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Nepal-India ties are deep-rooted: Nepal Transport Minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhanusha [Nepal], Oct 17 (RSS/ANI): Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal, Raghubir Mahaseth while talking to the Nepali and Indian journalists at Jayanagar on Tuesday said that the relations between Nepal and India are deep-rooted.
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"Women scribes not so innocent to be misused"
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): In a statement that could possibly stir up a controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Madhya Pradesh women wing chief Lata Ketkar said that she does not consider women journalists so "innocent" that they could be misused by anyone.
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Yangon govt defends move to arrest journalists in Myanmar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Oct 12 (ANI/Mizzima): Defending the arrests of journalists from Eleven Media, the Yangon Region government in a statement claimed that the journalists were prosecuted for reporting based on wrong facts.
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Editors Guild expresses concern over reports of sexual misconduct in media
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Taking note of alleged sexual harassment and assault on women journalists by their men colleagues, Editors Guild of India has condemned all "predatory conduct by such men".
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IWPC raises concern over allegations of sexual misconduct in media
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Expressing concern over rising instances of sexual misconduct in the media fraternity, Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) on Monday extended support to all the women journalists and employees who have faced sexual harassment.
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Didn't shift presser for PM Modi's rally: EC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 06 (ANI): Facing criticism from political parties over allegedly deferring its press conference to suit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Ajmer, Rajasthan, sources in Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that it was done to facilitate the journalis
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Pak police stop scribes from questioning Sharif
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 4 (ANI): The police in Islamabad barred journalists from posing questions to former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif as he appeared before the Accountability Court here on Thursday.
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Anti-journalist violence continues unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 14 (ANI): The number of Pakistani journalists being killed due to matters related to their profession is not an apt reflection of the violence against journalists and the state of their security in the country.
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Suu Kyi defends arrest of Reuters journalists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the verdict on the arrest of the two Reuters journalists who were investigating the Rohingya crisis in the country. She was speaking at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
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Egyptian court jails Photojournalist Shawkan for 5 years
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Sep 08 (ANI): Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as 'Shawkan', was convicted earlier today and sentenced to serve five years in prison. He, however, will be released in next few days as he has already served the time in pre-trial detention.
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'Journalism is dying out in Pakistan'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 8 (ANI): Pakistan-based journalists have said that they are being silenced through various means, with scribes being blindfolded and beaten up mercilessly. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom advocacy organisation, has taken note of t
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Myanmar journalists get 7 years' imprisonment for breaching official secre
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Sept 3 (ANI): Two Reuters journalists, accused of breaching Myanmar's official secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, have been sentenced to seven years each in jail by a Yangon court.
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