New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Well-known Indian journalist Prabhash Joshi, 72, died following a heart attack here late Thursday. His demise was widely mourned as the passing away of a "fearless ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Thursday termed as a "gross violation of the constitution" the Kerala government guidelines to departments regarding interaction ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) With less than a year left for its start, the government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget to Rs.1,620 crore (Rs.16.2 billion/$344 million). ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Thursday said the government was assessing the request of media houses to scale up FDI from the existing 26 to ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget, saying more money was needed for security, creating a better environment, sponsorship and television ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The government Thursday more than doubled the 2010 Commonwealth Games budget to Rs.1,620 crore (Rs.16.2 billion / $344 million) from Rs.767 crore. The decision was taken at ...

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Colors TV channel is in trouble again, this time for its drama "Na Aana Is Desh Ladoo". The information and broadcasting ministry has sent the channel ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With a deluge of notices to TV channels for violating programme code, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday said the electronic media needed to follow ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday vigorously defended the right of tribals on forest land and said that "unscrupulous elements mislead and use them to ...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni Friday said no more TV channels would be allowed to go on air till the formation of a regulatory ...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Six union ministers landed up in the city, a centrally-administered union territory (UT) that is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, for one reason or the ...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Lashing out at Chandigarh administrator S.F. Rodrigues, who is also the Punjab governor, union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Friday accused him of playing into the hands of ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday approved three new schemes that would provide drinking water and better urban infrastructure in the areas that houses minority communities. Information and ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday sanctioned Rs.300 crore to develop a leather park to provide the industry with infrastructure at one place and ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved the constitution of the 19th Law Commission for a term of three years. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the terms ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved 50 percent reservation of seats in urban local bodies for women, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said. Soni said the ministry ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday discussed a proposal for the dissolution of the Jharkhand assembly but the decision in this regard has not been made public till ...

The 55th National Awards ceremony was held yesterday at New Delhi. Actor Prakash Raj, Priyadarshan were honoured by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India. Prakash Raj was honoured as "Best Actor' ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday dismissed as "baseless and false" Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues' allegations linking her and her family to the land allotted ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said that there is the vital need to evolve a mechanism to address broadcasting concerns in the country. ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday said she was hopeful of cabinet approval for phase III of FM radio that will also include first-ever broadcast ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday unveiled a plan for complete digitalisation of television in India with a likely approval of a satellite-based cable distribution ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Ruling out censorship or content regulation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday called for setting up an independent mechanism that will balance the freedom of ...

Mumbai, Oct 20(IANS) Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh's "The Informant", a dark political comedy based on true events, will open 11th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) staring Oct 29, the festival ...

Srinagar, Oct 13(ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Tuesday announced that a high power television transmitters (HPTs) will be set up in the border regions of Jammu and ...

Srinagar, Oct 13 (IANS) The government gives high priority to improving the quality of television and radio transmission in Jammu and Kashmir, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said here Tuesday. Speaking ...

Chandigarh, Oct 12 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday asked the state police chief to investigate the incident of "blasphemy" by a TV channel, which allegedly made certain objectionable ...

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor appears to be putting bad publicity over his "cattle class" tweets far behind. He has now become the ...

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) With reports of some cable operators showing illegal channels, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Friday said she has written to Home Minister P. Chidambaram and ...

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Saturday congratulated legendary playback singer Manna Dey for being named for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, saying it was "richly ...