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‘Can’t use state force to browbeat opinion’: SC on Bengal decision to scrap FIRs against OpIndia

Apex court says journalists ‘suffer consequences of what is already in public domain', urges political class to introspect on ‘debasement in dialogues’.

SC stays criminal proceedings against 2 women journalists over Tripura violence reports

Last month, Tripura Police had registered the FIRs alleging that the reports of the journalists promoted enmity between groups and spread communal hatred by publishing 'baseless' news.

Indian voters care about ideas. But they are not telling pollsters that

In ‘Whole Numbers and Half Truths’, Rukmini S writes why journalists can’t capture motivation of voters.

‘Blatant censorship’ — Press Club complains of ‘restrictions’ on media in Parliament

New Delhi: The Press Club of India (PCI) has expressed disappointment and hurt at the deactivation of the press gallery passes of journalists covering...

2 women journalists, arrested by Tripura Police for covering communal violence, get bail

Samriddhi Sakunia & Swarna Jha were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gomati district, who granted them bail on bonds of Rs 7,500.

Nobel Peace Prize for journalists is a reminder that freedom of the press is under threat

Three decades after the downfall of totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, forces of darkness and intolerance are on the march.

All you need to know about Pakistan’s media bill that Amnesty, others are wary of

Many Pakistani media organisations have opposed the PMDA. Dawn newspaper called the proposed law 'no less than a declaration of war against journalists'.

Pakistani journalists are protesting Imran Khan’s ‘black’ law. Shehbaz Sharif is all ears

The proposed regulatory body, PMDA, will have the authority to impose sanctions on media entities in case these rules are violated.

SC asks 3 journalists of The Wire to move Allahabad HC for quashing FIRs lodged in UP

The apex court granted interim protection to them but observed that Supreme Court can't create a separate avenue for journalists to directly come to it for quashing of FIRs.

Govt approves Rs 5.05 crore for families of 101 journalists who died due to Covid

MoS for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha that an amount of Rs 5 lakh each will be provided to the families of these journalists.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?