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Bans are no joking matter
16 May 2012 6:48 AM ISTThe government is mulling pulling out cartoons and drawings from all school textbooks after the row over the Ambedkar cartoon in the Lok Sabha. There...
Al Jazeera shuts Beijing bureau
9 May 2012 10:46 AM ISTAl-Jazeera said on Tuesday that it has shut its English-language bureau in Beijing after Chinese authorities expelled its correspondent Melissa Chan...
Kapil Sibal and freedom on the Internet
8 May 2012 4:36 AM ISTA lot has been said about Kapil Sibal’s antics over the Internet policies in India. Many people have argued that allowing Sibal to have his way,...
Ambika Soni bats for self-regulation by media
5 May 2012 9:26 PM ISTDefending the mechanism of self regulation for the media, Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni today said that this 'slower but surer'...
Eritrea leads world in press censorship: report
2 May 2012 11:46 PM ISTEritrea has surpassed North Korea as the world's top press censor, with Syria and Iran placing third and fourth in a new list published today by the...