New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Harinder Baweja, Editor (Investigations) of weekly news magazine Tehelka, was deported from Pakistan Friday evening after immigration authorities declared that she was blacklisted for visa violation. Baweja, who has visited Pakistan over a dozen times for journalistic assignments over 10 years, was taken aback when told by immigration officials in Lahore that she had to...
Indian politicians and software executives have accused Britain of waging a low-intensity trade war by exaggerating the threat of security breaches in the country's fast-growing call centre industry. The US$5.2 billion (S$9 billion) industry is reeling from allegations that an IT employee in Delhi sold confidential data involving 1,000 UK banking customers. The scandal, prompted by a news story in...
A day after signing the deal with the Orissa Government for setting up a 12 million tonne steel plant at Paradip with an investment of Rs 52,000 crores, Posco's publicity binge in the capital started on a sour note as its maiden press conference turned out to be a disaster. The entire national media walked out of the press conference on Thursday, which was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. sharp...
Magazine publication house, Cyber Media (India) Ltd (CML) has clarified that it has not offered the brand name Business Week India to the State Bank of Mysore as collateral security for a loan. "The brand Business Week does not belong to us. It is the property of McGraw Hill and therefore the question of offering this brand as security does not arise at all", said a Cyber Media official. The...
Publications company Cyber Media (India) Ltd (CML) has mortgaged the brand name of the yet-to-be-launched magazine -- Business Week India -- with public sector State Bank of Mysore (SBM). The company has procured a long-term loan and working capital facility by mortgaging the brand name. It has also mortgaged the brand name of its flagship magazine DataQuest with a negative lien on all other...
The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee group, along with its partner, the Dainik Bhaskar group, has slapped a civil suit against Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) for "hijacking" its teaser campaign for an English newspaper to be launched in Mumbai. They have sought Rs 100 crore in damages as well as an unconditional apology from BCCL. The matter came up for hearing in the Bombay High Court on Friday...
According to fellow radio talk show host, Glen Beck, CBS posted an article announcing Terri Schiavo’s death on its News website BEFORE SHE DIED. Written by Christine Lagorio and posted on March 28 it said, "Surrounded by stuffed animals and medical equipment in her small hospice room in Pinellas Park, Fla., Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo died.TK" They, however, removed it within a day, but Glen...
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati on Friday sent legal notices to 16 channels, including NDTV, Aaj Tak, ESPN-Star Sports and CNBC, for "violating copyright law" while showing footage of the India-Pakistan cricket series. As per the figures released by the public broadcaster, which has exclusive terrestrial and satellite rights for the high profile series, the dues run to about Rs 1.16 crore. "We...
Advertising in publications owned by Bennett, Coleman & Company - the parent company of the Times of India - are often indistinguishable from news and editorial content, according to an article on mid-day.com, a Web site based in Mumbai, India. The World Press Institute (WPI) confirmed that businesses can buy news articles featuring the advertiser, news photo placement and feature interviews in...
Britain's "Kelly Affair" – a top weapons expert hounded into suicide, a once-popular national leader plunging in the polls, accused of fomenting an unnecessary war – is a high-stakes drama, one that features a bitter institutional conflict that could destroy the long-established balance of power between the government and the UK 's most respected news organization, the publicly funded BBC. Just...
