‘Censorship on journalists a threat to democracy’
May 2nd, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Violence and censorship against mediapersons are a "threat" to democracy and also constrains their ability to operate freely, an international body of journalists said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Mumbai sports scribes sweep team titles at national meet
March 24th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 24 (IANS) Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai (SJAM) picked up two more team titles at the 36th National Convention of the Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) here.SJAM ... Read more...
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Don’t turn back clock on journalists rights, Maldives urged
February 10th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has urged the new authorities in the Maldives to respect the right of journalists to go about their work without fear ... Read more...
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Unesco to help draft Myanmar media law
February 4th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Feb 4 (IANS) Myanmar will draft a media law with help from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the official media reported Saturday.The information ministry is drafting ... Read more...
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IFJ concerned over hostility against media in Maldives
January 21st, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Jan 21 (IANS) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed concern over the recent escalation of hostile rhetoric towards media in the Maldives.IFJ joined its affiliate, the Maldives ... Read more...
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Journalist gunned down in Mexico
January 9th, 2012 - 9:14 am ICT by IANS
Mexico, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) A reporter for the La Ultima Palabra newspaper in Mexico has been shot dead by several gunmen, police said.Raul Regulo Garza Quirino was gunned down while ... Read more...
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Sports journalist S.K.Sham dead
November 28th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) Veteran sports journalist S. K. Sham passed away here Monday. He was 71 and is survived by his wife.Sham, a former president of the Mumbai Press ... Read more...
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Probe ordered after tricolour found on garbage heap
November 17th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 17 (IANS) Panaji's municipal corporation has ordered a probe Thursday after a national flag was found dumped in a garbage heap in the civic authority's premises.
Mayor Yatin Parekh ... Read more...
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How Commonwealth can battle global financial crisis
October 24th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Commonwealth countries are mulling trade pacts, debt financing flows and technological cooperation to beat the global financial crisis.Diplomats of leading Commonwealth nations who interacted with ... Read more...
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Mumbai police get cracking in journalist murder case
June 14th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 14 (IANS) Under pressure from the government and media organizations, the Mumbai police got cracking on the investigations into journalist Jyotirmoy Dey's murder, transferring an assistant commissioner ... Read more...
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Chavan rules out CBI probe, media threaten stir on scribe killing
June 13th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Media organisations in Mumbai Monday toughened their stand and threatened to launch an agitation after June 15 as Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan rejected a Central ... Read more...
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Slain journalist cremated in Mumbai (Lead)
June 12th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, who used to report on the Mumbai mafia and was apparently shot dead by the underworld a day earlier, was cremated here ... Read more...
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CJA condemns journalist Dey’s murder
June 12th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has condemned the murder of Jyotendra Dey, a Mumbai journaliast who specialised in reporting crime and exposing the underworld's activities.It ... Read more...
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Gilani gifts cameras to journalists
June 6th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) All 52 members of the Photo Journalists Association in Pakistan's Multan city are to get a digital camera each, courtesy Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.The ... Read more...
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‘Press photography in Goa’s illegal mines risky’
June 3rd, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 2 (IANS) Press photography in Goa's hinterland pockmarked by open cast iron ore mines is fraught with risk due to the illegal mining mafia, according to the head ... Read more...
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India’s oldest hockey Olympian laid to rest (Lead, superseeding earlier story)
June 2nd, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 2 (IANS) The funeral of Joseph "Joe" Galibardy, the oldest surviving member of India's 1936 Olympic hockey team, took place here Tuesday.The 96-year-old Galibardy passed away May 14 ... Read more...
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1936 hockey gold medallist passes away
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 2 (IANS) Joseph 'Joe' Galibardy, the oldest surviving member of India's 1936 Olympic hockey team, passed away here Tuesday.Galibardy, 96, played at left-half for the Indian team that ... Read more...
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Pakistani journalist’s killing outrages CJA
June 2nd, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 1 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) Wednesday expressed outrage over the slaying of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and urged the Pakistan government to do all ... Read more...
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CJA condemns detention of Mumbai journalist
May 28th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 28 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has condemned the arrest and detention of Indian journalist Tarakant Dwivedi after he reported on poor security conditions at the Chhatrapati ... Read more...
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Journalists condemn attack on Goa press photographers
May 27th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Police remained mute spectators when press photographers were manhandled while taking pictures of the violence in Goa in which two tribal youths were charred to ... Read more...
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Indian journalist defends WikiLeaks at British parliament
January 15th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 15 (IANS) Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange "do not deserve to be treated like common criminals" for upholding "such precious freedom" that does not exist in many ... Read more...
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Police face media fury over Patil’s beach photo
January 7th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 7 (IANS) The hauling of three photojournalists to the police station who photographed President Pratibha Patil while she was sunning herself at a Goa beach during a private visit ... Read more...
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Photo journalists summoned over snapping president on Goa beach
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) Three photo journalists were Wednesday summoned by the police for taking photographs of President Pratibha Patil on a Goa beach. A photo journalists association here, however, called ... Read more...
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Photographers heckle PIB official for taking centrestage at events
November 26th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 26 (IANS) Organisers of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) were in for embarrassment after irate photographers heckled a senior Press Information Bureau (PIB) official for "aesthetically spoiling" ... Read more...
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Blasphemy laws being misused in Pakistan: Asma Jahangir
November 22nd, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22(ANI): Pakistan's noted human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has said that blasphemy laws were being misused in the country and have caused negative impressions about the country abroad.Speaking at ... Read more...
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Brave Sri Lankan, Russian, Gabonese fighters against injustice win ‘integrity’ award
November 13th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 13 (ANI): A Sri Lankan journalist, a Russian lawyer and a Gabonese activist have been named as joint winners of a global award for integrity.According to the BBC, anti-corruption watchdog ... Read more...
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First Indian women’s’ team returns from S. Arabia with a few surprises
October 27th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 27 (ANI): Six eminent Indian women from different walks of life, who undertook a week-long visit of Saudi Arabia from October 8 to 14 with the objective of improving ... Read more...
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Pak wants economic growth through global trade, not aid: Gilani
October 25th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 25(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government is focused on economic growth through enhanced global trade."Pakistan is consistently seeking access to America and European ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia educating its women for jobs: Louise Khurshid
October 24th, 2010 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A gentle wind of change is blowing through the socio-economic and gender mosaic of Saudi Arabia as the orthodox Islamic kingdom opens up to ... Read more...
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Indian womens’ team on bilateral visit of S. Arabia
October 8th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): A six-member Indian womens' delegation is currently on a week-long visit of Saudi Arabia from October 8 to 14 to improve bilateral relations and establish better people-to-people ... Read more...
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Indian women’s delegation to visit Saudi Arabia
October 6th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A six-member Indian women's delegation will visit Saudi Arabia Oct 8-14 to improve bilateral relations and establish better people-to-people contacts between the two countries, a Saudi ... Read more...
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UK minister wants unemployed Brit youths to be sent to India
September 19th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 19 (ANI): British Cabinet Minister Vince Cable has stirred controversy by suggesting that unemployed young Britons should be sent to India to find work, and jokingly added, that he ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Journalists Association’s Australia chief dead
September 6th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 6 (IANS) Pieter Wessels, president of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) in Australia and a long-time member of the CJA international executive committee, is dead. He was 71, authorities said. ... Read more...
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Goa scribes boycotts press meet on Queen’s Baton Relay
September 5th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 5 (IANS) A journalists' group in Goa Sunday boycotted Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's press conference in Margao to announce the itinerary for the Queen's Baton Relay, scheduled to be held ... Read more...
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Kashmir issue root cause of terrorism in South Asia: Lodhi
July 21st, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): A former Pakistani diplomat has described the decades old Kashmir issue as the root cause of terrorism in South Asia, adding that the recent violent protests in the ... Read more...
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