Setting in motion the process for the 16th presidential election, the Election Commission on Thursday said anyone desiring to contest would need 50 electors as proposers and 50 others as seconders -- a move aimed at weeding out non-serious candidates in these polls that once saw nominations getting rejected for 36 out of 37 candidates.
The Bombay high court on Monday asked three Jain religious charitable trusts and a city resident practising Jainism why they were seeking to encroach on the rights of others by appealing for restrictions or ban on advertisements for meat and meat products in print and electronic media.
In a midnight crackdown at the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune, five students were arrested by the police after the institute's director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them for detaining him on campus on Monday.
Rahul will meet the President seeking his intervention for resolving the issue related to the FTII, Congress sources said.
On the warpath over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, students of the premier institute on Monday threatened to launch a hunger strike for his ouster as the fast by a faculty member for "immediate resolution" of the crisis entered its third day on Monday.
Besides the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian also issued notices to the News Broadcasters Association, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority of India and the Press Council of India on the PIL filed by Delhi-based lawyer Reepak Kansal.
Nine members of the Central Board of Film Certification have sent their resignation letters to the Information and Broadcasting Minister on Saturday alleging interference from the Information and Broadcasting ministry.
While Facebook said on Tuesday it will publish an interim report on July 2 as mandated by the IT rules, Google will publish its transparency report as required under the new IT Rules in India.
After going on a flash strike, students of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India on Saturday decided to continue their protests against the appointment of Bharatiya Janata Party member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as the new chairman of its governing council.
Advising media to exercise caution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the spirit of inquiry must not morph into a "campaign of calumny" and "witch-hunt" is no substitute for investigative journalism.
This is Gajendra Chauhan's resume: ...an actor who is best known for his portrayal of the eldest Pandava 'Yudhishthira' in the Mahabharat (TV series). He has worked in around 150 movies and over 600 TV serials
The government will set up a centre of excellence for visual effects and gaming with help from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.
Modi also thanked the media for understanding the gravity of the pandemic threat and appreciated the role played by the news channels in spreading awareness.
News Time Assam be taken off air for 1-day and Care World TV channel for 7-days.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and other ministers took charge of their respective offices on Thursday, a day after taking oath at a ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Over 1.4 lakh jobs are estimated to be created between March 2019 and March 2021 in various central government departments, according to the Union Budget presented on Monday. The strength of government establishments was 32,71,113 as on March 1, 2019, which is estimated to increase to 34,14,226 by the first day of next month - an increase of 1,43,113, it said. The budget documents have given a break-up of the jobs estimated to be created in central government departments between 2019 and March 2021.
The Madras high court on Friday granted 10 more days to the Centre to file its counter-affidavit in response to a batch of PIL pleas challenging the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
According to Jio, spectrum worth Rs 3.92 lakh crore is lying unused with the DoT for auction.
They also approached Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Janata Dal-United leader K C Tyagi.
TV actor Gajendra Chauhan is expected to take charge as FTII chairman on Thursday after an unprecedented and unsuccessful 193-day strike by the students opposing his appointment.
The Information and Broadcasting ministry has not yet responded on the demand of the Film and Television Institute of India students to remove television actor and Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Chauhan from the post of chairman of its governing council even as their strike entered the fourth day on Monday.
The coronavirus pandemic may have postponed a lot of plans but cinema-lovers refuse to get daunted.
'No one has the right to take the law into their hands whether it is Sanjay Leela Bhansali or anyone else,' Adityanath said.
FTII students stuck to their demand for revoking the appointment of Chauhan as chairman of its governing council
Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund is appointed as Prime Minister with two deputies Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Molavi Abdul Salam Hanafi.
'The minority community has been used only for political gains.'
Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was today appointed as the new censor board chairman along with nine other members, many of whom have a Bharatiya Janata Party connection, days after Leela Samson resigned as its chief alleging interference by the government in its matters.
The auctions were supposed to be held in the October-December quarter but the industry is yet to get a confirmation on the date
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given its nod for temporary live uplinking of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League, whose inaugural ceremony will be held on Friday.
The channel headed by Suresh Chavhanke claimed vindication of its stance and said in a statement that it will air the programme "Bindas Bol" on alleged Muslims' "infiltration" in UPSC on Friday at 8 pm.
Check out the winners of the 63rd National Film Awards.
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros believes the turmoil at Gautam Adani's business empire may weaken Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hold on the government -- a statement which was strongly countered by BJP as an attack on Indian democracy.
'Discussion, dialogue and mutual respect for varied points of view,' is what filmmakers can expect from the Censor Board, its new chief Prasoon Joshi tells Subhash K Jha.
Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on Friday before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Meenakshi Lekhi, while Twitter officials are required to appear before the panel on October 28, as per the notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
In the four-paragraph letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of the new BJP government to enable him to concentrate on treatment and health.
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said while there has been a substantial decline in the active and new COVID-19 cases, there is need to maintain surveillance, containment and caution so as to fully overcome the pandemic.
Terming the decision as "good news for cinema lovers", Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar said that Union home ministry had given the nod to the decision of opening the cinema halls on January 27.
Channels across the board from news to general entertainment, music and movies telecast half-hour to one-hour advertorials promoting these products, mainly during non-prime time hours
"It is not a matter for interim relief. So we cannot grant the same at this stage," it said.
A second round of talks in Mumbai on Thursday between the striking FTII students and I&B Ministry officials failed to break the deadlock.
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