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Wind up Press Council or revamp it: Parliamentary panel

Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 19:53

Regretting lack of "effective" government action to tackle paid news, a parliamentary panel has suggested constitution of a stutory body.

Remove Katju as PCI chief, say activists

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 19:55

Social activists here Monday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the removal of Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju.

Katju writes to President seeking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 21:25

PCI chairman Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee asking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar awarded death sentence in connection with 1993 Delhi bomb blast.

Urdu does not belong to any particular community: Katju

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 16:06

Press Council of India Chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Sunday said that Urdu belonged to all and not restricted to any particular community.

Urdu does not belong to any particular community: Katju

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 15:09

Press Council of India Chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Sunday said that Urdu belonged to all and not restricted to any particular community.

Urdu, Sanskrit are India`s culture, says Katju

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 18:56

Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju Saturday said Urdu and Sanskrit are India`s culture, which unite the country, and called for making two languages compulsory from Class 3 to 7.

Indians vote like cattle: Markandey Katju

Last Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 18:23

India is not a full-fledged democracy as 90 percent of its people vote like sheep and cattle, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said here on Saturday.

Katju should not act like a spokesperson of a party: JD (U)

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 17:47

With PCI Justice Markandey Katju making a pitch for pardoning actor Sanjay Dutt, Janata Dal (United) on Thursday said he should not act like a spokesperson of a political party.

1993 Mumbai blasts: Sanjay, Zaibunnisa deserve mercy, says Katju

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 13:47

Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju on Wednesday raised his voice to seek mercy for Zaibunnisa Kazia, a co-accused in the 1993 bomb blasts case who was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

Press Council Act to get more teeth: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 19:39

To give more teeth to the media watchdog, government on Friday said it will amend Press Council of India Act to empower it.

Minimum qualification for journos needed: Katju

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 16:18

Suggesting that absence of a proper eligibility criterion was affecting the quality of reportage, PCI chairperson Justice (retd) Markandey Katju has set up committee to recommend minimum qualification to become a journalist.

New theory in jurisprudence needed: Katju

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 17:17

Modern jurisprudence is undergoing a crisis as it had exhausted the possibility of further development despite creating a host of schools and theories, PCI chairman Justice Markandey Katju said