Journalist

It has been routine for the ministry to shut out journalists for 30 days of the so-called quarantine period in the lead-up to the annual budget (Mint file)

Opinion | Keep North Block open

1 min read . 11 Jul 2019

Opinion | Manipur can’t emulate the Gujarat model

3 min read . 03 Jan 2019

Opinion | Crimes against women going unpunished

5 min read . 18 Oct 2018

On Wednesday, thousands of protesters besieged the only entrance to the Sabarimala temple. Photo: PTI

Kerala on edge as devotees block women from entering Sabarimala

2 min read . 18 Oct 2018

The defamation suit against Priya Ramani comes amid widespread calls on social media for M.J. Akbar’s resignation from his post as the minister of state for external affairs. Photo: HT

M.J. Akbar files criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani

3 min read . 15 Oct 2018

The Saudi kingdom is the biggest outside investor in SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund, which has backed Uber Technologies Inc., WeWork Cos., Didi Chuxing and Slack Technologies Inc. File Photo: Reuters

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Saudi’s prince and a $22 billion test

4 min read . 15 Oct 2018

File Photo: Reuters journalists Wa Lone And Kyaw Soe Oo pose for a picture at the Reuters office in Yangon, Myanmar.

Opinion | Reporting a massacre deserves awards, not punishment

4 min read . 05 Sep 2018

Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Photo: Mint

Kumaraswamy proposes restrictions on media inside Karnataka Vidhana Soudha

1 min read . 24 Jul 2018

Law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. Photo: AFP

Panama Papers leak: Government vows time-bound probe

1 min read . 21 Jun 2018

Police paramilitary troopers stand guard as Kashmiri youths protest during clashes in Srinagar on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Security forces to resume operations against terrorists in J&K: Rajnath Singh

1 min read . 17 Jun 2018

Smriti Irani, union minister of information and broadcasting. File photo: HT

Online media professionals oppose govt’s proposal on content regulations for Internet

2 min read . 01 May 2018

No group has claimed responsibility for the Kabul twin suicide attack, which occurred shortly before 8am (local time) near the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence services. Photo: AP

Twin Kabul suicide blasts kill at least 21, including journalists

2 min read . 30 Apr 2018

Reporters in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. Courtesy: Black Ticket Films

Khabar Lahariya: rural voices that matter

1 min read . 27 Apr 2018

Nihal Singh (right) was the finest mentor a young journalist could have.

Surendra Nihal Singh: an editor of an earlier era

4 min read . 19 Apr 2018

Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit pats journalist Lakshmi Subramanian on her cheek in Chennai on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Tamil Nadu governor apologizes for patting woman journalist’s cheek

1 min read . 19 Apr 2018

To build public opinion against print and broadcast journalism, you have to show them to be irresponsible disseminators of fake news. Photo: iStockphoto

The government is not interested in fighting fake news

4 min read . 05 Apr 2018

The government directing and setting the terms of ‘fake news’, as it attempted to do with the amended guidelines, is a dangerous disruption of democratic checks and balances. Photo: iStockphoto

Fake News: The dangers of leashing the free press in India

4 min read . 04 Apr 2018

Journalists protest against the ministry’s circular on fake news in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

I&B ministry withdraws circular on fake news after Modi intervention

1 min read . 04 Apr 2018

Prasar Bharti building at Mandi House, New Delhi. The post of Rajya Sabha TV’s editor-in-chief has been vacant since August 2017 when Gurdeep Singh Sappal stepped down from the position. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

TV journalist Rahul Mahajan named Rajya Sabha TV editor-in-chief

1 min read . 25 Feb 2018

India’s ranking in the annual corruption index, released by Berlin-based non-government organisation Transparency International (TI), slid to 81 among a group of 180 countries. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

India’s ranking in corruption perception index falls to 81

2 min read . 22 Feb 2018