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Ban on Asianet News, Media One lifted; press freedom essential: Prakash Ja
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Asserting the importance of press freedom, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said two Kerala-based channels which were banned for 48 hours have been restored.
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Breaking 22 years stance, TMC to move amendments during Motion of Thanks o
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Breaking its 22-year-old stand, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) will on Tuesday move amendments during the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to Parliament.
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Andhra Pradesh: TDP protest against alleged ban on assembly proceedings co
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders under the aegis of N Chandrababu Naidu protested against the YSRCP led state government and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, alleging that the state dispensation has curtailed the press-freedom by "not allowi
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Midday meal row: BSP hits out at Mirzapur DM for troubling journalists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): A day after Mirzapur district magistrate justified the case against the journalist who exposed poor quality mid-day meal in the Uttar Pradesh, BSP spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Wednesday said the official was making irresponsible statements instead of
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CPEC project for Pakistan's elites, lacks local leadership, says researche
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 5 (ANI): The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a project of, by, and for Pakistan's elites which completely lacks local ownership, says a researcher based in Brussels.
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RSF slams Imran Khan over press freedom
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 1 (ANI): The Reporters Without Borders (RSF or Reporters Sans Frontieres) has slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his comment on press freedom in the country, terming it as a "joke" which tantamounted to "obscenity".
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Press freedom 'non-existent' under 'fascist' govt: Bilawal Bhutto
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jul 10 (ANI): PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Tuesday alleged that freedom of press in Pakistan had become "non-existent" under the "fascist" ruling government in the wake of recent incidents of media blackout in the South Asian nation.
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Pakistani Press Freedom
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 18 (ANI): Muhammad Bilal Khan was 22 when he was killed by 'unidentified' people in Islamabad.
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Press freedom at stake in Nepal: Journalists under probe for news about Da
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18 (ANI): Three journalists from Nepal's state news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), are under probe for reporting news about Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
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US expresses 'deep concern' over Myanmar court decision on Reuters journal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday condemned Myanmar Supreme Court's decision to uphold the sentencing of two Reuters journalists, expressing "deep concern" about freedom of expression and urging that the two be reunited with their families.
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Edward Snowden calls Assange's arrest ' dark moment for press freedom'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 11 (ANI): Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden on Thursday called Wikileaks co-founder Julias Assange's arrest a 'dark moment for press freedom.'
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RSF asks Maldives' presidential candidates to assure press freedom
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 13 (ANI): Days after the Maldives Broadcasting Commission slapped a hefty fine on a TV channel for allegedly defaming the President and threatening national security, the Press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF or Reporters Sans Frontieres) sought a firm undertaki
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