The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kannada news channel 'Janashri' was arrested here on extortion charges, police said on Saturday.


Kannada news channel CEO arrested for extortion


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Pokemon Go players are more likely to be positive, friendly and physically active than non-players, says a new study.


Pokemon Go players are happy, friendly: Study


People who use smartphones in excess may experience personal, social and workplace problems, warns new research.


Smartphone addiction may create personal, social problems


ScoopWhoop co-founder Suparn Pandey has been booked for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation by the Delhi Police on a complaint by a 27-year-old former woman employee. Police said Pandey will be called for questioning soon.


ScoopWhoop co-founder booked for sexual harassment


The Kerala High Court on Wednesday denied bail to Mangalam TV CEO R. Ajithkumar and his senior colleague K. Jayachandran in the sleaze audio case, but accepted the pleas of three other journalists arrested in the case.


Kerala sleaze audio: HC denies bail to channel CEO


The Daily Mail newspaper here has agreed to pay damages to settle a libel claim brought against it by US First Lady Melania Trump over false claims about her work as a professional model, a media report said.


Melania Trump accepts UK daily's damages, apology


"There is not much worse that India can do," a Pakistani newspaper said on Tuesday as New Delhi warned Islamabad against hanging alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.


There isn't much India can do over Jadhav: Pakistani daily


The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prizes this year in the categories of best feature writing, best special reporting and best breaking news photography, as journalism presented its highest honours, the media reported.


The New York Times receives 3 Pulitzers


A 22-year-old man viciously attacked a woman journalist he was attracted to after she spurned his advances, police said on Friday.


Jouranlist Aparna Kalra's assailant was attracted to her


In a first of its kind move in the country, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a much-anticipated bill seeking to protect journalists and media houses from attacks, with provisions for three years' imprisonment and/or penalty.


Maharashtra first state to enact bill protecting journalists


India and Bangladesh share many commonalities and have demonstrated the will to resolve issues, like the long-standing land boundary agreement, then why should the Teesta water sharing issue be allowed to linger, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said in a newspaper article.


Why can't Teesta be resolved, asks Hasina


A day after a woman journalist was critically injured in an attack here, the Delhi Police on Thursday said more than a hundred persons were detained and multiple teams formed to crack the case.


Woman journalist injured in attack; over 100 detained


The Chinese media on Thursday warned of "grave consequences" if Sino-Indian ties get ruined over the Dalai Lama's trip to Arunachal Pradesh which Beijing considers a part of Tibet.


Chinese media warns of 'grave consequences' over Dalai Lama


An Australian TV journalist was arrested on Thursday over alleged possession of child pornography, a media report said.


Australian journalist arrested over alleged child porn charges


The Indian Women's Press Corps and the Press Club of India on Wednesday condemned the levelling of charges under the Official Secrets Act against a journalist from The Quint who had tried to expose the 'Sahayak' system in the army.


Drop OSA charges against journalist, demand media groups


Mangalam TV CEO R. Ajithkumar and four other journalists were arrested on Tuesday for airing an audio purportedly of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran where he was heard having a lewd conversation with a woman on phone, police said.


Kerala sleaze audio: Channel CEO, four other journalists arrested


Social networking giant Facebook recently added a new icon -- that of a rocket -- on selected users' home screens without any hint about what to do with it or what it means, said a media report on Tuesday.


What is the strange rocket button icon doing on Facebook?


Do you use smartphone apps to organise lunch dates, make convenient online purchases or communicate the most intimate details of your existence? Beware, these apps may be secretly talking to each other and potentially breaching your security, researchers warn.


Your smartphones may be secretly talking, breaching security


The Kerala High Court on Monday fixed for Thursday the hearing on three anticipatory bail pleas filed by the Chairman of Mangalam TV and eight of its journalists in a sting operation case.


Kerala HC to take up bail pleas of journalists on Thursday


A Somali journalist who was abducted on Saturday at gunpoint was found alive on Sunday after being tortured by his kidnappers, media reports said.


Abducted Somali journalist found alive


The Press Association of India on Saturday demanded from the central government a suitable pension scheme for working journalists, accredited by the Press Information Bureau (PIB).

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