Christin Mathew Philip starts his new innings with The New Indian Express as Principal Correspondent. He was previously associated with The Times of India since 2011 as Trainee, Correspondent, Senior Correspondent, and later as Principal Correspondent. Connect with Bangalore based Christin @ChristinMP_TNIE. » Anand Vardhan makes a move to Zee Media. He previously worked with Sahara News Network as Output Head and Dainik Hindustan as Senior Correspondent.
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Amish Devgan joins Network18 as Executive Editor. He was previously associated with Zee Media as Journalist, Editor, and Anchor. Devgan started his career with Hindustan Times and joined Zee News in 2002. He later moved to Zee Business in 2005. Connect with Delhi based Amish @AMISHDEVGAN. » Simar Bhasin bids adieu to New Delhi and says hello to Chennai as she joins The New Indian Express as Features Writer. She was earlier associated with Hindustan Times as Reporter. You can connect with Simar at @simarb_92. » Senior Correspondent of The Economic Times, Megha Mandavia gets promoted as Principal Correspondent. Her previous stints were with DNA Money as Senior Correspondent, Reuters News as Correspondent, and Bloomberg TV as Features Producer. Connect with Mumbaikar Megha @MeghaMandaviaET.
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Former Assistant Editor at Financial Chronicle, Kumar Shankar Roy embarks on a new endeavor, joining Aajkaal as Columnist. Kumar also recently joined Netscribes, an enterprise research and market intelligence firm, as Consultant, and Value Research, an investment research company as Contributor/ Writer. He had his previous innings with PTI as Principal Business News Coordinator, The Times of India as Senior Correspondent, and The Hindu Business Line as Research Analyst. Kolkata based Kumar can be reached @kumarsroy.
» The New Indian Express elevates its Business Reporter, Jonathan Ananda to Principal Correspondent. He has been associated with The New Indian Express since 2012 as Reporting Intern and later as Trainee Business Reporter. He also did his internship with Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. Chennai based Jonathan tweets @Jonathan_TNIE.
Prabhu Chawla’s Baby
One of India’s finest political journalists and Editorial Director of The New Indian Express, Prabhu Chawla, is all set to launch a new Hindi news channel. The channel will first broadcast in UP & UK followed by Punjab, Haryana and other states. Padma Bhushan awardee, Chawla took to Twitter to break the news on 13th April and stated that a formal announcement by the promoters will be made soon. » India’s business audience now has BloombergQuint to look forward to. The recently launched channel promises to harness the unrivalled global resources of Bloomberg with Quintillion Media’s deep market experience to create a revamped business news channel. » WorldLink News gears up to launch a regional and a national channel in Goa. Sachin Raghoba Borker, Director of WorldLink News, will head the news network as Editor-in-Chief. Available in three languages Konkani, Marathi and Hindi, the channels will reach the entire country and gulf territories in the coming months. » Velicham TV, Tamil Nadu’s first Dalit-centric television channel was launched on BR Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary. The channel launched by Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), a regional party, aims to provide unbiased reporting; however this channel has no Dalit reporters on its schedule yet. » A war has been sparked between PCI and the Government over the issue of the media body’s powers. This comes after PCI decided to serve a bailable arrest warrant against Union I & B Ministry Secretary Sunil Arora for failing to appear before it despite being summoned. Read more details here.
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Nandini Chandrashekar rejoins The New Indian Express as Principal Correspondent. Having also previously worked with Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. as a reporter, connect with this Bengaluru based political journalist@nanduagain. » Praveen Dixit joins Oneindia.com as Sub-Editor covering Automobiles. His previous stints include Rajasthan Patrika and inext Live (Online Hindi Newspaper). Delhiite Praveen can be reached @PRAVEENDIXIT4.
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Avishek Rakshit joins Business Standard as Sr. Correspondent. Previously he was with IANS, Cyber Media, and PTI. Kolkata based Avishek blogs at ‘The Weekly Critique’ and can be reached @RakshitAvishek. » Anil Mathew joins Times Group as Sr. Copy Editor. He was earlier with The New Indian Express, Asian Traveler, and I Tech Media.
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Congratulations to Nitindra Bandyopadhyay for joining The New Indian Express as News Correspondent. He has earlier worked with HT Media Ltd. and The Pioneer. » Friday Review, The Hindu says hello to its new Freelance Writer Prajwala Hegde. Formerly with Citizens Matters, City Today, and The New Indian Express, Bangalore based child activist and food lover can be reached @PrajwalaH.
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Nikita Puri moves to The New Indian Express as Sub-Editor cum Senior Reporter. Earlier with The Indian Express and Mail Today, Bangalore based Nikita can be reached @ChloeNw. » Manish Mishra takes over as Chief Sub Editor for Amar Ujala, covering Personal Finance. He previously was associated with Dainik Bhaskar Group and Business Standard, Connect with Delhi based Manish @manishmishra75.
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Babu Jayakumar has joined Provoke Lifestyle magazine as its new Managing Editor. Earlier with The New India Express, News Today, and Press Trust of India (PTI), Chennai based Babu can be reached @beejaikai. »Travel & Lifestyle Writer Surina Sayal joins Hair & Beauty Magazine as Senior Assistant editor. She previously was associated with The 120 Media Collective, WoNoBo.com, and Afaqs and also contributed as an Author of Lonely Planet’s Guidebook. Mumbai based blogger at ‘PurpleRickshaw’ can be reached @SurinaSayal.
A Right Royal Huff
Times Now’s Editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami may have his facts all mixed up as for remarks aired on ‘Newshour.’ He faces a legal notice demanding remedial action or face a 100 crore fine from Dushyant Singh, son of Vasundhara Raje. The notice refers to Arnab’s remark that the City Palace of Dholpur was a Government property but was in fact in the ownership of the Singh family. The Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) is investigating complaints that some broadcasters are incorrectly showing India’s border territory especially centered on Kashmir and Aksai Chin. In April 2015, Aljazeera was banned for 5 days for a similar default. Following a reshuffle at The New Indian Express, G S Vasu takes charge from July as editorial director, Manoj Kumar Sonthalia continues as Chairman of the Board. Sun TV Network’s plight continues as it sees a stock valuation erosion of Rs. 6,000cr as The Ministry of Home Affairs continues to block the security clearances for its 33 channels.
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