If you are thinking of hiring someone through Facebook to remove your waste, think again.


Beware: 'Facebook fly-tippers' may leave you poorer


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A year after a local journalist accused two police officials here of misbehaving with him just because he was a Hindi-speaking non-Goan, an internal police enquiry has confirmed the allegation.


Goa cops misbehaved with scribe for speaking in Hindi


Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise stop in Pakistan to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif has made quite a splash here, with the US media hailing the significance of his "spontaneous personal diplomacy".


Modi's Pakistan visit makes a splash in US media


Fugitive Indian mafia don, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is not a permanent resident of Pakistan but does visit the country's financial capital Karachi, claimed Hameed Haroon, Pak media mogul and CEO of Dawn Group of Newspapers, here on Thursday.


Dawood does not live in Pakistan: Pak media mogul


There has been a sharp increase in the number of youngsters undergoing cosmetic surgeries just because they want to look better on social media platforms, doctors said.


Uptick in cosmetic surgeries linked to social media


So, despite your best efforts, your Instagram posts failed to go past a few hundred likes in 2015? Never mind, as to garner likes in millions either you have to be a famous personality (pop sensation or sports star), a hot and sexy girl or a cat! That's what results suggest.


Instagram loves hot girls and cats


Industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCOM) on Wednesday said that following the Indian telecom regulator's directive, the commercial launch of Facebook's Free Basics has been put on hold till it gets clearance.


RCOM puts on hold Free Basics launch


Veteran corporate communication professional and Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) governing council chairman N.D. Rajpal died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 71 and leaves behind two daughters.


Veteran PR professional Rajpal is no more


Amid a growing outcry over the recent emergence in Kabul of a Islamic State radio station, the Afghan spy agency arrested a journalist who allegedly worked for the station.


'IS journalist arrested in Afghanistan'


A whopping 95 percent of the teens, aged between 13 and 17 years, access the Internet while 76 percent of minors, below the age of 13, use YouTube daily, a new survey released here on Monday revealed.


76 percent kids below age 13 hooked to YouTube: Assocham


Consumers find it difficult to distinguish between online editorial content and paid advertising, a study has found.


Not many can recognise paid ads: Study


Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday directed the additional chief secretary (home) to probe an alleged assault on a senior journalist in the central jail in Patiala.


Senior Punjab officer to probe assault on journalist


What if Facebook already knows what you like, where you live, who you hang out with and recommends to you what to do? The social media giant's new feature does this only.


Now, Facebook tells you where to party


A senior journalist was allegedly assaulted inside a high-security prison on Saturday by Khalistani terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death sentence on terrorism charges, officials said.


Death row convict assaults journalist in Punjab prison


To get a real feel of what was happening during a certain period in history and how people really felt about the issues of the day, take a look at how the media covered the events that unfolded during that period.


Want a real feel of the past? Skim newspapers of the era


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A 'criminal' career in journalism (Book Review) 


Journalists must take necessary precautions while reporting the court proceedings, a division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed on Thursday.


Reporters must take precautions while reporting legal matters: HC


China supervises the "opinion field", a state-run daily admitted on Thursday, adding that the system does not include "arresting disobedient journalists".


China doesn't arrest 'disobedient' journalists, says daily


A total of 29 journalists were killed in violence-ridden Iraq in 2015, many of them executed by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, an Iraqi journalists' body said on Tuesday.


29 journalists killed in Iraq in 2015: Report


A cartoon depicting Indians eating solar panels published in an Australian daily on Monday has attracted strong criticism owing to its "racist" overtone, a media report said.


Australian daily's 'racist' cartoon shows Indians eating solar panels


Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani on Friday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his comment that "National Herald case is vendetta coming out of the prime minister's office", calling it an insult to democracy.

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