A house for Mr Ex-President Kalam: 10 Rajaji Marg

Friday 6 July '07

Bungalow being readied with special interior and exterior works to suit the President’s taste and needs

‘President polls aren’t fought on party symbols’

Tuesday 26 June '07

Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat refuses to be intimidated by the projected numerical strength of the UPA-Left’s presidential candidate Pratibha Patil.

Govt wants EC to allow poll campaign on private channels

Friday 22 June '07

The Government has put forward a proposal to the Election Commission to allow election campaign on private television channels...

Inspired by Left, Cong to launch 24-hr news channel

Thursday 21 June '07

Congress party’s JaiHind TV jostles for TRPs with the three Malayalam channels of the CPI(M)-run Kairali TV network

Clerics: After Kalam, Shekhawat’s our man

Wednesday 20 June '07

Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat seems to have struck a chord with Muslim clerics after his offer to withdraw from the presidential elections if A PJ Abdul Kalam is given a second term.

Channels may have to hire ‘news auditors’

Monday 18 June '07

Forget news editors, if Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi has his way, news channels will soon have to appoint news “auditors” to regulate content.

Shekhawat springs a surprise, comes calling to bless Patil

Sunday 17 June '07

UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil received a surprise visitor on Saturday evening. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat dropped in at Jodhpur House where she is put up...

Social messaging code for channels in the offing

Sunday 10 June '07

Along with a content code and an advertising code, the I&B Ministry is all set to introduce a mandatory social messaging code for private...

Telecast Row Solution in sight

Saturday 2 June '07

For the time being, Doordarshan’s feeding frenzy may have been curbed. Alarmed at the way Zee Telefilms walked out of its foreign matches deal with the Board, and possibly worried...

EC tells BJP to condemn CD or else...

Wednesday 9 May '07

With the last phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh over, the Election Commission today issued a rather hard-hitting order asking the BJP...

200 SC voters to step out for the first time today to vote

Tuesday 8 May '07

In the overwhelmingly Thakur dominated constituency of Doaba, whether the 50-odd Schedule Caste families cast their votes or not is of little consequence to any of the political parties.

Take politics out of appointments to poll panel, says its chief

Sunday 6 May '07

NHRC model where Leader of the Opposition is in selection committee is better than the one used for EC postings, says CEC Gopalaswami

Two ministries want own TV channels, I&B gets the jitters

Friday 4 May '07

The ministries are undeterred by the fact that running a TV channel does not conform to their area of focus. Concerned officials insist the channels will help them reach out to their target group in a more focused manner

Need help with free, fair polls? You may check with former ECs

Wednesday 2 May '07

To put to good use their first-hand experience in conducting ‘free and fair’ elections in some of the toughest states, two former Chief Election Commissioners, J M Lygndoh and T S Krishnamurthy

This World Cup, another Indian tragedy was playing on AIR

Tuesday 1 May '07

Unable to afford experts, cash-strapped broadcaster used ‘cricket buffs’ as commentators, who followed the proceedings sitting in front of their TV sets

Focus back on MPs with criminal past

Thursday 26 April '07

The involvement of Babubhai Katara and four other MPs in human trafficking has turned the focus back on the fact that the 14th Lok Sabha has the largest ever number of lawmakers with criminal records.

85 lakh marked absentee voters

Tuesday 24 April '07

With voter turnout not even touching 50 per cent during the four phases of polling for the UP Assembly elections...

Govt keen to push through Finance Bill before UP results

Saturday 21 April '07

The outcome of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is already weighing heavy on the UPA government.

BJP to move court if CD ruling is adverse

Saturday 21 April '07

The Election Commission has completed hearing the petitions on the BJP’s CD in Uttar Pradesh polls and CEC N Gopalaswami said in Lucknow today that a decision on the matter would be taken soon, but the controversy is far from over.

BJP CD the start, EC’s hands full

Thursday 19 April '07

Even as the Election Commission is scheduled to hear a case regarding the BJP’s controversial anti-Muslim CD tomorrow...

I&B eases way for foreigners in print

Wednesday 18 April '07

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has quietly brought about a tiny, but significant, change in the guidelines for publication of newspaper and periodicals.

BJP seeks time, EC defers CD hearing

Tuesday 10 April '07

BJP wants Navin Chawla to stay away; sends a battery of lawyers to argue against Congress petition

Pawar faces EC heat over relief to sugar industry

Friday 6 April '07

If the BJP is facing flak from the Election Commission for circulating an inflammatory CD in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

Midnight knock: FTV banned for two months

Friday 30 March '07

The government today banned Fashion TV for a period of two months beginning April 1.

GoM meet on Prasar Bharati deferred

Wednesday 28 March '07

With the meeting of the Group of Ministers, looking into the functioning and status of Prasar Bharati...