PCI chief Justice Desai to head 10-member panel to recommend chief, members of LokpalFormer head of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Samant Kumar Goel and Information Commissioner Heera Lal Samariya are among the members of ...
03 Aug, 2023, 08.04 PM IST
Press Council notice to Maharashtra over curbs on newspaper deliveryThe Press Council of India (PCI) has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government seeking an explanation for its order stopping home deliver...
22 Apr, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
Visakhapatnam tops list of richest cities in Andhra PradeshThe state government is likely to entrust the responsibility of development of segments to local le gislators, who will also devise assembl...
21 Sep, 2016, 10.48 AM IST
- Chit fund scam probe hits Press Council of India's protocol hurdle
An investigation panel, involving RBI, ED, CBI, SFIO and the Sebi is apparently displeased with publication of misleading advertisements of...
09 Sep, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Irresponsible media better than a controlled one: PCI chief CK PrasadPrasad said the PCI has taken note of reports about certain "gag orders" issued against media recently by Union ministries including MHA.
20 Aug, 2015, 06.56 PM IST
PCI seeks response from UP minister Vijay Bahadur Pal for threatening scribesPCI Chairman Justice (retd) Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has also expressed concerns to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
14 Aug, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
Indian paralympic athletes praying for recognition status as blame game continuesThe ministry followed the IPC in suspending PCI in the wake of "poor" management of the National Para Athletics Championships.
23 Apr, 2015, 04.17 PM IST
Democracy cannot survive if media is controlled: PCI Chief Chandramauli Kumar PrasadAsserting that "without freedom of press, you don't know anything", Prasad said that his basic mantra will be freedom of the press.
27 Nov, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
China-Afghanistan-Pakistan discuss roadmap for regional stabilityThe three countries discussed different strategic issues to draw a roadmap for the future and to seek regional cooperation on Afghanistan.
19 Oct, 2014, 10.09 PM IST
PCI adopts report indicting Nitish govt over press freedomPCI has adopted a scathing report by a panel accusing the Nitish Kumar government of arm-twisting and muzzling the press in Bihar and it wi...
23 Jul, 2013, 05.52 PM IST
We were part of an industry-wide attack in December: ElectraCard CEO Ramesh MengawadeElectraCard Services, the Pune-based Indian payment processor that was attacked by a global cyber-crime ring in December, said it was not i...
14 May, 2013, 07.20 PM IST
- Lot of 'mediocre' journalists around: Markandey Katju
"There is no job security for journalists. As they are being paid poorly, journalists are searching for alternative sources of income," he ...
05 Apr, 2013, 05.16 PM IST
RJD attacks Nitish govt over PCI report on press freedomRJD today attacked Bihar govt in the state Assembly over the report of Press Council of India (PCI) alleging the govt of "arm-twisting" med...
20 Feb, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
Unfazed by BJP attack, Katju calls Jaitley's remarks recklessUnder attack from BJP, Press Council chief Markandey Katju accused opposition leader Arun Jaitley of making "reckless" allegations by twist...
18 Feb, 2013, 05.42 PM IST
Fali S Nariman praises Katju for his article critical of ModiNoted jurist Fali S Nariman praises PCI chairperson Markandey Katju for his article on Narendra Modi, for which the later has been flayed b...
18 Feb, 2013, 03.48 PM IST
- Social networking sites Facebook, Google should be ready to face legal action: Katju
PCI Chairman has said that social networking sites like Facebook and Google should be ready to face legal action on failure to remove objec...
18 Jan, 2012, 05.34 PM IST
- New PCI chief asks Centre to defer action on channels' license
Press Council of India Chairman Justice(retd) Markandeya Katju on Monday asked the union government to defer it move to amend rules.
10 Oct, 2011, 10.08 PM IST