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Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards
The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution
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Hindi film industry moves Delhi HC against news media
Bollywood comes together to seek redress against the irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory reporting by certain media houses
Republic TV, two others accused of TRP fraud
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Rajasthan PUCL defends free speech of local journalists
The people’s organisation demanded that the state stay complaints against two journalists arrested recently on trumped up charges of spreading 'fake news'
Muslim journalist, 3 others arrested near Hathras, booked under sedition law
The four were arrested on Monday when they were driving down from Delhi to Hathras
UP Police arrest Muslim journalist, 3 others near Hathras for carrying ‘suspicious literature’
Police claim the men are linked to Campus Front of India, and its parent outfit the Popular Front of India
SC: Sudarshan TV case adjourned as Centre seeks time
At the last hearing, the Centre had informed the court that a show cause notice had been issued and during yesterday’s hearing, the court was informed that another notice has been issued
Intercepted, questioned, harassed: A typical day for Kashmiri journalists
Fahad Shah, editor-in-chief, of the news portal The Kashmir Walla, recalls his experience of being intercepted, and interrogated as he was returning home after covering farmer protests in Punjab. He shared the following statement on social media.
Decoding the hate campaign unleashed by propaganda channel Best Hindi News
The channel has been sharing videos of self-proclaimed guardian of Hindu dharma, Deepak Sharma, in which he backs the 4 upper caste accused in the Hathras gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman.
Editors Guild condemns UP for hindering reportage in Hathras case
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