanmar media interaction programme


Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P. Shah on Sunday expressed his concern on the influence of media in deciding law cases.


Former Delhi Chief Justice expresses concern on media trial


A Madhya Pradesh journalist has been booked for "disrespectful" comments directed at rape victims after state Home Minister Bhupendra Singh hinted at giving a rape victim the Padmavati award.


Journalist booked for Facebook post on rape


In India you have hundreds of film, literature, music, dance, sports, fashion, investment, technology, science and other festivals in every part of the country. This should be a happy indicator of our rich cultural heritage and our predisposition to the arts. However, most such events are forced gatherings of similar sets of people.


Festival circuit ennui: Same people, say same things at similar events (Comment: Special to IANS)


Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows the government to list any foreign media operating in the country as a foreign agent.


Putin signs foreign agent media law


Pakistans top electronic media regulator ordered private television channels to go off air on Saturday during a crackdown on religious protesters in Islamabad.


TV channels go off air amid Islamabad crackdown


The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was constituted by the Tripura government to probe the killing of a journalist by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper, on Saturday arrested two more security personnel, police said.


Tripura journo's killing: SIT arrests two more security personnel


Goa station head of Radio Indigo, a popular FM channel, has been booked for sexual harassment of a female employee, who has in a complaint said that she was also abused with suggestive sexual remarks and threatened.


Goa Radio Indigo chief booked for sexual harassment


A team of Enforcement Directorate on Friday interrogated Indrani Mukerjea, inside the Byculla women's jail, in connection with a money laundering case lodged against her, official sources said.


ED grills Indrani Mukerjea in money laundering case


The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo-moto cognizance on the killing of a journalist by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper and sought a report from the Tripura government, an official said here on Friday.


Press Council takes suo-moto cognizance of Tripura scribe's killing


The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking setting up of an expert committee of historians and social activists to examine Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" to ensure there were no "distortions", saying such pleas were "encouraging" those agitating against the film.


Delhi HC dismisses plea for expert panel to review 'Padmavati'


Major American cigarette manufacturers will begin publishing anti-smoking ads in 50 dailies to correct the misleading statements they made over the years about the effects of smoking, a move that complies with a court order filed in 2006.


US tobacco firms to publish anti-smoking ads in dailies


Taking exception to media reportage of suicides by minors in the state, the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Wednesday asked media houses to stick to WHO guidelines while reporting on suicide by students.

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