Suspended Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal had couriered his seven-page suicide note to some media organisations before hanging himself on Tuesday.


Bansal posted suicide note to media houses before suicide


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Unidentified persons allegedly belonging to the Sambhaji Brigade pelted stones at the Saamana printing press in Navi Mumbai while some other persons threw ink outside the Thane office of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece on Tuesday, an official said here.


Saamana cartoon on Maratha reservation issue provokes attacks


The body of murdered Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was popular for his investigative journalism, was exhumed on Tuesday to conduct a fresh probe into his killing in 2009.


Body of slain Sri Lankan scribe exhumed


Unknown persons pelted the Saamana printing press in Navi Mumbai with stones and threw ink at its offices in Thane on Tuesday, an official said here.


Saamana office in Navi Mumbai stoned, ink thrown at Thane office


Cybercriminal networks are taking advantage of security shortcomings in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to spread malware and create zombie networks, or botnets, without the knowledge of their device owners, cyber security firm Symantec has found.


IoT devices increasingly being used for malware attacks: Symantec


China has dealt with 84 cases involving fake journalists and media outlets since a campaign against pornographic and illegal publications was launched in June.


China cracks down on fake journalists


The body of a celebrated Sri Lankan journalist gunned down during the civil war in 2009 will be exhumed on Tuesday as part of a fresh investigation into his death, a media report said on Monday.


Body of Sri Lankan journalist to be exhumed


Facebook has apologised for disabling accounts of several Palestinian journalists and activists, saying "the pages were removed in error and restored as soon as we were able to investigate".


Facebook apologises for disabling Palestinian journalists' accounts


The media - both print and electronic - in Tamil Nadu are in quandary whether they can carry names of judges and lawyers in cases after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition by a lawyer against whom the Madras High Court had ordered an inquiry by the State Bar Council.


Media can't name judges, lawyers in Tamil Nadu


In a bid to form India's largest startup in the media and entertainment space, a UK-based business conglomerate SRam and MRam Ltd has signed a joint venture with Indian media house Kalam Media, officials said on Friday.


UK-based firm, Kalam Media forge $100 mn joint venture


The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and criminal-turned-politician Mohamed Shahabuddin as to why an FIR cannot be filed against them for allegedly sheltering an accused in journalist Rajdev Ranjan's murder.


SC notice to Lalu's son for allegedly sheltering accused


A TV journalist in China who was photographed wearing sunglasses and holding an umbrella to shelter from the heat was suspended from her job.


China suspends journalist for her 'accessories'


With $22.7 billion (Rs 151,477 crore) net worth, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian for the ninth consecutive year, American business magazine Forbes India said on Thursday.


Billionaire Mukesh Ambani richest Indian for ninth year: Forbes


After writing a post or uploading a photo on Facebook, do you count the number of "likes"?  If so, then you are living without a sense of purpose, a study said.


'Likes' on Facebook may not affect purposeful people


Indian media was not allowed to attend a press briefing addressed by Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in New York, and an Indian journalist of NDTV news channel was asked to leave the room -- an apparent outcome of the simmering bilateral relations.


Indian journalist asked to leave Pakistan press briefing in US


A Kashmiri journalist was injured when a group of protesters hurled stones on the cars of media persons travelling back to Srinagar from Uri on Tuesday afternoon.


Journalist injured in stone pelting in Kashmir


Domestic emoji-based app Bobble has recently gone live inside iMessage -- Apple's messaging service -- for all iPhones and iPads.


Bobble app gets featured on iOS 10


Rapper Kanye West set up an account on Instagram over the weekend and already has over half a million followers.


Kanye West joins Instagram


Title: Network18 - The Audacious Story of a Start-up that Became a Media Empire; Author: Indira Kannan; Publisher: Portfolio Penguin; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 699


TV18: Making of a media empire and how hubris and miscalculations lost it (Book Review) 


Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday clarified that the Delhi government has not violated guidelines of the Supreme Court on advertisements.


Delhi government did not violate SC guidelines on ads: Minister


Police have launched a massive search for an Additional Director General (ADG) of Doordarshan who has been missing since Friday afternoon after reporting for duty, police said on Saturday.

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