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NEW DELHI: After the day started like a Sehwag-Sachin hurricane inning with developments happening fast in the first 15 overs of the match, as the day...
NEW DELHI: It can be called a classic case of on-field aggression and off-field diplomacy. By the Indian government, that is. The eyeball-to-eyeball face-off between Dubai...
MUMBAI: Even though Reliance is yet to publicly announce details of its Netway broadband project, the Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India (Trai) chairman Pradip Baijal appears...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court today gave an interim order on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by exclusive telecast rights holder for the...
NEW DELHI: Even as information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is slated to meet prime minister A B Vajpayee this evening on the issue of...
NEW DELHI: The broadcast and cable regulator Telecom Authority of India (Trai) now has set its eye on fixingthe rates of individual pay channels and the...
NEW DELHI: India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry has cleared a proposal of Business Standard Ltd. that had sought government permission to get injected with foreign investment...
NEW DELHI: The Chennai High Court today stayed the denotification of Chennai from the conditional access (CAS) roadmap by the government on recommendation of the industry...
MUMBAI: Information and broadcasting secretary Pawan Chopra was in Mumbai on Monday evening to participate in a panel discussion on challenges in the infrastructure and technology...
The latest episode of Star World's interview show Cover Story will feature our I&B minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Viewers can catch him on 29 February at...
MUMBAI: Given below is the full text of the letter issued by Telecom Regulatory Authority (Trai) chairman Pradip Baijal to information and broadcasting ministry secretary Pawan...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hinted to the Pakistani government that it should lift the ban on Indian TV channels...
NEW DELHI: The Budgetary support to the information and broadcasting ministry for 2004-05 fiscal year has been hiked by over Rs 3,000 million, signifying hectic activity...
NEW DELHI: The government is contemplating on taking a final view on the recommendations of an expert panel, on FM radio broadcast policy, before the country...
NEW DELHI: The government has taken several initiatives to bring about changes in the entertainment sector in the interest of the overall development of this sector....
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati is examining a proposal to have Doordarshan’s international channel, DD India, distributed in the United Kingdom through the Rupert Murdoch-controlled...
The double speak from the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry continues. After announcing last week, that the government was throwing open the late night slot (between...
MUMBAI: Last night it was well-informed speculation. Today it is as good as confirmed. Though the official announcement is still to be made, information & broadcasting...
Conditional access system (CAS), new uplinking norms for the TV news channels, KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service finally on the horizon – it has been action...
NEW DELHI: How does the consumer perceive the conditional access regime? Is he ready for CAS? Questions, notwithstanding – the crux of the I&B Ministry-NFO Survey...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in association with leading market research firm NFO MBL India has concluded a consumer poll on CAS. The...
NEW DELHI: Criminals or hackers can track your calling pattern on the mobile and create a “digital DNA” of yours that they can use to hack...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today reserved its judgement on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) where the Central government is a...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said, the government would soon formulate a comprehensive media policy after having wide-ranging consultations with...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court hearing on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) was inconclusive today, and it was decided that the...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has directed disconnection on the third complaint of all the telecom resources of the entity/organisation which indulges in...
NEW DELHI: Multi-system operators (MSOs) are meeting the information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad around 3.30 pm today on conditional access system (CAS). One...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting (I&B) minister RS Prasad today conveyed his displeasure to representatives of multi-system operators (MSO) by saying that they were also...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan News just cannot keep away from controversies, it seems. India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which oversees the functioning of DD and All India Radio,...
NEW DELHI: Taking a similar line to that he adopted on a just-concluded tour of South India, information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has said that if a government-mandated task force on radio broadcast policy recommends allowing of news and current...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Indian government continues to be in a bind over conditional access system (CAS) and its implementation in Mumbai and Kolkata with...
MUMBAI: The Central government must have been hoping that the courts would deliver a ruling on conditional access that would enable it to do what it...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena member of parliament Sanjay Nirupam is of the view that the I&B ministry is under some sort of a compulsion to go-ahead with...
MUMBAI: “I request you to be united in the face of media reports that the multi system operators and broadcasters are trying to adopt various strategies...
NEW DELHI: India’s federal government is still in a spot over the implementation, rather non-implementation, of the conditional access system (CAS) in the cities of Mumbai...
MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting seems to be pretty serious about the new conditional access system (CAS) deadline. The ministry has released 25*4 col...
NEW DELHI: An amount of Rs 80 million and Rs 105 million, respectively, was allocated to Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Guwahati and PPC (NE) Guwahati for commissioning...
NEW DELHI: Even as Zee News, from the Zee Telefilms stable, maintained there was nothing “official” about it, media reports indicated that the government is no...
MUMBAI: The Radio Broadcast Policy committee, set up by the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) to formulate policy to govern the opening up of phase...
NEW DELHI: The Prasar Bharati Corporation board met here today to discuss various issues, but did not touch upon the subject of an imminent ouster of...
NEW DELHI: The information & broadcasting ministry has cleared Doordarshan’s direct-to-home (DTH) plan. However, since the projected cost of DD’s DTH foray is pegged at Rs...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed American novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford’s petition challenging a Calcutta High Court order allowing telecast of mega...
NEW DELHI:The ministry of information & broadcasting will take steps to evolve Model Cinema Regulations, which could be adopted by the States. A delegation of the...
NEW DELHI: Information & broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called for a proper balance and synergy between the commercialisation of the broadcast media and the...
MUMBAI: It’s retribution time for the Subrata Roy owned Sahara TV. After a long drawn legal battle with American author Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sahara has finally...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has fired a twin salvo at Star News. The information and broadcasting ministry today maintained that Media Content & Communication Services...
MUMBAI: The spectre of death may be looming larger than ever but private FM players in the country seem determined not to give in without a...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is reported to have sought an appointment with Prime Minister AB Vajpayee today after returning from...
MUMBAI: The Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India Media Company has won a temporary reprieve. On Thursday, 22 May 2003, the Supreme Court sent back to the copy-right...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
