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A schoolboy in Jharkhand turned to reporting to draw the government's attention to the bad condition of his school. The youngster can be heard discussing the issues he and his peers regularly encounter on the school premises in a video that is going viral on internet.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has cautioned the army high command against increased harassment of the media, which would seriously undermine Pakistani democracy.

Modi lauded the manner in which journalists worked like 'karmayogis' during the past 2 years of the pandemic.

The unidentified gunman chased Pramod and two other journalists present there but they managed to escape from the spot and inform police about the incident.

The International Federation of Journalists also raised concerns on the status of media in Afghanistan, saying at least 318 media outlets have closed since the fall of the Western-backed government in 33 of 34 provinces in Afghanistan.

A journalist working as a senior editor with an Odia daily was reportedly attacked with an iron rod on the head and robbed of his mobile phone while he was out on a morning walk near Unit-8 Delta square in Bhubaneswar this morning (October 1).

Bhubaneswar police on Monday arrested the Chief of a web channel for his alleged involvement in torture and extortion from a businessman last month

Ace sprinter and Olympian Dutee Chand sued a web-journalist and an RTI activist to the tunes of Rs 5 Cr for causing her mental stress resulting in underperformance at the Tokyo Olympics 2020

Bhubaneswar: Already in the eye of a storm for his derogatory remarks on Odisha, Sun Temple and MLAs, Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra today failed to turn up before the House Committee constituted by Odisha Assembly to probe breach of privilege motion moved against him. In an email sent to Odisha Assembly speaker, Iyer sought […]

Bhubaneswar/Delhi: Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra who was arrested by police in Delhi earlier today on charges of making derogatory remarks on Odisha, has been granted bail. Delhi Saket Court granted conditional bail to Iyer till September 28 on a surety of Rs 1 lakh and has directed him to depose before Konark Police Station after […]

Bhubaneswar: Journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra deposed before the House Committee of Odisha Assembly today in connection with the derogatory remarks made by him on the Konark Sun Temple and his comments on legislators. However, Iyer who was supposed to submit an affidavit in connection with the case has sought time till tomorrow to furnish the same. […]

Bhubaneswar: Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra’s derogatory remarks on Odisha have drawn intense criticism. Mitra was criticised for a tweet which he had tweeted on November 16, 2017, and in which the scribe wrote: “Odisha was discovered by Bengali explorers, who called it “OriShala!!! And it was named Orissa”. He also wrote that Jagannath temple was […]

Bhubaneswar: The first-ever biography of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik written by Editor of Outlook Ruben Banerjee was released today at Bhubaneswar club here by former Police DGP Amiya Bhushan Tripathy. Starting from his entry into politics to gaining “Mr. Clean” image to the Pandian controversy, the biography covers major aspects of Naveen Patnaik’s life and […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior journalist from Odisha Jajati Karan has won the first prize in the third National Film Festival on Rural Development held in Hyderabad recently by the Government of India’s National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR). Karan received a cash award of Rs 30,000, a trophy and citation. Among 90 shortlisted films […]