Veteran sports journalist of Tripura and former football referee and cricket umpire Tapan Chakraborty passed away at his residence in the Srinagar area near the TV Centre on Tuesday morning. He was 73 and reportedly died around 6.30 am. His death has cast a pall of gloom over the state’s sports and media fraternity. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter-in-law.

One of India’s oldest newspapers, The Tribune, marked 145 years since its founding on February 2, 1881, with tributes paid to its visionary founder Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. The occasion was observed as Founder’s Day, with ceremonies held at The Tribune premises in Chandigarh.

The central government, in an attempt to consolidate and codify new labour enactments, had subsumed 29 labour legislations categorised into four different codes. Among these labour legislations were the Working Journalists Act and the Working Journalists (Fixation of Rate of Wages) Act. Both legislations come under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (‘OSHW Code’) to be brought into effect from April 1, 2026.

Field reporting brings journalists close to real life.

For students of English Journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, Sunday, February 1 turned into a workday as they followed the Union Budget live and produced a Lab Journal in a simulated newsroom environment.

The Press Club of India on Tuesday expressed grief over the demise of senior journalist and its member Yogesh Vajpayee, calling his passing a major loss to the journalism fraternity. In a statement, the PCI conveyed condolences to his family, friends and colleagues, and said his contribution to journalism would be remembered with respect.

Several Opposition leaders have criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the detention of freelance journalist Khushal Khawaja, who reported on the closure of the Sadna Pass in Kupwara and its impact on patients in the Karnah valley, The Scroll reported.

The Press Information Bureau (PIB), Srinagar Region, on Sunday, Feb 1, flagged off a five-day media tour to Kerala for journalists from Srinagar as part of its ongoing media outreach programme. The tour will continue till February 7.

After an extraordinary 25 years behind the mic on Afternoons, James Valentine will farewell 702 ABC Radio Sydney with a special two‑hour retrospective program this Friday afternoon.

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has received an allocation of Rs 3,416.63 crore in the Union Budget 2026–27, according to the Budget Estimates in the Expenditure Profile.

The Vikatan Group’s Naanayam Vikatan hosted the Business Star Awards, an event of special significance as part of the group’s 100-year celebrations, marking a century of Ananda Vikatan.

The Kerala High Court has extended anticipatory bail to T P Nandakumar, editor-in-chief of a YouTube platform, in connection with a case accusing him of allegedly uploading an obscene video aimed at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The court found that the content did not meet the legal threshold for obscenity.

Veteran journalist Sushil Rao Chilkuri has retired from The Times of India, Hyderabad, on January 31, 2026, bringing the curtains down on a distinguished 38-year career in journalism.

As the Washington Post’s India bureau publicly pleads for survival, Indian journalists are split between solidarity and scepticism, haunted by a media culture where layoffs happen silently, owners go unquestioned and credibility is constantly contested. Strip away the hashtags and what remains is a familiar truth: when journalism becomes expensive, power decides which stories survive.