Topic: Journalism

The Editors Guild of India on Friday issued a statement expressing concern over the income tax raids on July 22 at the offices of one of India’s leading newspaper group, Dainik Bhaskar and a Lucknow-based independent news channel, Bharat Samachar.

AajTak journalist Shyam Meera Singh, has been fired by the India Today Group over tweets criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.

Jamia Millia Islamia’s AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (AJKMCRC) journalism alums group has offered their deepest condolences to the family of Reuters chief photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner Danish Siddiqui who was killed Friday while covering fighting between Afghan troops and Taliban in Spin Buldak, Kandahar.

Sajad Gul is having a hard time because of a First Investigation Report in which he was falsely implicated. He had spent most of the second wave of pandemic staying inside his one storey house, taking online classes. About five months ago he was booked for a journalistic piece, shattering his career.

Zakir Ali Tyagi, independent journalist and vice president of rights group NCHRO has been booked by Uttar Pradesh police under the Goondas Act.

“I was passionate about reporting and always thought of it as an ideal career choice but then, my parents were worried about the repressive state of Journalism in Kashmir,” Zeeshan said. “I could do nothing but follow their decision.”