Pradesh 24 Gujarati Editor-in-Chief and CEO Rahul Singh has clarified the context behind a video circulating on social media showing VHP leader Jwalit Mehta visiting the channel’s newsroom and presenting trishuls to women television anchors.

Journalists in Khatima have urged the Uttarakhand government to expedite the construction of the proposed Press Club building.

Veteran journalist and former editor of The Hindu BusinessLine, Karunakara Kurup, popularly known as NK Kurup, passed away in Kerala on 26 September 2026. He was 72.

The Andhratharhi police in Bihar’s Madhubani district arrested Om Prakash Rai within 48 hours in connection with the alleged knife attack on journalist Bindeshwar Chaudhary.

Godrej Industries Group and Avian We. won the Gold Fulcrum Masters awards in the corporate and consultancy categories, respectively, at the 2026 Fulcrum Awards, held at Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty on September 26.

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Journalists covering Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan at an event in Kochi on September 26 say police lined up to keep them away, and that an ACP told them not to ask questions. The officer calls it a misunderstanding. The Ernakulam Press Club plans to raise the issue with the CM directly instead of issuing a formal protest.

Nine Entertainment CEO Matt Stanton will take on the company’s TV and streaming division on an interim basis, following the announcement of Amanda Laing as announced on Thursday.

Independent journalist and digital content creator Kavya Karnatac said she and her team were asked to leave two hotels in Madhya Pradesh while reporting on the deaths of tribal children and local demands for better healthcare.

Poonam Devi, wife of late Dainik Jagran correspondent Harish Singh Bisht, received financial assistance of 5 lakh rupees under Uttarakhand’s Journalist Welfare Fund in Chamoli district.

Bhaskar Majumdar, a veteran communications professional with 25 years of experience, passed away on September 24 following a prolonged illness.

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Dipti Raut, senior journalist and city incharge with Dainik Bhaskar Group’s Marathi newspaper Divya Marathi, won the first prize at The Statesman Awards for Rural Reporting 2025 on September 16, 2026, for her investigation into unsafe childbirth practices in rural Maharashtra.

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