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Directions to remove news reports may go against democracy: SC

The Supreme Court stayed a Delhi high court order that permitted invocation of the “right to be forgotten” to demand takedown of online content relating to criminal proceedings. (Jitender Gupta)
india news
Published on Feb 07, 2026 03:32 am IST

Summoning of journalists in Kashmir: Mehbooba asks CM Omar Abdullah to intervene, police to desist

Reflecting on the state of media freedom in Kashmir, People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said as many as 213 journalists had been called to police stations in the valley since 2019. (PTI)
chandigarh news
Published on Jan 23, 2026 06:52 am IST

Pak journalists declare ‘black day’ after police raid on Islamabad press club

Members of Awami Action Committee chant slogans as they attend the funeral prayers of three victims, who were killed in Wednesday's clashes between police and protestors, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
world news
Updated on Oct 03, 2025 12:24 pm IST

Not our duty to tell media what to delete, says Supreme Court

A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan reaffirmed media freedom and the principle of open justice.
india news
Published on May 10, 2025 03:10 am IST

The death knell for myth of American Exceptionalism

Trump’s upending of policy, both foreign and domestic, is, by turns, wildly entertaining and often unstable and dangerous (via REUTERS)
opinion
Published on Mar 01, 2025 10:53 am IST

Zimbabwe journalist in court after interview with government critic

Zimbabwe journalist in court after interview with government critic
world news
Published on Feb 25, 2025 07:30 pm IST

CID document leak FIR: Sukhu govt has become directionless, chaotic and dictatorial: Jai Ram

Former chief minister of Himachal Jai Ram Thakur (File)
chandigarh news
Published on Feb 23, 2025 06:44 am IST

BJP accuses Himachal CM of targeting media freedom over 'samosa' controversy

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
india news
Updated on Feb 22, 2025 06:52 pm IST

‘Disappointing’: US rejects BJP's allegations of backing anti-India agenda

The White House. (Photo from X)
india news
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 07:20 pm IST

Congress leader slams AAP after Avadh Ojha's interview stopped abruptly

Motivational speaker and educationist Avadh Ojha joins AAP in the presence of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on December 2, 2024.
india news
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 12:10 pm IST

‘Functioning as kangaroo courts’: Kerala HC's stinging remark on ‘media trials’

Kerala high court. (File Photo)
india news
Published on Nov 08, 2024 07:51 pm IST

SC lifts ban on Media One, slams use of national security bogey

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
india news
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:47 am IST

Safeguarding media freedom

PREMIUM
The court’s judgment is a watershed moment in shielding the media from State excesses. It is now up to the authorities, political class and society to ingest, imbibe and implement these tenets. (Sanjay Sharma/HT)
editorials
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 08:02 pm IST

Scotland Yard under fire over probe into envoy’s email leak

The new row centered around a statement by Scotland Yard’s assistant commissioner Neil Basu .
world news
Updated on Jul 13, 2019 06:39 pm IST

Pak foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi heckled in London over media freedom: Report

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was heckled by a Canadian journalist here alleging that his social media account was suspended over complaints from the government, according to media reports.
world news
Updated on Jul 12, 2019 11:57 am IST

‘Collective shrug’: Amal Clooney slams world leaders on Khashoggi death

The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul last year.
world news
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 02:57 pm IST

China’s influence creeps up on foreign media: Report. Rubbish, says Beijing

The Chinese foreign ministry dismissed the report as false with ulterior motives.
world news
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 02:06 pm IST

Britain’s foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt cites Amartya Sen’s work to plug media freedom

“The Indian Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, defined the ‘expansion of freedom’ as what he called the ‘pre-eminent objective’ of development,” said Britain’s foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.
india news
Updated on May 02, 2019 04:35 pm IST

Amal Clooney named UK’s special envoy on media freedom

Amal Clooney’s leading work on human rights means she is ideally placed to ensure this campaign has real impact for journalists.
world news
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 05:20 pm IST

China hits back at ‘prejudiced’ US with own rights criticism

China’s State Council, or Cabinet, said the United States was a self-styled “human rights defender,” that has a human rights record which is “flawed and lackluster”.
world news
Updated on Mar 14, 2019 01:48 pm IST
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