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Court lifts gag order on India gang rape trial
By AP News Fri, Mar 22, 2013 3:25PM UTC 0 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — A defense lawyer says an Indian court has ruled that the media should be allowed to cover the trial of four men accused in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December. Journalists had been barred by a court order from covering the...
Internet expert criticizes Indian cyber blockades
By AP News Fri, Aug 24, 2012 7:45PM UTC 0 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government’s attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top internet expert said Friday. Earlier this month, thousands of people from the country’s remote northeast began fleeing cities in southern and western India, as rumors swirled...
Indian govt’s Diwali gift: Pay hike for print media journalists
By Subir Ghosh Tue, Oct 25, 2011 9:31PM UTC 0 CommentThe beleaguered United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has decided to give a Diwali gift to Indian journalists. The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the final Majithia Wage Board recommendations, which will benefit more than 45,000 journalists and non-journalists in the country. The revised wages, with hikes ranging from 10 per cent to 30 per cent,...
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