The Indian media is functioning freely and vigorously despite problem areas such as criminal defamation and sedition and aberrations such as paid news, veteran journalist N. Ravi, the publisher of The Hindu group of newspapers, has said, adding that few vocations can compare with the excitement of working in a newsroom.


Indian media functioning freely and vigorously despite aberrations like fake news: N. Ravi


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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday sought exemplary punishment to whoever raped a minor in Bandipora district as widespread protests rocked the Kashmir Valley, shutting down businesses and educational institutions.


Amid protests, J&K Governor seeks exemplary punishment for rapist


A controversial anti-gay and anti-Semitic US preacher has become the first person to be banned from Ireland under a 20-year-old Act, a media report said on Monday.


Ireland bans anti-gay US preacher


The Centre on Monday moved a plea in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order quashing the cadre allocation of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the 2018 batch. The apex court will hear the matter on May 17.


SC to hear plea on quashing cadre allocation by Delhi HC


The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking to prepone polling hours from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m. for the remaining phases of the general election.


SC declines to reschedule polling due to Ramzan, heat wave


Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi on Monday slammed Kamal Haasan over his "first terrorist was Hindu" remark, saying the actor-politician should not divide the country.


Let's not divide India: Vivek Oberoi tells Kamal Haasan


The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday voiced strong opposition to the granting of permission to companies like Vedanta and the ONGC to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for drilling hydro-carbon wells in Tamil Nadu.


CPI opposes hydro-carbon project in Tamil Nadu


BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma on Monday moved the Supreme Court against her arrest last week for allegedly sharing on social media a meme of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.


Mamata meme: Arrested BJP activist moves Supreme Court


Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday summoned a high-level meeting to discuss the country's $6 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which was finalized following months of negotiations between the two sides.


Imran calls meeting to discuss $6bn IMF deal


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 5 lakh pucca houses for the cyclone-affected people in the state.


Odisha seeks 5 lakh pucca houses for cyclone-hit people


Mohammadpur Umri in Allahabad is known as the village of twins. The village has over 150 pairs of twins, almost all of them identical. Fifty-five twins are eligible to vote.


Polling brings double trouble in village of twins


A polling agent was arrested for interfering with the voting process in a booth in Haryana's Faridabad.


Poll agent held for influencing voters in Haryana


It was a close shave for actor-turned politician Sunny Deol on Monday, when one of the tyres of the sport utility vehicle he was travelling in burst on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur national highway, police said.


Close shave for actor Sunny Deol while campaigning


White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow has said that there was a "strong possibility" that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan next month.


Trump-Xi meet likely in June at G20 summit


US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are likely to meet in Japan next month during the G20 economic summit amid rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies, a senior White House official has said.


Trump, Xi likely to meet next month: White House official


Amid "sporadic violence" that left 26 people injured, firing by central forces at five places, and lodging of FIRs against two BJP candidates, West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab on Sunday said the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state passed off "peacefully".


Bengal polls 'peaceful', says EC; FIRs against two BJP candidates


Representatives of 20 election bodies from across the world witnessed the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and around, the Election Commission said on Sunday.


Election officials from 20 countries witnessing LS polls: EC


A delegation of Assam Congress Legislature Party (ACLP) here on Sunday submitted a memorandum to Prateek Hajela, state coordinator of National Register Of Citizens (NRC), regarding the harassment faced by religious and linguistic minorities during the NRC claims and objections process.


Assam Congress alleges harassment in NRC process


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced the establishment of a new Jewish settlement in the occupied Syrian territory of Golan Heights, honouring US President Donald Trump.


Israel announces Golan Heights settlement in Trump's honour


Warning of strict action against those responsible for an act of desecration in Sangrur district, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the divisive forces that had tried to polarise the state ahead of the state Assembly elections in 2017 were rearing their heads again.


Sacrilege an attempt to polarise Sikh votes: Punjab CM


When Akhilesh Yadav was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, he set a Guinness world record for planting 50 million saplings in a day. Not to be outdone, last year (2018-19) the present Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, set a target of nine crore saplings by August 15.

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