Shahid shoots ad with Priyanka
November 21st, 2011 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor, who is here after his Spanish vacation, is trying to complete his ad shoots before he finalises new film projects. In one of ... Read more...
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Opposition walks out in Kerala over assault on journalists
July 15th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) The Left-led opposition walked out of the Kerala assembly Friday to protest the assault on three television journalists over a report that a church-run medical college ... Read more...
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Two Reuters journalists missing in Syria
March 28th, 2011 - 4:24 am ICT by BNO News
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, the British news agency reported Sunday.Beirut-based producer Ayat Basma and cameraman Ezzat Baltaji, both Lebanese ... Read more...
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Handsome Vijender basks in fans’ adoration (Games Sidelights)
October 2nd, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) He has got the looks and, of course, the punches. Vijender Singh, who hit the headlines winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has a ... Read more...
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Media blackout as Italian journalists protest muzzle law
July 9th, 2010 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 8 (DPA) Italians are poised to face a dearth of news Friday, after journalists walked off the job Thursday to protest a recording and media muzzle law proposed by the ... Read more...
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Swedish ceremony remembers 137 journalists killed in 2009
May 30th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Alfred de Tavares
Stockholm, May 30 (IANS) A memorial service was held in the Swedish capital to remember 137 journalists, including four Indians, from 33 countries who died performing their professional duties ... Read more...
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US slams ex-ISI chief for blaming it for Bhutto’s assassination
April 22nd, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.22 (ANI): The United States has strongly objected to statements made by former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Hamid Gul, who had blamed the US for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's ... Read more...
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A bitten minister fights shy of media (Capital Buzz)
March 28th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Once bitten, twice shy. With an aggressive media seizing on every word he says and scanning his tweets for a juicy story, the minister, who created ... Read more...
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Hundreds protest beating of Hong Kong journalists in China
September 13th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 13 (DPA) Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong Sunday to protest the beating by police of three journalists from the city covering unrest in the western Chinese city ... Read more...
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Indonesia warns Australia over probe into journalists’ death
September 10th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Sep 10 (DPA) Indonesia warned Thursday that the move by Australian police to open a war crimes investigation into the deaths of five journalists allegedly killed by Indonesian troops in East ... Read more...
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Clinton’s North Korea trip may prove costly for the US
August 5th, 2009 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Aug.5 (ANI): An editorial in a South Korean daily has warned that North Korea could use the release of two American journalists as a direct bargaining chip with the United States ... Read more...
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Bill Clinton arrives in North Korea to secure release of Americans
August 4th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.4 (ANI): Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has arrived in North Korean capital Pyongyang to negotiate the release of two American television journalists who were sentenced to 12 years of hard ... Read more...
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US journalists admit to smear campaign, says North Korea
June 16th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 16 (DPA) Two US journalists jailed in North Korea have admitted their part in a "smear campaign" against the country, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
They entered ... Read more...
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Civilians flee last LTTE-held area in Sri Lanka (Third Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 16 (DPA) Civilians continued Saturday to pour out of the last rebel-held area in northeastern Sri Lanka after security forces Saturday took the final strip of coast held by Tamil ... Read more...
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UN calls civilian killings in Sri Lanka as ‘bloodbath’ (Second Lead, Changing dateline)
May 11th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) A senior UN official Monday spoke of a "bloodbath" following reports that nearly 400 civilians, including at least 100 children, were massacred in northern Sri Lanka at the ... Read more...
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Pak journalist association confers Freedom Award on Sherry Rehman
March 23rd, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar.28 (ANI): Pakistans former Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has been awarded the Freedom Award by the Association of Television Journalists.
Speaking on the sidelines of the launch and opening ... Read more...
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Police question journalists over NSUI documents
January 25th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Delhi Police has questioned three television journalists on suspicion that they may have taken some "important documents" from a meeting of the National Students Union of ... Read more...
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Scientology twist behind psychiatrist Persaud’s suspension
June 21st, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, June 21 (IANS) The manner in which Indian-origin psychiatrist Raj Persaud was suspended for misconduct has become controversial after it emerged that the complaints of plagiarism against him ... Read more...
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Philippine mayor arrested after helping free kidnapped TV crew
June 19th, 2008 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 19 (DPA) A town mayor and his son who helped negotiate for the release of three television journalists and a Muslim professor in the southern Philippines have been arrested for ... Read more...
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Militants free kidnapped TV crew in Philippines
June 18th, 2008 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Zamboanga City (The Philippines), June 18 (DPA) Islamic militants released two television journalists and a Muslim professor unhurt after holding them captive for nine days on a southern Philippine island, officials said ... Read more...
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Islamic militants release two captive soldiers in Philippines
June 13th, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 13 (DPA) Islamic militants Friday released two marine intelligence officers they held captive for two days on a southern Philippine island, a navy spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Arevalo said ... Read more...
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Money a critical factor for Indian news channels
March 25th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Money seems to have become a critical factor for Indian TV news channels as they go about doing their daily coverage of events, panellists at FICCI-Frames 2008 said ... Read more...
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Varanasi scribes protest attack on media
November 14th, 2007 - 8:19 am ICT by admin
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Bihar shutdown successful, says Rabri Devi (lead: Bihar shutdown
November 14th, 2007 - 8:18 am ICT by admin
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