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.

Another publishing operation closes its doors, with well-known editorial and publishing chief Katarina Kroslakova announcing the shuttering of KK Press this afternoon, saying "cash flow is brutal".

A reporter and a cameraman of a Tamil television news channel were attacked by a group of men while investigating an alleged illegal mining operation in the district on Friday, police said.

Mini Muringatheri, Special Correspondent with The Hindu’s Thrissur bureau, has been adjudged the winner of the Best Reporting (Print) award at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK) 2026. The announcement was made at the valedictory session of the festival on Sunday, 1 February

Samsung Australia will once again be the naming sponsor of the IT Journalism Awards 2026.

In today's news roundup, 'One in vermillion', mens and womens tennis stars, 'already a legend', hunt on again for alleged cop killer, ScoMo pops up, real estate agents' dodgy app, Libs and Nats 'reduced to rubble', Epstein and Bannon, plus mourners take to the water, and more. Stories and pictures by Paul Sakkal, Phillip Coorey, Janie Barrett, Aaron Favila, Jessica McSweeney, Rob Harris, Louie Douvis, James Thomson, Greg Brown, Sarah Ison and Noah Yim, Thomas Henry, Lisa Allen, Peter Jenkins, Regan Hodge, Josh Taylor, Rebecca Williams, Hannah Kennelly, and Tumaini Carayol.

Journalist and social activist Suresh Chavhanke has received an online death threat, prompting the Noida police to register a case and launch an investigation, Navbharat Times reported.

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Thursday, Jan 29, refused to stop a criminal defamation case against senior journalists of News18 over a 2017 television news broadcast that accused senior IPS officer Amitabh Yash of allegedly taking bribes.

The first Manipur Digital Media Conclave 2026 was held on Thursday, with senior Manipur government officials calling for responsible and fact-based journalism and urging media professionals to avoid publishing unverified news that could adversely affect society.

Prasar Bharati has awarded five television channels carriage slots on DD FreeDish through its mid-year e-auctions to use vacant capacity on the free-to-air DTH platform.