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


Mumbai square named in memory of slain scribe J. Dey


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Controversial Mumbai-based televangelist and Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who addresses audiences around the world, has finally found a venue for his media interaction here on Thursday, an aide said here on Wednesday.


Zakir Naik finally gets venue for media meet


Indian Police Service (IPS) officer S.M.H. Meerza, summoned for questioning in connection with the Narada sting probe, appeared at the city police headquarters here on Wednesday.


Bengal IPS officer appears for questioning in Narada sting


Big news organisations who first embraced social media use at workplace are now seeing more risks than benefits in employees' use of Facebook and Twitter, reveals an interesting study.


News outlets worried about employees' use of Facebook, Twitter


The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a status report in a court hearing a complaint filed by the Aam Aadmi Party government against three news channels for running 'doctored' videos of the JNU controversy.


JNU doctored videos: Delhi Police files status report in court


Micro-blogging website Twitter has increased its animated GIF (graphics interchange format) size limit from 5MB to 15MB if uploaded on the web from a desktop, a media report said on Tuesday.


Twitter now supports large GIFs


Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is not expected to return home to Mumbai for a few more weeks as he is on a scheduled tour of the UAE and Africa, an aide said here on Monday.


Preacher Zakir Naik not returning soon


Mumbai-based controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV went off the air in Bangladesh on Monday after the government issued an order that cancelled its broadcast rights.


Naik's Peace TV goes off air in Bangladesh


Physical violence is not the only method being used to stop truth being published. Kidnappings, murders, financial pressures and defamation legislations are common now to suppress journalists from revealing truth to the masses, a significant study has revealed.


Journalists being kidnapped, killed to suppress truth: Study


Mumbai-based controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV went off the air in Bangladesh on Monday after authorities cancelled its broadcast rights.


Naik's TV goes off air in Bangladesh


The Bangladesh government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV, a Mumbai-based channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation.


Dhaka decides to ban Zakir Naik's Peace TV


The Bangladeshi government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV, a Mumbai-based TV channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation.


Bangladesh bans Zakir Naik's Peace TV


Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV channel is not permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to downlink and warned the cable operators that action will be taken for transmitting the channel, the ministry said on Saturday.


Zakir Naik's Peace TV has no permission to downlink: I&B Ministry


The media in Delhi is always on the lookout for something controversial, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday, adding that it makes it difficult for him to even crack a joke while in the national capital.


Scared of speaking to controversy-seeking Delhi media: Parrikar


Vatican City, July 7 (IANS/AKI) A Vatican court on Thursday acquitted two Italian journalists who wrote tell-all books about mismanagement and graft within the Holy See but jailed a high-ranking cleric and a PR expert for leaking confidential documents on which the books were based.


Italian journalists cleared in Vatican leaks trial


Citing the matter to be sub-judice, Narada News editor in chief Mathew Samuel on Thursday urged the Kolkata police to withdraw the summons issued against him in connection with the probe into a sting operation that allegedly caught several Trinamool Congress leaders taking bribe.


Narada sting: Mathew Samuel seeks withdrawal of summons


Three police officers, including a station in-charge, in Bhopal were suspended for assaulting two journalists, police officials said on Wednesday.


3 police officers in Bhopal suspended for assaulting scribes


Accuracy is the paramount principle of trust, followed by timeliness and clarity, when it comes to news, a new study has said.


Accuracy of news paramount for people: Study


A three-member team of the Press Council of India (PCI) arrived here on Monday for a three-day visit, during which they will study the ground realities of the problems journalists face from security forces and insurgents and formulate some guidelines for the media in the insurgency-afflicted northeastern region.


PCI team in Manipur to interact with media, formulate guidelines


India must figure out how to earn international trust to get into the NSG instead of defaming China for its failure to do so, a Chinese daily said on Monday.


Stop defaming China, Chinese daily tells India


An Australian woman is set to face kidnapping charges in Lebanon following a botched child recovery operation with a television network.

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