'Reporter with a poet's pen': Sankarshan Thakur dies at 63

Sankarshan Thakur, editor of The Telegraph whose prowess with words added that extra edge to his analyses and ground reports, died at a Gurgaon hospital on Monday after prolonged illness. He was......

10 BJP men held for attack on scribe Wagle; Editors Guild condmens incident

As many as ten Bharatiya Janata Party workers were arrested on Saturday in connection with an attack on senior Marathi journalist Nikhil Wagle in Pune city, an incident which also drew condemnation......

Assam scribe held in second case after securing bail

Assam journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder was arrested in another case on Thursday after he was granted bail following his arrest after he questioned the MD of a cooperative bank over alleged......

SC shield for Editors Guild from Manipur FIRs till Monday

In a relief to four members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Manipur police not to take any coercive steps against them till September 11 in......

Air India pilots' group flags fatigue concerns over new rostering system

An Air India pilots' grouping has raised fatigue concerns in the wake of flight crew rosters generated using a new rostering tool, saying that extended waiting periods between duty time will......

Air India pilots seek Ratan Tata intervention in revamped salary structure issue

Air India pilots, who are up in arms against the airline's management's decision to unilaterally alter their salary structure and services conditions, on Tuesday sought Ratan Tata's intervention in......

Air India pilots warn of non-co-operation

Pilots working with Air India have warned of non-co-operation if restoration of pre-Covid overtime allowance is delayed, and if other practices they say are 'discriminatory’ continues.......

Majority of pilots have accepted new salary package: Air India chief Campbell Wilson

Air India chief Campbell Wilson on Friday said that a majority of pilots have accepted the new compensation package offered last week, amid protests by Air India pilots' unions against the revised......

Journalists to boycott Kangana after spat with scribe

The Entertainment Journalists' Guild of India has decided to boycott Kangana Ranaut, a delegation from the group told producer Ekta Kapoor on Tuesday, two days after the actor's spat with a PTI......

Ekta apologises, Kangana won't

Photograph: Kind courtesy Team Kangana Ranaut/Instagram Ekta Kapoor's banner Balaji Telefilms on Wednesday expressed regret over actor Kangana Ranaut's spat with a PTI journalist during a......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

'In a crisis like this, everybody is in the same boat'

'It all depends on how much fuel is there in your tank.' Photograph: Kind courtesy PVR For the first time in four years, film ticket sales grew in 2019. Just as the industry was savouring it came......

Jet Airways pilot assaulted woman passenger: Harbhajan

"So called this Bernd Hoesslin a pilot with @jetairways called my fellow Indian (u bloody Indian get out of my flight) while he is earning here." "Not only was he racist, but physically assaulted......