Union minister accuses NYT of spreading lies after opinion piece on India’s shrinking media freedom

Anurag Thakur described the piece written by the executive editor of ‘The Kashmir Times’ about restrictions on information flow in the Valley as mischievous.

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· Mar 10, 2023 · 02:10 pm

Mohammad Zubair gets flurry of online threats after busting misinformation on migrant worker attacks

His fact-checks had led to police cases against an Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesperson, Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar and two OpIndia staffers.

Alishan Jafri

· Mar 10, 2023 · 07:30 am

Income tax surveys at BBC offices continue for third day

A senior advisor with the information and broadcasting ministry claimed the searches were unrelated to the BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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· Feb 16, 2023 · 02:09 pm

Income Tax survey at BBC offices continues for second day

The British media house asked the members of its broadcast department to come to the offices on Wednesday, while others have been told to work from home.

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· Feb 15, 2023 · 01:42 pm

After tax survey at BBC India offices, US says it supports freedom of press

The Income Tax Department officials were still at the BBC bureaus late on Tuesday.

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· Feb 15, 2023 · 08:54 am

‘Undeclared emergency’: Opposition criticises Centre after tax survey at BBC offices

The Editors Guild said that this trend of searches at media houses ‘undermines constitutional democracy’.

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· Feb 14, 2023 · 04:16 pm

Income Tax officials conduct survey at BBC offices after release of Gujarat riots documentary

At 9 pm, nearly nine hours after the survey started, the officials were still present at the BBC offices.

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· Feb 14, 2023 · 12:53 pm

Jailed journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh has been falsely charged, says UN human rights body

The Jharkhand-based independent journalist has been in jail since July on the allegation that he had arranged funds for Maoists.

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· Jan 06, 2023 · 01:40 pm

POCSO case: No criminality found against journalist Mohammed Zubair, say Delhi Police

In 2020, Zubair had posted a tweet questioning an abusive social media user if it was appropriate for him to use his grand daughter's photo as profile picture.

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· Jan 06, 2023 · 08:22 am

As seven journalists remain jailed, India continues to draw criticism over treatment of media: CPJ

In its annual report, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that across the world, a record number of 363 journalists were behind bars as of December 1.

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· Dec 15, 2022 · 02:50 pm

News18 journalist held after man throws ink at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil

The Mumbai Press Club accused Patil of using police to intimidate Govind Wakade, who was released a day later.

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· Dec 12, 2022 · 08:10 am

‘Disproportionate’: Legal experts criticise Delhi Police’s search and seizure against ‘The Wire’

On Monday, the police confiscated phones and computers belonging to employees of the news website in several locations.

Umang Poddar

· Nov 02, 2022 · 09:00 am