The police on Thursday claimed it will soon crack the murder case of a retired health officer, Vijay Kumar, who was found murdered in east Delhi's Samachar Apartments.


Samachar Apartments murder case will be solved soon: Police


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The major cause of the uprising in Kashmir is the resentment among Kashmiri youth who have come under India's security apparatus that acts against civilians with impunity, The New York Times said in an editorial on Thursday terming the current unrest as a "major setback for peace".


Kashmir unrest major setback for peace, says NYT, slams AFSPA


To mark completion of his four years in office on July 25, President Pranab Mukherjee will launch a micro-site on Rashtrapati Bhavan website containing information on the President's Estate as a tourist destination and its three new tourist circuits -- Rashtrapati Bhavan main building, museums and the gardens.


Website, museum as President Mukherjee completes four years in office


Kashmir newspapers are expected to hit the stands on Thursday after the government on Wednesday "apologized" for media curbs and assured Srinagar-based editors that their work won't be hindered by the heightened security in the wake of unrest that has left over 40 people dead and hundreds injured in the Kashmir Valley.


Kashmir newspapers to resume as logjam ends


Indonesia on Wednesday banned its armed forces and police personnel from playing Pokemon Go -- the game that has become a global rage -- while on duty.


Indonesian police, army banned from playing Pokemon Go


Her life in the slums of the capital made 16-year-old Jyoti turn sensitive towards their living, only to become the youngest reporter of a tabloid -- Balaknama (Voice of Children) -- run by a group of street children.


From ragpicking to reporting, a tale of greenhorn reporters


No newspaper will come out here on Wednesday after Srinagar-based editors and publishers on Tuesday decided not to go to print in protest against the government's "propaganda blitzkrieg that there was no ban" on the media in the restive Kashmir Valley.


Kashmir newspapers not to print over government 'propaganda'


The CBI has registered a case of financial irregularities amounting to Rs 50 lakh against a top official of Doordarshan centre in Shimla and two companies based in Jalandhar in Punjab, it was announced on Tuesday.


Shimla's top Doordarshan official booked for fraud


When a senior cabinet minister and government spokesperson in no ambiguous terms tells editors of Srinagar-based dailies to shut, the decision to gag the media amid heightened security restrictions in the Kashmir Valley cannot be "local".


Volte-face on media ban exposes government's Kashmir strategy lacunae (News Analysis)


Did you know Welsh missionary Thomas Jones introduced the Roman alphabet to the Khasi language in northeast India? Thanks to a digital archive, hitherto lost narratives of the people who are buried in the 190-year-old Scottish cemetery (including Jones) here are now available at the click of a button.


Digital archive of Scottish cemetery unearths lost history


Trinamool Congress legislator Iqbal Ahmed on Tuesday assured of cooperation in the police probe into a sting operation by Narada News, in which several high profile TMC leaders were allegedly shown accepting money.


Trinamool MLA assures of cooperation in Narada probe


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has clarified to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu that no ban has been imposed on the publication of newspapers in the troubled state.


No ban on newspapers in J&K, Mehbooba tells Naidu


Amitabh Mattoo, a top aide of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday denied that the government had imposed any ban on the media in Kashmir, saying "heads will roll" after it is clear on who took the decision.


Mehbooba aide says no ban on Kashmir press


The virtual world has become a route for Bollywood celebrities to connect with their fans, but it has its negatives as well. Superstar Salman Khan says social media users forget to act "responsibly" while expressing their views on the internet as they get carried away thinking that "no one will find out" about it.


People misuse freedom of expression on internet: Salman Khan


A civilian was killed in a clash with police on Saturday as the Jammu and Kashmir government cracked down on newspapers published here and blocked cable TV, creating an information blackout amid tight security restrictions for the ninth day in the Kashmir Valley.


Media locked down as one more dies in Kashmir violence


Sri Lankan investigators on Saturday arrested an Army Intelligence Unit official over the murder of a popular editor, Lasantha Wickremetunga, police said.


Army officer arrested for Sri Lankan editor's murder


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday cracked down on all Urdu and English newspapers published from here and blocked cable TV, creating an information blackout amid continuous tight security restrictions for the ninth day in the restive Kashmir Valley.


Kashmir unrest: Information blackout as police crack down on media


A group of soldiers on Saturday entered state-run Hurriyet daily building taking several journalists hostage following a military coup attempt underway in Turkey.


Turkey coup: Soldiers enter Hurriyet daily building, take hostages


The Jharkhand government has asked people to stay away from water pits -- locally called dova -- primarily dug up across the state to facilitate irrigation. The advisory  comes in the wake of number of drowning deaths in these water bodies which have been filled up with monsoon rains.


Jharkhand asks people to keep off irrigation pits


Journalism and Public Relations may have come a long way since the days of the town-criers. But the professionals in these respective fields have kept re-inventing themselves with the changing times, overcoming tough challenges.


Lines between journalism and PR are blurring, says media veteran


Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar dedicated a prominent square in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, in memory of slain veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on Wednesday.

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