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Josy Joseph, a senior editor of The Times of India, was named Journalist of the Year at the ramnath goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards here on Tuesday.

Veteran journalist and editor of the Khasi daily U Nongsain Hima, Lambok Thabah, passed away on Tuesday morning following a brief spell of illness.

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today said violence in the name of religion is condemnable and he had a problem with people who killed innocents in the name of Islam.

India's position at world stage seemed assured but the 1962 conflict with China significantly damaged the country's standing, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. Highlighting India's new approach in dealing with terrorism, he compared "lack of response" to the Mumbai terror attack to the way the country responded to the Uri and Pulwama strikes.

BJP slammed Congress for criticising Shashi Tharoor's praise of PM Modi's speech, dubbing the party 'Indira Nazi Congress' for its 'emergency mindset' and discouraging internal dissent. While Tharoor lauded Modi's focus on development and cultural heritage, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate found the address unimpressive and questioned Tharoor's appreciation.

Times of India journalist Chaitanya Marpakwar was on Wednesday conferred the ramnath goenka Foundation's (RNG) Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award in the Civic Journalism category for the year 2019 at the hands of the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, in Delhi, for his reportage on the citizen-led Save Aarey movement, an initiative against the hacking of 3,000 trees to build a Metro shed in Aarey colony in Mumbai Mirror.

The Traffic Police have enforced traffic restrictions in preparation for the Maharashtra Budget Session from February 26 to March 1.

Motorists can take Veer Nariman Road or Dinshaw Wachha Road and Maharshi Karve Road.

Noting that India's traditional education system instilled pride in its culture and placed equal emphasis on both learning and skill development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India's education, economy, and societal aspirations became increasingly aligned with foreign models under the influence of the British and emphasised the need of freeing the society from any mindset of slavery.

Times of India journalist Chaitanya Marpakwar has won the ramnath goenka Foundation’s (RNG) Prakash Kardaley Memorial Award for civic journalism for his extensive reportage on the citizen-led Save Aarey movement, an initiative against the hacking of 3,000 trees to build a Metro shed in Mumbai’s Aarey forest in the Mumbai Mirror.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent lecture. He noted the speech blended economic themes with a cultural message, urging the nation towards progress. Tharoor found the Prime Minister's emphasis on a post-colonial mindset and restoring pride in India's heritage particularly impactful. He was pleased to attend the event.

Stating that journalism has been passing through a "critical phase", President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession. He said stories exposing great social and economic inequalities are ignored, and their place is taken by trivia.

The government on Tuesday appointed Swadeshi ideologue S Gurumurthy and Satish Kashinath Marathe as part-time directors on board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in what is seen as an attempt by the Narendra Modi administration to put RSS-aligned professionals on the central bank’s apex decision-making body.

A complaint with charges of sedition, defamation, hurting religious feelings, and criminal intimidation against the Bollywood actor, Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao, was filed in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate-6 on Friday.

Bulge-bracket American PE fund Blackstone, together with one of its portfolio companies, Pune based developer Panchshil Realty, is buying out the current owners — the Indian Express Group and ICICI Venture , the PE arm of India’s largest private sector lender — for Rs 900 crore.