Topic: ANI
Narendra Modi interview no exception. Indian media rarely asks PMs tough questions
PM Modi’s New Year’s Day interview with ANI has been criticised by some for what they say are ‘soft’ questions.
Editors Guild of India slams Rahul Gandhi for calling ANI editor-in-chief ‘pliable’
The Congress president had said ANI editor-in-chief Smita Prakash's interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was 'staged'.
Rahul Gandhi mocks Smita Prakash: Journalists under attack or part of partisan politics?
Rahul Gandhi is now the target of much ire for calling ANI editor Smita Prakash a ‘pliable journalist’ and describing her interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as staged. In the past, politicians have referred to journalists as "presstitutes" and "news traders".
ThePrint asks: Rahul Gandhi mocks Smita Prakash: Journalists under attack or part of partisan politics?
We have attacked biased ideologies, but never taken pot shots at individual journalists like Rahul Gandhi did
Sambit Patra
National spokesperson, BJP
Rahul Gandhi’s style of politics is condemnable. The interview of honourable Prime Minister Modi, which he was referring to, was completely unbiased in nature. It was highly unfair of him to call the interview “scripted”. As if that wasn’t enough, he then went ahead and attacked the interviewer by calling her “pliable”.
What was the need to attack the journalist personally? He took a very personal dig at her and it was most uncalled for. Journalists should...
Narendra Modi blew hot at election rallies, but was Mr Cool in his interview
His interviews offer a sharp contrast to his campaign speeches, and must be seen together to get a measure of Narendra Modi.
Industrialisation only hope to eliminate poverty in Africa
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Sri Lanka terror attack: Did the world let its guard down on ISIS?
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Defence
Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts
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Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.