London: A 29-year-old Indian-origin journalist was on Monday named the editor of The Independent, becoming the first non-white editorial head of a UK national paper. Amol Rajan will replace Chris Blackhurst, becoming Fleet Street's first non-white newspaper editor. He was previously the paper's comment editor.
Rajan was born in Kolkata before moving to London as a three-year-old. He grew up in Tooting, south London, and went on to read English literature at Cambridge University, the Guardian reported.
After graduating, Rajan worked briefly for the Evening Standard and Channel 5, before moving to the Independent where he rose through the ranks from news reporter. It was also announced this morning that Oly Duff, the executive editor of the Independent, has been made editor of sister title, i.
Duff, 29, replaces Stefano Hatfield, who is in charge of overseeing the Evening Standard's London Live TV project. Lisa Markwell has also been appointed editor of The Independent on Sunday, having previously been executive editor, The Independent reported....
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08:46 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Kolkata: Three video journalists belonging to different Kolkata based regional news television channel were allegedly roughed up by Trinamool Congress supporters in the Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra has written to Governor MK Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter. The journalists had...
06:15 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: Huawei has announced the launch of a new tablet named "MediaPad 10 Link". It runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system and has a 10.1-inch 1280x800 HD IPS display. The MediaPad is a powered by a 1.2 GHz Quadcore Hi-Silicon processor and a 6600 mAh battery. Powered by Dolby Surround Sound technology, the MediaPad 10 Link is claimed to provide clear sound. The MediaPad 10 Link comes...
04:41 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Chandigarh: He was comedy's famous Sardar and highlighted all that was nonsensical in society in his trademark style. For nearly three decades, comedian-actor-director Jaspal Bhatti entertained - and touched - the masses with his 'Nonsense Club' by highlighting social evils. After his tragic death in a car accident last October, his wife Savita Bhatti, wants to keep the flag flying high. Faced with his sudden demise, Savita Bhatti thought that...
01:51 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Jerusalem: The Israeli military on Monday said that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. The incident was the latest in a string of episodes involving young Israeli soldiers on social media that have drawn reprimand from the military. Israeli news site Walla said the women were new recruits stationed on a base in...
10:43 AM, Jun 03, 2013
IBN-18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai talks about the crisis in BCCI after the spot-fixing allegations and the media reportage of the issue. ...
11:30 AM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim to finetune its media presence ahead of general elections, Congress' newly appointed television panelists will hold its first meeting in the national capital on Wednesday. Several young leaders including Union ministers Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia as also Youth Congress chief Rajiv Satav were drafted by the party to put forth its point of view in the media. Besides the eight party spokespersons, AICC secretaries Meenakshi...
10:23 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Believe it or not, but a car that runs on 'social fuel' is a reality now. A group of students from Kansas City has built a car that runs on Tweets, Facebook likes, Instagram shares and other social media updates. Before you start scratching your ahead, here is how it has been built and how it works. The social media-powered car is Minddrive's brainchild, a Kansas City non-profit...
10:18 AM, May 27, 2013
Dushanbe: Tajikistan has blocked YouTube for the third time in less than a year without an official explanation, a representative of the country's internet industry said. The ban was ordered by the governmental Communications Service, said Asomiddin Atoyev, who heads the association of the country's internet service providers. The orders came by email or text message, depending on the provider, Atoyev said. Only one of the country's six main internet...
01:20 PM, May 26, 2013
Mumbai: Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Manish Tewari on Saturday was called for a robust self-regulation in media to "keep out judicial intervention". "Content regulation in the media space is not going to come out of political executive, but will come out of the judicial process. Make self-regulation more inclusive and robust to keep out judicial intervention," he said while speaking at the Red Ink Awards function of the...
08:10 AM, May 26, 2013
Thrissur: Ace Malayalam comedian and character artiste Kalabhavan Mani surrendered to police Friday and was presented in a court which released him on bail. Mani was on the run since May 14 after three forest officials filed a complaint that they were roughed up by the actor after they stopped his vehicle as part of a routine night checking. According to the forest officials, Mani, after refusing to cooperate with...
11:50 AM, May 25, 2013
Kannur: Defence Minister AK Antony on Friday expressed confidence that leaders of the Congress' Kerala unit would themselves resolve any issue facing them. "You (the media) think that there are issues that cannot be resolved in the state unit of the party. I know my colleagues here for several decades and at the appropriate time all will cooperate. My feeling is that the issues can be resolved here itself," Antony...
04:53 AM, May 25, 2013
Patna: The Bihar School Examination Board declared the Intermediate Results 2013 for Commerce stream on Thursday at 1 pm. Candidates can log on to www.biharboard.net to check their results. The total pass percentage was 94.43 in the Bihar Board Intermediate (Commerce) exams. Patna girl Ankita Sinha stood first while Darbhanga girl Preeti Ranjan secured the second position. The board had declared results for Science stream on February 16. The Inter...
01:20 PM, May 23, 2013
Washington: Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behaviour. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of teenage angst and...
10:14 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being projected by a section within the BJP as the party's prime ministerial candidate for the next Lok Sabha polls, on Tuesday met a host of top leaders including Atal Behari Vajpayee and LK Advani. In Delhi to attend the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, Modi utilised the opportunity to spend the entire day with the top leaders whose support he would...
02:25 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The rift within the BJP is out in the open with senior leader LK Advani not in favour of projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the next general elections, according to sources. Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharti have also taken positions against Modi's elevation while Yashwant Sinha and Shivraj Singh Chauhan have hailed Advani as the tallest leader within BJP and fit...
03:59 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, a social media enthusiast, attended his first BJP Parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday. In his typical tech-savvy manner, Modi spoke on the importance of social media and how to harness it for the elections. Modi pitched for the forthcoming BJP national executive as the platform to delineate the failures of the UPA government and firm up the party's strategy for the 2014 elections. The...
02:35 PM, May 21, 2013
Network18 Media and Investments on Monday reported a 23.4 per cent rise in revenues to Rs 2400 crore for 2012-13, driven by strong growth in its broadcast and digital businesses. The strong topline growth helped narrow operating losses 87 per cent to Rs 39 crore for the year. Net loss for the year declined to Rs 105.5 crore from Rs 392.7 crore the year before. Revenues from the broadcast and...
05:33 PM, May 13, 2013
Beijing: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's visit to China reaffirmed the consensus of the two neighbours to achieve win-win results despite attempts by Western media to drive a wedge between the two counties, Chinese media said on Friday. Khurshid's trip drew world's attention as it took place soon after a border incident between the two nations, and Western media tended to cast China-India ties in the light of "border row"...
08:30 AM, May 11, 2013
Jerusalem: Facebook and other social networking sites may affect your mental health by causing psychotic episodes and delusions, researchers warn. As Internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so do related psychopathologies such as Internet addiction and delusions related to the technology and to virtual relationships, according to the study. Computer communications such as Facebook and chat groups are an important part of this story, said Dr Uri Nitzan of Tel Aviv...
07:20 PM, May 05, 2013
