May lashes out at cricket bosses

New Delhi, May 5 : Press Council of India Chairman Markandeya Katju today appealed to the Centre to release Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, who was injured in a scuffle in a Jammu jail and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chandigarh.“I appeal to the ...

Thursday May 2nd, 2013 The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC -www.iamc.com ), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos lauded the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), for ...

MUMBAI: A parliamentary panel has suggested constitution of a statutory body such as a media council to look into the content of both print and electronic media or revamp the Press Council of India (PCI). In case a new body is formed, it will have ...

India will soon have a 'Court of Last Resort' with Press Council chairman and former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as chief patron, to seek bail for those in jail due to wrong conviction or delay in trial. The court would also seek pardon, respite, ...

Justifying his decision to appoint a panel on fixing minimum qualification for journalists, Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju on Friday said the aim was not to "muzzle" the media but to improve the standards as there are a lot of "mediocre" professionals in the field. "There are a lot of mediocre journalists these days and the quality of journalism has fallen. So we have constituted a committee headed by Council member Shravan Kumar Garg to suggest minimum qualification for journalists in ...

As outspoken as ever, Press Council chairman Markandey Katju on Sunday rebuked the media for what he described as "demonising" Muslim community through "irresponsible" journalism.

The UPA government seems too keen on giving the press council what Katju seeks

S. Manimaran, Editor of Madurai-based Tamil daily Dinabhoomi, has withdrawn his complaint to the Press Council of India (PCI), alleging high-handed behaviour of policemen in arresting him and his son in July 2010 following critical writings on illegal granite ...

Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju has trashed the "sons-of-the-soil" theory, saying people propagating such concept should be ostracised.