The Press Club of Hyderabad at Somajiguda has embarked on an ambitious project. The committee wants to demolish the present old-style government building and build a swanky multi-storeyed edifice to accommodate an ultra-modern kitchen, restaurant, convention centre etc. The cost of the project is about Rs 5 crore. Now who will foot the bill? L&T, the infrastructure major which is [...]

Justice Ramana case is a classic example of how the judicial system can be abused to serve petty political ends and how judges have become punch bags in the no-holds-barred power play by politicians. This is probably for the first time in recent history of Andhra Pradesh that a serving and senior Judge of the High Court was dragged into [...]

CPM’s own channel 10TV is all set to have its logo launch on December 14. No less than Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is launching the logo. Prof K Nageshwar, an MLC with close ties with CPM, is presiding over the function as  10TV  as its chairman. Many wonder why CPM’s bigwigs are not sporting the titles of chairman or [...]

Separate Telangana has spawned a new culture of journalistic jingoism, in which views any different from the received wisdom are shouted down. This has especially become almost a ritual whenever Visalandhra Mahasabha, which propounds the unity of the state, organizes any press meet to air its views or release any book. The latest conference organized by the outfit at Somajiguda [...]

Is Andhra Jyothy managing director V Radhakrishna getting publicity-crazy? After assuming the management of Andhra Jyothy, RK, as he is known, never allowed his or his family pictures or news items to be published in his newspaper. However, since the launching of ABN Channel, his craving for publicity seems to have increased manifold, his detractors point out. Even for neutral [...]

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been featured on the cover page of the latest Asia edition of the Time magazine. The article in the issue dated March 26, 2012 praises Modi’s leadership qualities but wonders if he can become the Prime Minister. The cover page reads: Modi means business, but can he lead India? Inside, the story on Modi [...]

Sanghi Ployesters Ltd, which failed to repay loans worth about Rs 2,000 crore, was seized by the banks on Saturday. The Sanghi companies have been in trouble for some time now, mostly due to mismanagement and internal feud among the brothers. The employees have been left in the lurch as a result. The company owes Rs 28 crore towards salaries. [...]

V6 News, the latest channel for news in Telugu, started its test signal from Friday. Coming after a long gap, the new launch has naturally attracted the attention of all those following the media scene in the state. The launch appears to be smooth, and the look and the feel of the channel is okay, though not particularly superior compared [...]

Sakshi paper has been shouting from its pages about the increase of its readership by leaps and bounds in the last quarter, while Eenadu, its bitter competitor, actually lost numbers in the same period. Yes, that is true. But to put things in perspective, Eenadu is ahead of Sakshi in the overall readership figures. While the two Telugu newspapers figure [...]

The pushy Times of India cannot be expected to keep quiet when its cultivated image was called into question by a staid competitor like The Hindu. TOI responded to The Hindu’s brainy teasers with its ‘information is not knowledge’ campaign, which surprisingly is neither witty nor punchy. It is like the confession of a felon gripped by a sense of [...]