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"Most welcome, perhaps long overdue": MJ Akbar backs US envoy to India Gor's J-K remarks

MJ Akbar welcomed the US Ambassador's statement on Jammu and Kashmir being an important part of India. He hoped this position would be reiterated by the US Ambassador in Pakistan. Akbar also questioned the implications and future steps of the recent Mecca Pact. He sought clarity on the pact's objectives…

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How Gujarat Samachar fell out of Modi’s favour

Facing backlash amid the 2002 Gujarat riots, then Chief Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to a prominent Gujarati newspaper, reportedly appreciating its coverage of the incident. The same coverage had been termed as a “clear violation of all accepted norms of media ethics” by an Editors Guild of India…

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‘Diminishes India’s credibility’: NWMI protests MJ Akbar’s inclusion in all-party delegation to Europe

The Network of Women in Media, India has expressed strong opposition to the inclusion of former Union Minister MJ Akbar in an all-party delegation visiting Europe. The delegation is part of India’s international outreach following Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

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Delhi High Court allows M.J. Akbar’s plea for early hearing in appeal case

The Delhi High Court allowed former Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s plea seeking an early hearing of his appeal.

The Hindu

MJ Akbar and Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law to participate in bid for UNI

The process to auction off United News of India agency has begun. Among the five groups that have lined up to bid for it are Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law Rakesh Ramanlal Shah and BJP MP MJ Akbar.

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Criminal defamation: Problems and precedents of a provision used commonly against the press

Earlier this week, the Delhi police searched the Wire’s office and the homes of its five staffers, days after BJP leader Amit Malviya accused the portal of maligning his and his party’s reputation through a criminal conspiracy, cheating and forged documents.

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Who Owns Your Media: Welcome to iTV Network, one of India’s youngest and fastest-expanding media players

The Piccadilly Group is a Delhi-based corporate conglomerate, with business interests spanning sugar manufacturing, alcohol, real estate, hospitality, and film distribution. It’s also involved in the media industry. In 2007, iTV Network was founded by the third-generation member of the group’s family, Kartikeya Sharma.

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s exit from Rajya Sabha may mean no Muslim face for BJP in Parliament

Till Budget Session, party had three Muslim MPs; all, however, in the Rajya Sabha, and none in Lok Sabha

The Hindu

Priya Ramani’s friend tells court: I know all about her sexual harassment by MJ Akbar

A key witness on Friday supported the journalist Priya Ramani’s allegation that she was sexually harassed by her former editor and now BJP leader MJ Akbar in 1993. Niloufer Venkatraman told the Rouse Avenue court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal how Ramani, who is her friend, had called…

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The Media Rumble interview: Priya Ramani on Me Too

On the sidelines of The Media Rumble, Gaurav Sarkar interviews journalist Priya Ramani. Ramani writes a weekly column for Mint and is a contributing editor at Vogue. When the Me Too movement started, Ramani accused former Union minister, MJ Akbar of sexual harassment in a series of tweets.

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Priya Ramani: ‘A predator is more powerful than his prey’

Senior Journalist Priya Ramani testified today in front of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal at the Rouse Avenue District Court House complex, in regards with the criminal defamation case filed against her by ex-Union Minister MJ Akbar.

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‘I spoke the truth’: Priya Ramani says she’ll lead evidence in her defence against MJ Akbar

The Rouse Avenue District Court House complex played host to another high-profile case on Friday—the defamation case filed by ex-Union Minister MJ Akbar against senior journalist Priya Ramani.

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