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January 31, 2014

IRS 2013 has shocking anomalies defying logic

The following is the text of the statement issued by leading publications on the Indian Readership Survey (IRS 2013). We, the leading newspapers of the country, condemn the newly p... »
January 31, 2014

IRS 2013 — a survey riddled with errors

The Indian Readership Survey 2013, which has come out with estimates of the readership of various newspapers is, in relation to The Hindu, so riddled with inconsistencies and with findings that de... »
January 28, 2014

Whose journalism is it anyway?

Journalists of Bastar are often exposed to serious security threats by Maoists who want to release a statement or by the police who want to gather information »
January 20, 2014

World's mirrors

The papers are instrumental in bringing the world within our reach every morning. I think most of you understood what am I speaking about. Yes! The newspapers. A newspaper is a mirror of the world... »
Kochi, January 5, 2014

Manmohan lauds the role of print media

Says the Malayalam daily 'Mathrubhumi' was an example of such journalism in the country that the people have trusted it for so long »
KADAPA, December 31, 2013

Kadapa scribes cry foul in grant of accreditations

District Collector promises to convene a meeting within a couple of days »
December 21, 2013

News Corp. buys start-up Storyful

News Corp., the newspaper publisher and media company, said on Friday that it acquired Storyful, a company that gathers user-generated news and video, for $25 million to help it grow its digital an... »
December 18, 2013

Delhi High Court verdict on citizenship of newspaper editors

The Delhi High Court on December 17, 2013 dismissed a public interest litigation by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy urging it to pass a direction to rectify “a lacuna in the Press and Registration of... »
NEW YORK, December 11, 2013

Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year

The magazine's managing editor Nancy Gibbs said the Pope had changed the tone, the perception and focus of one of the world’s largest institutions in an extraordinary way. »
London, December 10, 2013

Award reflects a yearning for transparency

Interestingly enough, the last person to win the poll was Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning, who was a precursor to Mr. Snowden in the whistleblowing game. »
Chennai, January 31, 2014

The Hindu, others want IRS 2013 withdrawn

The Hindu and other leading national publications have demanded that the Indian Readership Survey 2013 be withdrawn, because of ‘shocking anomalies’ in its estimates. It also compl... »
BEIJING, January 28, 2014

NYT reporter to leave China

Chinese authorities have said that a reporter with The New York Times will have to leave the country on Thursday, with the authorities declining to issue him a visa amid a continuing stand-... »
January 27, 2014

The enigma of terminology

Last week there was a story filed from Islamabad on trade between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control. Some readers have taken objection to the use of the terms ‘Indian occupied Kashmir’... »
New Delhi, January 16, 2014

Ban on media reporting of intern’s charges

Revisit law to fix deadline for filing sexual harassment complaint: Justice Singh »
Panaji, January 4, 2014

Tejpal’s bail plea to be heard in-camera in part

However, prosecution will reply in open court »
NEW DELHI, December 23, 2013

Veteran journalist Pran Chopra is dead

Veteran journalist and the former editor of The Statesman, Pran Chopra (92), passed away here on Sunday after a brief illness. In the course of his over six-decade-old career, Mr. Chopra wa... »
Thiruvananthapuram, December 19, 2013

Expressions unlimited

Penumbra, brainchild of Vignesh Ramaswamy, is an online platform for youth to express themselves »
HYDERABAD, December 12, 2013

Canara Bank seeks court order to attach DCHL properties

DCHL’s total liabilities towards different financial entities are estimated to be about Rs.5,000 crore. »
NEW DELHI, December 11, 2013

Diversity of opinion missing in media: Jaipal Reddy

Press freedom is crucial but it should be used responsibly, says former CJI Anand »
December 9, 2013

Nationalism and free press

Some defining moments happened last week. We lost Nelson Mandela. We heard The Guardian editor defending his paper in exposing the overreach of spying agencies before the British Parliament...

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