The government on Sunday decided to tighten the leash on players, match-fixers and others indulging in illegal activities in sports: law minister Kapil Sibal spoke to minister of state for sports Jite

After the success of the 15-day-long first-phase of Bharat Nirman: Glimpses of India story campaign, costing about `16 crore, the UPA government is considering to give a go-ahead for the second phase

With law and justice minister Ashwani Kumar quitting the Union Cabinet over his role in the Coalgate case, speculation is rife in the law ministry that communications minister Kapil Sibal is likely to

An inter-ministerial group is likely to be constituted soon to guide the country’s national broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, to take on propaganda emanating from its neighbouring countries.

An inter-ministerial group is likely to be constituted soon to guide the country’s national broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, to take on propaganda emanating from its neighbouring countries.

As part of the celebration of 100 years of cinema in India, film buffs will be able to view never seen movie scenes that had been chopped off by the censor board.

With state governments delaying constitution of panels to check content on cable, the government has seemingly been unable to effectively stop local broadcast and telecast of unauthorised channels from across border. Several states, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, are yet to constitute state-level monitoring committees to check broadcast of cable television content and stop unauthorised channels.

General elections mean good news for broadcasting industry. With Lok Sabha polls scheduled for next year about 75 news channels await clearance from the information and broadcasting ministry.

Elections are good news for broadcasting. With Lok Sabha polls looming, around 75 news channels await clearance from the information and broadcasting ministry. India has about 430 news channels, one of the largest number anywhere in the world.

The Union government is soon likely to announce the establishment of a recruitment board for Prasar Bharati to urgently fill up backlog in vacancies created by non-recruitment of staff for over a period of almost two decades.
With a new information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari firmly taking charge of the department the green signal to the board, and impending recruitment drive, is expected anytime.