WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed willingness to mediate a resolution to the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, sarcastically terming it a conflict of "a thousand years," even as Pakistan breached a fresh ceasefire agreement within hours of its announcement.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a "full and immediate ceasefire" between India and Pakistan. He shared no details of the negotiations or the ceasefire.

JAIPUR: Amid heightened tensions along the India-Pakistan border, the police in Rajasthan's Churu district have arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly sharing provocative and anti-national posts on social media, an official said on Friday.

MUMBAI: Filmmaker-choreographer Ahmed Khan recalled superstar Sunny Deol’s support as instrumental during a critical phase of his directorial venture “Lakeer – Forbidden Lines”. He said the actor “immediately said yes to the film.”

VIJAYAPURA: A medical college student was booked in Karnataka for posting a "pro-Pakistan" message on social media, amid rising tensions between India and the neighbouring country, police said on Friday.

KOLKATA: A reaction hailing India posted by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on X, presumably on ‘Operation Sindoor’ that the country launched against Pakistan, attracted snide comments from people on Wednesday morning.

NEW DELHI: As Indian armed forces successfully struck 9 high-value terror targets across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under 'Operation Sindoor', a barrage of misinformation emerged from Pakistani media outlets and government-affiliated sources, attempting to distort the narrative of India's counterterrorism operation.

GAZA: Dozens of journalists held a protest in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, urging the international community to protect media workers from repeated Israeli targeting.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has directed all state-run medical establishments in the state to strictly adhere to the existing legal provisions for immediate medical examination of the suspected minor victims of rape even before registration of First Information Report (FIR).

AMRITSAR: The five-member recruitment committee members Manpreet Singh Ayali, Jathedar Gurpartap Singh Wadala, Jathedar Iqbal Singh Jhundan, Jathedar Santa Singh Umaidpur and Bibi Satwant Kaur have strongly opposed the issue of giving 8500 cusecs of water to Haryana with immediate effect by the Bhakra Beas Management Board.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed his call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan and urged the international community to act with urgency to help bring an end to the relentless suffering and destruction in the country.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the government to take immediate and decisive action to regulate explicit content on social media and OTT platforms.

MUMBAI: Actress Pooja Hegde, who is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film “Retro”, is over the moon with the response her song “Kanimaa” from the film is getting. She also said that her social media is filled with people recreating the hookstep.

AGARTALA: Police arrested four people including two retired teachers in the past 24 hours from Tripura’s three districts for making controversial posts on social media relating to the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that India has decided to suspend visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect following the decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said that the AAP government, led by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, is committed to providing better administrative services to the people. Hence, undue harassment of people in the Revenue Department offices will not be tolerated.

CHENNAI: Director Lokesh Kanakaraj on Tuesday announced that he was taking from all platforms of social media a small break until the promotions of his eagerly-awaited action extravaganza, ‘Coolie’, featuring superstar Rajinikanth in the lead, begin.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list next week a plea seeking removal of derogatory social media posts directed towards the judiciary after BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey made deplorable remarks regarding the top court and the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

BEIJING: Over 970 people, including dozens of the world's top economists have signed an "anti-tariff declaration" criticising the tariff policy adopted by US President Donald Trump's administration as "misguided" while warning of a potential "self-inflicted recession," reports by media outlets have said.

AMRITSAR: The meeting of the Interim Committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee held today under the chairmanship of Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, strongly criticized the policy of evasion being adopted by the central government in the case of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and other captive Sikhs and termed this phenomenon as injustice to the minority Sikhs.

JERUSALEM: More than 250 former officials of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency have signed a letter urging the government to immediately end the war in the Gaza Strip and bring about the release of the Israeli hostages still held there, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported.

AMRITSAR: Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj, the officiating Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, today visited the home of the affected Sikh family in Kang village, Tarn Taran district, where a young Sikh woman, Gurpreet Kaur, was brutally murdered in broad daylight while she was reciting Gurbani. Jathedar Gargajj met with the woman’s family members and children and shared in their grief.

CHANDIGARH: The Election commission of India has organised one-day Orientation Programme for Media Nodal Officers, Social Media Nodal Officers, and District Public Relations Officers at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi, Wednesday. The orientation was aimed at enhancing coordination and preparedness of election officials in an evolving media landscape.

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Health Minister and senior Congress leader Balbir Singh Sidhu strongly condemned the shameful incident of MLA Chetan Singh Jouramajra insulting teachers in the presence of students and said, "Samana MLA Chetan Singh Jouramajra's behavior with teachers at Samana school is completely unacceptable, and I strongly condemn it. Such behavior with our teachers, who are part of the development of our state, is shameful."

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent judicial intervention to regulate access to social media platforms for children below 13 years of age.

PHAGWARA: National BJP leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that today he is deeply disturbed and angered by the viral audio circulating on social media, allegedly featuring a senior Punjab cadre IPS officer posted in Ludhiana, shamelessly negotiating with prostitutes. If proven true, this is not just a personal moral failure — it is a criminal act and a betrayal of public trust.

CHENNAI: Sailesh Kolanu, the director of actor Nani’s upcoming film, ‘Hit: The Third Case’, has expressed disappointment at a section of the media leaking details of his film which the makers had intended to keep as a surprise for audiences.

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Administration decision to increase property tax has sparked strong opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). An emergency meeting was held on Wednesday, presided over by Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla, and attended by BJP State President Jatinder Pal Malhotra, Vice-President Devendra Singh Babla, and all BJP councillors.

MUMBAI: Actress-model Malaika Arora has opened up about the evolving dynamics of the music industry.

AMRITSAR: Retaliating against the press statement issued by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC Interim Committee member Jathedar Jaswant Singh Pudain, SGPC member Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan, Master Mithu Singh Kahneke said that today, every SGPC member as well as the entire Sikh Sangat has doubts about the sincerity of President Advocate Dhami.

MUMBAI: A political slugfest has triggered after Comedian Kunal Kamra on Sunday uploaded a video on his official YouTube channel commenting on Maharashtra politics, in which he referred to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as a "traitor".

CHANDIGARH:  Satinder Bains Chairman and Devinderjit Singh Darshi President of the Digital Media Association Punjab today thanked the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Information and PR Minister Harjot Singh Bains for opening a new Press Longue in the Punjab Civil Secretariate.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the Punjab government's fraudulent arrest of farmers who have been struggling for their rights for a long time is a big insult to the breadwinner of the country.

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police have begun the probe into a case registered against 11 social media influencers for allegedly promoting betting apps.  Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, S.M. Vijay Kumar told media persons on Tuesday that an FIR has been registered against the social media influencers.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the depiction of violence in visual media can have an "undesirable effect on people", and to what extent it can be shown has to be ascertained keeping in mind the right to freedom of speech and expression.

NEW DELHI: Shares of TV18 and Network 18 Media & Investments plunged sharply on Thursday.

MUMBAI: The trailer of the social thriller series 'Escaype Live' was released on Tuesday. The series presents the realities of social media in today's time both in its dark and vanilla form.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today appealed to the Union Government to relax the specifications for shriveled grains in the purchase of wheat in the state of Punjab, without the imposition of any value cut, thereby protecting the incomes of the farmers who are already impacted by low yield and severe farm debt.

SANAA: A delegation from Oman arrived in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Friday to convince the Houthi militia to engage in a peace process with the government of the war-torn nation.

WASHINGTON: Former US President Barack Obama has broken his silence after a long time, saying that social media platforms are well-designed to destroy democracies.

MUMBAI: Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Hardik Pandya's outburst at team-mate and senior India bowler Mohammed Shami, after the latter did not go all out to take a catch in Monday night's game against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH), has not gone down well with the all-rounder's fans.

CHANDIGARH: A new turn has come in the live Gurbani and Shabad kirtan telecast from Sri Harmandir Sahib issue. J K Jain who is a renowned News and TV Programme production house owner and who is also Chairman of the Punjab Today TV network has expressed his desire to telecast live Gurbani and Shabad kirtan from the holiest Sikh shrine Sri Harmandir Sahib without any monetary considerations and on high definition format, currently, the telecast is being done in digital format.

PANAJI: A day before Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is expected to expand his cabinet, Congress MLA and former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Friday reiterated that he would not quit his party.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa batter Mignon du Preez on Thursday announced her retirement from Test and ODI cricket with immediate effect.

SAN FRANCISCO: Jason Kilar, the chief executive of WarnerMedia, has announced that he is leaving the company.

SAN FRANCISCO: In a startling revelation, a report has claimed that Meta (Facebook's parent company) paid a prominent Republican consulting firm to malign Chinese short-video making app TikTok.

CHANDIGARH: The members of Digital Media Association led by President Devinderjit Singh Darshi greeted the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheem and Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Kuljit Singh Sandhwa.

ANKARA: Turkey has been playing a "critical role" in the mediation efforts to solve tensions in Ukraine, visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said.

SAN FRANCISCO: Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that the next gen Android 13 platform will bring wallpaper effects, new media controls and foreground manager.

NEW DELHI: As the Centre's mediation being the last resort for Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was awarded death sentence by a Yemeni Court, in connection with the murder of a local citizen five years ago, legality to save her from the foreign land that follows a different set of laws is challenging.

NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, said on Saturday that mediation is increasingly gaining prominence in the international commercial sphere as a dispute resolution mechanism.

CHANDIGARH: The Digital Media Assocition, Punjab today Congratuled Bhagwant Mann on his appointmnet as Chief Minister of Punjab and expressed hope that he would lead the Punjab from front to make it a number one state in India.

NEW DELHI: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday raised the issue of misuse of social media platforms by political proxies in the Lok Sabha.

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 12: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has lifted the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) with immediate effect, which came into force on January 08, 2022 with the announcement of schedule for Assembly Elections.

MINSK: Micro-blogging site Twitter is now also adding labels to accounts and tweets sharing links from Belarusian state-affiliated media outlets "after detailed reporting about their role in the war in Ukraine."

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by Malayalam news channel Media One challenging the Kerala High Court order, which upheld Centre's decision to not renew its telecast licence. The Centre had cited national security grounds to justify the ban.

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that his country will continue to mediate between Russia and Ukraine even if the prospects for success are slim amid the ongoing war.

NEW DELHI: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that media should not mix news with views and maintain objectivity in bringing facts to the people.

WASHINGTON: CBS News became the latest media outlet to pull out of Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed a new law that would impose jail terms for "spreading fake news" about the ongoing Moscow-Kiev war.

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned Facebook, which has already blocked access to RT and Sputnik within the European Union and Ukraine, now said it will demote all Russian state media across Facebook and Instagram around the world.

NEW DELHI: Russia has called out Indian media coverage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine to be "biased and misleading" and urged it to be "objective in information".

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has ordered blocking of apps, website, and social media accounts of foreign-based “Punjab Politics TV” having close links with Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an organization that has been declared unlawful under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday ordered the blocking of apps, website and social media accounts linked to the banned organisation, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).

MUMBAI: As Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan's second son Jeh turns a year old, the actress took to social media to share a picture of her sons in a playful mood to wish Jeh on his birthday.

NEW DELHI:The media in Pakistan has always played a crucial role in calibrating the political trends and the messaging, working closely with the government or the political parties they owe allegiance to. However, in the last year or so and specifically the last six months, the Pakistani media has not only been in the limelight for having been unusually vocal and expressive, but has also taken sides to create a vicious and unhealthy atmosphere. This has led to a clear rift within the media space among those who are supporters of the Imran Khan government and those against him. The latter category though dominate the media space in Pakistan today.

KAPURTHALA:District electoral officer kapurthala Mrs Deepti Uppal today asked the all 4 returning officers to immediately complete the installation of GPS on vehicles related to the poll duties.

NEW DELHI: Heralding a new era for the Indian short-video making apps since the ban on Chinese platforms, Mohalla Tech, the parent company of homegrown social media apps Moj and ShareChat, and MX Media Co Ltd on Thursday decided to "strategically merge" their short-video platforms Moj and MX TakaTak in a deal that could be around $600-$700 million (Rs 4,500 crore-Rs 5,500 crore).

GURDASPUR: Deputy Commissioner Gurdaspur Sh Mohammad Ishfaq today asked the people who are deprived of anti-Covid vaccine to get their vaccine before the Assembly elections.

PHILLAUR: The election campaign of Congress candidate Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary in assembly constituency Phillaur got a huge boost when the Phillaur media in-charge of Bahujan Samaj Party Dr Gian Chand Chaukdian along with hundreds of his colleagues bid farewell to BSP and joined the Congress party in the presence of Chaudhary.

KABUL: At least 318 media outlets in Afghanistan have closed since the Taliban took over the country in August last year, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said.

NEW DELHI: Pakistani media is behind-the-curve, unable to grasp the real meaning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deft move to announce his intent to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir—a major strategic move after August 5, 2019, when J&K was turned into a Union Territory.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan and China are collaborating to conduct an information war campaign globally -- with China providing finances and guidance -- through launching an international news media platform, intelligence agencies stated.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Bibi Jagir Kaur has demanded from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India that the web series 'Eclipse' based on the events of 1984 Sikh genocide be released on Disney + Hotstar platform on June 24. Stop immediately.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have filed an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the bail granted by Delhi High Court to activists Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal in a case of the "larger conspiracy" related to the northeast Delhi riots last year, in which 53 people were killed and more than 400 injured.

AMRITSAR: Amritsar city police have registered as many as 10 FIRs and booked 28 persons for allegedly forwarding and sharing objectionable videos of children on social media.

CHANDIGARH: BDigital Media Association Punjab tpday expressed deep grief over demise of Mr. K.C. Dhawan (92), the father-in-law of Suresh Kumar Chief Principal Secretary to CM Capt Amarinder Singh.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has written to the OTT and digital media platforms to furnish all their details and compliance status as per the new IT rules within 15 days.

NEW DELHI: India captain Virat Kohli's ex-girlfriend Izabelle Leite's photos are going viral on Instagram. Kohli, who has been India's Test captain since 2014 and took over as captain in all formats in 2017, dated Izabelle for about two years.

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has written to the social media platforms, directing them to respond on their compliance to the new digital rules as soon as possible, "preferably today".

NEW DELHI: With the deadline to comply with the new IT rules meant for big social media platforms in India ending on Tuesday, Facebook said that the company aims to comply with the provisions of the new intermediary guidelines and is working towards it.

MUMBAI: Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Saturday said it has met the compliance requirements of the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2021 ahead of its May 25 deadline set by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

MUMBAI: Punjabi star and "Bigg Boss 13" contestant Himanshi Khurana has revealed her therapy mantra in a new social media post, and the idea seems to be trending.

GENEVA/GUWAHATI: India has overtaken Brazil in the number

of journalists died of Covid-19, the Press Emblem Campaign

(https://pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml) announced in Geneva on Tuesday. At least 1,330

journalists have died in 76 countries from the coronavirus since March

2020.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the ongoing fighting between the Palestinians and Israelis in the Gaza Strip, the worst since 2014.

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday raised concern over the spiralling violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel and urged an immediate cessation of hostilities.

KOLKATA: The Myanmar junta has banned satellite television after imposing severe restrictions on the Internet and media, provoking global rights groups to protest the military's tightening grip over information flow in the country.

SAN FRANCISCO: Banned on Facebook and Twitter, former US President Donald Trump has launched a new so-called social media platform, which is actually just a WordPress blog on his own website.

CHENNAI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President and the Chief Minister in-waiting, M.K. Stalin, on Tuesday said media personnel will be considered as frontline workers and the necessary benefits will be extended to them.

CHANDIGARH: Digital Media Association has expressed gratitude to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for including accredited and yellow card holder journalists in the list of frontline warriors in fight against Covid-19.

CHANDIGARH: The Digital Media Association today expressed deep shock over the demise of Lalit Jindal an official of Punjab Public Relations Department. He was infected with Corona virus.

ANKARA:Turkish social media account Clash Report recently posted a summary of the genocide history of the US on its twitter account, which has triggered discussions among netizens.

MUMBAI: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli says that he is gearing up to share more of himself in short video format on social media, to have authentic conversations with fans globally.

CHANDIGARH: To strengthen the state’s healthcare capabilities amid the Covid surge, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered immediate recruitment of 400 nurses and 140 technicians to the government medical colleges, while directing the department to expedite the medical college projects approved/in progress in the state so that Punjab is not left behind in the development of medical infrastructure.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday blocked social media platforms amid fears that activists of a radical Islamist group might use the technology to stoke violent protests against last year's depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in France.

ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is facilitating and mediating back-channel talks between India and Pakistan with an aim to turn their rivalry into a healthy and functional relationship, its envoy in Washington has confirmed.

CHANDIGARH: Outrightly rejecting the media reports in a section of media regarding non-availability of bales with procurement agencies as malicious propaganda, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday underlined that that there is no question of shortage of bardana in the mandies at all.

NEW DELHI: The Congress will launch its own digital media platform, INC TV, on Wednesday in the presence of the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala.

KOLKATA: Amid Covid protocol and restrictions imposed on political rallies and campaigns the political parties particularly the BJP and the Trinamool Congress have extended their fight into the digital spectrum, swearing by the revolutionary impact of social media.

NEW DELHI: People working with electronic and the print media will not require e-passes for travelling in the national capital during the night curfew between 10 pm to 5 am.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has imposed an immediate ban on the import of palm oil and ordered the gradual removal of the crops, in a move to eliminate the environmentally harmful cultivations in the country, an official said on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: Actor Karan Singh Grover, who has often been the subject of severe trolling, says he no longer reads comments on social media.
The actor, who is quite active on social media, says there was a time when he would be affected and even block people who were trolling him. That doesn't happen anymore.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother Y.S. Vijaya Rajasekhar Reddy has hit out at a section of media for allegedly targeting their family and "endlessly manufacturing lies over the years", specifically with respect to her brother-in-law Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy's murder.

LONDON: Google has announced to contribute 25 million euros towards the European Media and Information Fund to strengthen media literacy skills, fight misinformation and support fact checking.

NEW DELHI: Director of Manipal Media Network Ltd Sagar Mukhopadhyay has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at United News of India -- a national news agency.

CHANDIGARH: Amid rising number of COVID-19 cases in the State, Punjab Health & Family Welfare Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said it was compulsory for all labs and hospitals to immediately inform respective Civil Surgeon offices for notifying COVID-19 affected persons in order to strengthen the containment measures.