Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday condemned the central government's decision to ban NDTV India for a day and said that a free and impartial media is a must in any democracy.


Nitish Kumar condemns NDTV ban by central government


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Some private security personnel on Friday assaulted media photographers, who had gathered to cover the arrival of Tata Sons' sacked Chairman Cyrus P. Mistry for a board meeting at Tatas' headquarters, Bombay House.


Media photographers assaulted outside Bombay House of Tatas


Journalists and major opposition politicians on Friday strongly condemned and asked the government to immediately rescind its Emergency-like decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India for a day for airing "strategically sensitive details" during the Pathankot terror attack.


'Emergency-like' government ban on NDTV sparks uproar (Roundup)


The AAP on Friday accused the government of strangling the media and said through the one-day ban on NDTV India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking the country back to the days of the Emergency.


Government strangling media, says AAP


Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the government over its "shocking and unprecedented" decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India for a day.


Banning NDTV for a day 'shocking': Rahul Gandhi


The Congress party on Thursday requested the Kerala Governor to step in immediately to end the lawyers-media impasse in the state.


Congress wants Governor to help end Kerala lawyers-media conflict


The US is "more backward" than India when it comes to leadership role for women, according to H R Shah, the CEO of TV Asia, the largest South Asian TV network in America.


'US more backward than India in leadership roles for women'


Around 10 journalists who had come to report the trial of the rape-murder of a Dalit law student in April at the Ernakulam district court on Wednesday were asked to leave the court room - as the tiff between lawyers and the media in Kerala continues.


Lawyers tell media to leave court room again in Kerala


After Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat radio address dedicated  this Diwali to soldiers defending the countrys borders against tremendous odds, a national organisation of communication professionals has launched a campaign for a War Memorial in Mumbai.


Campaign launched for War Memorial in Mumbai


Police arrested Turkish opposition daily, Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief, Murat Sabuncu along with 11 others amid a crackdown on media after the failed July coup, authorities said.


Turkey detains opposition newspaper editor


Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the government does not subscribe to the "wrong proposal" of MNS leader Raj Thackeray asking filmmakers to donate Rs 5 crore to the army for casting Pakistani actors.


Government doesn't subscribe to MNS' wrong proposal: Naidu


Driven by digital media and increasingly connected rural consumers, the Indian media and entertainment industry has the potential to grow three to four times over the next seven years, a report said on Monday.


Indian media, entertainment industry to grow 3-4 times in 7 years: Report


Telecommunications giant AT&T on Saturday agree to buy Time Warner, the home of HBO and CNN, for about $85.4 billion, in one of the biggest media tie-ups ever.


AT&T buys Time Warner for $85.4 billion


A Sessions Court in Karachi on Saturday granted an interim pre-arrest bail to the Frontier Constabulary (FC) guard Hasan Abbas, who had slapped a female reporter of a Pakistani private news channel K-21 in Karachi.


Pakistani FC guard who slapped female reporter gets pre-arrest bail


Firstpost, a leading news website owned by Network 18 media conglomerate, on Friday announced 50 per cent growth in unique visitors on month-on-month basis on its website.


Firstpost clocks 50% rise in unique visitors: Report


For the first time in China, a reality TV series that provides a peek into the lives of allegedly corrupt senior party officials and attempts to show their journey to the wrong side of the law, has begun airing this week on state broadcaster CCTV.


Chinese reality TV series shows lives of corrupt officials


If you cannot take your eyes off the innumerable selfies posted on social networking sites like Facebook, take heed.


Selfie viewing on Facebook linked to low self-esteem


A Srinagar journalist who runs a news portal said he was questioned and "harassed" by police over a video statement by Hizbul Mujahideen he had published on his website a month ago.


Kashmir journalist questioned over Hizb video


A television series adaption of the classic, "Red Star Over China", written by American journalist Edgar Snow, will be screened in China on Saturday.


'Red Star Over China' to hit Chinese TV screens


NewsDistill, a leading news aggregator, has introduced a unique feature that allows users to search and get news based on their current location or from the place of their choice.


NewsDistill introduces radius-based news feeds


In what is an obvious reference to Pakistan's use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the invitation to member states of the Bimstec group for an outreach summit at the BRICS Summit last weekend showed that these countries "today represent the polar opposite of a terrorism promoting polity".

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