Bhubaneswar: In a landmark move, Odisha's new Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, has initiated steps to restore journalists' access to Lok Seva Bhavan, the state secretariat in Bhubaneswar. This decision overturns restrictions introduced by the previous Biju Janata Dal government during the Covid-19 pandemic, which had barred journalists from entering the secretariat, significantly limiting …
Lahore: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that top ISI officer Major-General Faisal Naseer, who tried to kill him twice, was also involved in the brutal murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Khan, 71, had earlier accused Gen Naseer along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of an assassination attempt on his life in …
In its judgment quashing sedition case against Journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court rejected the plea to direct the State Governments to constitute committees to conduct preliminary inquiry before FIRs are registered against senior journalists.That would amount to encroachment upon the field reserved for the legislature, the bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran. In its judgment quashing sedition …
