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SRFTI Director Debamitra Mitra had on Monday claimed that she was not allowed to enter the campus by students who demanded the expulsion of the girl students be withdrawn and the segregation order put on hold. (Photo: PTI)

Will hold talks, won't budge from sending girls to separate hostel:...

The SRFTI director said that the students will have to withdraw their eight-day long agitation and allow the institute...

24 Oct 2017 12:51 PM

In 2017 PIB accreditation cards the government had introduced bar codes at the back of these which stored the relevant details of the respective journalists.

Press Information Bureau cards to have new safety features

Over the past few years the PIB has been trying to enhance the security features of cards issued to accredited...

15 Oct 2017 7:14 PM

The I&B ministry has sought suggestions from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India which is also the regulatory body for the broadcasting sector in the country regarding a change in process for allocation of news and entertainment television channels.

Auctions likely soon to allot TV channel slots

Under the current process, an applicant needs to seek permission from the I&B ministry for setting up a new television...

29 Nov 2017 11:51 PM

Deepika Padukone in a still from Padmavati.

Special screening of Padmavati angers I&B, censor chief

CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi slammed the makers of Padmavati for the private screening.

18 Nov 2017 8:27 PM

A still from An Insignificant Man which also got into trouble with the government.

Unshackle movies from the government chain

MAMI had a screening of S Durga in their India Gold section but the film has been dropped at IFFI.

16 Nov 2017 6:38 PM

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, had been convicted on Friday of raping the two women at the sprawling headquarters of his hugely popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Haryana, in a case dating back more than 15 years. (Photo: AFP/File)

Gurmeet Ram Rahim's newspaper' under review

In August, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief was convicted of rape and sentenced to 40 years in prison by a special CBI court.

23 Sept 2017 11:02 PM

Shashi Kapoor with his leading actresses at the Dadasaheb Phalke award function.

Phalke award panel won't have past recipients

The past three recipients of the award are sound recordist Kasinathuni Viswanath (2016), Manoj Kumar (2015) and Shashi...

14 Feb 2018 8:42 PM

The I&B ministrys proposal to integrate a chip in DTH set-top boxes to monitor the television channels that people are watching is bound to be a non-starter. (Representational image)

I&B asks channels to display match also available on DD'

Broadcasters have been asked to run a scroll stating, This match/ game can also be viewed on DD Sports channel'.

27 April 2018 7:30 PM

The I&B ministrys proposal to integrate a chip in DTH set-top boxes to monitor the television channels that people are watching is bound to be a non-starter. (Representational image)

Dump DTH spy' chip

The fear that we are becoming a police state as seen in the dystopian world visualised by George Orwell is not without...

17 April 2018 7:03 PM

Watching TV itself isnt likely bad, but we tend to snack and sit still for prolonged periods while watching. (Photo: Pixabay)

Set-top boxes with a chip to track all TV viewing?

This proposal was squeezed into the volumnious DTH sector recommendations by the I&B ministry.

13 April 2018 11:53 PM

The state authorities have to intimate the NHRC about existing or proposed mechanisms to the deal with the issue, it said.

NHRC notice to I&B ministry over Telugu actress strip case

The NHRC has sent the notices to the chief secretary of the state government and the secretary of the Union Ministry of...

13 April 2018 1:37 AM

A recent report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has noted that the gross revenue of telecom services providers fell 8.1 per cent while the licence fee collected by the government dropped by 16 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ended December 31, 2017.

Broadcasters oppose licence auction proposal

The stakeholders in the discussion criticised the I&B ministry.

13 April 2018 1:21 AM