24 November 2009 – Two Indian TV channels belonging to the CNN-IBN network were violently attacked by activists of the Shiv Sena political group on Friday, 20 November. In a series of three separate attacks, Shiv Sena activists vandalised the offices of television channels IBN Lokmat and IBN7 in Mumbai and Pune and beat up […]

The Week correspondent, Bidisha Ghosal, and the English-language daily Indian Express are the joint winners of the 2009 Award for Excellence in Journalism, presented by the Indian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI). The award ceremony will take place in December. “IPI congratulates the recipients of the IPI-India award on their important achievement,” said IPI Deputy Director […]

The Editors’ Guild of India and other local journalists’ associations on Thursday condemned the arrest and summary sentencing of the editor of Tamil newspaper Dinamalar, B. Lenin. On Wednesday, security agents in Chennai, in Tamil Nadu state, entered the offices of the Tamil daily newspaper, and took the news editor with them. Lenin’s arrest came after Dinamalar reported […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the decision of the Indian authorities to re-open Mizzima News head office in New Delhi. The office was sealed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on 16 April 2007. The decision to re-open the office followed pressure by Mizzinma’s supporters and international press freedom organisations, including IPI. Mizzima head […]