London: News Corp executive James Murdoch could face a police investigation into claims he gave "mistaken" testimony to Britain's parliament this week, deepening the legal crisis that has engulfed the Murdoch family's media empire. Prime Minister David Cameron, criticised for his close ties to senior figures at News Corp, said that Murdoch had "clearly got questions to answer in parliament." Police received a letter on Friday from opposition legislator Tom...
01:05 AM, Jul 23, 2011
On 'The Last Word' Karan Thapar examine if the UK phone hacking scandal issue could also happen to India. ...
11:37 PM, Jul 22, 2011
London: Prime Minister David Cameron came under renewed pressure to detail his relations with scandal-hit News Corp on Thursday and the spotlight fell on other newspaper groups when an official said police were reviewing their reporting methods. Facing the worst crisis of his premiership, Cameron appeared to have shored up his authority among Conservative supporters and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners with a confident performance in an emergency parliamentary debate...
12:57 AM, Jul 22, 2011
London: Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers are set to lose exclusive access to British athletes ahead of the 2012 London Olympics after the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World. Team 2012, an initiative supporting British Olympians, had signed up News International as its official partner to help raise funds for athletes. But the British branch of Murdoch's media empire can no longer meet...
09:24 PM, Jul 21, 2011
The News of the World controversy has stretched from the newspaper to Scotland Yard and into the British government, here's a look at the case a day after Rupert Murdoch's testimony and David Cameron's defence. ...
08:36 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
12:54 AM, Jul 21, 2011
On Whats Trending, we bring to you how the wife of Rupert Murdoch, became an instant hit on the internet after she quickly came to Murdoch aid when he was attacked with a foam pie. ...
12:30 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if, the UK phone-hacking scandal is the end of tabloid journalism. ...
12:12 AM, Jul 21, 2011
London: The number of Britons reading The Sunday Mirror tabloid rose 50 per cent last week as those who once bought News Corp's News of the World, closed 10 days ago in the grip of a phone-hacking scandal, looked elsewhere. A survey of over 1,000 people conducted by Kantar Media showed that readership for the Mail on Sunday was also up 38 per cent on the previous week, following an...
09:27 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the UK phone hacking scandal will lead to the end of tabloid journalism.
12:29 PM, Jul 20, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by Parliament on Wednesday about a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked the British establishment. Cameron cut short his visit to Africa on Tuesday to join parliamentarians in debating the phone-hacking issue and answer lawmakers' scrutiny over his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire in a special session of House of Commons. The scandal has forced the resignations of senior executives at...
11:37 AM, Jul 20, 2011
On Whats Trending, we bring to you the update on how hackers not only fake killed Rupert Murdoch but also managed to post the news on the Sun's website. ...
10:46 AM, Jul 20, 2011
London: James Murdoch scaled the rungs of the global media empire that his father built. Now scandal taints the heir apparent, threatening to derail the expected succession and shaking the assumption that the Murdoch dynasty would preserve its tight grip over the multibillion-dollar business. Founder Rupert Murdoch, 80, has long expressed a wish to hand his publicly traded News Corp to his offspring, and he retains the voting power to...
08:02 AM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: Rupert Murdoch knows something about power and how to wield it. In Britain, the media magnate's backing was long seen as a prerequisite for anyone hoping to become prime minister; in the United States Murdoch's Fox News has helped drive debate and the growth of the right-wing Tea Party. In fast-growing Asia, though, Murdoch has considerably less clout. Take India, where the 80-year-old has made frequent, whirlwind visits...
01:21 AM, Jul 20, 2011
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:41 PM, Jul 19, 2011
On 'Talking Point' Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Will our media ever match UK's standard of accountability'. ...
11:40 PM, Jul 19, 2011
London: After nearly three hours of testimony from Rupert and James Murdoch, former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has taken her place at a hearing on phone hacking. Brooks, who resigned last week amid the widening scandal, began her testimony with an apology for what took place at the now-defunct News of the World. She told lawmakers she intends to answer their questions as openly as possible while remaining...
10:34 PM, Jul 19, 2011
London: A protester rushed at Rupert Murdoch as he gave testimony to British lawmakers on Tuesday, setting off a scuffle and spattering Murdoch with what appeared to be white foam in a foil pie dish in a shocking interruption of a hearing into the phone hacking scandal that's rocked the media baron's global empire. After more than two hours of testimony, a man in a plaid shirt appeared to run...
09:34 PM, Jul 19, 2011
London: Media titan Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday denied that the closure of the News of the World tabloid was motivated by financial considerations. He said he shut down the News of the World because of criminal allegations. There has been speculation that Murdoch wanted to close the Sunday newspaper in order to merge its operations with the six-days-a-week Sun, which some have said will relaunch as a seven-day publication. Asked...
07:55 PM, Jul 19, 2011
New York: Relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks have asked to meet the FBI and the US Justice Department to discuss the agencies' preliminary inquiry into reports that News Corp reporters may have tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. US authorities have acknowledged they are looking into a report by Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper that reporters with the rival News of the World offered to pay...
03:31 AM, Jul 19, 2011
