Welcome to Tuesday and a 'picture exclusive' this morning at the Daily Telegraph - story by Jessica Wang - on PM Albanese and now wife Jodie Haydon, jetting off "on a short, romantic honeymoon". And fair enough. Congratulations on the nuptials.  While Albo is away his PM duties will be split between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles, the latter in the crosshairs - pardon the military pun - in most of what we used to call the broadsheets this morning after Marles claimed the biggest Defence reforms in 50 years. But according to several of the papers this is not much more than a reshuffling of chairs. The Australian leads the charge with a story by Ben Packham and Noah Yim and a clever enough headline ('More bangs for bucks in ALP's sights') and Greg Sheridan calls it out saying it's "a minor bureaucratic reshuffle in the vaguest possible terms". The headline on that one is another play

  PUWJ said that despite being invited to cover the ceremony, journalists were abruptly moved to a seating area from where they could not photograph or record the address of the Reviewing Officer, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi. The union has submitted a formal complaint seeking a detailed inquiry into the incident. Journalists also objected to a remark by an officer who allegedly dismissed previous media coverage as a flop show. PUWJ called the comment baseless and pointed out that earlier NDA events had consistently received strong coverage across print, television, digital platforms and social media. They highlighted the passing out of the first batch of women cadets earlier this year, which had drawn worldwide attention. “Such behaviour undermines the role and responsibility of the press,” PUWJ president Brijmohan Patil said in the complaint, as quoted by The Free Press Journal.    

Bengaluru police have arrested the editor of a local Kannada tabloid for allegedly cheating a woman by promising her a post in a non-existent State press council. According to The Hindu, The Govindaraja Nagar police picked up the accused, Shivakumar T. Nagara Navile, from Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday, moments before he was to board a flight to Oman for an event. The arrest followed a complaint by Meenakshi B., who alleged that Shivakumar posed as president of a so-called “State press council” and offered her the position of “State president for women journalist council”. He allegedly collected more than Rs 50,000 from her to facilitate her travel to Singapore for the 2024 Vishishta Kannada Habba programmes. Police said Shivakumar later sought more money under the pretext of organising the event. Believing him, the complainant reportedly paid Rs 25 lakh over several transactions, borrowing from relatives and friends and even pawning her gold. The fraud surf

Liz Mathew, Deputy Editor at The Indian Express, was presented with the Dr Mangalam Swaminathan National Award for excellence in journalism at a function held in New Delhi on Saturday, November 29. The jury recognised Mathew for her in-depth political reportage, her ability to break significant developments from Parliament and national politics, and her engaging conversations with influential personalities from varied spheres. The award commemorates Dr Mangalam Swaminathan, the respected journalist and writer. Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Nimuben J Bhambhaniya attended the ceremony as the chief guest. BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, a patron of the Foundation, along with former BJP national secretary P Muralidhar Rao and senior RSS functionaries, were also present at the event, The Indian Express reported.

Image source: India Today and Mint; Edited by Dinesh Raj M   The Winter Session of Parliament begins on Monday under the shadow of an Opposition united on the demand for a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, warning that it might stall proceedings if the government does not agree. Hot off the Press It is learnt that the government told the Opposition that it would get back to them on the SIR issue, even as it proposed a discussion on Vande Mataram. The negotiations between the two sides first took place at an all-party meeting and then during the meetings of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, reported Manoj CG and Liz Mathew for The Indian Express. Earlier in the day, the Opposition parties put up a united front at the all-party meeting, demanding discussions on SIR and the recent blast in Delhi in the context of national security, among other things. The all-party meeting also saw the Opposition de

    Two years after its launch, Catholic Connect News has established itself as a central digital platform for India’s Catholic community, bringing together parish, diocesan, national and global Church updates in one place. Developed as part of the Catholic Connect initiative of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the platform was created to address long-standing gaps in how Church-related information is shared and accessed. The editorial team of Catholic Connect News  Editor Abhishek Joseph said the platform has gradually expanded its readership across both its website and mobile app. “Our recent milestone is that we crossed three lakh readers on our website and around a lakh reads on the app since its launch in January 2024. Beyond the numbers, Catholic Connect News has helped ensure the right narrative and accurate information reaches people,” he said. Catholic Connect News focuses primarily on ground-level Church reporting, covering parish events,

  A Jammu Development Authority (JDA) team, accompanied by police, reportedly demolished journalist Arfaz Daing’s house in Narwal on November 27, 2025, triggering accusations of selective enforcement from political leaders and lawyers. While officials confirmed the operation, Daing claimed he had not received any prior demolition notice. Daing said this was the second time his home had been torn down. His earlier house in Bathindi was demolished, forcing him to move to his parents’ residence. Describing the latest action as a “selective drive,” he questioned why only his four-decade-old house was targeted. He added that he had requested more time from the JDA team but was refused. A source told The Hindu stated that lawyers Sheikh Shakeel and Zulkarnain Choudhary condemned the demolition, noting that the High Court had directed authorities to begin with major encroachments. Political leaders Waheed-ur-Rehman Para and M.Y. Tarigami also expressed conc