Telangana: Committee to Protect Journalists demands immediate release of former TV9 CEO Ravi Prakash

Three days before Prakash was arrested on fraud charges, an industrialist allegedly asked him to take down two interviews in which he was accused of corruption.

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· Oct 09, 2019 · 06:01 pm

For foreign journalists, government cites visa rule to restrict access to Assam and J&K

A journalist from the Associated Press returned from Assam after being told that the visit needed prior permission.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Sep 04, 2019 · 08:22 pm

Editors Guild condemns UP government for booking journalist who recorded video of poor school meal

The guild said it was shocking that instead of fixing what was wrong, the government took action against the reporter.

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· Sep 02, 2019 · 08:31 pm

J&K: Press Council reverses position, will oppose media curbs in Supreme Court

The council said it had formed a sub-committee to study the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

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· Aug 27, 2019 · 09:52 pm

Jay Shah defamation case: ‘The Wire’ withdraws its plea from Supreme Court, says will stand trial

The news website had sought the quashing of the defamation cases filed by Amit Shah’s son.

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· Aug 27, 2019 · 07:47 pm

Editors Guild of India asks Press Council to rescind decision to support media restrictions in J&K

The guild said the council had failed to speak up for press freedom and was ‘perversely arguing for a media clampdown in the name of national interest’.

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· Aug 27, 2019 · 06:58 pm

J&K: Press Council chief didn’t consult colleagues before supporting media curbs in SC, say members

The organisation had told the top court that the media ban was ‘in the interest of the integrity and sovereignty of the nation’.

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· Aug 26, 2019 · 08:17 am

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· Aug 15, 2019 · 04:07 pm

Supreme Court to hear The Wire’s plea against defamation case by Jay Shah on August 27

Jay Shah had filed two cases – one criminal defamation case and the other a civil lawsuit of Rs 100 crore – against the website.

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· Jul 27, 2019 · 08:04 am

UP: Bail granted to editor of news channel that aired alleged defamatory content about Adityanath

Anuj Shukla got bail in a case of fraud and forgery that was filed as the channel reportedly did not possess broadcast licence. He was arrested last month.

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· Jul 24, 2019 · 09:16 am

‘Anti-national coverage’: There is a quiet crackdown on the local press in Kashmir

Government ads, the mainstay of the leading newspapers, have been pulled. Editors and reporters have been detained and questioned.

Safwat Zargar

· Jul 19, 2019 · 09:00 am

SC stays proceedings in Madras HC in case against Tamil magazine ‘Nakkheeran’ for report on governor

The Raj Bhavan had complained against the magazine’s reportage of the alleged sex scandal at Madurai Kamaraj University last year.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 03:10 pm