Jammu and Kashmir's criminal investigation department (CID) late Tuesday evening registered an FIR against a journalist for posting inflammatory content on his Facebook social networking account.


J-K police file FIR against scribe for Facebook post


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A new browser extension makes reactions expressed on social networking site Facebook a little more fun by allowing users to react to news through a wide range of emojis featuring US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.


Now, have fun with new Trump emojis on Facebook


The US has described Turkey's decision to seize control of the country's largest newspaper as "troubling".


Decision to seize Turkish newspaper 'troubling': US


Turkish police have raided the offices of Zaman, the country's biggest newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control.


Turkey police raid press office in Istanbul


Three of the five Hong Kong booksellers, detained in China, will be freed in a few days shortly after they confessed on television, the media reported on Thursday.


Three detained Hong Kong booksellers to be released


The illegal trade in iconic and threatened animal species in Asia is growing unabated on social media platforms like Facebook, a leading wildlife trade monitoring network claimed on Thursday.


Trade in threatened species thriving on Facebook: Report


The Allahabad High Court (HC) has stayed for a period of three months the installation of television set top boxes (STB) in the state, an official said on Thursday.


Allahabad HC stays mandatory installation of set-top boxes


In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack while covering the grisly killings of a 14-member family and died soon after, police said here on Sunday.


TV cameraman dies while covering Thane family murder


A detained Palestinian journalist announced he is ending a three-month hunger strike after reaching a deal with Israeli authorities, his lawyer said on Friday.


Palestinian journalist held by Israel ends hunger strike


Two Turkish journalists were freed on Friday following 92 days in prison on terrorism charges.


Turkish scribes released after 92 days in jail


The social media giant Facebook on Friday launched Canvas -- a new full-screen, immersive mobile ad experience that loads nearly instantaneously when someone taps on a news feed ad -- for advertisers across the world.


Facebook launches Canvas to bring life into mobile ads


The Supreme Court on Thursday barred the media from reporting the proceedings for making agitators accountable for the destruction of public and private properties during agitations as they were "sensitive".


SC bars media from reporting proceedings in agitators' accountability


Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday condemned the violence in the Patiala House Court and promised action if Delhi Police was found doing "injustice" in the case.


I condemn Patiala House Court violence: Rajnath


Kottayam-headquartered Mangalam group, which publishes a daily newspaper and several magazines, has said it will soon launch a TV news channel in Malayalam.


New Malayalam news channel to be launched soon


United Nations, Ban Ki-moon

According to its reports, NSA eavesdropped on a meeting between Ban Ki-moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Wikileaks reveals NSA spying on world leaders

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The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Monday said it was "seriously concerned" over what it said was harassment by police of journalists covering the JNU story.


DUJ concerned over harassment of journalists


A senior Iranian military official on Monday warned the BBC against interfering in the country's upcoming elections, urging the foreign ministry to react immediately.


Iranian army warns BBC against meddling in polls


Micro-blogging website Twitter has more active users in Japan than Facebook, which is much larger globally, according to a media report.


Twitter is bigger than Facebook in Japan


The Congress on Friday accused the BJP and the RSS of raising nationalism "as a bogey to repress students and gag campuses" and said it was totally unacceptable.


Congress accuses BJP of gagging students


Hundreds of lawyers marched from the Patiala House court complex to India Gate here on Friday and demanded action against certain JNU students whom they dubbed "anti-national".


Lawyers hold protest march to counter JNU demonstrations


Delhi BJP legislator O.P. Sharma was on Thursday granted bail by Delhi Police after his formal arrest in an assault case.

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