press freedom
- Hyderabad
Jamia Nizamia files complaint against Hyderabad local news channel
Hyderabad: The Hussainialam Police, on Tuesday night (September 8), lodged a criminal case against Hyderabad’s local news and YouTube channel Meem TV News for alleged trespass and breach of the peace. A…
- Opinions
Media professionals have no dignity left in India
Two female journalists who were brutally assaulted by the Delhi Police at the Saket Police Station on September 3 have become a talking point in the country. The discussion is whether any…
- Hyderabad
Media trust crisis: Journalists call for more depth, less noise
Hyderabad: Veteran journalists, fact-checkers and media personalities from digital news platforms came together at the Press Club of Hyderabad for a panel discussion on Sunday, August 23, to discuss the ethics crisis…
- Hyderabad
Need of the hour: Press clubs unite to defend press freedom
Hyderabad: Stressing the need for free speech and journalists’ rights more than ever, members of prominent press clubs across India came together to form the Federation of Press Clubs (FPC). It was…
- World
Norwegian journalist’s Instagram account suspended after questioning Modi
Norwegian journalist, Helle Lyng on Wednesday, May 20, said that her Instagram account has been suspended. The suspension comes a day after she questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference,…
- Telangana
SIT seeks retraction of report from Telugu daily in phone tapping case
Hyderabad: In a move that raises concerns about press freedom, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing an illegal telephone tapping case on Tuesday, May 19, issued a legal notice to Telugu daily Namasthe…
- India
Norway journalist asks why Modi does not brief media, gets rude response from MEA
A question on human rights violations and why Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to hold a press conference back home and abroad led to tense moments between a Norwegian journalist…
- World
Norway journo questions PM Modi over avoiding questions from media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to take questions from journalists during his visit to Norway has triggered debate over press freedom and diplomatic media norms, after Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng repeatedly raised…
- India
Dainik Jagran editor to face trial for branding J-K man ‘terror associate’
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that falsely branding a person as having links to terrorists amounts to criminal defamation, observing that such a portrayal “lowers the…
- India
India took minimum steps to curb human rights violations: US report
The Indian government took “minimal credible steps or action to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses,” states the 2024 United States Report on Human Rights Practices in India report,…
- India
Media’s freedom of speech cannot trample right to privacy: Kerala HC
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Thursday held that freedom of speech and expression available to the press and media could not trample on the right to dignity, reputation and privacy available to…
- India
Editors Guild condemns FIR on The Hindu journalist over ‘confidential’ docs
Hyderabad: The Editors Guild of India (EGI), on October 28, condemned Gujarat police over the case against The Hindu’s correspondent Mahesh Langa for possessing documents of the Gujarat government’s maritime board. The…
- India
PCI notice to Caravan over story on ‘Indian Army’s torture of civilians’
The Press Council of India (PCI) has sent a show cause notice to The Caravan, over its story in the February 2024 edition titled “Screams from the Army Post”, an investigative about…
- India
Outcry over arrest of senior journalist in Gujarat
Journalist bodies in the country have raised concerns over the arrest of The Hindu’s Gujarat correspondent Mahesh Langa by the state police in an alleged tax evasion case lodged by the directorate…
- India
Editors Guild seeks Rahul’s support in raising issues of press freedom
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Saturday sought Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s support in raising issues of press freedom and right to information in Parliament and claimed the government has…
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