'Mrs Kaul here, you don't know who I am?'

'Over time, as I kept ringing Mr Vajpayee's home, Mrs Kaul would pick up the phone sometimes and chat pleasantly with a great deal of warmth.' Rajkumari Kaul's death over the weekend brings back......

Andhra CM's son starts campaigning in Kadapa

Whether the Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's son YS Jaganmohan Reddy will get the party ticket from Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency is still a subject of speculation but the young aspirant has......

Raids on media baron's assets rock AP assembly

The Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned for the day on Thursday amidst uproar created by the Opposition parties over the searches conducted on Wednesday by the Criminal Investigation Department......

Readership of dailies up, magazines hit

Dainik Jagran has topped a list of 10 leading publications, retaining its position with a readership of 1,91,74,000 in the Indian Readership Survey 2005, round 2, conducted by Media Research Users'......

Trai's norms to fix the sorry state of media sector

With over 135 news channels, about a third owned by politicians and real estate guys, the news TV market is a nightmare, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Last week the Telecom Regulatory Authority of......

What Reliance's takeover of Network 18 means for media

With Mukesh Ambani taking over Network 18, the space for disseminating a diverse range of views could shrink, feels Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. Now that India's richest man Mukesh D Ambani is formally......

Misery in media rises as economy sinks

Can things get more miserable for India’s Rs 83,000-crore (Rs 830-billion) media and entertainment industry? From 10-12 per cent earlier, adspend growth is today crawling at less than seven......

'The big picture is that you can do business here'

Viacom, the US media conglomerate, was one of the last entrants in the Hindi general entertainment segment, when it partnered the Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 Group for a joint venture, Viacom18.......