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Helle Lyng, who questioned Modi media policy in Oslo, hails redux in Aus, NZ

Helle Lyng, a Norwegian journalist who sought to ask PM Modi a question but he walked away in Oslo in May.

Updated 3 days ago

Modi 'famously avoids news conferences': Aussie journo quips days after Oslo row

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to board his plane at the Melbourne airport in Australia on July 10, 2026.

Updated 4 days ago

Pakistan suspends Geo News for 15 days over 'offensive' religious broadcast

A television screen displays a message from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) after the authority suspended the broadcast license of Geo News for 15 days over content aired during a program marking the holy month of Muharram, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 28, 2026.

Published 16 days ago

Pak faces criticism after journalist detained for covering PoJK unrest

Journalist Sohrab Barkat had previously spent nearly 100 days in detention between November 2025 and March 2026 without formal charges, as reported by CPJ.

Updated 31 days ago

What do you know about India, Norwegian journo asked. A pause before answer

Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng also questioned India's ministry of external affairs on India's human rights status during PM Modi's Europe tour last week

Updated 54 days ago

‘It was just one question, Modi’: Norway journalist defends encounter with PM

Helle Lyng made headlines for asking PM Modi a question during his Norway visit.

Updated 54 days ago

Question for PM Modi, MEA's rebuttal, a ‘cup of water’: What happened in Oslo

Helle Lyng, a journalist with Norway's newspaper Dagsavisen, had a tense exchange with Indian diplomat Sibi George over her questions for the PM Modi and Indian government.

Updated 55 days ago

‘What happens to India's image…’: Rahul slams PM for avoiding question in Norway

PM Modi Highlights Strategic India-Europe Cooperation During Norway Visit #shorts

Updated 56 days ago

India rejects decline in media freedom, minority rights after Dutch PM remarks

India rejects decline in media freedom, minority rights after Dutch PM remarks

Updated 57 days ago

UN chief warns of ‘unacceptable impunity’ as press freedom hits 25-year low

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference.

Updated 72 days ago

‘Free press under attack’: Congress slams Centre over India’s 157 rank globally

On World Press Freedom Day, the Congress said that a free press is the voice of democracy, but alleged that it is under attack.

Updated 72 days ago

Israel pulls battalion after CNN journalist assaulted in West Bank, orders probe

The incident has prompted Israel to suspend the involved battalion and launch an investigation.

Updated 106 days ago

Delhi Police seals news agency UNI's office, citing high court order

Delhi Police seals news agency UNI's office, citing high court order

Published 116 days ago

Media cannot perform its role under constraint, fear or influence: Justice BV Nagarathna

Media cannot perform its role under constraint, fear or influence: Justice BV Nagarathna

Published 137 days ago

Spice of life | Back to class: When a PR veteran learnt a fresh lesson

Having spent 36 years navigating the contours of government PR, I was fairly confident of doing justice to the topic. (Shutterstock)

Published 137 days ago

Oppn slams order to curb media activities in K’taka Assembly

Oppn slams order to curb media activities in K’taka Assembly

Published 145 days ago

Hong Kong to sentence media mogul Jimmy Lai in national security trial

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has already spent more than five years behind bars as the trial progressed.

Updated 155 days ago

Editors Guild express concern over recent summoning of journalists in Kashmir

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) noted with grave concern the “continued repression”of legitimate journalistic activity by the authorities in Kashmir. (File)

Published 173 days ago

SIA raids office of Kashmir Times in Jammu

One of the oldest publications from Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir Times newspaper is owned by Anuradha Bhasin, the daughter of the late Ved Bhasin, a respected journalist in the region. (HT representative)

Published 235 days ago

INS flays halt in newspaper deliveries in Punjab

A newspaper van stopped by cops. (Sourced)

Published 252 days ago

Punjab: Newspaper deliveries hit after police checks, Opposition alleges attack on media

While Punjab Police clarified that the exercise was based on specific intelligence inputs related to security concerns, opposition parties accused the AAP government of attempting to curb press freedom. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 253 days ago

Why were newspapers held up by cops in Punjab? AAP faces new ‘Sheesh Mahal’ row

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann with AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is facing jibes of being "super CM".

Updated 254 days ago

J&K assembly autumn session: MLAs question ‘opacity’ of ad distribution to newspapers

CPI (M) leader and MLA kulgam , MY Tarigami. (File)

Published 256 days ago

‘Attack on freedom’: Congressman Suhas Subramanyam on Pentagon press curbs

Rep Suhas Subramanyam.

Published 268 days ago

Growing power of social media a hope to sustain press freedom: Rahul Singh

Veteran journalist and author Rahul Singh said that the “growing power of social media” remains the country’s “biggest hope” for sustaining press freedom, at a time when mainstream media is increasingly influenced by corporate and political interests. (HT Photo)

Published 279 days ago

Maldives journalists to seek repeal of new media law

Maldives journalists to seek repeal of new media law

Published 299 days ago

Manipur: TV journalist shot while covering festival in Senapati, out of danger

The Manipur police said a pressurised air rifle suspected to have been used in the attack was recovered from the site. (Representational image)

Published 317 days ago

TV journalist shot in Manipur days after being berated by Nagaland deputy CM

The gunman was caught along with an air gun by the locals and handed over to the police.

Updated 317 days ago

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli attack. Who were they?

A little after his death, a final message was posted from al-Sharif’s account which was written on April 6.

Published 337 days ago

Journalist gets death threats after assault while reporting illegal construction

Sneha Barve was allegedly brutally assaulted with a wooden stick while reporting on illegal construction near Pune.

Published 345 days ago

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