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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicMedia trial

Topic: media trial

Media led by Zee editor, reporters made her an accused—Subhash Chandra’s apology to Rhea Chakraborty

Week after CBI closure report in Sushant Singh Rajput case, Zee founder Chandra in X post said 'others followed Zee News', and as mentor, advised them 'to be brave and apologise'.

SC tells govt to prep manual on media briefings by police — ‘balance of right to know & fair trial’

While hearing 2008 PIL, SC said reportage implicating a person being probed could impinge on their ‘personal dignity’. At the same time, media & consumers have a right to know, it said.

News watchdog slams ‘media trial’ of Umar Khalid, orders Zee, India TV, Aaj Tak to remove videos

Zee News, Zee Hindustan, India TV & Aaj Tak ‘violated principles of impartiality, objectivity’ in five 2020 telecasts, News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has said.

TV is an idiot, it hasn’t learnt from SSR coverage. Nikita Jacob, Disha Ravi new targets

‘Nobody knows what’s true anymore,’ says a friend of Disha Ravi. That’s the truth of this week’s news coverage on the ‘toolkit conspiracy’.

Why Bombay High Court’s fury on Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial is misdirected

In episode 665 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta decodes how the Mumbai High Court unfairly generalised the entire media for the actions of a few TV news channels.

Freedom of speech and expression ‘most abused right’ — what Bombay HC said on ‘media trial’

Hearing PILs on the role of electronic media in reporting on Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the court said ‘media trial’ during criminal investigations can lead to contempt action.

Vinod Khanna’s Achanak is a philosophical look at the duty of medical and legal professionals

Written and directed by Gulzar, Achanak takes off from the sensational Nanavati case that was India's first brush with a media trial and a high-profile crime of passion.

Dear viewer, you supported Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial. Republic TV, Times Now TRPs show

On the three days that Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the NCB, the live feed began outside her home by 9 am and continued till 11 pm.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.