In a bid to combat fake news, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has set up a fact-checking unit to verify news related to the government's ministries, departments and schemes. The ministry on......
The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the......
The parliamentary standing committee on information technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the......
The Press Council of India and News Broadcasters Association, the two regulatory bodies for print and television media respectively, will determine whether the news is fake or not. IMAGE: As......
'By notifying that the I&B ministry will initiate such proceedings, the government was arrogating for itself the role of policing the media,' the Guild said. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters The......
The instructions cite service rules that bar any government servant from making any adverse criticism of any policy or action of the government. The finance ministry has warned employees of......
'The government says it is trying to improve the institute, but its latest appointments say otherwise.' FTII students tell A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com why they won't back down. IMAGE: A mannequin......
Withholds Olympic Solidarity fund and lay the blame for the IOC's decision on Sahdev Yadav, accusing him of failing to file the necessary annual financial reports to the international parent......
MCG under pressure to deliver contest after Gabba let-down IMAGE: Cricket Australia operations chief Peter Roach said the governing body had no control over MCG curator Matt Page and his work on......
Dharamsala's loss is Kolkata's gain! The marquee India-Pakistan encounter in the International Cricket Council's World Twenty20, on March 19, will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens, in Kolkata.......
IMAGE: Former Indian Cricket Board President Jagmohan Dalmiya. Photograph: Sucheta Das/Reuters Jagmohan Dalmiya was an astute cricket administrator and he changed the face of Indian cricket. He,......
Delhi high court rejects DDCA's plea to use RP Mehra block. 'We cannot control what the ICC is saying.' IMAGE: The Delhi high court has refused to entertain a plea from the DDCA seeking......