Senior journalist Surendra Gangan has been elected president of the Mumbai Press Club in its elections, securing 582 votes against Rajiv Khandekar's 260. A total of 862 votes were polled for the post of president, with 20 votes declared invalid. S. Balakrishnan was elected chairperson after defeating Mayuresh Ganapatye by 510 votes to 322. Dhondiba G. Mhaske won the vice-chairperson's post with 537 votes, defeating Ashish S. Raje, who secured 291 votes. For the post of secretary, Anil Kumar Singh emerged victorious with 513 votes against Sourabh P. Sharma's 315 votes. Sudhakar S. Kashyap was elected joint secretary after polling 517 votes, defeating Rucha Kanolkar, who received 324 votes. Om Prakash Tiwari was elected treasurer with 487 votes, while Shashank Parade secured 335 votes. The newly elected 10-member managing committee comprises Vaibhav Parab, Swapnil A. Shinde, Poonam D. Apraj, Manisha M. Rege, Anita D. Shukla, Shahid A. Ansari, Aditya R. Dubey, Madhu A.

The shift toward junior, digitally skilled hiring has a harder edge at some legacy organisations. More than 100 employees have reportedly been asked to leave a prominent TV channel, with the layoffs concentrated in its internet and digital operations, according to a report by Newslaundry. The publication reported that around 120 employees across editorial, camerawork, graphics, fact-checking, the data intelligence unit and other departments were affected in the restructuring. The pressures facing legacy newsrooms have also surfaced in more contested form. The Union of Media Persons for Change has earlier accused News18 Tamil Nadu of forcing employees to resign under threat of termination, alleging in a letter to management that compelling staff to submit resignation letters through the company's portal under intimidation is illegal and cannot be treated as voluntary. Union General Secretary Haseef Mohamed said the practice appeared aimed at bypassing statutory retrenchment proc

Senior journalists associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Journalists Mutually Aided Co‑operative Housing Society (JNJMACHS) have announced plans to launch protests, including a sit‑in, hunger strike, and “Chalo CM” programme, demanding the handover of residential lands at Petbasheerabad and Nizampet. The decision was taken at a meeting of society members at the Press Club, Somajiguda, on July 26. Members said the lands were allotted during the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy government and purchased more than 15 years ago, but possession has yet to be handed over. The members urged Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to fulfil his assurance to transfer the lands. Concerns were also raised about the functioning of the society’s managing committee, with some suggesting legal options. Members argued that since the government had sold the land to the society, it was responsible for completing the handover process.  

  Wednesday, 29 July 2026 #1  ·  Front Page / Spotlight  ·  Investigative / Breaking news CBI files charge sheet against 13 in NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case By Sanjay Maurya   ·   Hindustan Times (Delhi Edition)  ·  Page 3, 8, 10 The CBI filed a chargesheet against all 13 arrested accused in the NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak case, naming three NTA-contracted subject experts who set the Chemistry, Biology and Physics papers as primary leakers. The agency cited 360 witnesses, 422 documents and 43 material objects, traced the leak chain from paper-setters conducting private coaching sessions at their homes to beneficiary candidates, and noted no NTA official was directly implicated. The chargesheet invokes criminal conspiracy, cheating, breach of trust and offences under the 2024 anti-paper-leak law, with a re-exam having been held on June 21. The story goes well beyond the chargesheet announcement by namin

Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons has taken to LinkedIn to voice his opposition to a “sustained pattern of inaccurate reporting, unsupported speculation and personal attacks concerning Vinyl Group”, published by Tim Burrowes and Mumbrella in the last 18 months.  Vinyl Media CEO Josh Simons Along with a four-page statement outlining Simons’ issues with Mumbrella, the CEO asserted that the line was first crossed when a “human-written article by one of our writers was falsely described as AI-generated and publicly dismissed as a “piece of crap” and “editorial slop”.”  Simons also rejected Mumbrella's assertion that Vinyl had lost credibility around its forecasts, saying the company had in fact hit the cash-flow milestone the claim was based on.  He said a complaint with the Australian Press Council had been filed. Yet the council “declined to exercise its discretion to consider the complaint because Mumbrella w

The Kyle Sandilands Live team: Alfie Laguzza, Bruno Bouchet, Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola, Josh Fox, Kyle, Mary Madigan, Jaimee Blazquez, Dean Royston.  Kyle Sandilands says he is picking up thousands of new subscribers every day, declaring “we’re pretty excited with the early numbers as it means that we’re onto something”. He said an initial subscriber-base of more than 20,000 looked feasible and revealed that, to date, 65 per cent of subscribers were female. In an extensive interview with James Manning for Mumbrella, Sandilands also admitted he explored buying his former employer, ARN, spoke about his new team, confirmed he was self-funding the entire Kyle Sandilands Live operation and opened up on the Mad Fucking Witches activist group that successfully targeted him. Asked about the team at the program, Sandilands said that manager Bruno Bouchet “will probably play a bigger role than he did over at KIIS... he’s been underutilised in the past&

Victoria hits reset: Ben Carroll takes over amid debt and corruption fears Ben Carroll has been sworn in as Victorian premier after Jacinta Allan’s resignation, inheriting a government under pressure over ballooning debt, crime and integrity concerns. His early agenda includes a construction-sector royal commission and potential rethinks on major projects like the Suburban Rail Loop, signalling a sharp political reset ahead of the next state election. Covered by: Herald Sun, The Age, Australian Financial Review, The Australian. Rates warning returns: RBA flags more hikes as households strain Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has signalled another rate rise could be on the table in August if inflation and wages don’t cool, sharpening anxiety for mortgage holders and renters already under pressure. The warning lands as confidence weakens—particularly in WA—raising the political stakes for governments facing cost-of-living backlash. Covered by: Sydney Morning Herald, Austra